REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
December 6, 2018
FROM: LEE BRAND, Mayor
Office of the Mayor and City Manager
BY: H. SPEES, Director, Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Mayor and City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
RESOLUTION - Declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to Senate Bill 850 and authorizing application for $3,105,519 in Homeless Emergency Aid Program grant funds
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the attached resolution declaring a shelter crisis in the City of Fresno and approving the City of Fresno's application for HEAP Funding.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
During the summer of 2018, Mayor Lee Brand joined with other Big 11 City Mayors in California to lobby the State for funding to relieve the burden Fresno and other cities faced in addressing homelessness. The Mayors' efforts were successful, resulting in $500 million in State assistance. Fresno's pro-rata portion of these funds is $3,105,519. The State required a community planning process to determine how these funds would be invested in a coordinated way. This resolution is a necessary part of that planning process.
BACKGROUND
During the summer of 2018, Mayor Lee Brand joined with other Big 11 City Mayors in California to lobby the State for funding to relieve the burden Fresno and other cities faced in addressing homelessness. Mayor Brand had previously declared homelessness as the single most significant quality of life issue facing our community and had launched an initiative that has resulted in the Street2Home Fresno County: a Framework for Action.
The Mayors' efforts were successful, resulting in $500 million in State assistance. Fresno's pro-rata portion of these funds is $3,105,519, with an additional $9,501,363 going to the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care (FMCoC). The State required a community planning process to determine how these funds would be invested in a coordinated way. The City's proposal, linked with the FMCoC's proposal provide opportunities for homeless service providers to apply for ...
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