AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 06/19/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Management Services Department
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City Council consideration of the First Amendment to the Professional Service Agreement between the City of Corona and Kingdom Causes, Inc. dba City Net, a California Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (“Consultant”).
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Service Agreement between the City and Kingdom Causes, Inc. dba City Net, a California Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (“Consultant”).
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ANALYSIS:
In December 2018, the City of Corona entered into a seven-month Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Kingdom Causes, Inc. dba City Net for the purposes of providing ongoing street outreach, housing navigation and case management services. The term of this original PSA will end on June 30, 2019. City Net was tasked with helping the City lead and manage a street-level homeless service collaborative by building upon and enhancing existing City efforts. City Net focuses on refining and provide collaborative leadership to a focused coalition of City government, health care, law enforcement and other city first responders, advocacy groups, nonprofit organizations, local businesses, various faith communities as well as homeless neighbors. This effort has focused on Corona’s homeless neighbors seeking to engage them in case management with the goal of exiting them from the streets, with the long-term goal of dramatically reducing street-level homelessness locally.
City Net’s street outreach seeks to connect unsheltered homeless neighbors with emergency shelter, housing, or critical services, and provide urgent, non-facility-based care. These activities are intended to help homeless neighbors obtain appropriate supportive services, including permanent housing, medical and mental health treatment, counseling, supervision, and other services essential for achieving independent living; housing stability case management; and other Federal, State, local, or private assistance available to assist the program participant in obtaining housing stability. City Net also works to mobilize community resources, including meals, volunteers, donations and advocacy, to coordinate care in emergency shelters, parks, and other public areas where Corona’s homeless neighbors live. These efforts seek to reduce wasteful duplication and fill missing gaps in the continuum of care, with the long-term goal of ending homelessness by providing homeless neighbors a stable context in which their emergency needs are met, thus allowing them to work on long-term housing plans.
City Net has been instrumental in assisting the City to better serve the needs of our Homeless citizens as noted in their current monthly report dated May 2019 (see attached). From December 2018 to May 31, 2019, City Net has successfully exited 19 homeless neighbors from the streets of Corona.
COMMITTEE ACTION:
Not applicable.
STRATEGIC PLAN:
This supports the City’s Strategic Plan Goal 4: Actively Engage in Public and Private Partnerships to Provide Services and Amenities with the following focus: a. Seek creative partnership opportunities to allow private agencies to provide programs and services for youth, senior and special needs groups within the City; b. Proactively develop partnerships with local and regional business interests and agencies.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this Professional Services Agreement will be included in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 proposed budget under Management Services for the City Manager’s Office. The total cost of the PSA will be $124,800 for fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action merely approves the disposition of real property and any future development of the property will be subject to review under CEQA prior to development. Therefore, there is no possibility that approving this Disposition and Development Agreement will have a significant effect on the environment and no environmental analysis is required at this time.
PREPARED BY: MICHELE NISSEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: Cita Longsworth, purchasing manager
REVIEWED BY: KERRY D. EDEN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
SUBMITTED BY: MITCHELL LANSDELL, ACTING CITY MANAGER
Attachments:
1. City Net 1st Amendment to Professional Services Agreement
2. City Net Original Professional Services Agreement (December 2018)
3. City Net Report May 2019