Presentation - est. 10 minutes — San Jose City Council, June 17, 2025

HOUSING DEPARTMENT
Resolution Authorizing Emergency
Procurement for Service Providers for
the Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub and
the Motel Program
June 17, 2025 Item 8.8
City Council Meeting
Erik L. Soliván
Director
Housing Department
Cupid Alexander
Deputy Director, Homelessness Response, Data,
and Grants Management
Housing Department
• Program Overview: Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub and Motel Programs
• Recommendation: Utilize Resolution 2024-438 (Shelter Crisis Declaration) to authorize entering into contractual agreement with supportive service provider.
• Supportive service costs captured in the FY 2025-2026 budget.

Presentation Overview
Slide 2
• June 18, 2024, Council Direction:
 Resolution 2024-279 authorized temporary housing options without further action from City Council.
 Resolution 2024-280 authorized public works to construct outdoor sleeping and basic needs sites or other temporary housing options without further action from City Council. • Information memorandum issued regarding the selected five motel sites for the temporary housing options.

Background
Slide 3
• Adopt a resolution authorizing emergency procurement
• Authority to execute grant agreements totaling $9.26M  Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub: $2.4M
 Motel Program: $6.86M
• Operator: HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County
• Contract Term: July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 (retroactive) Slide 4
Recommendation Summary
• Location: 1157 E. Taylor Street, San Jose
• Capacity: 56 tents (48 regular + 8 ADA)
• Purpose: Triage and transition point from
encampments
Slide 5
Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub Overview
Safe Sleeping
Navigation Center
Encampments Motels Interim Housing Permanent Housing
• Estimated Impact: Serves 200+ residents
• Budget: $2.4M
 Security: $230K
 Food: $300K
 Supportive Services: $1.175M
 Property Management: $295K
 Overhead/Indirect: $400K
• Total Units: ~ 251 rooms (~ 331 beds) across 5 motels • Added Feature: Potential of up to 20 safe parking spaces • Placement Source: Participants come from abatements, waterways, by way of the Navigation Hub (or direct placement)
• Program participants screened/triaged in alignment with site designation • City Operates Motel Programs: Motel V oucher Program, Arena, Pacific Motor Inn Slide 6
Motel Program Overview
Prevention
Preservation Unhoused
Outreach
[TOEP]
Safe Sleeping &
Parking [City]
Interim
Housing
Tiny Homes
Interim
Housing
Hotels
PSH
Units
Rent
Subsidized
& Rent
Restricted
Rent
Stabilized
Market Rate
Units
Subsidized
Homeownership
Lived-in
Cars & RVs
[OLIVE]
Encampment
Resolution
[ESCPR]
Home
Ownership
Hoteling &
Congregate
[City]
Congregate
Shelter [County]
Slide 7
Motel Program Overview (Continued)
Sites:
• Alura Inn (42 rooms)
• Bristol Hotel (47 rooms)
• Casa Linda Motel (34 rooms)
• Fontaine Inn (52 rooms)
• Motel 6 (76 rooms)
Operations Model:
• 24-hour staffing
• Site security
• Case management
• Food services
• Connections to health and medical services
• Assistance applying for permanent housing
• Motel occupancy (after ‘ramp-up period’) will be shared on the Emergency Interim Housing Asset Management dashboard.
• Contracts include ‘flexible language’ for efficiencies related to security, food, and maintenance costs.
• Updates will be provided in the City’s Consolidated Annual Homelessness Report.

Slide 8
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Accountability
Need:
• 5,400 unsheltered
• Gap of over 3K shelter spaces
• Urgent need for decent, safe,
and managed spaces.

Slide 9
Public Benefit
Benefit:
• Accelerates goal towards 1,000 new EIH
units
• Waterway and Encampment Resolution
Funding alignment
• Responsive, flexible, and scalable
1) Approve staff recommendation to adopt emergency resolution. 2) Delegate authority to negotiate and execute contracts for Safe Sleeping Navigation Hub and Motel Program operation agreements with selected service provider.

Next Steps: Begin program operations in August 2025.

Slide 10
Recommendation

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San Jose City Council
June 17, 2025