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6.0. - Page 2 of 5 the program, Downtown Streets Team would need to hire staff, identify office space within Redwood City, identify a meeting space within Redwood City, purchase tools and equipment, and begin recruiting local team members. Typically, it takes Downtown Streets Team staff 90 days from the execution of the contract agreement to build a new community team and launch the program. With a signed Letter of Intent from the City, Downtown Streets Team staff would begin taking these preliminary steps to start the program prior to the final execution of a contract, allowing for the implementation of the program on an accelerated timeline. City staff anticipates the pilot program would cost approximately $378,664 per year to operate and recommends the City consider a two-year agreement with Downtown Streets Team to give the program adequate time to develop and City staff adequate time to determine its effectiveness for the City's homeless population. The letter creates no binding rights or obligations on the City with respect to the pilot program, except to fund the program and make an initial payment of 20% of the first year's cost of $378,664 upon execution of an agreement between the City and Downtown Streets Team. Instead, the letter articulates the City's intent to work with Downtown Streets Team in good faith to reach a mutually acceptable agreement. FISCAL IMPACT The current projected budget for the pilot program is $378,664 per year or $757,328 for two years, which would exceed the $750,000 of one-time funding previously allocated by the City Council. Sufficient funding exists for the first year of the contract, therefore no additional appropriation is required for FY 2019-20. City staff plans on actively seeking other funds for this pilot (including the State HEAP funds distributed through the County) to cover the estimated $7,328 difference, if a two year agreement is authorized. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA Guidelines, section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notification was achieved by posting the agenda, with the agenda items being listed, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting ALTERNATIVES Decline to authorize signature of a Letter of Intent to Downtown Streets Team and delay preliminary planning unless and until an agreement is executed. City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.ore 146