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Home My WebLink About2023-11-14; City Council; Resolution 2023-277RESOLUTION NO. 2023-277 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FUNDING PLAN AND DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO INCLUDE THE FUNDING PLAN'S ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY'S PRELIMINARY OPERATING BUDGET WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad City Council has established reducing homelessness as a City Council priority; and WHEREAS, in March 2021, the City of Carlsbad City Council established a priority goal for fiscal year 2021-22 of reducing the unsheltered homeless population in Carlsbad; and WHEREAS, in May 2021, the City of Carlsbad City Council approved a work plan for incorporation into the fiscal year 2021-22 city budget; and WHEREAS, on October 28, 2022, the City of Carlsbad City Council included an updated goal to reduce homelessness and its impacts on the community in the city's five-year Strategic Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad City Council adopted an updated Homelessness Action Plan on February 7, 2023; and WHEREAS, the Homelessness Action Plan includes a comprehensive package of strategies and initiatives that the city plans to carry out over the next five years; and WHEREAS, the Homelessness Action Plan is structured to include high-level policy direction and strategies with resource needs presented each year and included in the city's annual budget; and WHEREAS, the funding plan determines the most appropriate funding source for each activity to ensure the most effective use of funding and maximize the impact of the activities within the Homelessness Action Plan; and WHEREAS, on October 12, 2023, the Carlsbad Housing Commission unanimously approved a resolution recommending that the City of Carlsbad City Council approve the Homelessness Action Plan Funding Plan and Housing Trust Fund Expenditures therein. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1.That the above recitations are true and correct. 2.That the City Council approves the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Homelessness Action Plan Funding Plan and directs city staff to include the Funding Plan's activities in the city's preliminary operating budget, as reflected in Attachment A. 3.That the City Manager is authorized to include the budget necessary to carry out the City Council approved Homelessness Action Plan Funding Plan, as reflected in Attachment A, in the city's Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Preliminary Operating Budget. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 14th day of November, 2023, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Burkholder, Luna. None. None. None. KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk (SEAL) CITY OF CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FY 2024-25 FUNDING PLAN Activity Provider GF CDBG¹ HTF PLHA HUD² ERF³ FY 24-25 TOTAL FY 23-244 TOTAL Ou t r e a c h & C a s e Mg m t . Homeless outreach and case management Interfaith Community Services $315,000 $249,445 $564,445 $315,000 Street Medicine Southern California Care Community $56,034 $56,034 $0 Outreach & Case Management $315,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $305,479 $620,479 $315,000 Sh e l t e r La Posada de Guadalupe Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego $200,000 $174,020 $374,020 $200,000 Bridge to Housing Shelter Network Alliance for Regional Solutions $40,000 $40,000 $40,000 Women’s Resource Center Women’s Resource Center $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Emergency pet boarding Humane Society $29,825 $29,825 $29,825 Motel voucher City of Carlsbad HHS $70,000 $32,500 $102,500 $70,000 Motel voucher City of Carlsbad PD $30,000 $30,000 $30,000 Shelter $139,825 $0 $40,000 $200,000 $0 $206,520 $586,345 $379,825 At t a c h m e n t A CITY OF CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FY 2024-25 FUNDING PLAN Activity Provider GF CDBG¹ HTF PLHA HUD² ERF³ FY 24-25 TOTAL FY 23-244 TOTAL Ho u s i n g A s s i s t a n c e Housing navigation City of Carlsbad $36,000 $40,560 $76,560 $72,000 Carlsbad Service Center Interfaith Community Services $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 Emergency rental assistance Interfaith Community Services $58,823 $58,823 $58,823 Emergency rental assistance Community Resource Center $23,000 $23,000 $23,000 Rapid re- housing Community Resource Center $175,000 $175,000 $134,978 $484,978 $350,000 Rental assistance Brother Benno’s $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 Rapid re- housing Community Resource Center $448,428 $448,428 $468,252 Supportive Housing TBD $374,715 $374,715 $0 Housing Assistance $185,000 $81,823 $61,000 $175,000 $863,703 $134,978 $1,501,504 $1,007,075 CITY OF CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FY 2024-25 FUNDING PLAN Activity Provider GF CDBG¹ HTF PLHA HUD² ERF³ FY 24-25 TOTAL FY 23-244 TOTAL Be n e f i t s & Em p l o y m e n t Carlsbad Service Center Interfaith Community Services $180,000 $180,000 $180,000 Employment & Benefits Specialist Community Resource Center $140,000 $140,000 $140,000 Benefits & Employment $320,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $320,000 $320,000 Ci t y S e r v i c e In f r a s t r u c t u r e Encampment and abandoned trash clean up Urban Corps $100,000 $100,000 $100,000 Portable restrooms Rocket Johns $25,000 $25,000 $25,000 City service Infrastructure $125,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $125,000 $125,000 Ci t y S t a f f ⁶ Homeless Outreach Team City of Carlsbad PD $2,160,000 $2,160,000 2,119,466⁴ Homeless Services City of Carlsbad HHS $515,241⁵ $39,599 $139,160 $694,000 $665,581 City Staff $2,675,241 $0 $0 $0 $39,599 $139,160 $2,854,000 $2,785,047 Total $3,760,066 $81,823 $101,000 $375,000 $903,302 $786,137 $6,007,328 $4,931,947 ¹ CDBG public service dollars estimate is based on current fiscal year allocations and are subject to change. This amount is estimated to range 5% above or below based on allocation and program income. ² HUD estimates include two grants. One application for supportive housing and housing navigation has not yet been formally awarded, but is anticipated. ³ ERF is a 3-year $2,358,408.94 grant. Costs are based on one-year estimates of spending for FY 2024-25. ⁴ Amended from original estimates to reflect most current numbers. ⁵ Temporary general fund decrease due to ERF grant 3-year term. ⁶Personnel figures are estimates based on a general 5% year over year percentage increase, and are subject to change. CITY OF CARLSBAD HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLAN FY 2024-25 FUNDING PLAN GENERAL NOTE: These are estimates as of the date of this report. There may be minor changes made to the budget scheduled to be presented for City Council consideration in May 2024.