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a. Ratify and authorize the County Administrative Officer or designee to execute a retroactive Standard Agreement between the County of Monterey and the City of King to provide a temporary homeless shelter program and temporary rental assistance to former occupants of an encampment site in an amount not to exceed $561,000 for a term of July 1, 2024 through August 11, 2025; and,
b. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer or designee, to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this agreement where amendments do not exceed 10% ($56,100) and do not significantly alter the scope of services as determined by the Director of the Homelessness Strategy and Initiatives Division and subject to approval by County Counsel.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Ratify and authorize the County Administrative Officer or designee to execute a retroactive Standard Agreement between the County of Monterey and the City of King to provide a temporary homeless shelter program and temporary rental assistance to former occupants of an encampment site in an amount not to exceed $561,000 for a term of July 1, 2024 through August 11, 2025; and,
b. Approve and authorize the County Administrative Officer or designee, to sign up to three (3) future amendments to this agreement where amendments do not exceed 10% ($56,100) and do not significantly alter the scope of services as determined by the Director of the Homelessness Strategy and Initiatives Division and subject to approval by County Counsel.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This Agreement with the City of King (“King City”) is funded by Encampment Resolution Funding Round 3 (“ERF-3-R”) and will provide temporary shelter at the Monarch Inn on 633 Broadway Street, King City, to occupants of a former encampment located along the Salinas River adjacent to King City and rental assistance for the unsheltered families formerly living at the encampment site that do not qualify for the Monarch Inn interim shelter, in an amount not to exceed $561,000 for a term retroactive to July 1, 2024 through August 11, 2025.
This Agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2024, due to delays in executing the Grant Agreement between the County and the State of California Housing and Community Development Department (“HCD”), which is funding the agreement.
This Agreement also contains the County’s standard 30-day “no cause” provision in Section 3.02 of the Standard Agreement and contains defunding provisions in Exhibit A (Section H.9), which gives the County the ability to terminate the Agreement in the event of a reduction and/or termination of ERF-3-R funding.
This initiative correlates to the Health & Human Services Strategic Initiative adopted by the
Board of Supervisors by working collaboratively to address and develop a plan for ending homelessness.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The Office of the County Counsel-Risk Management, and the Office of the Auditor-Controller have approved the Agreement as to form, insurance and indemnification and fiscal provisions.
FINANCING:
This action does not impact the General Fund. This agreement is funded by an Encampment Resolution Funding Grant (ERF-3-R). Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the County Administrative Office FY Adopted Budget 2024-2025 for the Homelessness Strategy and Initiatives Division (001-1050-CAO004-8598). The ERF-3-R funds for FY 2025-2026 will be included in the Department’s requested budget for that FY.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
Mark a check to the related Board of Supervisors Strategic Initiatives
__Economic Development
__Administration
_X_Health & Human Services
__Infrastructure
__Public Safety
Prepared by: Sarah Federico, Management Analyst II, CAO-HSI Division, ext 5341
Reviewed by: Roxanne Wilson, CAO-HSI Division, ext 5445
Approved by: Deborah Paolinelli, Assistant County Administrative Officer, ext 5309
Attachments: Board Report
Agreement with Exhibits
Proposed agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board as an attachment to this Board Report.