HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 115-2020RESOLUTION NO. '0-'15 — 2 0 ,2 Q
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD ALLOWING EMERGENCY PROCUREMENT FOR
BRUNDANGE LANE NAVIGATION CENTER
WHEREAS, City of Bakersfield finds that the number of homeless in our
community is significant and increasing, and these persons are without the
ability to obtain shelter; and
WHEREAS, City of Bakersfield finds that the health and safety of
unsheltered persons in the City is threatened by a lack of shelter; and
WHEREAS, City of Bakersfield affirms the City's commitment to
combatting homelessness and creating or augmenting a continuum of shelter
and service options for those living without shelter in our communities; and
WHEREAS, in 2018 the voters within the City of Bakersfield approved
Measure N, the Public Safety and Vital Services Measure (Measure); and
WHEREAS, one of the top community priorities of the Measure was to
quickly and sufficiently provide funding toward efforts to reduce the number of
homeless individuals within the City; and
WHEREAS, City of Bakersfield declared a "shelter crisis" in City Council
Resolution No. 143-18 on November 7, 2018; and
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2020, the City Council authorized the purchase
of the former Calcot Inc. facility at 1900 Brundage Lane with Measure funds
to establish the Brundage Lane Navigation Center (BLNC) as a new homeless
shelter and completed the purchase on June 16, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined the opening of the BLNC as quickly
as possible will have the most immediate impact in reducing the number of
homeless individuals within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously indicated its target opening date of the
BLNC is fall 2020; and
WHEREAS, The City Manager declared a local emergency brought on by
the threat from COVID-19 pandemic on March 19, 2020 and that action was
ratified in City Council Resolution No. 035-2020 on March 25, 2020; and
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WHEREAS, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued special
guidance on how to properly prepare and respond to this disease among the
homeless population including within emergency shelters; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.40 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code governs the
actions of the City under an emergency declaration and designates the City
Manager as the Director of Emergency Services. This code section ,allows the
Director of Emergency Services to make and issue rules and regulations on
matters reasonably related to the protection of life and property as affected
by such emergency; and
WHEREAS, The City of Bakersfield needs to expedite the purchase of
goods and services necessary to open the BLNC both in a timely manner and
in a configuration that meets the CDC guidance for emergency shelters in
response to both the declared shelter crisis and state of emergency; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has approved the budgetary limits of the
BLNC project and those limits will not be exceeded in any future procurement
of the goods or services required for the shelter.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
1. The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are hereby
incorporated fully as a material part of this Resolution.
2. The City Council allows the City Manager as Director of Emergency
Services to procure the necessary goods and services to expedite
the opening of the Brundage Lane Navigation Center.
3. All procurements that exceed the contractual limit established in
Municipal Code Section 3.20.105(C), requiring City Council
approval, will be brought forward to the City Council for review and
discussion before the completion of the Brundage Lane Navigation
Center.
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
AUG 12 2020 , by the following vote:
AAYES' COUNCILMEMBER, RI ERA, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN
DOES: COUNCILMEMBER OWE
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BSENT: COUNCILMEMBER R?-U%E
JULIE DRIMAKIS, CMC
CITY CLERK and EX OFFICIO CLERK of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROV—f : AUG 12 2020
By
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KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
JOSHUA H. RUDNICK
Deputy City Attorney
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