Austin Street Center

Authorizes a $650,000 zero-percent interest forgivable loan to Austin Street Center using CDBG funds for rehabilitation of its Emergency Shelter and Crisis Services Program facility for individuals experiencing homelessness at 2929 Hickory Street.

Authorize (1) a secured, zero percent interest, forgivable loan agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney, in the amount of $650,000 to Austin Street Center to provide for rehabilitation of

Authorizes a 15-month lease extension (Supplemental Agreement No. 5) with Austin Street Center for approximately 20,000 square feet of shelter space at 2929 Hickory Street, used for inclement weather sheltering operations by the Office of Emergency Management and Crisis Response from January 1, 2026 through March 31, 2027. Total cost not to exceed $2,000,000, funded by the General Fund.

Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 5 to the lease agreement with Austin Street Center to provide a fifteen-month extension to the lease agreement for approximately 20,000 square feet of shelter spac

Authorizes the second one-year renewal option of a service contract with Austin Street Center to provide homeless recovery services from October 2025 through September 2026, not to exceed $575,000, financed from the General Fund.

Authorize the second of two, one-year renewal options to the service contract with Austin Street Center to provide access to homeless recovery services for the Office of Homeless Solutions for the per

Ratification to pay outstanding invoices totaling $683,028.70 to Austin Street Center ($476,122.44) and Global Spectrum on behalf of Fair Park First ($206,906.26) for inclement weather sheltering services provided to unhoused individuals.

Authorize the ratification to pay outstanding invoices to (1) Austin Street Center in the amount of $476,122.44 for services provided during inclement weather sheltering; and (2) Global Spectrum, L.P.