DATE: October 9, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS FOR OCEANSIDE DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY INITIATIVE PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve three FY 2024-25 Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) and one Contract Amendment for the Oceanside Drug-Free Community Initiative program, not to exceed a total of $573,282 and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
On July 21, 2021, California Attorney General, Rob Bonta, announced the final settlement agreements with prescription opioid manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical distributors McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen. These agreements provide funding to abate individual, family and community consequences associated with the opioid epidemic. Specifically, funded opioid remediation activities are focused on prevention, intervention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery services.
On December 1, 2021, the City Council authorized the City Attorney to execute all documents related to the participation of the City of Oceanside (the "City") in the distribution of the Opioid Settlement funds.
On January 3, 2024, the Housing and Neighborhood Services Department issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for under the Oceanside Drug-Free Initiative to the Oceanside community. The RFP targeted projects and programs that met the established criteria of High Impact Abatement Activities (HIAA) to prevent drug addiction in vulnerable youth that are disproportionately impacted by Substance Use Disorders (SUD), consistent with terms and guidelines of the settlement agreements. The RFP sought proposals with specifically targeted interventions that would 1) Decrease/discourage the number of young people in Oceanside who are misusing and/or considering using subst...
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