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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing a professional services agreement with MRB Group for the design of the Emergency Homeless Facility, in the amount of $255,970.00.
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DATE: October 22, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Tiffanie McNair, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Authorize the execution of a Memorandum/Resolution authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with MRB Group for the design of the Emergency Homeless Facility in the amount of $255,970.00.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
Having a genuine desire and determination amongst the community, stakeholders, and City leadership to bring positive change to address homelessness in Killeen, the City of Killeen City Council adopted the Homelessness and Mental Health Strategic Plan (HMHSP) (Resolution 23-034R) on February 14, 2023. The HMHSP was developed to reduce and address the duration and frequency of homelessness within the City.
A key take-away from the data used in preparing the HMHSP was that a majority of individuals within Bell County and Killeen receive only a minimal level of basic services. A major emphasis and recommendation of the HMHSP was for the City of Killeen to construct a campus with a "transformational center focus" with robust, targeted, and customized trauma-informed care services to address the root causes of those experiencing homelessness. With the focus in reducing existing homelessness, the campus would provide a range of services at the center with some agencies and service providers having a direct or indirect presence at the center. Additionally, the HMHSP recommended that the City construct the campus and for operations to be conducted by a homeless service provider. The campus would remain a City-owned facility with the service provider paying a nominal fee to occupy the space, thereby offsetting overhead costs for a facility to benefit the operations and direct services.
The professional services agreement with MRB Group w...
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