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File Number: 23-349 <br />Council Finance Committee for discussion and the City Council for subsequent action. <br />Reallocation <br />Based on recent review of current ARPA allocations, staff recommends reallocation of $800,000 <br />currently allocated for a Clean Streets Team to Citywide Beautification and Community <br />Preservation. <br />Clean Streets Team: The goal is to provide case management and employment opportunities <br />to unhoused and low-income individuals as team members to clean San Leandro streets and <br />beautify the community. The team members would receive stipends, case management and <br />employment services, and access to resources to support their needs. <br />When evaluating how to design a program for a Clean Streets Team, staff was unable to identify <br />a sustainable model to pursue and implement. Challenges include incorporating the multiple <br />components necessary for a successful program, including how to hire unhoused individuals, who <br />may lack proper identification and documents needed for employment, while ensuring services <br />and linkages are also provided. Additionally, such a model was difficult to structure for a request <br />for proposals (RFP), as service providers providing employment and services are scarce, and <br />staff capacity in a new, understaffed Human Services Department is limited. <br />Beautification and Community Preservation: The goal is to beautify the City by addressing <br />citywide enforcement around graffiti, landscaping, and residential and commercial code <br />compliance, including residential parking and trash enclosures. Additionally, the funds will <br />support volunteer efforts and coordinated beautification projects. Together, these efforts are <br />intended for residential and commercial neighborhoods to revive hospitality and restore patrons <br />and visitors to the City. <br />Given the challenges faced by staff in designing a Clean Streets Team program, staff <br />recommends that the Council redirect the $800,000 originally allocated to a broader scope <br />focused on Citywide beautification and community preservation, which is intended to achieve a <br />similar outcome to a clean streets program. <br />Fiscal Impacts <br />There are no new fiscal impacts. The ARPA Budget totals $18.6 million and remains unchanged <br />with the recommended reallocation of $800,000. <br />REVIEW BY FINANCE COMMITTEE <br />On June 28, 2023, the City Council Finance Committee reviewed and discussed an ARPA <br />Projects Update and the $800,000 reallocation from a Clean Streets Team to Citywide <br />Beautification and Community Preservation. The Finance Committee unanimously <br />recommended the budget reallocation be moved to the City Council. <br />ATTACHMENT: <br />Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 7/12/2023