STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Housing & Homelessness Solutions
AGENDA DATE: September 25, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Homeless Solutions
EXECUTIVE: Alina Ciocan
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the City Manager to (1) exercise the second of four, one-year renewal options to the facility management services contract with Bridge Steps d/b/a The Bridge, as amended, for facility management and operational services; (2) provide funding for the annual fee during year three of the contract, as amended, in an amount not to exceed $4,519,000.00 sourced from General Fund; and (3) increase the annual fee during year three of the contract, as amended, from $4,519,000.00 to an amount not to exceed $5,798,944.00, with $464,250.00 $164,250.00 sourced from General Fund for an increase for pay-to-stay shelter beds, $300,000.00 sourced from General Fund for an increase for the facility management services contract, and $815,694.00 sourced from Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") Grant Funds - Not to exceed $5,798,944.00 - Financing: General Fund ($4,983,250.00) (subject to appropriations), FY 2025 TDHCA-Homeless Housing and Services Program 24-25 Fund ($701,076.00) and FY 2023 TDHCA-HHSP Youth Set-Aside Reallocation Fund ($114,618.00)
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BACKGROUND
This facility management services contract will provide for the management and all operational responsibility of the City's homeless shelter located at 1818 Corsicana Street (Homeless Assistance Center). The contract, as amended, will be managed by the Office of Homeless Solutions. The scope of work includes support services programs for clients, which utilize best practices specified by the National Alliance to End Homelessness. This contract is in support of the following key priorities: preventing homelessness, protecting persons experiencing homelessness, promoting affordable housing solutions, and partnering to maximize resour...
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