DATE: July 13, 2021
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Adopt Resolutions Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Agreements with Vendors (BACS, Vagabond Inn Hayward, and First Presbyterian Church) for American Rescue Plan Act Funded Homelessness Projects
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council:
1. Adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Bay Area Community Services (BACS) for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Hayward Navigation Center Hotel Annex operations in an amount not-to-exceed $1.5 million;
2. Adopts a resolution (Attachment III) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with Vagabond Inn Hayward DBA PAAR Hospitality for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Hayward Navigation Center Hotel Annex Hotel services in an amount not-to-exceed $1.5 million; and
3. Adopts a resolution (Attachment IV) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with First Presbyterian Church of Hayward for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Winter Warming Center Expansion and Day-Resource Center at South Hayward Parish for an amount not-to-exceed $1,644,314.
SUMMARY
On January 28, 2020, the Council approved the City's Strategic Roadmap, which includes the priority area to Protect, Preserve, and Produce Housing. That priority area includes the project to create and implement a homelessness reduction strategic plan. Additional information on the Let's House Hayward! (LHH) Homelessness Reduction Strategic Plan recommended for Council approval in a previous agenda item this evening can be found on the July 13th, 2021 Hayward Council agenda.
The recently passed America Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA), also known as the COVID-19 Stimulus Package, included over $65 billion in direct federal relief to cities in order to address the economic and fiscal impacts of the COVID crisis and to assist in the recovery of local communities. The City of Hayward is est...
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