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Council approves Bridge funding, orders ‘good neighbor’ review as critics seek performance metrics
Summary
Council approved renewed funding and contract renewals for the Bridge Homeless Recovery Center and other homeless service providers but several members pressed staff for clearer performance metrics and asked that a ‘good neighbor’ agreement be reviewed by the Housing and Homelessness Committee.
The Dallas City Council on Sept. 24 approved renewed service and management contracts and identified funding for several city contractors that work with people experiencing homelessness — including renewed facility management funding for the Bridge Homeless Recovery Center — while requiring additional neighborhood engagement on operational conditions.
The council approved a staff recommendation to permit the city manager to exercise the third of four renewal options for the Bridge’s facility management services contract and to provide funding for the contract year. The approved action increased the annual fee in year four from $4,519,000 to not more than $5,916,911; the motion also directed staff to take the Bridge’s “good…
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