City of Madison - File #: 73500

• File #: 73500
• Version: 1
• Name: Extending the provision of on-site supportive services to users of the City’s urban campground at 3202 Dairy Drive by Madison Area Care for the Homeless (MACH) Onehealth, Inc., and authorizing the City of Madison to execute a contract with MACH Onehealth,
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/31/2022
• In control: FINANCE COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 9/20/2022
• Final action: 10/11/2022
• Enactment date: 10/17/2022
• Enactment #: RES-22-00685
• Title: Extending the provision of on-site supportive services to users of the City’s urban campground at 3202 Dairy Drive by Madison Area Care for the Homeless (MACH) Onehealth, Inc., and authorizing the City of Madison to execute a contract with MACH Onehealth, Inc., to perform those services, drawing on up to $260,000 of available Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to help finance them.
• Sponsors: Satya V. Rhodes-Conway, Nikki Conklin, Barbara Harrington-McKinney, Matthew J. Phair, Jael Currie, Yannette Figueroa Cole, Juliana R. Bennett

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/11/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
10/6/2022	1	COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
9/20/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer	Pass
9/12/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
9/6/2022	1	FINANCE COMMITTEE	Referred
9/6/2022	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Referred
8/31/2022	1	Community Development Division	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes a contract with MACH Onehealth, Inc. to continue providing services at the City’s urban campground at 3202 Dairy Drive. The current contract with MACH Onehealth expires on October 31, 2022. The resolution seeks to extend services from November 1, 2022 through December 31, 2023, at a total cost of $1,129,200. The Community Development Division (CDD) currently has up to $260,000 of available CDBG-CV funds to pay for a portion of these services. The remaining funds for the contract will be requested through CDD’s 2023 operating budget. No additional appropriation for 2022 is required at this time.

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Extending the provision of on-site supportive services to users of the City’s urban campground at 3202 Dairy Drive by Madison Area Care for the Homeless (MACH) Onehealth, Inc., and authorizing the City of Madison to execute a contract with MACH Onehealth, Inc., to perform those services, drawing on up to $260,000 of available Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds to help finance them.
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BACKGROUND

In August 2021, responding to the state of emergency arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of adequate accommodations for unsheltered homeless persons in Madison, and unsafe conditions at an unsanctioned encampment at Reindahl Park, the Common Council authorized the establishment of an urban campground on City-owned land at 3202 Dairy Drive (RES-21-00621, Legistar File ID #67137).

The Council allocated $2 million of federal funding awarded to the City of Madison through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to support the establishment and operation of that campground. Funds supported both the capital costs associated with public improvements, purchase of heated cabins and related amenities; and operational costs related to property management and on-site support service functions. The campground is designed to support no more than 30 persons at one time with turnover occurring ...