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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 18, 2020 <br />TITLE <br />APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO <br />AGREEMENTS WITH MERCY HOUSE LIVING <br />CENTERS, INC. TO INCREASE EMERGENCY <br />SOLUTIONS GRANT AND TO UTILIZE <br />HOMELESS EMERGENCY AID PROGRAM <br />FUNDS FOR THE LINK SHELTER <br />($2,305,911) <br />/s/Kristine Ridge <br />CITY MANAGER <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a third amendment to the agreement with the Mercy <br />House Living Centers, Inc. to increase funding for the operation of the Link shelter, in the <br />amount of $398,123, for a total amount not to exceed $6,398,123, subject to non -substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Mercy House Living Centers, Inc. to <br />utilize Homeless Emergency Aid Program funds in an amount not to exceed $2,300,000, to <br />count toward the total amount of $6,398,123 through October 14, 2020 for the Link shelter <br />agreement, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City <br />Attorney. The Homeless Emergency Aid Program will fund the additional $398,123 noted <br />above. <br />3. Authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Emergency Solutions Grant <br />agreement increasing the amount of funding for the Link Shelter by $5,910.43, for a total <br />amount not to exceed $322,401.43 for program year 2019-2020, to count toward the <br />$6,398,123 for the Link shelter, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On September 18, 2018, the City Council approved an agreement with Mercy House Living Centers, <br />Inc. (Mercy House) to operate an interim Emergency Homeless Shelter in Santa Ana for a period of <br />one year, with the option to renew for up to one additional year. The total maximum amount of the <br />agreement was $6 million. Since September 2018, the contract was renewed for an additional year <br />and was amended to authorize the expenditure of Program Year 1 and 2 continency funds. <br />25C-1 <br />