DATE: August 18, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Mental Health Systems and Agreement with RH Community Builders
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Mental Health Systems for master lease housing services to Department of Behavioral Health permanent supportive housing tenants for transition costs, effective May 1, 2020, eliminating the optional two one-year renewals of Agreement No. 17-145 for new term of May 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020 and decreasing the maximum by $1,755,731 to a total of $2,698,613.
2. Make a finding that it is in the best interest of the County to suspend the competitive bidding process consistent with Administrative Policy Number 34 for unusual or extraordinary circumstances as RH Community Builders is the owner of the housing units where the Department of Behavioral Health permanent supportive housing tenants reside.
3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with RH Community Builders to provide tenant lease and property management services for Department of Behavioral Health permanent supportive housing tenants, effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022, which includes a one-year base contract and an optional one-year extension, total not to exceed $2,073,416
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will enable the Department of Behavioral Health to continue to offer master lease housing units to permanent supportive housing tenants that are Department clients living with a serious mental illness (SMI) and experiencing homelessness or at-risk of homelessness. A 60-day notice of nonrenewal was provided to Mental Health Systems (MHS) on May 1, 2020, the first recommended action will end the agreement with MHS on June 30, 2020 and includes transition funding. The recommended agreement with RH Community Builders will begin...
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