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First Amendment with City Net To Provide Street Outreach December 17, 2019 Page 2 housing, medical health treatment, mental health treatment, and other services essential for achieving independent living. The City is about to reach the $50,000 spending limit and is seeking City Council approval to renew the agreement, as the additional funding exceeds the City Manager's award authority. Providing outreach and engagement services coincides with the August 21, 2018 resolution of the City Council that declared a shelter crisis related to homelessness in the City of Santa Ana. Street outreach activities help locate, identify, support and connect individuals on the streets to housing opportunities. For the period of October 14 — November 30, 2019, City Net outreach workers interacted with 310 homeless individuals on the streets, responded to 188 outreach calls from individuals identifying their city of origin as Santa Ana, engaged with 19 individuals in formal case management and exited 36 persons from the streets and into temporary or permanent housing. Considering that it frequently takes many attempts of contacting an individual before shelter is accepted, staff believes that it is in the City's best interest for City Net to continue to build upon the relationships that have already been established with the homeless population in Santa Ana. City Net is prepared to provide a range of outreach services for the City, including outreach teams working side -by -side with QOLT and DART programs, directed teams to specific locations referred by the City, or teams working on an on -call basis. Upon evaluation of the two -month program, it was determined that outreach teams used in directed or on -call methods would be an additional approach that would benefit Santa Ana. It is therefore anticipated that a hybrid of outreach services will be utilized with this contract. If less services are required than identified in the Scope of Services, the full contract amount will not be expended. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item support's the City's effort to meet Goal # 5 - Community Health, Livability, Engagement & Sustainability, Objective #6 (Focus projects and programs on improving the health and wellness of all residents). FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $688,390 are available in the FY 2019-20 budget for expenditure as shown below. The entire amount of the agreement will be encumbered for carry forward to the FY 2020-21 budget. Fiscal Year Accounting Unit Fund Description Accounting Unit, Account Amount — Account # Description FY 19-20 01118811-62300 General Fund Homeless Services, Contract $300,000 (Dec. -June) Services -Professional FY 20-21 01118811-62300 General Fund Homeless Services, Contract $388,390 (July -Dec.) Services -Professional Total Contract Amount $688,390 25D-2