COMMITTEE AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Homeless Encampment Ad Hoc Committee
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Assessment of Operational Approach of funding the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's B4 Good Neighbor Program: Encampment Cleanup Project in Fiscal Year 2020 and Beyond.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Receive operational approach of funding the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's B4 Good Neighbor Program: Encampment Cleanup Project for Fiscal Year 2020 by supplementing the current Encampment Cleanup Project budget with additional funding from Watersheds Stream Stewardship Fund reserves, with subsequent year Encampment Cleanup Project funding to be determined by the Board on an annual basis for Fiscal Years 2021-2028.
B. Recommend this operational approach of funding the Encampment Cleanup project for Board approval; or provide other feedback as the Homeless Encampment Ad Hoc Committee deems appropriate for Board consideration.
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SUMMARY:
Encampment Cleanup Project Background
The Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program's (Safe, Clean Water) Project B4 Good Neighbor Program: Encampment Cleanup (Encampment Cleanup Project) supports Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) ongoing coordination with local cities and agencies to clean up large creekside encampments that contaminate waterways and damage Valley Water facilities.
The Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for the project is to perform 52 annual cleanups for the duration of the Safe, Clean Water Program. But in response to growing community demand for encampment cleanups, Valley Water has far exceeded the annual KPI by performing an average of 400 encampment cleanups a year during Fiscal Years 2014-2018 (FYs 14-18). As a result, the 15-year Safe, Clean Water Fund 26 funding allocation for the Homeless Encampment Cleanup Project was expended in the first five years of the program.
In FY18, the Board allocated approximately $650,000 in additional fun...
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