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