...Title
Resolution Authorizing New Operators and Grant Agreements for the Motel Program.
...Recommendations
Adopt a resolution authorizing the Housing Director, or his designee, to increase the Motel Program operational funding by $476,224, to support the transition to new providers, from the amount of $6,860,045 previously approved by City Council to a total of $7,336,269, and negotiate and execute grant agreements with the following entities to operate the Motel Program as provided below:
(a) An amount not to exceed $3,270,463 to HomeFirst for:
(1) Bristol Hotel, Casa Linda Motel, and Fontaine Inn, retroactively from July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025;
(2) Motel 6, retroactively from July 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025; and
(3) Continued operation of Alura Inn, retroactively from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026;
(b) An amount not to exceed $1,312,400 to PATH, for Bristol Hotel, from December 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026;
(c) An amount not to exceed $818,933 to Razing the Bar, for Casa Linda Motel, from December 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026;
(d) An amount not to exceed $928,434 to PATH, for Fontaine Inn, from December 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and
(e) An amount not to exceed $1,006,039 to WeHOPE, for Motel 6, from January 1, 2026, to June 30, 2026.
CEQA: Addendum to the Emergency Interim Housing Programs Mitigated Negative Declaration (Resolution No. RES2023-380), File No. ER25-073, Motel Transitional Housing and Congregate Shelters. (Housing)