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Recommendation to approve a first amendment to the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 Action Plan incorporating the second allocation of the Emergency Solutions Grant program, and authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and other entities necessary to receive Emergency Solutions Grant funds; and enter into new, and amend existing, Emergency Solutions Grant contracts to allocate the second provision of Emergency Solutions Grant for eligible activities. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On July 19, 2011, the City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 12) Action Plan, which included the first allocation of Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding formerly known as the Emergency Shelter Grant. The City is now eligible to receive the second allocation of ESG funding in the amount of $213,392 to provide supportive services and housing for homeless and persons at risk of becoming homeless. Because this is a new allocation of funding, the City must amend the FY 12 Action Plan in order to receive the funds. The substantial amendment and a summary of ESG regulations are provided in Exhibit A.
ESG funding is typically allocated as part of the City’s annual Block Grant Action Plan process. However, for the 2012 ESG allocation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) divided ESG funding into two allocations to allow for the development of new regulations under the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing (HEARTH) Act of 2009.
On April 18, 2012, the Community Development Advisory Commission conducted a Public Hearing to solicit public comment on the substantial amendment to the FY 12 Action Plan. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval of the substantial amendment to the FY 12 Action Plan. Notices regarding the Public Hearing and the availability of the substantial amendment to the FY 12 Action Plan were published in the Press Telegram ...
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