25B - EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDS 2009-10

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 20, 2009 TITLE: ALLOCATION OF FY 2009-2010 EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT FUNDS ~/. -~ ~ ~~~~~ ~~ (~ ,/ ~ CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ^ As Recommended ^ As Amended ^ Ordinance on 1 S` Reading ^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ^ Implementing Resolution ^ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Allocate the FY 2009-2010 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 9, 2009, by a vote of 7-0 (Gonzalez, Hoa absent), the Human Relations Commission recommended that the City Council allocate the FY 2009-2010 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 2009, the City of Santa Ana will be awarded 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 25B-1