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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 17 - Approve a First Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Emergency Solutions Grant Community Development Agency santa-ana.org/community-development Item # 17 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report January 16, 2024 TOPIC: First Amendment to FY 2023-24 MOU with the Santa Ana Police Department HEART Program and ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Interval House AGENDA TITLE Approve a First Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Ana Police Department HEART Program for additional street outreach and ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Interval House to provide emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence from the City of Santa Ana. RECOMMENDED ACTION 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Santa Ana Police Department Homeless Evaluation Assessment Response Team (HEART) Program Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to increase the amount of the agreement by $32,394.61 for program year July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 for additional street outreach activities (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the Interval House Subrecipient Agreement to increase the amount of the agreement by $32,393.00 for program year July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 to provide emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence from the City of Santa Ana (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION On May 2, 2023, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute an MOU with the Santa Ana Police Department and agreements with non-profit organizations as part of the program year 2023-24 ESG Program allocation to provide housing assistance, emergency shelter and street outreach to Santa Ana residents experiencing homelessness (Exhibit 1). At the close of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23, unspent funds from ESG Program recipients totaling $64,787.61 were recaptured for redistribution. Staff recommends reallocating FY 2022-23 unspent funds to the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) HEART Program and Interval House to expand services for people experiencing homelessness. Specifically, the $32,394.61 for the SAPD HEART Program will provide additional street First Amendment to FY 2022-23 MOU with the SAPD HEART Program and ESG Subrecipient Agreement with Interval House January 16, 2024 Page 2 2 1 3 5 4 outreach services to individuals experiencing homelessness to provide them with necessary resources (Exhibit 2). The additional services include, but are not limited to, lodging at the Link, Yale Navigation Center, or other available homeless shelters and housing programs, as well as transportation and mental health services utilizing the County PERT team members. The $32,393 for Interval House will provide additional emergency shelter and supportive services to victims of domestic violence from the City of Santa Ana (Exhibit 3). FISCAL IMPACT The Emergency Solutions Grant funds have been carried forward from FY 2022-23 to FY 2023-24 in the amount of $64,787.61 in account no. (13518785-69135 Payment to Subagent) and are available for expenditures in the current fiscal year. EXHIBIT(S) 1.Staff Report from May 2, 2023 2. Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding with SAPD Heart Program 3. Amendment to Subrecipient Agreement with Interval House Submitted By: Michael L. Garcia, Executive Director of Community Development Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager EXHIBIT 2 EXHIBIT 2 FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AND INTERVAL HOUSE (24 CFR Parts 91 and 576) THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENT is entered into this __ day of January, 2024, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation of the State of California ("CITY"), and Interval House, a California nonprofit organization ("SUB RECIPIENT"). RECITALS A.On July 1, 2023, the City entered into an Emergency Solutions Grant Subrecipient Agreement with Interval House, A-2023-083-02, to provide Emergency Funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to be used in the operation of emergency solutions programs to assist individuals and families that are homeless or at risk of homelessness in obtaining appropriate supportive services in the City of Santa Ana ("said Agreement"). B.In accordance with the terms and conditions of said Agreement, the parties desire to amend to increase funds by $32,393 to the Subrecipient, which need to be spent by June 30, 2024. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual and respective promises, and subject to the terms and conditions of said Agreement, except as herein modified, the pai1ies agree as follows: 1.Section III, shall be amended to increase funding to Subrecipient by $32,393. The new total sum shall be increased from a sum not to exceed $80,000 to an amount not to exceed $1 12,393 in &rrant funding. 2.Except as hereinabove modified, the terms and conditions of said Agreement remam unchanged and in full force and effect. [signatures on following page] EXHIBIT 3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the pai.1ies hereto have executed this First Amendment to said Agreement the date and year first above written. ATTEST: JENNIFER L. HALL City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sonia R. Carvalho City Attorney �M� {2f)a._"-� -1LJL, By: ANDREA GARCIA-MILLER Assistant City Attorne y RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL: Michael L. Garcia Executive Director Community Development Agency CITY OF SANTA ANA: THOMAS HATCH Interim City Manager SUBRECIPIENT: Carol Williams Tax ID# 95-33891.1 3 Unique ID#: HYGCLPGSCSM8 EXHIBIT 3