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REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br /> <br />June 8, 2015 <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />Second Amendment to Agreement with the County of San Mateo for Information and <br />Referral Services provided at the Fair Oaks Community Center <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />By motion, approve and authorize City Manager to sign second amendment to <br />agreement between the San Mateo County Human Services Agency and the City of <br />Redwood City for Information and Referral Services provided at the Fair Oaks <br />Community Center for FY 13-14, 14-15, 15-16. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />Council approved the original agreement between the San Mateo County Human <br />Services Agency and the City of Redwood City for Information and Referral Services <br />provided at the Fair Oaks Community Center for FY 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 <br />at its regular Council meeting on April 22, 2013. Under the Agreement, the County pays <br />Redwood City to provide vital safety net, homeless, and homelessness prevention <br />services to community members in need. Through the Information and Referral <br />program the City serves over 2000 unduplicated households each year. Services <br />include both direct assistance and referrals for food, housing assistance, utility <br />assistance, shelter, transportation, crisis intervention, advocacy, and other services as <br />needed to help families and individuals stabilize their situations and return to self- <br />sufficiency. <br /> <br />Council also approved an amendment to this agreement at its regular Council meeting <br />on April 7, 2014 which provided for a COLA Increase for each of the three years <br />covered by the original agreement. <br /> <br />ANALYSIS <br />The County of San Mateo would like to add a second amendment to the original <br />agreement to Core funding in the amount of $9,821 for Fiscal Year 2014-2015 and <br />Sustainability funding up to $33,437 for the term of the agreement. <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />Council could choose not to approve the amendment, and not accept the additional <br />funding from San Mateo County Human Services Agency for the Fair Oaks Community <br />Center Information and Referral Program. <br />7.1.A. - Page 1