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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 18, 2017 <br />TITLE: <br />EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANTS <br />PROGRAM FUNDING FOR FY 2017 -2018 <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,6) <br />CIT& MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Approve the proposed Fiscal Year 2017 -2018 Emergency Solutions Grants Program in the <br />estimated amount of $474,526 subject to adjustment upon notification of the Grant Year <br />2017 award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the Council to execute a memorandum of <br />understanding with the Santa Ana Police Department and agreements with non - profit <br />organizations and /or sub - recipients awarded funds as part of the approved program for a <br />term beginning July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018, subject to non - substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />At a Special Meeting on April 5, 2017, the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission <br />(CRHC) recommended that the City Council approve the Fiscal Year 2017 -2018 Emergency <br />Solutions Grants Program funding allocation by a vote of 5:0 (Cann, A. Garcia absent). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) Program is designed to assist sheltered and unsheltered <br />homeless individuals, as well as those at risk of homelessness, to quickly regain stability in <br />permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and /or homelessness. The United States <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has changed the program's focus from <br />addressing the needs of homeless individuals in emergency or transitional shelters to assisting <br />people to regain stability in permanent housing. <br />In 2015, an Orange County ESG Collaborative was formed between the cities of Anaheim, Santa <br />Ana and Garden Grove. In December 2016, the Collaborative released a combined ESG Notice <br />of Funding Availability (NOFA) to support the Orange County Continuum of Care's goal to end <br />homelessness. The NOFA aligned values and priorities to create maximum impact and to <br />leverage funds. While funding recommendations were made collaboratively, ESG funds will be <br />used to provide eligible activities within eacl2tcictfn for which they are funded <br />