Agenda Item #13.10
For Council Meeting of: March 24, 2026
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: MEGAN BASINGER, DIRECTOR OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBJECT: 2026 SERVICE CONTRACT WITH THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AGENDA ACTION: RESOLUTION
RECOMMENDATION
The Housing and Community Services Department recommends that the Council, by resolution, approve the 2026 Service Contract with Santa Rosa City School District (Agreement), to provide services for summer youth programs and authorize the Director of Housing and Community Services or designee to negotiate, execute and administer the Agreement, subject to approval by the City Attorney. The Santa Rosa City School District will provide the City $72,019 for operations of the programs; revenue and expenditures are included in the FY 2025/2026 budget and the proposed FY 2026/2027 budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Housing & Community Services Department offers a wide variety of services and programs for the community. The proposed contract with the Santa Rosa City School District will enable the Housing & Community Services Department to continue to provide programming for Santa Rosa youth during the summer months.
GOAL
This item relates to Council Goal #4 - Foster a Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Community and allows the City to increase access and provide recreation programs for at risk youth.
BACKGROUND/PRIOR COUNCIL REVIEW
The Housing & Community Services Department offers a wide variety of summer programs for youth at City parks and facilities, as well as school sites. The Santa Rosa City School District, through contracts, partners with a variety of service providers to offer summer programs for Santa Rosa City School students. The Recreation Division has been providing summer programs at SRCS sites for the past 15 years. The summer programs, three camps offered at one site, serve approximately 400 students during the summer.
On March 4, 2025, the City Council, by Resolution No. RES-2025-033, executed a service contract with the Santa Rosa City School District to provide summer recreation program locations and authorized the Chief Financial Officer to appropriate funds to JL Key 001882-1260 ‘Change For Kids’. This request continues this service for the 2026 summer.
ANALYSIS
Summer programs will be provided through the Recreation Division of the Housing & Community Services Department as part of the City’s Violence Prevention efforts. Both the City and Santa Rosa City Schools will promote summer offerings while providing outreach strategies for student and family participation with an emphasis on prioritizing access and equity. This partnership will allow around 400 students to have safe, structured programming throughout the summer.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of this action does not have a fiscal impact on the General Fund. The Santa Rosa City School District will pay the City $72,019 for providing the summer programming, revenue will be received in JL Key 001882-1260 ‘Change For Kids’ Expenditures are included in the FY 25-26 and the proposed FY 26/27 budgets.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), the recommended action is not a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it consists of the approval of a service contract to provide summer youth programming at existing facilities, which is an organizational and administrative activity of government that will not result in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Accordingly, no further environmental review is required.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not applicable.
NOTIFICATION
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Exhibit A – Santa Rosa City Schools Service Contract
PRESENTER(S)
Jeff Tibbetts, Deputy Director - Recreation
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