City of Santa Clara - File #: 23-652

• File #: 23-652
• Version: 1
• Type: Consent Calendar
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/8/2023
• In control: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting
• On agenda: 6/6/2023
• Final action: 6/6/2023
• Title: Action on the Fourth Amendment to the Contract Between the County of Santa Clara and City of Santa Clara - Congregate Meals for FY 2022/23, including the Home and Community Based Services Infrastructure Grant, and Related Budget Amendments

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2023	1	Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting	Approved	Pass

REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the Fourth Amendment to the Contract Between the County of Santa Clara and City of Santa Clara - Congregate Meals for FY 2022/23, including the Home and Community Based Services Infrastructure Grant, and Related Budget Amendments
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure

BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara works collaboratively with the County of Santa Clara to provide a Senior Nutrition Congregate Meals Program (Program) at the Santa Clara Senior Center. The Program targets seniors aged 60 and over, serving a basic need of lower income households and special needs populations. The Program goals are to reduce hunger and food insecurity, increase socialization, and promote the health and well-being of older adults. The Program is a gateway to other supportive community programs and services at the Senior Center.
The purpose of this Report to Council is to review and take action on a 4th amendment to an agreement with the County of Santa Clara related to the Senior Nutrition Congregate Meals Program (Program) at the Santa Clara Senior Center. The amendment includes an increase in the number of meals for the current fiscal year as well as a pass through of State of California Department of Aging grant funds obtained by the County from the local Area Agency on Aging Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Senior Nutrition Infrastructure Grant to reimburse the County's Programs for the purchase of designated eligible items to enhance the food service.
DISCUSSION
The County of Santa Clara has an agreement with the City of Santa Clara to provide a Congregate Meals Program at the Santa Clara Senior Center, and annually/periodically/retroactively has issued amendments and/or new agreement(s) to supplement the Program based on available funding sources or to provide service level enhancements (Table 1). Actual amounts have varied over the course of the extended Contract period...