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Consider recommendations regarding the First Amendment to the Services Agreement (BC No. 24-001) with Good Samaritan Shelter for Mental Health Interim Housing and Support Services for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2027 and Third Amendment to Services Agreement (BC No. 23-087) with Good Samaritan Shelter for Alcohol and Drug Program (ADP) and Mental Health Services (MHS) for FYs 2023-2027, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a First Amendment to the Agreement (BC No. 24-001) for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter to update certain standard terms of the agreement; add 29 new beds between three additional interim housing locations; add new interim housing navigation pet care services, commencing July 1, 2025; add new Behavioral Health Service Act housing intervention services for rental assistance; and increase the contract amount by $2,502,088.00 for a revised, total maximum contract amount not to exceed $6,582,528.00 inclusive of $94,640.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,328,600.00 for FY 2024-2025, $2,446,780.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $2,712,508.00, for FY 2026-2027, with no change to the contract term of June 5, 2024, through June 30, 2027;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Third Amendment to the Agreement (BC No. 23-087) for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter for ADP and MHS to update certain standard terms to the agreement, add new Proposition 47 funding to ADP Crisis, Recovery, Engagement, Diversion and Outreach (CREDO 47) Stabilization Center (Exhibit A-3), ADP Step-Down Supported Housing - Proposition 47 (Exhibit A-9), add funding and add back MHS Safe and Stable (Exhibit A-11) statement of work, decrease service hours for MHS Homeless housing case management services (Exhibit A-12) for the Homekey site, add additional certified MHS sites to the Mental Health Homeless Clinicians program (Exhibit A-14), add General Provisions Exhibit I for the new Department of State Hospital funds for Safe and Stable Housing (Exhibit A-11), and increase the ADP budget by $6,051,544.00 and the Mental Health Program budget by $320,413.00 for a revised, total maximum contract amount not to exceed $36,573,718.00 inclusive of $32,818,458.00 ($7,072,799.00 for FY 2023-2024, $8,532,600.00 for FY 2024-2025, $8,771,041.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $8,442,018.00 for FY 2026-2027) in Alcohol and Drug Program funding and $3,755,260.00 ($811,825.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,033,072.00 for FY 2024-25, $988,208.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $922,155.00 for FY 2026-2027) in Mental Health funding, with no change to the contract term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to add or change the monthly rental assistance rate not yet determined in consultation with the County Department of Behavioral Wellness and the managed care plan to establish mutually agreed-upon rates and all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board of Supervisors approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board of Supervisors’ ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a project that is subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4), finding that the actions are governmental funding mechanisms and/or fiscal activities that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.