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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN JOSE: (A) AUTHORIZING THE HOUSING DIRECTOR,
OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE
AMENDMENTS TO GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR THE
FOLLOWING SHELTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
PROGRAMS SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN SAN JOSE: (1)
LIFEMOVES (MOTEL VOUCHERS PROGRAM), IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,500,000 FROM JANUARY 1,
2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025; (2) LIFEMOVES
(TEMPORARY HOUSING ACCESS PROGRAM), IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $325,000 FROM JANUARY 1,
2025, THROUGH MARCH 31, 2025; (3) GOODWILL OF
SILICON VALLEY (SJ BRIDGE PROGRAM), A NO-COST
GRANT AGREEMENT TERM EXTENSION FROM JANUARY
1, 2025, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026; (B) DESIGNATING THE
FOLLOWING TWO CITY-OWNED FACILITIES TO BE
OCCUPIED AS OVERNIGHT WARMING LOCATIONS BY
INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS DURING
THE COLD WEATHER SEASON: (1) ROOSEVELT
COMMUNITY CENTER, 901 E. SANTA CLARA STREET,
SAN JOSE, CA 95116; AND (2) DR. ROBERTO CRUZ
ALUM ROCK BRANCH LIBRARY, 3090 ALUM ROCK
AVENUE, SAN JOSE, CA 95127; AND (C) AUTHORIZING
THE HOUSING DIRECTOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
HOMEFIRST SERVICES OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, IN
AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,222,000 TO IMPLEMENT
THE OVERNIGHT WARMING LOCATIONS PROGRAM,
RETROACTIVE FROM SEPTEMBER 25, 2024, THROUGH
JUNE 30, 2025
WHEREAS, the shelter management system provides interim housing opportunities to unsheltered homeless individuals and families, and services applied to shelter opportunities include intensive wraparound supportive services and social services; and
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WHEREAS, the Motel Vouchers Program provides temporary motel stays with intensive wraparound services to transition program participant families from unsheltered homelessness to either permanent or other temporary housing opportunities, and the proposed 6-month contract extension from January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025, with the proposed addition of $2,500,000 to an existing grant agreement with LifeMoves will continue the implementation of the Motel Vouchers Program, includes an updated performance goal, and will serve approximately 97 program participant families during this contract extension period; and
WHEREAS, the Temporary Housing Access Program provides temporary motel stays with intensive wraparound services to transition single adults from unsheltered homelessness to permanent or other temporary housing opportunities, and the proposed contract extension from January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025, with the proposed addition of $325,000 to an existing grant agreement with LifeMoves will continue the implementation of the Temporary Housing Access Program, includes an updated performance goal, and will serve approximately 25 program participants during this contract extension period; and
WHEREAS, the SJ Bridge Program supports program participants with rapid employment on beautification crews, job readiness, vocational training, and access to permanent housing opportunities, and the proposed 18-month extended grant agreement term for the SJ Bridge program with Goodwill of Silicon Valley supports its investment in longer-range program development improvements to sustain the success of the program, includes an updated contract performance goal, and requires no additional funding at this time; and
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WHEREAS, in August 2024, the City of San José (“City”) Housing Department initiated an extensive selection process to identify and secure Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 Overnight Warming Location (“OWL”) options, and Housing Department partnered with the City’s Parks, Recreation, and Neigbhorhood Services (“PRNS”) and City Public Library (“Library”) departments to review the site selection minimum criteria and develop a recommended locations list to evaluate possible locations; and
WHEREAS, the PRNS department recognized that there are efficiencies in identifying a consistent OWL site including making facility improvements specific to the needs of the OWL program, smoother program operations with trained PRNS staff, reduction in staff time spent annually evaluating and securing a new site location, and balancing the needs of other community center/site designation priorities for emergency and inclement weather purposes; and
WHEREAS, these considerations, along with following site selection procedure, contributed to the PRNS department selecting the Roosevelt Community Center as a permanent OWL program location; and
WHEREAS, the Library department recommended the Cambrian Library as an alternative option for future consideration, the Library Department selected the the Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Library as the second site for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 OWL program; and
WHEREAS, City Council last approved a grant agreement for the OWL program on November 14, 2023, and staff recommends that the proposed OWL program grant agreement with HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County in the amount $1,222,000 be retroactive from September 25, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and that the grant NVF:RM2:CEG/MMV
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agreement include an updated performance goal to indicate that this program will utilize its 30 units/beds at each location to service approximately 250 program particpants; and
WHEREAS, the delegation of authority to the Housing Director, or his designee, to execute a grant agreement and amendments totaling $4,047,000 in local and state funds to several nonprofit service providers will allow the Housing Department to continue expeditiously providing housing and emergency shelter opportunities and employment support through programs that serve San José’s most vulnerable residents; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this resolution for the reasons set forth in the memorandum dated November 15, 2024, from the Director of Housing, Erik L.
Soliván, for the November 19, 2024, City Council Meeting;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE THAT:
(A) The Housing Director, or his designee, is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute amendments to grant agreements for the following shelter management system programs serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness in San José:
(1) LifeMoves (Motel Vouchers Program), in an amount not to exceed $2,500,000 from January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025; and
(2) LifeMoves (Temporary Housing Access Program), in an amount not to exceed $325,000 from January 1, 2025, through March 31, 2025; and (3) Goodwill of Silicon Valley (SJ Bridge Program), a no-cost grant agreement term extension from January 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
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(B) The following two City-owned facilities are hereby designated to be occupied as Overnight Warming Locations by individuals experiencing homelessness during the cold weather season:
(1) Roosevelt Community Center, 901 E. Santa Clara Street, San José, CA 95116; and
(2) Dr. Roberto Cruz Alum Rock Branch Library, 3090 Alum Rock Avenue, San José, CA 95127; and
(C) The Housing Director, or his designee, is hereby authorized to negotiate and execute a grant agreement with HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County, in an amount not to exceed $1,222,000 to implement the Overnight Warming Locations program, retroactive from September 25, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
ADOPTED this _____ day of ___________, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk