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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05241994 - FC.2 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: �^ Costa Finance Committee, Tom Torlakson o. s x� °a County Gayle Bishop r DATE: ?rT+.cbiiK`�'t c SUBJECT: May 24, 1994 FINANCING PLAN FOR CHILD CARE SERVICES SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. Schedule consideration of the tentative 1994-95 allocations from the Child Care Affordability Fund for the June 13 meeting. 2. Direct the Community Service Director to contact Assemblyman Campbell to intervene in the sale of the Maritime and Pullman Child Care Centers and organize a meeting with the West County Unified School District, City of Richmond and County Community Development and Lease Management staff to discuss alternatives to sale of these properties. Explore the possibility of the School receiving credit for the sale of the property in exchange for County and State joint ownership and development of a portion of the parcels. Also explore the use of alternative sites for Child Care services. 3. Request the Director of Social Services to review new proposals which eliminate red.tape and administrative costs in the Department.. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: � s RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): Tom Torlakson Gayle Bishop ACTION OF BOARD ON y 24, 1994 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Approved recommendations 1, 2:.and 3 above and added number 4 as follows: 4. Direct the Social Services Department to develop guidelines for the timing and notification process for the use of the TOT Child Care Affordability Fund. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) 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. ATTESTED May 24, 1994 Contact: Tony Enea, 646-4094 PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF cc: Community Services Dept. SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY _,DEPUTY Page 2 BACKGROUND: On May 9, the Finance Committee considered allocating $250,000 from the Child Care Affordability Fund for fiscal year 1994-95. After hearing testimony from a number of persons, the Committee tentatively agreed to allocate monies as follows: 1) $104,450 of the Child Care Affordability Fund be used to finance Social Service Department contracts with the following community-based organizations: $ 7,500 Family and Community Services 67,500 Contra Costa Food Bank 4,750 Contra Costa Assn. for Retarded Citizens/Mayflower Transportation 24,700 Child Abuse Prevention Council of Contra Costa County The allocations will not be in the form of loans. The allocation of funds to these four Social Service Department contractors will be reviewed by the Finance Committee in October, 1994. 2) For fiscal year 1994-95, $145,550 of the Child Care Affordability Fund monies should be allocated in the following manner: $ 36,530 Contra Costa Child Care Council for the provision of child care resources and referral services $109,020 For provision of parent choice child care subsidies to low income working parents - to be administered by the Child Care Council through a contract with the Social Service Department. One outstanding issue was the amount of overhead to be charged in administering the $109,020 for child care subsidies. Social Services suggested a 15% administrative overhead while the Child Care Council requested 20% for both administration and support services. Child Care Centers Joan Sparks, Director of the Community Services Department, requested consideration for funds to help acquire, two child care centers from the West County Unified School District. Joan indicated that $495,000 is needed to purchase and rehabilitate the centers. If the centers are lost, 350 kids will not be provided service, $1,686,000 in state and federal child development funds will be lost, and 54 County employees will lose their jobs (see memos attached). Attached is additional information provided by the Department as requested by the Committee. Other Requests Attachment 3 is another request for funding from the Pittsburg Pre-School Coordinating Council. Establishment of the Child Care Affordability Fund Attached is the Board Order which established the Affordability Fund. The document may serve to clarify some of the issues which will be discussed by the Finance Committee. MAY — 1 8 -94 W t 1t S 4 Ea W k- u _ —� k-1 VI _ t- t< - ttt= r Attachment i POM-itw tWand fax transmitral memo y6'T1 #Wpnirea► rro SS o. lt7ATl,3 0S/1"4 r l` TO: Tony t.nea,f3t:rklttr Deputy CUutxty uu Fitom. +►1 / Wilda DavWso%Mid be+velaptneat A+l-nag,r t1sro rgh J4*iW 5j'rA4 Came. Verv.DepIL Directtrr SUDOX7, a Background Informtttlim-on'1AXT Child(;art Afftttdahility Trust Vural +4-H-i-+++++++t-1++!++++4+4-+4-4-4-++! 1 1 1.......11-+!++++H f t+.+..! I+H In a June 22, 2993 Poard or&r six recxmticndatious for use of ittc: 199.194 T.O.T. Child Cam Affordability Trust Fund and a prtstw its future use of the fund wcv given. Ponds were dim•tt:d from child care for otlier use`s, floweyer, the sixth txx otonictulettion retid5 as follows: '71iCLAM the intern of the 3oaw tci divert Child Cm: Afforduhilhy Trutt Funds for these contracts oily in FY 1.993-4 amici that funding Its futurc years shall he subjQo to the RVP vpticaticm and AnWing pmocss o1 FACT,CS130,j>nd(:1.)H 1." Cmc iuittrrity Surviccss I,)epartttteat ww-not awm:of an t}ifcring;of HF11 applications for Me 1994- 95.T.O.t Child{;an Affordability Trust Fund monies; We h:.tct awaited hilts offer lx%eausc of a veary,accious mW that has delveloped in out County Child ikvcloptnew l.hvlsion. Because of tt flanging climate in West Counl.y with rcdards to Ow fiscal emergency offt former Richmond Unifie4 School District, Cowily I/ease Mattagctpcar was unable to o blain a $ccure lease on the Puliman.and Matitime Children's C:enterrt. Thee two cenlct�wore teu:nily frlttctd on ftti5tttig ol*6•utplujq"Uty by t2te newly formed West Contra Costa Unified Sch(x)l D141rict. Hour of the e&Angs fha the H.5tiq have already tau sold, iWVning our cwwcrus a1vut our coutinued tlsttgc of t,he.busi(linl s. In a Bemires O Akx signed April'Ib, 1994, t1w Supevviwrs auihodzed the u ,tor of Onaral Servim to negotiate with tt WCCUSI)for the lease,lease purchase of the it+hiritime and Pullman Cetttcas. Copies of the sppcalsal by Pinnactc Appruisal Service were s mA for your ruview. These matem itxmted in the Iron. 'dangle of Richmond, cur vnily hou:4e the two largest su�riidized cMId care programs in (tor County.. 711zy also host,%- administrative officers and storage-space. The chart below Mows the extent of the service proviciml at the W- sites: i)IiSt.till'`11ON ff Y1 r S MAltl"t)<i47 E PVLLMAN ADDrE.SS 1410l;1.t31UbA AVFiNt11s 2730 MAINLY AVENUE DAYS.011C1PLRATION MONDAY-VIUDAY W)NDAY-FRIDAY 110M.-UIIUPERA11ON 6:0 A.M-5:*5 PM. (05 A.M.-1:45 P.M. ATS NII. 1.FUNDIN{i $rtGtt,t:IS �1{�' ,K27 TYM OF PKX KA.MS III Ill,DAY CIVU)CARE gist..DAY t:Hll.t)CAltE HALF DAY t'1tli,CJK)OL DAILY WAL SERVIC H 131tlsAKl-*AS1"LUNCH,SNACK 11REAKFAS717,LUN01.SNACK (31ILD1t N StAVRI) 162 t7.i 1~. SURVIV) lilt) ]60 The numbers above ate.significant, bwause the. 270 f3,mjbE :a served uxvc among the poorest dtixena in.the County. 11)be eligible ftw our services 2..10 of thm parent, must be workinS or in Pb tmining pwgrams that will lead to self-SufTlctestcy. Infen'uptit,n Of their RlhddiMd child care results in Ims of JoN aW or itaining. When low income, working pwvnis lose subsidized child cm they are caught in a downward spiral ... loss of,tot►, loss of mcxHcal Insurance, and loss of housing. They must enter into the wilt= System it) sustain life Mr fliemselves and their children, Sometimes: they loo the ability to will i o htlltd their funitlics togvtber and the children aro placed in ulster euro. Lass -of subsiclized child cart: intlfimily increases the tote of $overtunent.se evict-s and*iversely impactN budgets in sevonal County defrarttttcnis. 111e lase of space in these building would havc the:following irttiuvdiaw imf axX *The atinual $1,685;362 in State Oepronicat of Education and Fcduwal Ule IV-A finds would be lost to the County if we had no Iimussmf space to serve the,childt-on. The.state funds provick; the.50%match fbr 11weral dollars. s7bei Satz; and Federal annual reimbursement ft) the County's Child and Adult Fctt,+d Program would be reduced by$103,223. *Fifty-four county employees Would lose their jobs. *7be office space fix the Child l: wlopawnt Vivision would N. kit and additivow t;frace to house 6 e, pltoyces would tocet to be aNuired at ad<tilkmat(,`. Nrtsc. *'The Fmcrgy Assistance 0111ca would need to be rel"ed at rdditi„nuf cxfwt1se. *,Storage spare lbr child development equipment and applies would W an addititonW expe1w. ane I'M of thFsm IWO Iiifg,S WgUld gid the entire; administrative; and fiscal Structure of the County's Ould Development 13tvisi(M and-OW Llys funding of it);atamon:a c,n:suxx), ciwwb <operwed by 0 do let ate agencic;s, *'nw abillty of the Child Development Oivision to ratuact pn►fec;tcd future inercaws, in Fede ruUState Holding would be advatxety aflttkUd. Additionally, these two.centers have be cm located in the Iron'I hungle of Ridunond for over 50 years pmviding a ludas for community activities. Mw Pullman C'cnter is used a,ptolling place in each (dection. Tho col m am used as public Inununixation sitce.4, comfounity:me ting place.;, employee training centers, community itlfaraj�Uoi disbuo4mc ut comet etc:. Many of the anipluyem who staff tlx se omtum. are c commuWty and church Icticluix Many of ttxt:area's fultals clfit�rtzts Atte fed terse centers as atiltlt n. lb= firrn".r students are, the backbone of the Iron lliwg)e community. nwy help to provide staNtity tri a exnnutunity WK-1. by the urban;diwa"vs of poverty, family disintegration, htlutelco tress, drug abuse, conic una vitolt�ttee, Loss of theso sites would add immeww4bly to ttee dt;Sttutxton of tx4v in it,e citi,c:ns or this area. Camrnut7ity Secvi=Department has batt)working with Alan Mijefer<)r Citwral Servims, Lease Management Division and Supervisor I'trwm to raxluce a pure ha a package for Board action. We are in the middle of negotiations and have airway srtWe an tnve stuuent tot considerable time and hall ft cost of the$3,000 apprWsal rm. Whitt we lack to niovc ahold toprevent the foss of t m 1tkt'ROc s is sped utotoy. 7bo awmed value of the two sues%is ►477,3(?t)and the nogo timod Prim would be somcwbW Ilse. We rWfvc thal the but1dings will need mktitioaal investment rte defeated mm�aloWtiance and topah once Elie tw rdiaw is completed. In addition.Supervisor Poweis itt W&O puCMnitlg privt4 f uftds to assistin a,tnPICOng the project. We havc dl,WU."Od a down 'payment and onmal amotti:cation plain to putchase ft sites. i't>iitw watims at the State level wee discussed at the Finance Committee meeting but I am unawura i C cu►y li►rn►alined request has been made to stave Icgislafom fts,amistaticu im of this time ulthuugh inii)rmul talks have o"rrod. We are sub jatitg that it lWgtrt be to IN, Ct?unty't; advanutge to d0ay ac,'tiosr on the 1994-5 T.O.T. Child Cure Aff'otxl"ity"Fust Fund for the m:xt st;vcral weeks until Lease M, ancMent and State level political Initfadves have been auxe thoroughly studied and ttumbet's of dollars fm a possible"down payment"on the pr(4xWes could bc::tmessed and wttc►tiatcfd. 11'mik you for you kind asabManc a in flits mutter. If'you rwW tirt7bm-information pfcaw contact Ji►w Sparks at 3-7.150. cc: Joan Sptu ks Alan Phiefer BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra Attachment 4 FROM; FINANCE COMMITTEE: Nancy Fanden Costa Tom Torlakson DATE. 'April 9, 1991 W County SUBJECT* PROZ:ED*URES FOR ESTABLISHING A CHILD CAM AFFORDABILITY FUND SPECIFIC REGUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)a BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: Approve the County Administrator's proposed procedure for using Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) revenue from the Embassy Suites Hotel to establish a Child Care Affordability Fund. BACKGROUND: On December 18, 1990, the Board ordered that $20,000 of TOT revenue from the new Embassy Suites Hotel be earmarked for child care services provided by the Pittsburg Pre-School Coordinating Council. In its discussions of this item, the Board directed that the County Administrator report on a procedure for establishing a Child Care Affordability Account from the TOT generated from the New Embassy Suites Hotel. On February 12, 1991, the Board referred the County Administrator's proposed procedure to the Finance Committee for review. On the same day the Board reaffirmed the allocation of $20,000 in TOT revenue from the Embassy Suites Hotel to the Pittsburg Pre-School Coordinating Council for child care services. CONTI NVEDIO N ATTACHMENT: -X YES SIGNATURE. -RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE -APPROVE -OTHER 4 7m`We-<, SIGNATURE[S): Nancy Fand,-n Tbm Thrlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON April 1§, 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER Supervisor Robert Schroder voted NO, stating that in light of the uncertain financial situation at this time he did not feel it was appropriate to fund a new program. Supervisor Nancy Fanden ABSTAINED from voting, stating that while she supports the concept of the Child Care Affordability Fund, she believes the program should be delayed until final budget figures are available. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE -UNANIMOUS(ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: I, IV, V -NOES: III AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I I OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: C-Aa ATTESTED Auditor's office PHIL BAT8HELOR.CLERK OF THE B',,'ARO OF Cmmunity Services SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Housing Authority Child Care Council M382 (10/88) By DEPUTY -2- On March 11, the Finance Committee heard lengthy testimony from a variety of community interests. The testimony generated questions which require further research and discussion in the areas of children services and priorities, child care facility needs and coordination with cities and school districts. As a result, the Committee requested staff to collect additional information and set March 25 as a meeting date to discuss the information. The information developed is attached. In view of recent Board action on child care and the March 11 Finance Committee deliberations, staff . proposed that the Committee consider establishing a Child Care Affordability Funding, using the procedures listed below. 1. Establish a Child Care Affordability Trust Fund. 2. Designate 50% of the TOT revenues from the Embassy Suites Hotel for allocation to the trust fund, not to exceed $250,000 annually. 3. Effective January 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992, allocate the revenues deposited in the fund as follows: a) $20,000 to the Pittsburg Pre-School Coordinating Council for matching private foundation funds; and b) $200,000 to the County Housing Authority for the North Richmond Child Care project for capital construction; C) The remaining amount for assisting parents with child care affordability needs. 4. Beginning July 1, 1992, and thereafter, monies from the fund shall be allocated for the purpose of assisting parents with child care affordability needs. However, the Board, by a four-fifths vote, can redirect revenues from the fund to address emergencies. 5. Require a quarterly reporting of the status of the fund. The Committee heard lengthy testimony on the establishment of a Child Care Affordability Fund. Representatives from Employee Union Local One and the Taxpayers Association opposed the fund, arguing that new programs are not appropriate during a budget crisis. Others testified that there are more pressing needs in providing services to youth, such as child protective services, probation services and health services. Representatives from the Child Care Council supported the fund, stressing that child care is in keeping with the Board's priority of prevention programs designed to reduce crime, improve nutrition, reduce child abuse and strengthen social skills. Child Care Council spokesperson also indicated that child care programs strengthen the family unit. Other persons indicated that a County fund will be a valuable tool to leverage other Federal and State monies. After deliberation on the issues, the Committee decided to support the proposed procedures, with the conditions presented below: I. Monies allocated from the Affordability Fund be closely linked to Health Services and Social Services' needs. 2. The Housing Authority and the Community Services and Community Development Departments work together in securing funding for capital needs. 3. The Community Development Department prepare a report on developer contributions to child care. 0 -3- 4. The child care providers be informed that monies flowing to the Fund will not reach $250,000 this fiscal year. Additionally, the Committee proposed that future child care efforts include: 1. The County Child Care Council re-emphasizing efforts to gain support from new and existing employers; 2. The County re-examine child care needs for County employees; and 3. The Council and County explore child care facility needs in the Oakley and Martinez areas and the potential for leveraging available sources of funds.