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Agreement with Mercy House Living Centers Inc., to Operate an Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter in Santa Ana September 18, 2018 Page 2 population compared to the 2017 County led PIT count; further validating the City had been negatively impacted by the lack of homeless shelters throughout the County. Following the August 3'd, 2018 status hearing with Federal Judge David Carter, the City heard the Courts recommendation to identify an Interim Plan and to act quickly, especially in light of the Emergency Armory's closing in July 2018, creating increased numbers of homeless individuals sleeping in parks, public right-of-ways and in surrounding communities negatively impacting Santa Ana. Given the Court's direction, to have a viable plan by the September 7th status hearing, and at the direction of the City Council; the City Manager's Office, City Attorney's Office, Santa Ana Police Department and Community Development Agency staff worked diligently to develop an Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter Plan. The Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter Plan includes the following requirements in partnership with a service provider. The agreement will provide for: • A 200 bed low barrier facility accepting chronically homeless and vulnerable homeless population from Santa Ana only. • A facility with no walk-ins (Santa Ana Police Department and approved service provider referrals only) • A facility operating 365 days, 24 hours a day • Meals, hygiene facilities, transportation, storage, etc. for up to 200 beds. • Support services, employment and housing navigation, daytime program activities, and night time program monitoring. • 24- hour security and surveillance • A Good Neighbor Policy Given the relatively short period of time to meet the September 7d' deadline, Staff solicited proposals from two non-profit homeless service providers that currently operate homeless shelters in Orange County and in particular work with the City of Santa Ana. The potential providers submitted written proposals outlining the provision of programs and services, execution of operations, budget, and work models to operate the proposed Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter. A review committee comprised of Staff from the City Managers Office, Santa Ana Police Department and Community Development Agency, reviewed the two proposals and selected Mercy House Living Centers Inc. (Mercy House), to operate the Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter. Mercy House displays best practices in program delivery, safe operations to mitigate negative impact to community and a cost effective budget that meets the needs of the City. Mercy House has agreed to operate the Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter and be fully operational within 60 to 90 days following the execution of the agreement. Furthermore, Mercy House has agreed to a quick ramp up of 50 beds within the first 45 days, therefore, meeting the need of providing shelter for the homeless as soon as possible and mitigating the negative impacts in Santa Ana. Staff recommends the approval of the agreement with Mercy House to operate the Interim Emergency Homeless Shelter. 25C-2