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A. CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 1, 2014 TITLE: EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT FUNDING FOR FY 2014 -2015 CITY MAN ER CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 15' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Approve the FY 2014 -2015 Emergency Solutions Grant Program. 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 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 ACTION At its regular meeting on March 17, 2014, by a vote of 5:0 (Sandoval absent), the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission approved the recommended actions. The Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act of 2009 (HEARTH Act) amended the McKinney -Vento Homeless Assistance Act, revising the Emergency Shelter Grants Program in significant ways and renaming it the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) program. In November 2013, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to non - profit homeless providers to solicit applications for FY 2014 -2015 grant funding. Additionally, the application was placed on the City's webpage. Twenty -four proposals were submitted from 15 organizations with funding requests totaling over $786,000. The City expects to receive $461,626 of which $34,621.95 will be used for program administration and $7,700 for Homeless Management Information System, a program reporting requirement. On February 4, 2014, an ad hoc committee comprised of one Community Redevelopment and Housing Commissioner, one representative from Orange County's Community Resources, one 25G -1