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Options for Extending the Safe Parking Program
Recommended Action
Staff recommends the following actions associated with homelessness and the unstably housed to address the COVID-19 impacts on those groups:
1. Adopt a Resolution to Temporarily Authorize Safe Parking Operations 24 Hours a Day in Response to the COVID-19 Emergency, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). This action will enable a continuation of 24/7 safe parking at the Terra Bella lot and other private locations through the earlier of termination of the declaration of the local emergency plus 30 days, or June 30, 2021, unless extended by Council.
2. Acting as the City Council and Shoreline Regional Park Community Board, authorize the City Manager to amend the lease agreement with Live Nation to increase capacity of Shoreline Amphitheatre Lot B for safe parking and extend through the termination of the local emergency plus 30 days, but no later than June 30, 2021.
3. Authorize the City Manager to amend the lease agreement with the County of Santa Clara for the use of Shoreline Amphitheatre Lot B for safe parking to extend the agreement through the termination of the local emergency plus 30 days, but no later than June 30, 2021, and modify the number of passenger vehicles used for living to allow up to 4 new spaces, and allow use of up to 15 passenger vehicle spaces for commuter parking at the Shoreline Dog Park during Dog Park closure hours.
4. Authorize the City Manager to amend the lease agreement with the County of Santa Clara for the use of the Evelyn Lot for safe parking to extend the agreement through the termination of the local emergency plus 30 days, but no later than June 30, 2021, and modify the number of passenger vehicles used for living to allow up to 21 new spaces, and allow up to 15 passenger vehicle spaces for commuter parking.
5. Appropriate $150,000 from the General Non-Operating Fund to the City Manager’s Office to cover costs associated with expanding the number of safe parking spaces at existing lots, including additional restrooms, lot preparation, case management, and related services through the end of Fiscal Year 2020-21. (Five votes required)
6. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the County of Santa Clara for a total not to exceed $575,000 to provide for safe parking services, case management, outreach, and other related services through June 30, 2021.
7. Commit $2.4 million from the Google Landings community benefit for homelessness initiatives towards the operation of the Mountain View Project Homekey Program.