Title
Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Contract Between the City of San Leandro and Centro Legal de la Raza for an Amount Not to Exceed $65,000 to Administer the City’s Tenant/Landlord Counseling (increases FY2021-2022 Agreement by an additional $20,000)
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the resolution for Amendment No. 1 to the FY 2021-2022 contract with Centro Legal de la Raza to operate the City’s Tenant/Landlord Counseling Program. This action will amend Centro Legal’s contract by increasing the original contract amount of $45,000 by an additional $20,000 for a total amount not to exceed $65,000. On June 28, 2021 the City Council adopted the FY 2021-2023 Biennial Budget (Resolution No. 2021.096) that appropriated an additional $20,000 to augment the existing allocation of General Fund monies for the City’s Tenant/Landlord Counseling currently operated by Centro Legal de la Raza. Because the additional $20,000 placed in the Centro Legal contract will take it over $50,000, the City Council must review and approve the increase of the contract to an amount not to exceed $65,000.
BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS
This agreement will augment the existing General Fund allocation of $45,000 for Centro Legal de la Raza’s administration of the City’s Tenant/Landlord Counseling Program, which includes legal services for low-income renters. Centro Legal de la Raza is also currently under contract with the City of San Leandro and wrapping up final delivery of the highly successful Emergency Rental Assistance Payments (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 2020 CARES Act, CDBG-CV funding). As the various tenant protections provided by the State, County and local eviction moratoriums begin to expire, both programs combined advance the Housing Division’s efforts to promote housing stability and efforts to prevent homelessness for lower income renters due to impacts from COVID-19. The recommended action will expand and enhance the Tenant/Landlord Counseling Program, which will enable the City to support substantially more San Leandro renter households as they continue to cope with the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related closures due to the shelter in place orders.
Current Agency Policies
• 2015-2023 Housing Element adopted by City Council in January 2015 and certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development in February 2015.
Previous Actions
• Resolution No. 2021-096 Adopting the Biennial Budget of the City of San Leandro for Fiscal Years July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 and July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
Applicable General Plan Policies
• Policy 56.07 Landlord-Tenant Relations; San Leandro Housing Element
Fiscal Impacts
Council appropriated sufficient funding in Fiscal Year 2021-22 to cover this agreement.
Budget Authority
Resolution No. 2021-096 Adopting the City’s Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2022 and 2023 appropriated sufficient funding into Account 010-41-004-5120 to cover these service costs.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment to Resolution
Amendment No. 1 to the Consulting Service Agreement between the City of San Leandro and Centro Legal de la Raza for a grant amount not to exceed $65,000.
PREPARED BY: Maryann Sargent, Senior Housing Specialist, Community Development Department