RESOLUTION NO. 6502-2023
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION
OF WEST COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES (WCCS) TO THE SONOMA COUNTY COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, West County Community Services (WCCS), works to strengthen and empower individuals, families, and communities by providing access to critical social programs to at-risk and vulnerable populations. Through the work of West County Community Services, all youth, adults, families and seniors in Sonoma County are afforded the opportunity to be resilient, informed and resourceful, emotionally well, and self-sufficient. And, WHEREAS, WCCS is applying for funding from the Sonoma County Community Development Commission to fund outreach coordinator positions for West County as well as the City of Sebastopol; and,
WHEREAS, WCCS has partnered with the City of Sebastopol since 2017 to successfully operate Park Village, a City-owned mobile home park operated as a cost-effective and sustainable solution to affordably house low income residents, and most recently have added an Outreach Coordinator to the City’s contract to support outreach to unhoused individuals and families; and WHEREAS, the City of Sebastopol finds that persons of very low and low income are experiencing increasing difficulty in locating and maintaining adequate, safe and sanitary affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the on-going provision of a homeless services outreach coordinator is consistent with the City’s General Plan, in that it fulfills several Policies in the City’s Adopted Housing Element, including:
Policy D-2 – Encourage expansion of housing opportunities for extremely low-income households;
Policy H-2 – coordinate housing activities with Sonoma County and other suitable organizations to administer the City’s housing programs.
Policy D-6 – Work to prevent homelessness and support housing services to the homeless. And,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Sebastopol does hereby support West County Community Services’ application to the Sonoma County Community Development Commission for Funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the CITY COUNCIL of THE CITY OF SEBASTOPOL, COUNTY OF SONOMA, of STATE OF CALIFORNIA on this 3rd day of January, 2023.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City of Sebastopol City Council by the following vote:
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Maurer, Zollman, Vice Mayor Rich and Mayor Hinton Noes: Councilmember McLewis
Absent: None
Abstain:None
ATTEST: ______________________________
Mary Gourley, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk, MMC
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Larry McLaughlin, City Attorney