City Council

(8) 19­0126­S2 CD 4 STATUTORY EXEMPTION and HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE REPORT relative to authorizing the Department of General Services (GSD) to negotiate and execute a lease amendment with the People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) for the City­owned property located at 3210 and 3248 Riverside Drive, for use as a temporary bridge housing facility. Recommendations for Council action: 1. DETERMINE that the bridge home involved in this approval is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and, FIND that the site is statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21080.27 and Government Code Section 65660(b), applicable to City low barrier navigation centers, Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(4), governing homeless shelter projects under a shelter crisis declaration, and PRC Section 21080(b)(4) and State CEQA Guidelines, 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15269(c) as specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency. The current leasing approval is an action toward implementing, and in furtherance of, the previously approved and exempt project. 2. AUTHORIZE the GSD to negotiate and execute a lease amendment Code (PRC) Section 21080.27 and Government Code Section 65660(b), applicable to City low barrier navigation centers, Government Code Section 8698.4(a)(4), governing homeless shelter projects under a shelter crisis declaration, and PRC Section 21080(b)(4) and State CEQA Guidelines, 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15269(c) as specific actions necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency. The current leasing approval is an action toward implementing, and in furtherance of, the previously approved and exempt project.