REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Planning and Development Department
BY: BRANDON SISK, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
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Actions pertaining to supplemental Emergency Solutions Grant funding provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Community Development Office of Community Planning and Development (HUD CPD) to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus:
1. Approve an Agreement with the Housing Authority City of Fresno (FHA) to provide a functioning Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) in the amount of $56,000.
2. Approve an Agreement with the Marjaree Mason Center (MMC) for the operation of a Temporary Emergency Shelter in the amount of $300,000.
3. Approve an Agreement with the Poverello House for the operation of a Village of Hope I - Temporary Emergency Shelter in the amount of $237,377.28.
4. Approve Services Agreements with the Elevate Community Services (Elevate), a 501(c)(3) non-profit, to operate the Ambassador Inn and Villa Motel as temporary low-barrier emergency homeless shelters in the total amount of $1,256,368.33.
5. Approve an Agreement with University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for the operation of COVID-19 Educational Workshops, Outreach Events, and COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Events in the amount of $438,566.
6. Approve the fourth revision of Emergency Solutions Grant-Coronavirus (ESG-CV) Activity Allocations to allocate $2,288,311.61 of ESG-CV 2 to activities for HMIS, temporary emergency shelter operations, and COVID-19 Educational Workshops, Outreach Events, and Vaccination and Testing events.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve ESG-CV agreements with Fresno Housing Authority, Marjaree Mason Center, Elevate, UCSF; approve the fourth revision of the ESG-CV Activity Allocations; and authorize the City Manager or designee to sign all necessary implementing agreements as approved to form by th...
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