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City Council establishes Pilot Rental Assistance Program; approves land agreement and software renewals

SalinasDec 2, 20253 min read

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The Salinas City Council (6 present, Councilmember Gloria De La Rosa absent) on December 2, 2025 approved a Pilot Rental Assistance Program with $750,000 in Family Homeless Challenge funds including authorization for up to $250,000 in subrecipient funding to Monterey County Office of Education, adopted an ordinance for a land disposition and development agreement with Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. for city-owned parking lots, and authorized two renewals for the ProjectDox ePlan software subscription.

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Approved Resolution establishing a Pilot Rental Assistance Program (RAP); appropriated $750,000 of Family Homeless Challenge (FHC) grant funds for rental assistance; authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a subrecipient agreement with Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) to provide rental assistance for families with school-age children for an amount not to exceed $250,000 of the $750,000 FHC grant funds; and authorized the City Manager to promulgate RAP Program Guidelines and execute related agreements (Enactment No: RES 23364).
Approved minutes of the November 18, 2025 City Council meeting.
Approved Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute fifth and sixth renewals with Avolve Software, Inc. for the ProjectDox ePlan software subscription and increase the contract amount by $162,101 for a total not to exceed $569,468 (Enactment No: RES 23365).
Adopted an Ordinance approving a Land Disposition and Development Agreement between the City of Salinas and Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. related to city-owned parking lots located at Lincoln Avenue and West Gabilan Street (2nd Reading; Enactment No: ORD 2692).

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