Memorandum
Date: June 16, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Crystal Markytan, Social Services Director
Subject: EXTRA ITEM - (a) CONSIDERATION OF "EXTRA" AGENDA ITEM, AND, (b) CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR DAILY OPERATIONS AND FISCAL MANAGEMENT OF A TEMPORARY SUPPORT SHELTER TARGETING LAKE COUNTY'S CHRONICALLY HOMELESS POPULATION
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
(a) This item is being submitted as an "extra" agenda item. The justification for this request to consider an item not on the posted agenda is as follows:
This item came to my attention subsequent to the posting of the current agenda and there is a need to take action before the next agenda.
The Department of Social Services has been working with Behavioral Health, other County representatives and officials, and concerned members of the community as an ad hoc committee to address the need for shelter for the homeless, particularly during the COVID-19 emergency. My department, in concert with the Department of Behavioral Health, wishes to now issue a Request for Proposals for the Daily Operations and Fiscal Management of a Temporary Support Shelter Targeting Lake County's Chronically Homeless Population.
I am asking the Board of Supervisors to consider this matter as an extra item today for the following reasons:
Since the posting of the agenda for today's meeting, we have learned that there is non-COVID funding now available for sheltering in advance of the receipt of COVID-specific funding, which is still pending. Additionally, last week we received notification that Hope Harbor Warming Center operated through the Kelseyville United Methodist Church is unwilling to extend operations past the date the center is set to close. Not only is the need for sheltering critical, there are now funds immediately available allowing these efforts to continue. . The ad hoc committee worked over the weekend to...
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