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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 6, 2020 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVE APPROPRIATION <br />ADJUSTMENTS RECOGNIZING $730,891 <br />OF HOUSING AUTHORITY <br />ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FUNDING AND <br />$18,373 IN MAINSTREAM VOUCHER <br />PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE FEES <br />(NON -GENERAL FUND) <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2od Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />/s/ Kristine Ridge FILE NUMBER <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing additional Housing Choice Voucher Program and <br />Mainstream Voucher administrative funds in the amount of $749,264 in revenue account (No. <br />15718002-52000) and appropriating same to expenditure account (Nos. 15718760-various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />On August 6, 2020, the Housing Authority received an allocation of $730,891 in Housing Choice <br />Voucher (HCV) and $18,373 in Mainstream Voucher Program administrative fee funding to <br />prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus (Exhibit 1) through the Coronavirus Aid, <br />Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). The CARES Act provides funding to prevent, <br />prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus for public housing agencies by maintaining normal <br />operations and taking other necessary actions during the period the program is impacted by <br />Coronavirus (COVID-19). The total supplemental appropriation for the HCV Program nationally <br />was $1.25 billion, with $850 million allocated for administrative fees. This administrative fee <br />funding may be used by public housing agencies (PHAs) for administrative expenses and other <br />expenses related to the coronavirus. <br />Under the CARES Act, this supplemental administrative fee funding may be used only for two <br />purposes: (1) any currently eligible HCV (including Mainstream vouchers) administrative costs <br />during the period that the program remains impacted by COVID-19; and (2) new COVID-19-related <br />activities, including activities to support or maintain the health and safety of assisted individuals <br />and families, and costs related to the retention and support of participating owners. Staff intends <br />to use these fees for on -going eligible administrative expenses incurred by the Housing Authority <br />while the HCV and Mainstream Voucher programs remain impacted by COVID-19. <br />This is the second allocation (i.e. second award) of administrative fees received by the Housing <br />Authority through the CARES Act. The City Council approved an appropriation adjustment for the <br />first allocation of $598,916 on June 2, 2020. <br />20A-1 <br />