September 20, 2022
City Council
DATE: September 20, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Vice Mayor Eduardo Martinez
Subject:
Special Cases at Rydin Road
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The costs associated with the sunset of the Rydin Road encampment can be covered by funds allocated for
unhoused interventions (15061219-400201-RI160).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
March 16, 2021, December 7, 2021, June 28, 2022,
August 1, 2022
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Rydin Road Vehicle Encampment was set to sunset
at the end of September 2022. This is a request to
extend the sunset date to the end of October 2022 for up to six (6) identified residents, to allow for service
providers to provide more specialized assistance.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
DIRECT City staff to coordinate efforts with County
services to get the identified residents connected with the necessary service providers by October 31, 2022 – Vice
Mayor Eduardo Martinez (510-620-6593)
DISCUSSION:
The Rydin Vehicle Encampment was scheduled to sunset at the end of December 2021; however, prior to the planned sunset date, the City Council determined that AGENDA
REPORT
September 20, 2022
additional time was needed to help transition residents to alternative housing options based on input received from the encampment residents.
In August 2022, the City Council voted to reestablish a sunset date for September 30, 2022. The City Council directed City staff to continue collaboration with Contra Costa County (CCC) H3 and C.O.R.E. programs, as well as authorized the city manager to negotiate and execute contracts for: (1) on-site management and security services; and (2) the administration of housing needs assessments, administration of previously allocated flex funds, facilitation of resident meetings, and continuation of the Clean Rydin program with Housing Consortium of the East Bay (HCEB).
While most residents have an established plan to transition from the encampment to housing in other places, six (6) individuals identified by HCEB require more specialized services that realistically cannot be adequately provided by the September 30, 2022, sunset date.
HCEB has identified that these six (6) residents need special services that include mental health, substance use, or other forms of counseling. While the sunset date for the residents at Rydin with signed plans shall remain September 30, 2022, HCEB recognizes that the upcoming deadline does not allow enough time to ensure the residents get the help they need. Removing the six (6) identified residents from the encampment prior to being connected to the required services will likely lead to unnecessarily dangerous conditions for the residents.
Therefore, to allow for these residents to connect with services in a realistic timeline, the City Council needs to amend the sunset date for these six individuals, to extend until October 31, 2022.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
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