BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Homeless Encampment Ad Hoc Committee's Recommendations and Associated Staff Analysis from the Committee's May 15, 2017, Meeting.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Consider and act on the following recommendations by the Board's Homeless Encampment Ad Hoc Committee:
1. When District-owned residential rental properties that were purchased for projects and not in-lieu become available and are deemed suitable by the District and applicable city, the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing will be contacted to be given the first opportunity to consider the properties for housing for the homeless;
2. Approve utilizing a portion of net rental income from properties purchased through Watersheds (Fund 12) to fund the homeless encampment cleanup project and for development of a pilot program that focuses on the impacts of homeless encampments in each city where the net rental income is being utilized, with transfer or reallocation to begin in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020:
i. Up to ninety (90) percent of each FY's net rental income will be utilized to fund the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program Encampment Cleanup Project (SCW Project B4) through FY 2028; and
ii. Up to 10 percent of each FY's net rental income will be utilized to develop a pilot program to help address waterway and stream stewardship impacts of homeless encampments in each city with Fund 12 District-owned residential rental properties, which will be implemented through FY 2021, at which time staff will assess the pilot program and return to the Board with a recommendation on whether to continue its implementation; and
3. Direct the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Committee to review Recommendation A2's proposed transfer from Fund 12 to Fund 26 for Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection (SCW) Project B4 and the use of those Fund 12 funds for the pilot program to help address waterway and stream stewardship impacts of homeles...
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