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FROM: James A. Rydingsword, Director of Social Services - Costa
Perfecto Villarreal, Executive Director of the !
Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa County
OAT E: MARCH 26, 1991 f`}f''1'f'ulf" ,Rcr
SUBJECT: EMERGENCY PLAN TO CONTINUE TO USE TRAILER SHELTERS TO HOUSE THE
HOMELESS AT 847 BROOKSIDE DRIVE, RICHMOND
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDATION:
A. DECLARE AND FIND, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080 (b) (4) ,
that continued temporary use of trailers for housing the homeless of the
County at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond, is necessary to prevent or miti-
gate an emergency, as defined in Public Resource Code Section 21060.3,
thereby exempting such action from the requirements of the California --
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as an emergency project.
B. DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director, or the Executive Director
of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, on behalf of the
County, to execute amendments to the following contracts:
(1) Contract #20-893 with Shelter Inc. to include operation of the
45-bed trailer shelter from April 1, 1991, through June 30, 1991.
(2) Contract #20-894 with United Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations
to provide transportation to the shelter for homeless individuals who
are simultaneously enrolled in daytime Case Management Progams at
Phoenix Multi-Service Centers in Concord or Antioch from April 1, 1991
through June 30, 1991.
(3) Contract #20-895 with Phoenix Programs, Inc. to provide screening and
case management services at their Concord and Antioch Multi-Service
Centers for homeless individuals sheltered at the 45-bed trailer
shelter at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond.
C. DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director and the Sheriff to execute
an amendment to their Interdepartment Agreement to add the Work Furlough
Center's provision of meals to persons residing at the trailer sheUgr at
847 Brookside Drive, Richmond from April 1 1991 through June 30, 199
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BO RD�OMMITTEE `ti !/
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 26, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 1 ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Cc: Social Service Director ATTESTED
Housing Authority PHIL BATCHELOR.CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Sheriff SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Auditor-Controller
Community Development
County Administrator DEPUTY
D. DIRECT AND AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller to make cash advances of
$25,000 each to Shelter Inc. , and Phoenix Programs, and $9,000 to United
Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations to cover operations until
contract amendments can be finalized.
E. DIRECT the Community Development Department, in cooperation with the
Social Service Department and the Contra Costa Housing Authority, to
conduct CEQA review for the use of the trailers for housing the homeless
of the County at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond, notwithstanding the above
declaration and finding of an emergency.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The anticipated cost of operating the trailer shelter at 847 Brookside Drive,
Richmond, includin day services and transportation, from April 1, 1991 through
June 30, 1991, is ?105,000 to be funded by General Funds and Grants.
III. BACKGROUND:
A. Specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency are exempt
from the requirements of CEQA.
B. The reasons for declaring and finding that the continued temporary use of
trailers for housing the homeless at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond, is an
emergency project exempt from the requirements of CEQA are as follows:
1. There is an urgent need to maintain the availability of the 45 beds
in the temporary trailer shelter at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond,
for homeless indigent residents seeking shelter.
2. The Winter 1990-91 Shelter Program for Homeless Single Adults approved
by the Board of Supervisors on November 27, 1990, provided for 100
shelter beds at the Siemens Building in Walnut Creek, in addition to
the 56 beds at the County Shelter at 845B Brookside Drive, Richmond, ,
and the 12 beds for single women at the VOA Shelter in Richmond. The
Board of Supervisors also authorized the emergency use of the 45-bed
temporary .trailers at 847 Brookside Drive, Richmond for housing the
homeless of the County from February 5, 1991 through March 31, 1991.
3. The shelter at the Siemens Building is set to cease operation on
May 1, 1991.
4. The County is required to continue to provide shelter for indigent
homeless residents pursuant to the court's preliminary injunction in
the "Scates, et al . v. Rydingsword, et al . ." Contra Costa County
Superior Court, No. C89-02060, and to maintain the emergency assistance
program pursuant to the Court's preliminary injunction in Randolph v.
County, Contra Costa County Superior Court No. C89-04503. These court
orders require that the County provide shelter to indigent homeless
residents without regard to the limitations of the County's General
Assistance Program, and the County has no means of providing such
shelter without continuing to use the trailers at 847 Brookside Drive,
Richmond.
5. The continued use of the trailer shelter at 847 Brookside Drive,
Richmond will maintain the availability of 45 beds for homeless
indigent residents seeking shelter.
C. Those staying at this trailer shelter will receive intake, screening,
and daytime case management services at the Phoenix Multi-Service Centers
in Concord and Antioch. Transportation will be provided by the United
Council of Spanish Speaking Organizations. The trailer shelter program
will be operated along the lines of the County's 1990-91 Winter Shelter
Program rules. Hours of operation will be daily from 4:30 p.m. until
8:00 a.m. Residents will receive three meals per day in addition to
receiving case-directed services at the Phoenix Multi-Service Centers
during the daytime hours.