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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 9 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />July 6, 2021 <br />TOPIC: First Amendment to Emergency Rental Assistance Program Spending Plan and <br />Appropriation Adjustment of $14,026,593.90 <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Approve a First Amendment to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program Spending Plan <br />and Appropriate $14 Million of Federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program Money <br />Allocated from the Department of Treasury (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve a First Amendment to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program spending <br />plan, subject to adjustment by the City Manager as needed in response to shifting <br />needs and priorities not to exceed the amount of funds available. <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to finalize and authorize the City Manager to enter into <br />negotiations, execute agreements, and approve any other required actions necessary <br />with various service providers, contractors, and sub-recipients, who will implement the <br />First Amendment to the Emergency Rental Assistance Program spending plan, <br />subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing an additional allocation of <br />Emergency Rental Assistance Program funds from the U.S. Department of Treasury <br />in the amount of $14,026,593.90 in revenue account and appropriating same to <br />expenditure account. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On February 16, 2021, City Council approved the Emergency Rental Assistance Program <br />spending plan and appropriated $9.8 million of federal Emergency Rental Assistance <br />Program money allocated to the City from the Department of Treasury (Exhibit 1). The <br />source of the funds came from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 that was <br />signed into law on December 27, 2020. These funds are generally referred to as ERA1 <br />funds. Following approval of the Emergency Rental Assistance spending plan, on March <br />11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was signed into law and included $21.55 <br />billion in Emergency Rental Assistance Program funding. The City of Santa Ana received <br />a direct federal allocation of $14,026,593.90. These funds are generally referred to as <br />ERA2 funds.