City Council 2023 Priority:
Housing & Homelessness Work Plan
CITY COUNCIL PRESENTATION
MAY 1, 2023
1 Council Priority:
Homeless
Navigation
Center
Purchase Nimitz Motel and open/
operate an interim shelter/navigation
center and convert to permanent
supportive housing for the homeless
with nonprofit partners
2 Homeless
Navigation
Center
Work Plan
3 Deliverable Due Date Department/Staff Responsible
Submit federal earmark
application
4/01/23 City Manager’s Office
Council authorizes State Homekey
application
6/05/23 Community Development
Director
Submit Homekey application 6/07/23 CD Director
Council reviews agreements
(development, loan, service)
7/31/23 CD Director
State & Federal make funding
decisions
9/30/23 CMO + CD Director
Hold Council work session on Plan
B (if Homekey is denied)
10/09/23 CD Director + Human Services
Manager
Close escrow on Nimitz Motel 10/31/23 CD Director
Commence nav center operations 8/31/24 HS Director/Manager Complete operational evaluation 10/01/25 HS Manager
Begin looking for successor
navigation center site
01/01/26 CD Director + HS Manager
Begin planning the permanent
supportive housing development
01/1/26 CD Director + HS Manager
Council Priority:
Increasing
Housing Supply
Increase the supply of housing,
including diverse housing types
that accommodate all income levels in
accordance with the City’s 2023-2031
Housing Element Update
4 Increasing
Housing
Supply
Work Plan
5 Item Deliverable Due Date Dept/Staff Responsible
1 Methods to reduce barriers to housing production
1.a Complete development impact fee amendments &
market feasibility study
4/01/24 Assistant CD Director
1.b Issue RFP for consultant - parking reform &
transportation demand management (TDM)
01/01/24 Planning Manager
1.c Kick off parking & TDM code amendments 4/01/24 Planning Manager
1.d Hold Council meeting to review recommendations for
parking reform & TDM code amendments
4/01/25 Planning Manager
2. Promotion of new housing development opportunities
2.a Nominate key sites to Association of Bay Area
Governments priority sites
8/01/23 Assistant CD Director
2.b Make recommendations for State pro-housing
designation
10/01/23 Assistant CD Director
2.c Complete Bay Fair infrastructure phasing + financing study
12/01/23 Assistant CD Director
2.d Implement multi-lingual accessory dwelling unit
promotion/info
10/01/24 Planning Manager
2.e Update and post housing opportunity sites on City
website and create/post digital map
01/01/25 Assistant CD Director
2.f Develop housing development toolkit online 01/01/25 Assistant CD Director
2.g Adopt Bay Fair TOD precise plan 3/31/26 Assistant CD Director Council Priority:
Addressing &
Preventing
Homelessness
Prevent and address homelessness,
including developing policies
to prevent or mitigate displacement
using a multi-faceted approach that
includes various community
stakeholders
6 Addressing &
Preventing
Homelessness
Work Plan
7 Deliverable Due date Dept/Staff Responsible
1 Release RFP for mental health crisis unit 6/15/23 Alameda County Fire Department (ACFD)
1.a Select Provider 9/15/23 ACFD
1.b Execute Provider Contract 12/15/23 AFCD
1.c Mental Health Crisis Unit program launch 7/01/24 ACFD 2 Conclude winter 2023 Warming Center 5/01/23 HS Manager
2.a Council reviews Cooling Center & winter
2023 Warming Center proposal
6/19/23 HS Director
2.b Open Cooling Center 7/01/23 HS Director / Manager
2.c Open winter Warming Center 11/01/23 HS Director / Manager 3 Publish homelessness response resource
guide
6/01/23 HS Director / Manager
3.a Assess effectiveness of homeless response
resource guide
1/01/24 HS Director / Manager
4 Review by Rules Comm. of safe parking 02/01/24 HS Director / Manager
4.a Implement pilot safe parking program 05/01/24 HS Director / Manager
4.b Launch additional micro safe parking site 05/01/25 HS Director / Manager 5 Rules Committee reviews non-sworn safety
ambassadors program
07/01/24 HS Director / Manager
5.a Council reviews proposal for non-sworn
safety ambassadors
01/01/25 CMO / FPS
5.b Present homeless program update to Council 04/01/24 HS Director 6 Contract executed for youth support
services with nonprofit partners
7/01/23 HS Manager
Addressing &
Preventing
Homelessness
Work Plan
8 Deliverable Due date Dept/Staff
Responsible
7 Hold Council Work
Session on renter
protection
overview (rent
control, Just Cause,
rental registry,
amending
mobilehome rent
stabilization
ordinance),next
steps & proposed
schedule
7/24/23 CD Director
7.a Develop renter
protection
ordinances &
amend mobile
home rental
stabilization
ordinance
Estimated
12 to 18
month
process
CD Director
9 HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS - 4 YEAR GANTT CHART
START DATE
March 30, 2023
Qtr 1 (Jan-Mar),Qtr 2 (April-May), Qtr 3 (June-Aug), Qtr 4 (Sept-Dec) Timeline 2023 - 2024 - 2025 - 2026 -
Open Navigation Center
1. Homekey Application Submittal
2. Acquisition of Nimitz Motel
3. Authorization to Apply for Homekey
4. Conclude Federal Earmark Application
5. Agreements to Council
6. State & Federal Funding Decisions
7. Close Escrow Motel
8. Work Session on Plan B (if Homekey Denied)
9. Commence Operations
10. Search for Successor Navigation Site
11. Operational Evaluation
12. Begin Planning Permanent Supportive Housing
Adressing & Preventing Homelessness
1. Releasing RFP for Mental Health Crisis Unit
2. Successfully Conclude Winter 23 Warming Center
3. Publish Homelessness Response Resource Guide
4. Proposal to Rules Committee to Safe Parking
5. Rules Committee Check In for Non-Sworn Safery Ambassadors
6. Renter Protections (Planning/Implementation)
7. Contract Executed Support Services for youth Services Increase Housing Supply
1. Methods to reduce barriers to housing production
2. Promotion of new housing development opportunities
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
PROJECT NAMES
+ TASK TITLES
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2
Questions
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