RESOLUTION NO. RES-2025-018
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING MODIFICATION ONE OF THE Agreement Between the City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma for OperationAL FUNDING at the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter for FISCAL YEAR 2023/2024 AND FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025 WHEREAS, the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter (Shelter) is a City-owned facility which has been operated by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (Catholic Charities) since it opened in November 2005; and WHEREAS, the Shelter is funded collectively by the City of Santa Rosa, the County of Sonoma, and Community Foundation Sonoma County; and WHEREAS, the County has supported the operation of the Shelter since opening in 2005 via annual funding agreements; and WHEREAS, the Annex, a separate facility constructed in 2020, to restore shelter bed capacity to pre-COVID-19 levels while maintaining social distancing requirements, is operated in conjunction with the Shelter, providing up to 60 of the total 213 beds; and WHEREAS, on June 7, 2022, by RES-2022-114, Council approved the Agreement for the Operation and Use of the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Housing Focused Program (Agreement), and authorized the Director of Housing and Community Services to execute the Agreement and subsequent extensions with Catholic Charities for a five-year period (Fiscal Year 2022/2023 through Fiscal Year 2026/2027) subject to Council’s approval of the budget; and WHEREAS, on June 18, 2024, by RES-2024-092 Council approved the City’s Fiscal Year 2024/2025 budget, including an appropriation for the Shelter in the amount of $2,128,742, which included $255,000 from the County of Sonoma for Shelter operations; and WHEREAS, following Council’s approval of the Fiscal Year 2024/2025 budget, the Director of Housing and Community Services executed an operating agreement with Catholic Charities in the amount of $2,128,742 for the period July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, on March 18, 2024 the City entered into a funding agreement with the County of Sonoma for Shelter operations for Fiscal Years 2023/2024, in the amount of $255,000; and WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a modification of the funding agreement with the County of Sonoma for Shelter operations for Fiscal Years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025, in the amount of $255,000 annually for a combined total amount of $510,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves Modification One of the Agreement Between the City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma for Operational Funding at the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter for 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 (Funding 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 Funding Agreement for the period March 18, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 4th day of February, 2025.
AYES: (6) Mayor Stapp, Council Members Bañuelos, Fleming, MacDonald, Okrepkie, Rogers
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (1) Vice Mayor Alvarez
ABSTAIN/RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
Exhibit A – Modification One of the Agreement Between the City of Santa Rosa and the County of Sonoma for Operational Funding at the Samuel L. Jones Hall Homeless Shelter for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
Reso. No. RES-2025-018