RECOMMENDATIONS

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa, or his designee, to execute a six-month contract with the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department in an amount not to exceed $125,000 to provide the Housing Authority’s Las Deltas public housing development with additional law enforcement services for the period beginning July 1, 2020 and ending December 31, 2020.

BACKGROUND

HACCC has contracted with the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department for over twenty-five years to provide one full-time Sheriff’s Deputy focused on additional community-oriented policing services at the Las Deltas Housing Development in Richmond, CA (Development). Over the past few years, HACCC has relocated every resident from the Development to other affordable housing units throughout Contra Costa County under the Rental Assistance Demonstration Program (RAD). Now that all of the former tenants have moved, HACCC is working with HUD to finalize the release of the Development from the public housing program. Once this is complete, HACCC will begin the process of selling the property and/or partnering with developers to create new, project-based affordable housing on-site. These last two steps will take time to complete. While the property sits vacant, HACCC requires additional law enforcement services to address criminal and nuisance activities in the Development.