RESOLUTION NO. ____________
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE FOLLOWING 1) AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA AND CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA FOR THE OPERATION OF THE SAMUEL L. JONES HOMELESS SHELTER HOUSING FOCUSED PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 (YEAR ONE) IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,128,742 AND CONTINUING for up to five years total (Fiscal Year 2022/2023 to Fiscal Year 2026/2027) on a conditional basis; 2) AUTHORIZING THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER TO PAY ALL PROPER CLAIMS AND COSTS WHEREAS, following the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the provision of homeless services and operation of the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter (SJH) for Fiscal Year 2022/2023, subsequent review by an evaluation committee and staff recommendation, on February 22, 2022, Council, by RES-2022-023, approved Catholic Charities as the operator of SJH; and WHEREAS, Council also directed staff to prepare an agreement for SJH for the initial period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 (Year 1) and continuing for up to five years total (Fiscal Year 2022/2023 to Fiscal Year 2026/2027) on a conditional basis subject to Catholic Charities’ performance and funding availability; and WHEREAS, SJH is funded collectively by the City of Santa Rosa, the County of Sonoma, and Community Foundation Sonoma County; and WHEREAS, the proposed services are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378; and WHEREAS, the Scope of Work was modified to require contractor to provide a phone number to access the shelter, and it was confirmed that such a requirement is consistent with the conditional use permit and emergency declaration and would not result in an increase to the compensation under the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a new agreement for the operation of SJH with Catholic Charities subject to Council’s approval of the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves the Agreement for the Operation and Use of the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Housing Focused Program (Agreement), in substantially the same form as Exhibit A attached hereto, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney, and authorizes the Director of Housing and Community Services to execute the Agreement between the City of Santa Rosa and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa for the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 (Year One), subject to Council’s approval of the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 budget.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council authorizes the Chief Financial Officer to pay all proper costs and claims for Year One of this contract out of Charge No. 340705 not to exceed a total amount of $2,128,742.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Council authorizes the Director of Housing and Community Services to execute an extension to the Agreement to fund subsequent years (Fiscal Year 2023/2024 to Fiscal Year 2026/2027) subject to Catholic Charities’ performance and the appropriation of funding by Council, the County of Sonoma, and the Community Foundation of Sonoma County, as funders of the Shelter, which extension shall be subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 7th day of June, 2022.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST:_________________________APPROVED:__________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
Attachment:
Exhibit A – Agreement for the Operation and Use of the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Housing Focused Program Reso. No. __________
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