REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: JENNIFER RUIZ, Deputy City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to Warming Centers:
1. ***RESOLUTION - Amending Resolution 2022-212, Establishing a Policy for City Cooling and Warming Centers. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
2. Approve a Services Agreement with Poverello House, in an Amount Not to Exceed $356,500.00, to Operate City of Fresno Warming Centers.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council adopt the proposed Resolution to amend Resolution 2022-212, Establishing a Policy for City Cooling and Warming Centers. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the service agreement with Poverello House to operate City of Fresno warming centers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Resolution 2022-212, A Resolution of the Council of the City of Fresno California, Establishing a Policy for City Cooling and Warming Centers, was adopted on September 29, 2022. This action proposes to amend the language so that 72-hours' notice to activate the warming centers will be provided when the National Weather Service projects the temperature to drop below 35 degrees. The amendment also changes the temperature required for the activation of cooling centers to 105 degrees and at the request of Councilmember Karbassi, removes Pinedale Community Center as one of the cooling and warming center sites. The purpose of this amendment is to allow a third-party operator of the warming center sufficient notice to mobilize and schedule staff to operate the warming centers.
In October 2023, the City published an amended request for proposals which allowed bidders to propose to operate cooling or warming centers without the requirement of providing a new location for the centers. The City had one responsive bidder to the RFP that proposed to operate warming centers, Poverello House. Poverello House is a 501(c)3 organization that...
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