DEPARTMENT: Social Services
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contract With Center City Housing Corp. For Cahill Place Services
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Cahill Place Apartments is a supportive housing apartment program in Inver Grove Heights; and
WHEREAS, the building has 40 two and three-bedroom units and is dedicated to families who have experienced homelessness and housing instability; and
WHEREAS, this project is a collaboration between Center City Housing Corp. (developer), the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) (capital funding and project-based housing vouchers), and Dakota County (support service funding), among other partners and funders; and
WHEREAS, in February 2019, Dakota County Social Services issued a Request for Proposals for the onsite support services at Cahill Place; and
WHEREAS, two proposals were received, and a selection committee comprised of staff from the CDA and Social Services selected Center City Housing Corp. as the service provider; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution 20-195 (April 20, 2020), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized execution of a contract with Center City Housing Corp. in an amount not to exceed $650,000 annually; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends authorizing execution of a new contract for the term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, in a contract amount not to exceed $650,000; and
WHEREAS, Center City Housing Corp. will provide the same and or similar services as they did in the prior contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Community Services Director to execute a contract with Center City Housing Corp. for onsite supportive services at Cahill Place Apartments in Inver Grove Heights, for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, in a contract amount not to exceed $650,000, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Community Services Director is hereby authorized to amend said contracts, within the amount budgeted, to alter the number and types of clients served, types of services provided, service expectations and rates, and the contract term, consistent with County contracting policies, subject to the approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the contracts shall contain a provision that allows the County to immediately terminate the contracts in the event sufficient funds from the county, state, or federal sources are not appropriated at a level sufficient to allow payment of the amounts due.
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