Receive update on the American Rescue Plan Housing & Homelessness, Food Security, and Community Parks & Facilities priority categories and provide Board direction. (No general fund impact) (Pinedo/Evans/Sullivan/Pistochini/York)

Receive update on the American Rescue Plan Housing & Homelessness, Food Security, and Community Parks & Facilities priority categories and provide Board direction.

On September 28, 2021, the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the initial American Rescue Plan (ARP) Expenditure Plan, which included $7.5 million for the Housing & Homelessness Priority Category.  At the November 23, 2021, Board meeting, staff presented the matrix of Housing & Homelessness projects. At the January 25, 2022, Board meeting, the Board approved to execute an agreement for the Paul's Place Project for $919,114 and the City of West Sacramento Project Roomkey and Downtown Streets Team project at $3,061,462. At the April 12, 2022, Board meeting, the Board approved to execute an agreement for Yolano Donnelly for $1,000,000, and at the May 24^, 2022, Board meeting, the Board approved to execute an agreement for St. John’s Village Acquisition for $1,500,000. Over the last several weeks, staff has received three proposals in the Housing and Homelessness priority category, which warrant Board attention. 
 
The previously approved projects total $6,480,576 of the $7,500,000, which leaves $1,019,424. The three original proposals received by staff are greater than this remaining amount, so County staff brought forth the original proposals to the ARP Housing and Homelessness workgroup for their recommendation. The three proposals may be found in Attachment A of this staff report, and summaries are included below.

The original funding request was in the amount of $1,000,000 and included three major components associated with homelessness and emergency/crisis sheltering. The first component included a $250,000 request for Bridge Housing continuation, which would provide a longer off-ramp for individuals currently in the Bridge Housing program. The second component included a request for a Streets Team, similar to what is in operation in the City of West Sacramento. The original ask for this component was $300,000. The third component of the original request was for $450,000 to add more emergency shelter capacity in the City of Davis. More information on the revised Downtown Street Team proposal may be found in Attachment A of this staff report.
 
After consultation with County staff, Downtown Street Team leadership, and working with their internal Davis ARP subcommittee, Davis submitted a revised request of $397,978 for a 2-year pilot Downtown Street Team program with 100% match funding from the City.  This is what staff recommends for Davis’ proposal, and it aligns with the priorities the ARP workgroup set forth. More information may be found in Attachment A of this staff report.

The original funding request was in the amount of $2,000,000 to support the development of Freeman Court, a 12-unit permanent supportive housing project in Woodland managed by Friends of the Mission.  After consultation with County staff, Friends of the Mission, and Woodland leadership, a revised proposal was submitted for $500,000 to support the Phase Il shelter addition at the East Beamer Way Campus.
The Phase Il shelter addition will consist of the following key on-site services: Permanent dining area and Kitchen, Permanent Bathrooms/Showers/Laundry, 6 units of non-congregate shelter units. Units will be used to isolate guests who are COVID-19 positive, sick, or need a level of medical respite care and Additional staff office space. If funded, the funding request will be utilized to cover the following project expenses: $150,000 for Architectural/Engineering and $40,000 for additional grant and project oversight, and $310,000 for initial infrastructure costs. The City of Woodland has already invested well over $4,000,000 in local funding to the East Beamer Way campus, more than the $500,000 request submitted here.  This is in line with the priorities of the ARP workgroup, and staff are recommending this proposal. More information may be found in Attachment A of this staff report.
 

This funding request in the amount of $150,000 would seek to provide seed funding for hiring key personnel and developing a fiscally sustainable organization that will allow for Yolo County compliance with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The primary objectives for HPAC as an organization are to enhance emergency and crisis response targeting disproportionately impacted communities and individuals by focusing on employment opportunities, increased shelter opportunities, and prevention efforts and to enhance the housing continuum of care by increasing the diversity of affordable interim/permanent supportive housing while ensuring services are tied to housing at appropriate levels. The outcomes associated with this funding would include the number of grants or allocations secured throughout the year designated for Continuums of Care, the number of community events held throughout the year, and the number of grants applied for to create sustainability and capacity-building for HPAC. HPAC supports programming, funding, and strategy for the priority areas the ARP workgroup set forth, and staff are recommending partial funding of this proposal at $121,466. More information may be found in Attachment A of this staff report.

County staff met with the Housing and Homelessness workgroup numerous times between November 2021 and May 2022 to set priority areas of funding, review proposals, and make recommendations.  County staff most recently met with City of Davis, City of Woodland, and HPAC staff several times between June 2022 and September 2022 to discuss these three specific proposals, which directly align with priorities set forth by the workgroup. This work informed the following recommendations:

 The staff recommendations may be found in Attachment B of this staff report.
 
ARP Background- Food Security 
On November 23, 2021, staff provided an update to the Board regarding the five American Rescue Plan (ARP) priority category workgroups, including the Food Security workgroup. Since that meeting, staff has met with the workgroup and the board liaisons to discuss the recommendations that were resented to the Board at the January 25, 2022, Board meeting. Since that meeting, Staff have worked to create contracts for the approved projects. After the first round of Food Security funds were allocated, there was a remainder of $1.3 million dollars to be allocated in the Food Security priority category. 

The Yolo County ARP Food Security Round #2 Funding request for proposals opened on August 15, 2022, and closed on September 23, 2022. A summary of the staff’s conclusions from the review of proposals may be found below and in Attachment C. 

Before returning to the full Board, staff met with the Board Liaisons on October 6^th to discuss the workgroup recommendations. The liaisons indicated support for this general recommendation. The table above may be found in Attachment C to this staff report. Subsequently, staff have attached the proposals from each organization which can be found in Attachment D.  

ARP Background- Community Parks & Facilities 
On September 28^th, 2021 Board meeting, staff brought forth the initial American Rescue Expenditure Plan, which allocated $3,000,000 to the Community Parks & Facilities priority category. At the February 7, 2022, Board meeting, staff presented project recommendations. Staff went back to the workgroup to discuss Board’s feedback and direction. At the March 22, 2022, Board meeting and the May 24, 2022, Board meeting, staff presented an updated version of the project recommendations. The table below represents the projects funded in the Community Parks & Facilities priority category. 

		ARP Funding Contribution
Project Name	Date(s) Approved	Community Parks and Facilities	Other ARP (1)	Total
Knights Landing Park (Phase 1)	3/22/22	$ 1,620,000	-	$ 1,620,000
Knights Landing Park (Phase 2)	5/24/22	-	$1,200,000	$ 1,200,000
Bryte Park	4/22/22, 5/24/22	$ 971,233	$1,519,040	$ 2,490,273
Yolo Library	5/24/22	-	$1,600,000	$ 1,600,000
Tuli Mem Park Improvements	3/22/22	$ 330,000	-	$ 330,000
Prop 68 Grant Match	3/22/22	$ 14,400	-	$ 14,400
Parks Equipment	3/22/22	-	$150,000	$ 150,000
Valley Vista Trails	3/22/22	$ 32,367	-	$ 32,367
Parks Equipment	3/22/22	$ 32,000	-	$ 32,000
Total		$ 3,000,000	$ 4,469,040	$ 7,469,040
Note: (1) Other ARP was reallocated from COVID-19 response, reserves, revenue replacement, and staffing.