TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
George Gabriel, Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT:Title
Update on Homelessness Initiatives and Consider Adoption of a Resolution Approving an Agreement in the Amount of $330,665 with Los Angeles County to Provide Homelessness Coordination, Training and Case Management Services to the Beach Cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach (City Manager Moe).
a) RECEIVE REPORT
b) ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-0085
c) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council: 1) receive an update on homelessness initiatives; 2) adopt Resolution No. 19-0085 approving an agreement in amount of $330,666 with Los Angeles County to provide homelessness coordination, training and case management services to the cities of Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach, substantially in the form attached hereto; and 3) provide direction, if any, on the City's "Five-Year Plan to Address Homelessness in our Community."
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no net fiscal impact associated with the recommended action. The $330,666 grant is funded by the County of Los Angeles's Homelessness Initiative. As part of the grant agreement, the grant recipients are required to match a portion of hard and soft costs over an 18 month period, to ensure the deliverables outlined in the contract are implemented. In total, the cities of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach will commit $281,208 in soft costs (personnel hours) and $5,000 in hard costs provided by the City of Hermosa Beach.
BACKGROUND:
On March 7, 2017, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors obtained voter approval for a 10-year, 1/4 cent sales tax increase to help fund housing and support services for the homeless population throughout the County. Since the passage of Measure H, various cities ...
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