| RECONSIDER, after a two-thirds vote to suspend the Council Rules of Procedure and Order, the direction the City Council gave on February 23, 2021, and DIRECT the city manager to: (1) AUTHORIZE use of the $260,000 funding from the County before its June 30, 2021, expiration date and $300,000 from the City Affordable Housing fund to contract with Housing Consortium of East Bay (HCBE); and (2) AUTHORIZE the creation of an emergency ad hoc committee consisting of three City Council members. The ad hoc committee, with the support of City staff, and County Supervisor John Gioia and County staff would develop a long-term, sustainable, and well-funded plan for assisting unhoused residents of Richmond with County and City funds beyond the $560,000 obtained from the County and the Affordable Housing in lieu fund - Councilmembers Claudia Jimenez (620-6565 and Eduardo Martinez (620-6593). |