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<br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />APRIL 7, 2008 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />Q- <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />ALLOCATION OF FY 2008-2009 <br />EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDS <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />1. Allocate $304,970 in FY 2008-2009 Emergency Shelter Grant funds as <br />recommended. <br /> <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager <br />and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with non-profit <br />agencies awarded funds. <br /> <br />HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />At its Regular Meeting of February 11, 2008, by a vote of 6-0 (Aguinaga, <br />Hoa, and Verino absent), the Human Relations Commission recommended that <br />the City Council allocate $304,970 in FY 2008-2009 Emergency Shelter <br />Grant funds as recommended and direct the City Attorney to prepare and <br />authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute <br />agreements with non-profit agencies awarded funds. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />In July 2008, the City of Santa Ana will be awarded $304,970 in Emergency <br />Shel ter Grant (ESG) funds by the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban <br />Development (HUD). These funds are made available to states, counties <br />and municipalities to support emergency shelter programs for the <br />homeless. Eligible uses include renovation of emergency shelter <br />facili ties, essential services to the homeless (e. g., food and health <br />care), and homeless prevention. A maximum of thirty percent of the total <br />grant may be used for essential services and thirty percent for homeless <br />prevention. <br /> <br />Since fiscal year 1987-1988, the City has actively participated in the <br />ESG program to provide funding to the homeless service organizations. In <br /> <br />25K-1 <br />