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7.A. - Page 10 of 16 County Vision for a Navigation Center and Transitional Housing on the 1402 Maple Street Parcel In response to the homelessness crisis in the County and in accord with the County's vision to reduce homelessness to functional zero, the County plans to increase shelter capacity through the addition of a potential Navigation Center and associated transitional and permanent supportive housing. The potential Navigation Center would, among other things, provide a service -enriched temporary living environment that would connect individuals experiencing homelessness to income, public benefits, health services, shelter, and housing in order to facilitate their transition to more permanent housing. The associated transitional and supportive housing units contemplated would provide a continuum of housing options for individuals who have received services through the Navigation Center. The County is currently contemplating installation of the aforementioned Navigation Center and associated supportive housing at the roughly 2 acre parcel at 1580 Maple Street. Should the County proceed at that site, the project would commence with installation of a temporary Navigation Center utilizing pre -fabricated or modular units on a portion of the parcel where the to -be -demolished Women's Jail is located. The temporary Navigation Center would provide 100-135 beds for individuals experiencing homelessness. Following completion of the temporary Navigation Center, the County would consider further development of the property for an approximately 60,000 square foot permanent Navigation Center that would provide approximately 150 homeless shelter beds, approximately 100 beds of transitional housing, and an undetermined number of additional units of permanent supportive housing. Should the County acquire 1402 Maple Street, the County contemplates installation of a temporary Navigation Center with between 125-225 beds to meet the immediate needs of the homeliness crisis. Early concepts for the remainder of the property potentially include an approximately 88,000 square foot permanent Navigation Center that would provide approximately 200 shelter beds, 125 transitional units, an office, and amenities. It is anticipated that this would be built close to the junction between Blomquist and Maple Streets. The property could include additional structures to provide housing including permanent supportive housing. The larger parcel at 1402 Maple Street would allow for construction of structures with additional capacity in comparison to 1580 Maple and would allow for the preservation of open space on the parcel including well-defined green corridors and zones. Potential timing impacts for a property exchange: Should a City/County property exchange move forward there are three short term timing considerations (approximately 2 years) that would need to be further analyzed in order to meet City and County interim homelessness services programmatic needs. The timing impacts could potentially be mitigated by identifying a temporary privately or publicly owned location to house City and County homelessness programs. The three timing impacts are: 1) This past summer, the City established an off-street safe parking program which can house up to 80 RVs on the majority of the City's 1402 Maple Street parcel. The City has committed to a two- year program, which provides resources to the City's RV residents to hopefully attain permanent housing and move out of their RVs. The footprint of the Safe Parking Facility will hopefully shrink over time, should City staff and its non-profit partner, Life Moves, successfully relocate a majority of Program participants into permanent housing. City staff believes it will most likely need the full two years to administerthe program to help a majority of Safe Parking Program participants attain permanent housing. Page 10 of 13 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org ISO