City Council Agenda Report
TO: Mayor McCord and Members of the City Council
FROM: Ken Irwin, City Manager
BY: Nubia Goldstein, City Attorney
MEETING DATE: October 4, 2022
ITEM NO: 5.10
SUBJECT: Approving the Response to the Findings and Recommendations of the Approval of the Stanislaus Civil Grand Jury Report Titled Homelessness:
The Elusive Definition of “Success” (Case #22-05GJ)
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Patterson City Council (“Council”) approve the following responses to the findings and recommendation of the Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury Report on Homelessness: The Elusive Definition of “Success.”
BACKGROUND
In June 2022, the City of Patterson received a report prepared by the Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury titled “Homelessness: The Elusive Definition of ‘Success,’” Case # 22-05GJ. The intent of this report is to raise awareness of the scope and magnitude of homelessness in Stanislaus County and how it can be addressed as a community. The report sets forth the Civil Grand Jury’s findings and recommendations. A copy of that report is attached to this staff report (see Attachment 1).
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION:
Council is required to provide a formal response to the report’s findings and recommendations. (Pen. Code, §§ 933 & 933.05.) Staff reviewed the report and prepared a proposed response, which is attached for the Council’s review and approval (see Attachment 2).
FISCAL IMPACTS:
There are no fiscal impacts associated with the proposed action.
Attachments:
1. Attachment 1 - Grand Jury Report (Homelessness: The Elusive Definition of “Success”)
2. Attachment 2 - Response to the Findings and Recommendations