REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
PHIL SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: ERIKA LOPEZ, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the Travel Inn Shelter:
1. Affirm the City Manager's finding that Elevate Community Services is uniquely qualified to operate the Travel Inn Shelter; and
2. Approve an Emergency Solutions Grant- Coronavirus Agreement with Elevate Community Services in the amount of $253,266.21 to add three full time case managers to the staff at the Travel Inn Shelter.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends approval of the action items pertaining to the Travel Inn Shelter.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) is proposing an additional agreement with Elevate Community Services (Elevate) to add three case managers to the operations of the Travel Inn Emergency Shelter thereby improving the ratio of case managers to tenants.
BACKGROUND
On June 16, 2022, City Council approved a Community Development Block Grant- Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) agreement between the City and Elevate for emergency shelter operations and supportive services at Travel Inn through December 31, 2023.
On August 18, 2022, City Council approved revisions to the Emergency Solutions Grant- Coronavirus (ESG-CV) Activities, which would reprogram funds for street outreach services, mobile shower operations, and add additional funding for the operations at the Travel Inn Emergency Shelter. Specifically, $253,266.21 was allocated to operations of Travel Inn to add additional case managers improving the ratio of case managers to tenants.
This agreement does not extend the term of operation for Elevate at Travel Inn. Staff has published an RFP for operations of City owned shelters and will return to Council with future funding agreements from the RFP once the terms of the current agreements expire. This ESG-CV agre...
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