RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE WAIVER OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS AND THE EXECUTION OF AGREEMENTS WITH FOURTEEN PROVIDERS OF FEE-FOR-SERVICE BASED ALCOHOL AND DRUG TREATMENT SERVICES; AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF THE HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY TO EXECUTE AMENDMENTS; HOWEVER, AS TO EACH AGREEMENT, SUCH AUTHORITY IS LIMITED TO:

A) REDUCING THE COUNTY’S AGGREGATE MAXIMUM FISCAL OBLIGATION IN THE EVENT THERE IS A COMMENSURATE REDUCTION IN THE FUNDING RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY;

B) INCREASING THE COUNTY’S AGGREGATE MAXIMUM FISCAL OBLIGATION IN THE EVENT THERE IS A COMMENSURATE INCREASE IN THE FUNDING RECEIVED BY THE COUNTY; HOWEVER, SAID INCREASE SHALL BE LIMITED TO A TOTAL OF $25,000 PER AGREEMENT; AND/OR

C) REALLOCATING FUNDING AND UNITS OF SERVICE BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT CONTRACTED MODALITIES AS LONG AS THE CHANGES HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE COUNTY’S MAXIMUM FISCAL OBLIGATION

RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance fourteen Agreements reference to which is hereby made for further particulars, whereby: 1) Asian American Recovery Services; 2) California Detoxification Programs, Inc; 3) Daytop Village, Inc.; 4) El Centro de Libertad; 5) Free at Last; 6) Horizon Services, Inc.; 7) The Latino Commission; 8) Project Ninety, Inc.; 9) Pyramid Alternatives; 10) Service League of San Mateo County; 11) Sitike Counseling Center; 12) Walden House, Inc.; 13) Women’s Recovery Association, and 14) Youth and Family Enrichment Services will provide alcohol and drug treatment services under Contract with the County of San Mateo; and

WHEREAS, the term of these Agreements is July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005 with aggregate amounts as follows: Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act (SACPA)/Proposition 36 in the amount of $1,471,907; SB223 Drug Testing funds in the amount of $60,607; Drug Court Partnership funds in the amount of $72,236; Comprehensive Drug Court Implementation funds in the amount of $129,705; CSAT HIV Door-to- Treatment funds in the amount of $100,000; and Ryan White funds in the amount of $117, 924 for a total obligation of $1,951,834; and

WHEREAS, the Human Services Agency is requesting the Board of Supervisors to waive the Request for Proposal Process as it is the County’s best interest to continue to contract with these Contractors so that there are no break in services to the community in order to provide stability to the network of service providers as the County works through the transition in Proposition 36 program design; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with forms of these Agreements and has examined and approved them as to both form and content and desires to enter into these Agreements.

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED, that the President of this Board of Supervisors be, and is hereby authorized and directed to execute said Agreements for and on behalf of the County of San Mateo, and the Clerk of this Board shall attest the President’s signature thereto; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the request for proposal process is waived and the Director of the Human Services Agency shall be authorized to execute subsequent amendments and minor modifications thereto during the initial term of these Agreements and minor modifications thereto during the initial term of these Agreements; however, as to each Agreement, such authority is limited to: a) reducing the County’s aggregate maximum fiscal obligation in the event there is a commensurate reduction in the funding received by the County; b) increasing the County’s aggregate maximum fiscal obligation in the event there is a commensurate increase in the funding received by the County; however, said increase shall be limited to a total of $25,000 per Agreement; and/or c) reallocating funding and units of service between the different contracted modalities as long as the changes have no impact on the County’s maximum fiscal obligation.