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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JUNE 2, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH MIKE LINARES, INC. <br />FOR FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM <br />CONSULTING SERVICES <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1 ~` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached agreement with Mike Linares, Inc. to provide technical <br />consulting services for federal grant programs in an amount not to exceed <br />$55,000 for a one-year term, subject to non-substantive changes approved <br />by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana receives federal grants through the Community <br />Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), the Emergency Shelter Grant <br />Program (ESG) and the Home Investment Partnership Act Program (HOME) to <br />fund eligible activities relating to community development, social <br />services for the homeless and affordable housing. Periodically, City <br />staff requires professional consulting services to ensure compliance with <br />all federal regulations and procedures regarding these grant programs. <br />For the past eight years, Mike Linares, Inc. has provided consulting <br />services on federal grant programs to the City of Santa Ana. The <br />services provided include preparation of annual reports such as the <br />Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report and the <br />Consolidated Plan Annual Update. Mike Linares, Inc. also provides <br />program design assistance to ensure compliance with federal regulations <br />and technical assistance on utilization of the United States Department <br />of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) electronic system for <br />committing and disbursing grant funds. <br />Under the proposed agreement, Mike Linares, Inc. will work on an hourly <br />basis as needed and as requested by the Community Development Agency. <br />The scope of work may include, but will not be limited to, design of <br />programs funded by federal grants, preparation of periodic reports, <br />25B-1 <br />