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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Allocation of FY 2013-2014 ESG Funds <br /> April 1, 2013 <br /> Page 2 <br /> <br /> In November 2012, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to 48 non-profit providers soliciting <br /> applications for FY 2013-2014 grant funding. Additionally, a notice was published in the Orange <br /> County Register. Twenty-five proposals were submitted from 18 organizations with funding <br /> requests totaling over $1,225,000. The City is estimating to receive $538,354 of which $40,350 <br /> will be used for administration of the program. <br /> <br /> On February 6, 2013, an ad hoc committee (comprised of two commissioners from the Community <br /> Redevelopment and Housing Commission, one representative from the Orange County's <br /> Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Department and one City staff member <br /> conducted applicant interviews to rate and rank the proposals using the following criteria: 1) <br /> community need, 2) capacity to provide service, and 3) effective and efficient use of funds. A list <br /> of the agencies submitting proposals, type of program, grant amount requested, the evaluation <br /> panel average rating, and the recommended funding for FY 2013-2014 is provided in Exhibit 1. <br /> Twenty-one of the 25 proposals are being recommended for funding. The four organizations that <br /> received the lowest average rating were not recommended. <br /> <br /> The City has yet to receive information from the U.S. Department of HUD on the amount of ESG <br /> funds to be awarded for FY 2013-2014. Therefore, staff has proposed the following contingency <br /> plan. Each application that has been recommended for funding shall be increased or decreased <br /> by a proportionate amount of the difference between the anticipated grant amount and the actual <br /> grant amount while still remaining within the statutory caps per category. No recommended <br /> application shall be reduced to an amount below $10,000 nor increased to an amount above the <br /> requested amount. Additionally any unallocated FY 2012-2013 funds shall be redistributed in the <br /> same manner. <br /> <br /> FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br /> ESG funds will be available in the Emergency Solutions Grant account (no. 13518785-various). <br /> <br /> APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Nancy T. wards Francisco Gutierrez <br /> Interim Ex utive Director Executive Director <br /> Community Development Agency Finance & Management Services Agency <br /> <br /> NTE/FH/kg <br /> <br /> Exhibit: 1. ESG Recommendations <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 25B-2 <br />