25B - AGMT - ALLOCATION ESG FUNDS

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION ~g CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APRIL 1, 2013 TITLE: APPROVED ? As Recommended ALLOCATION OF FY 2013-2014 ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 1" Reading EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDS ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Approve the proposed FY 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program. 2. Approve the proposed contingency plan for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program. 3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with non-profit agencies and/or sub-recipients awarded funds as part of the approved program, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION At its regular meeting on March 19, 2013, by a vote of 7:0 the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission recommended that the City Council: 1) approve the proposed FY 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program, 2) approve the proposed contingency plan for the Fiscal Year 2013-2014 Emergency Solutions Grant Program, 3) Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with non-profit agencies and/or sub-recipients awarded funds as part of the approved program, subject to non- substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act), enacted into law on May 20, 2009, consolidates three of the separate homeless assistance programs administered by HUD under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act into a single grant program, and revises the Emergency Shelter Grants program and renames it as the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. 25B-1