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• <br /> EVERETT CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET 16 <br /> PROJECT TITLE: <br /> Select Low Barrier Consent COUNCIL BILL <br /> Supportive Housing 6/1/16 Action Originating Department Planning/Legal/Purchasing <br /> Service Provider and First Reading Contact Person Becky Abelian McCrary <br /> Authorize Mayor to Sign David Hall <br /> Exclusive Negotiating Clark Langstraat <br /> Second Reading Phone Number 425-257-7113 <br /> Agreement 425-257-8624 <br /> 425-257-8901 <br /> Third Reading FOR AGENDA OF June 1,2016 <br /> Briefing <br /> Initialed by: <br /> Department Head �1 <br /> CAA <br /> Council President <br /> Location Preceding Action Attachments Department(s)Approval <br /> Near Pecks Drive & Streets Initiative, Draft Exclusive Planning,Legal,Administration, <br /> Evergreen Way Request for Qualifications Negotiating Agreement Purchasing <br /> May 11,2016 <br /> Amount Budgeted TBD <br /> Expenditure Required TBD <br /> Budget Remaining -0- <br /> Additional Required -0- <br /> DETAILED SUMMARY STATEMENT: <br /> As part of the City's Safe Streets initiative,the City intends to facilitate the construction of a supportive low-barrier <br /> housing facility to house chronically homeless individuals. The preferred location is on property currently owned by <br /> the City near Reservoir 3,located near the intersection of Pecks Drive and Evergreen Way,subject to completion of <br /> environmental review required by state and federal law. <br /> On May 11,2016 the City Council authorized the issuance of a Request for Qualifications(RFQ)for the purpose of <br /> selecting a provider with experience developing and operating such facilities. Submittals were due no later than May <br /> 31,2016. At the Council meeting on June 1,2016,City staff will discuss the results of the submittals and will make a <br /> selection recommendation. As part of the selection recommendation, City staff will recommend that the City enter <br /> into an exclusive negotiating agreement with the selected provider. Attached is the draft agreement,which sets up a <br /> nine month period for City staff and the selected provider to negotiate the agreements necessary to transfer(or lease) <br /> property and to operate the facility. After the negotiations are completed,the agreements will be brought to Council <br /> for approval. It should be emphasized that the exclusive negotiating agreement does not obligate the City to transfer <br /> the property. It only obligates the City to talk exclusively with the selected provider for nine months,after which the <br /> City is free to do whatever it wants. <br /> The reason for the accelerated pace of this RFQ selection is to coordinate this action with the Everett Housing <br /> Authority's Request for Proposals currently on the street for Section 8 Vouchers. The proposal deadline for that <br /> competition is mid-June 2016,and it would be very beneficial for the financing of the City project if the City-selected <br /> provider could succeed in that competition. Accordingly, it makes sense for the City to select a provider now,so that <br /> the selected provider can represent in its_proposal for Section 8 Vouchers that it is the City's selected provider and has <br /> secured exclusive negotiating rights for the property. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Select Low Barrier Supportive Housing Provider and Authorize the Mayor to Sign an Exclusive Negotiating <br /> Agreement with the Selected Provider in Substantially the Form Provided. <br /> 191 <br />