...Title
Actions Related to the Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Grant from the State of California.
...Recommendations
(a) Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager or his designee:
(1) To accept the Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention ("HHAP") grant award of $23,832,510.94 from the State of California to fund emergency and crisis intervention services for the homeless and negotiate and execute related documents to accept these grant funds without further City Council action;
(2) To negotiate and execute a second amendment to the grant agreement with Habitat for Humanity dated June 3, 2019 to increase the grant amount by up to an additional $6,000,000 for a total amount of $11,100,600 to develop and construct an additional site located on Monterey and Bernal for emergency bridge housing or emergency shelters;
(3) To negotiate and execute a Third Amendment to the grant agreement that was transferred to Destination: Home SV by Asset Transfer Agreement dated November 28, 2017, to increase the grant amount by $3,000,000 for a total of $5,179,129, to continue implementing the Employment Initiative and Homelessness Prevention System for homeless individuals and families through June 30, 2021; and
(4) To negotiate and execute a third amendment to the grant agreement with Bill Wilson Center dated August 15, 2017, increasing the maximum amount of compensation by $2,000,000 from $2,179,129 to $4,179,129 to provide housing and supportive services to homeless youth ages 18 to 25 through their Transition in Place program through June 30, 2020.
(b) Adopt a resolution finding that the expenditures in connection with the COVID-19 emergency for the purposes of procuring, developing and constructing emergency bridge housing communities, emergency interim shelters or emergency shelters are deemed by the Council to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health, or property and that such expenditures and contracts are exempted from Charter bidding...
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