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