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RESOLUTION (ID # 3558) DOC ID: 3558 A
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO — REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
Agreement/Contract
From: R. Carey Davis M/CC Meeting Date: 11/03/2014
Prepared bv: Evelyn F.tmda, xnq) 384-
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Dept: Mayor's Office Ward(s): All
Subject:
Resolution of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino Authorizing
the City Manager to Enter into Negotiations with Mercy House Living Centers of Santa
Ana for the Operation of the Service Access Center; Allocating $200,000 of HUD-ESG
Funds to Mercy House Living Centers; and Designating City-Owned Property at 241 E.
9Th Street for Use as the Central Drop-In/Service Access Center. (#3558)
Current Business Registration Certificate: No
Financial Impact:
Motion: Adopt the Resolution.
Synopsis of Previous Council Action:
Resolution 3285-2014, enacted the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan, Section 6
of the Resolution directed the City Manager to initiate a Request for Qualification for a
contract-provider to offer a "centralized service access center to provide wrap-around
services to reduce the number of unsheltered resident homeless population. Services
through the center shall be managed by a qualified, experienced and success driven
provider with a minimum of 10-years' experience in managing wrap-around services,
developing and managing permanent housing and administering [homelessness]
prevention programs."
Further, the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan authorized $200,000 toward the
management of the central service access center through award of through the United
States' Housing and Urban Development Department's Emergency Solutions Grants
Program (ESG). The authorization was included in the City's HUD Plan prior to
authorization in the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan. $200,000 of the City's
$246,345.00 HUD-ESG allocation was appropriated (included) in the FY2014-2015
Budget.
Resolution 2014-42 declared the real property owned by the City of San Bernardino and
located at 241 E. 9th Street to be surplus and requested solicitation bids. No bids were
received.
Background:
As directed under Section 6 of the Resolution, the City Managers' Office initiated
Request for Qualifications RFP F-15-05 {attached as Exhibit 11 on August 18, 2014,
with responses due to the City on September 11, 2014. The RFQ was published and
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noticed under standard City-established practices. Further, the RFQ was provided as a
general courtesy to the Inter-Agency Council on Homelessness for information and
referral.
An Administrative error released the RFQ as a Request for Proposal. An RFP is the
most formal of the procurement response process. It contains strict procurement rules
for content, vendor timeline, response and qualifications, as well as a detail layout of the
plan to be used by the vendor. The RFQ is typically required when the proposal is
known to the procuring entity but information on a vendor's qualifications, how vendors
would meet the City's requirements and/or the budget proposals to be utilized by the
vendor. The requirements of an RFQ are found within an RFP which is a higher
threshold test.
In the issuances in question, the content of the RFQ was not altered but simply
renamed as an RFP. Vendors have had an ample opportunity to express interest in the
projects and provide their respective qualifications. The City Attorney's office has
opined and found no legal reason to disqualify the received bids or require reissuance
of the Request.
In general, the RFQ was required to identify Applicants with the specific ability to
operate and maintain the Central Drop-In and Service Access Center. Qualifications
directly included those with 10 or more years of experience operating, maintaining and
providing the services (also known as wrap-around services). Qualifications did not
represent those that are conceptual in nature. The Applicant was required to show
qualification, experience and outcomes.
On September 11, 2014, the RFQ bidding was closed and one-response provided to the
City. That response was provided to a five (5) member evaluation team who evaluated
and scored the response based upon an objective criteria {attached as Exhibit 2).
Based upon the scoring of the applicants' response a total of 437 points of 500 (87.5%
of total), the recommendation is to award the RFQ to Mercy House Living Centers of
Santa Ana, California.
About Mercy House:
Founded in 1988, Mercy House has provided complete and effective services to the
homeless in communities throughout San Bernardino and Orange Counties for nearly
25 years. Mercy House provides a complete system of care designed to meet the
immediate needs of the homeless at every stage of their struggle while connecting them
to services and support which move them forward toward ending their homelessness.
Mercy House services include homelessness prevention, emergency shelter, drop-in
centers, transitional shelters, rapid re-housing, and service-enriched permanent
housing.
Mercy House has over 15 years specifically operating emergency programs and
shelters similar to those provided within the Homeless Intervention Action Plan. These
programs/shelters provide services to over 4,300 in any given year. This experience
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has made Mercy House uniquely qualified to address the needs of the chronically
homeless individuals and those experiencing significant housing barriers. Mercy House
Living Center's operates the following facilities in partnership with the host-Cities:
❑ Mercy House Center in Santa Ana (1999): Shelter, service access, basic needs
provision, temporary and transitional shelter; housing and employment services.
The role of this center is to provide emergency and crisis intervention to
homeless and other vulnerable populations as well as connect them to resources
in the City.
❑ Mercy House Center, City of Ontario (2005): Mercy House was asked to begin
consultation on the City-designated "Temporary Homeless Services Area" which
had become home to over 500 homeless individuals. From 2005 to present day,
Mercy House has provided wrap-around services and homelessness prevention
services to nearly 19,714 clients within the Ontario Center. This includes
provision of Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program funds to
nearly 300 households, full operation of the Assisi House Transitional Housing
Facility and operation of 62 Permanent Housing Units within the City. In 2007,
the City of Ontario opened the Ontario Access Center which utilizes a similar
program structure to the RFQ.
❑ Amory Emergency Shelter (2008): Located within the Orange County
Fairgrounds and operated in conjunction with the County of Orange, the Amory
Shelter operates a 400-bed/night winter shelter program.
❑ Family Redirection Program: A first-of-its-kind program operated in conjunction
with the Amory Shelter program, the Family Redirection Program works with
families who would normally receive services through the Amory to redirect
services to a safer, enhanced, and more dignified shelter program with partner
housing agencies throughout the County of Orange.
❑ Anaheim Check-In Center and Street Outreach Program (2013): In partnership
with the City of Anaheim, this location creates an on-site check-in center and
storage facility for the resident homeless within the City. The goal of the
outreach program is to develop relationships with chronically homeless
individuals and families to provide the first step toward self-sufficiency and
ending their homelessness. The center further provides basic items such as ID
assistances, storage/locker facilities, and resource referrals.
Mercy House provided three (3) business references including:
Brent Shultz
Director, Housing and Municipal Services
City of Ontario
Karen Roper,
Director of Housing and Community Services
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County of Orange
Emilio Ramirez
Deputy Director Community Development
City of Riverside
Mercy House Living Centers response to the RFQ is attached {Exhibit 31.
HUD-ESG Program:
In 2009, the Homelessness Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act
(HEARTH) amended the "McKinney-Vento Act" establishing the Emergency Solutions
Grant (ESG) under the United States Housing and Urban Development Department
(HUD). The ESG program provides funding for:
❑ Engagement of homeless individuals and families living on the streets
❑ Improvement in the number and quality of shelters
❑ Shelter operations
❑ Provision of essential services to shelter residents
❑ Rapid re-housing of homeless
❑ Homeless prevention programs
Metropolitan cities are allocated ESG Funding from HUD and may sub-grant funds to
private non-profit organization. For Fiscal Year 2014-2015, the City of San Bernardino
received a federal allocation of$246,345.00 in ESG Funding.
The RFQ required applicants to meet ALL of the criteria of the ESG Funding program to
be awarded. Mercy House Living Centers met the standards of the RFQ and all of the
standards of award under the ESG Program, thereby exceeding HUD's requirements.
The designation of the Central Service Access/Drop-In Facility was:
1. Included in the FY2014-2015 HUD Allocation plan for the amount of$200,000.00
as approved by the Mayor and Common Council on April 21, 2014.
2. The Homelessness Intervention Action Plan authorized $200,000.00 in ESG
Funding as approved on June 2, 2014.
3. The $200,000 ESG Funding appropriation was included within the FY2014-2015
Budget as approved on June 30, 2014, by the Mayor and Common Council.
This Resolution would now award that previously set-aside funding to Mercy House
Living Centers as part of the RFQ-award.
The $200,000 award is insufficient to complete the requirements outlined within the
RFQ and additional funding sources shall be sought through a partnership with the City
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' and Mercy House Living Centers over the next 18-months to fully establish operations
of the Central Service Access/Drop-In facility. Foundational grant opportunities are
currently being evaluated.
Designation of Surplus Property:
On April 21, 2014, the Mayor and Common Council approved auction of surplus
property owned by the City of San Bernardino located at 241 E. 9t" Street (formerly
known as the "Easter Seals Building") through Resolution 2014-42. The City received
no-bids for the property as a result of that auction process. The building continues to be
surplus and unoccupied.
The Resolution would designate the use of the building as the Central Service
Access/Drop-In Facility (otherwise entitled the "Mercy House Service Access Center,
San Bernardino") under the guidelines of the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan.
The Resolution would authorize Mercy House Living Centers to operate the facility as
required under the plan.
Zoning for the location is currently Commercial General-1. The required uses of the
facility under the Plan include:
❑ Career counseling and training,
❑ Mental health and substance abuse treatment,
❑ Storage for personal belongings,
❑ Showers and restrooms,
❑ Washers and dryers,
❑ Daycare options for homeless families (daycare not provided on-site),
❑ Basic medical care (first-aid),
❑ Crisis counseling,
❑ Information about transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing
Operation of the facility is consistent with the zoning and land-use designations. A
Conditional Use Permit is required for operation. Although the City is exempt from its
own land-use requirements, it is recommended the awardee obtain a Conditional-Use
Permit without direct cost. In addition, modification to the building may be required.
Therefore, further land-use and planning requirements are required under the City's
designated practices. Mercy House is directed under the Resolution to seek a
Conditional Use Permit and all necessary building permits for improvements to the
property necessary to operate under the requirements of the Plan.
City Attorney Review:
Supporting Documents:
Mercy House Living Centers Reso (DOC)
Staff Report - Homelessness 11-3-14 (PDF)
Exhibit 1 - Fact Sheet 11-3-14 (PDF)
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RESOLUTION NO.
2 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
3 NEGOTIATIONS WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS OF SANTA ANA FOR
4 THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE ACCESS CENTER; ALLOCATING $200,000 OF -�
HUD-ESG FUNDS TO MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS; AND DESIGNATING
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1 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO
2 NEGOTIATIONS WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS OF SANTA ANA FOR
3 THE OPERATION OF THE SERVICE ACCESS CENTER; ALLOCATING$200,000 OF
HUD-ESG FUNDS TO MERCY HOUSE LIVING CENTERS, AND DESIGNATING
4 CITY-OWNED PROPERTY AT 241 E. 9TH STREET FOR USE AS THE CENTRAL
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HOMELESSNESS INTERVENTION ACTION PLAN
RFQ AWARD—CENTRAL DROP-IN/SERVICE ACCESS CENTER
Existing Law.
Resolution 3285-2014, enacted the Homelessness Intervention Action PIan. Section 6 of the Resolution
directed the City Manager to initiate a Request for Qualification for a contract-provider to offer a Q
"centralized service access center to provide wrap-around services to reduce the number of unsheltered d
resident homeless population. Services through the center shall be managed by a qualified, experienced "-
and success driven provider with a minimum of 10-years' experience in managing wrap-around services,
developing and managing permanent housing and administering [homelessness]prevention programs."
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central service access center through award of through the United States' Housing and Urban
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included in the City's HUD Plan prior to authorization in the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan.
$200,000 of the City's$246,345.00 HUD-ESG allocation was appropriated(included)in the FY2014- m
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how vendors would meet the City's requirements and/or the budget proposals to be utilized by the vendor.
The requirements of an RFQ are found within an RFP which is a higher threshold test.
In the issuances in question,the content of the RFQ was not altered but simply renamed as an RFP.
Vendors have had an ample opportunity to express interest in the projects and provide their respective
qualifications. The City Attorney's office has opined and found no legal reason to disqualify the received
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In general,the RFQ was required to identify Applicants with the specific ability to operate and maintain a
the Central Drop-In and Service Access Center. Qualifications directly included those with 10 or more
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services).Qualifications did not represent those that are conceptual in nature.The Applicant was required a-
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On September 11,2014,the RFQ bidding was closed and one-response provided to the City. That a
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total of 437 points of 500(87.5%of total),the recommendation is to award the RFQ to Mercy House
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provided within the Homeless Intervention Action Plan. These programs/shelters provide services to over
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of the chronically homeless individuals and those experiencing significant housing barriers. Mercy House c
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This includes provision of Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program funds to
nearly 300 households,full operation of the Assisi House Transitional Housing Facility and w
operation of 62 Permanent Housing Units within the City. In 2007,the City of Ontario opened
the Ontario Access Center which utilizes a similar program structure to the RFQ.
• Amory Emergency Shelter(2008): Located within the Orange County Fairgrounds and operated
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• Family Redirection Program; A first-of-its-kind program operated in conjunction with the Amory
Shelter program,the Family Redirection Program works with families who would normally
receive services through the Amory to redirect services to a safer,enhanced,and more dignified
shelter program with partner housing agencies throughout the County of Orange.
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recommended the awardee obtain a Conditional-Use Permit without direct cost. In addition,modification
to the building may be required. Therefore,further land-use and planning requirements are required
under the City's designated practices. Mercy House is directed under the Resolution to seek a
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HOMELESSNESS,PANHANDLING,VAGRANCY ISSUES
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A 2014 SBPD comprehensive count indicates that approximately 2,160 unsheltered homeless are within a.
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the City of San Bernardino's borders. That is more than double the HUD Point-In-Time Count estimate g
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A 2013 public opinion survey,conducted by Fallon Research, found that 36%of residents within the City c
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Back of the envelope estimates indicate that homelessness has a$27Million per year impact on the City. 0
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hospital stay,and mental health costs. Police, fire, and emergency medical transport costs are borne t`nn
directly by the City's general fund. The estimate does not include the unquantifiable impact on our City's
business in terms of lost revenues,business retention or job retention.
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Federal funds issued to service providers within the City have no formal measurements or conditions
attached as a determination of award.
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The City of San Bernardino has no formal permanent housing plan for unsheltered homeless within the
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Policy Resolution:
In June 2014,the City of San Bernardino enacted the Homelessness Intervention Action Plan. The action
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related crimes. A community education program is also being developed to reduce the amount of giving
to panhandlers and make the public aware of the crimes.
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The issue and impacts of homelessness are growing within the City of San Bernardino. Methodologies
previously used by the City have done little to stem this growing problem or deal with its impacts on our
businesses. Previous methodologies were not coordinated,did nothing to leverage other available funds,
and did not provide for targeted needed services. No mechanisms were in place to allow the City to
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determine how many emergency shelter beds were required,what transitional housing needs were
required,or how permanent housing would be achieved. Service providers did not act in conjunction with
City efforts but viewed the City as a bank for their programmatic funding needs.
"The Homelessness Intervention Action Plan develops a comprehensive plan that looks at
{ homelessness issues from prevention to re-housing
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issues to other needed public safety areas
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This is designed to give the City control—not the service provider—over the program.
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