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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 18, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />ADOPT A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE <br />COVID-19 RESPONSE FUNDING PLAN; <br />AUTHORIZE APPROVAL OF <br />AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE <br />PLAN; APPROVE AN APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENT RECOGNIZING $11,598,442 <br />OF EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS <br />PROGRAM COVID-19 FUNDS <br />(NON -GENERAL FUNDS) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 111 Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />Ifiel0191►111al III I <br />/s/Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Adopt a First Amendment to the COVID-19 Response Funding Plan for the allocation, <br />administration and implementation of federal and state funding to respond to the coronavirus <br />(COVID-19) pandemic to add $11,598,442 Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus Funds, <br />subject to adjustment by the City Manager as needed in response to shifting needs and <br />priorities not to exceed the amount of funds available (First Amendment to COVID-19 <br />Response Funding Plan). <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to finalize and authorize the City Manager to enter into negotiations, <br />execute agreements, and approve any other required actions necessary with various service <br />providers, contractors, and sub -recipients, who will implement the First Amendment to the <br />COVID-19 Response Funding Plan, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney. <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing a second allocation of Emergency Solutions <br />Grants Program Coronavirus funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development in the amount of $11,598,442 in revenue account No. 13518002-52000 and <br />appropriating same to expenditure account Nos. 13518789-various. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On April 21, 2020, City Council adopted a COVID-19 Response Funding Plan for the allocation, <br />administration and implementation of $6,486,644 in federal and state funding to respond to the <br />coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic including $1,385,224 in state Homeless Housing, Assistance <br />and Prevention Program COVID-19 Funds, $3,374,017 in federal Community Development Block <br />Grant Coronavirus Funds, and $1,727,403 in federal Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus <br />Funds. Each federal and state grant source has its own state and federal requirements for <br />60A-1 <br />