HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2018 1107 REG CCSA ITEM 09CCITY OF MOORPARK,
CALIFORNIA
City Council Meeting
of November 7, 2018
ACTION Adopted Reso No.
2018-3761
BY M. Benson
C. Consider Resolution Declaring a Shelter Crisis Pursuant to SB 850 to Earn
Eligibility to Receive Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) Funds. Staff
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2018-3761 declaring a shelter crisis
pursuant to SB 850.
Item: 9.C.
MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Honorable City Council
FROM: Brian Chong, Assistant to the City Manager
DATE: 11/07/2018 Regular Meeting
SUBJECT: Consider Resolution Declaring a Shelter Crisis Pursuant to SB 850 to Earn
Eligibility to Receive Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP) Funds
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Fiscal Year 2018/19 California State Budget includes $500 million in funding for the
Homeless Emergency Aid Program (HEAP), which may be used to provide emergency
assistance including emergency housing vouchers, rapid rehousing, emergency shelter
construction, and temporary shelters, to people experiencing homelessness. The Ventura
County Continuum of Care Alliance (CoC) is set to receive $4.8 million in one-time HEAP
funding as part of the budget allocation.
Under the state HEAP rules, in order for the CoC to distribute the HEAP funds to a non-profit
organization within Moorpark, to provide housing subsidies or assistance to a Moorpark
resident, the City must adopt a resolution declaring a shelter crisis. Failure to declare a
shelter crisis would preclude Moorpark non-profit organizations, such as Moorpark Pantry
Plus and the Knights of Columbus, and Moorpark residents from receiving HEAP-funded
assistance. While staff does not anticipate that the City will serve as a non-profit organization
seeking HEAP funding, staff recommends declaring a shelter crisis to ensure that other
organizations and individuals within Moorpark can receive assistance. All nine of the other
cities within Ventura County have already declared a shelter crisis.
The County of Ventura completes a Point-In-Time count of homeless individuals across the
County each year. According to these counts, Moorpark has historically been the Ventura
County city with the lowest or second-lowest count of people experiencing homeless in the
County, with seven people counted in 2017 and three people counted in 2018.
However, there is no minimum threshold contained in the HEAP rules to declare a shelter
crisis. Rather, the City Council must find that the health and safety of unsheltered persons in
the City is threatened by a lack of shelter. There are currently no homeless shelters operating
within the City. Insofar as the health and safety of any unsheltered person is threatened by a
lack of shelter, the City Council can make the required finding.
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FISCAL IMPACT
None.
However, failure to declare a shelter crisis would result in Moorpark non-profit organizations
and residents being unable to apply for HEAP funds.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2018-____ declaring a shelter crisis pursuant to SB 850.
Attachment: Draft Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING A SHELTER
CRISIS PURSUANT TO SB 850 (CHAPTER 48, STATUTES
OF 2018, AND GOVERNMENT CODE § 8698.2)
WHEREAS, California’s Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. and the members of the
California Legislature have recognized the urgent and immediate need for funding at the
local level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and Legislature have provided funding to local
governments under the Homeless Emergency Aid Program as part of SB 850 and the
2018-19 Budget Act (Chapter 48, Statutes of 2018); and
WHEREAS, the Governor and Legislature require jurisdictions seeking an
allocation through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program to declare a Shelter Crisis
pursuant to Government Code § 8698.2; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that seven persons within the City of Moorpark
were homeless and living without shelter, according to the Ventura County 2017 Point in
Time Count; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that three persons within the City of Moorpark
were homeless and living without shelter, according to the Ventura County 2018
Preliminary Homeless Count Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the number of homeless is significant, and
these persons are without the ability to obtain shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the health and safety of unsheltered
persons in the City of Moorpark is threatened by a lack of shelter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council affirms the City of Moorpark’s commitment to
combatting homelessness and creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter and
service options for those living without shelter in our communities.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. A shelter crisis pursuant to Government Code § 8698.2 exists in the
City of Moorpark, and the City Council of the City of Moorpark authorizes the City’s
participation in the Homeless Emergency Aid Program.
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Resolution No. 2018-____
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SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and
shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___ day of November, 2018.
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Janice S. Parvin, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Maureen Benson, City Clerk
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