HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 18044-04-2008Ordinance No. 18044-04-2008
AN ORDINANCE INCREASING ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN
THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,208,988.00, SUBJECT TO RECEIPT OF
THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN GRANT FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE CITY'S
CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for Fiscal Year 2007-2008 and
in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the
Grants Fund in the amount of $12,208,988.00, subject to receipt of the Consolidated Action Plan grant from
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the purpose of funding the City's Consolidated
Plan.
SECTION 2.
That should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void
for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way
impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining
provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 17749 and all other ordinances and appropriations
amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict
with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior
ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.
SECTION 4
This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Assistant City Attorney
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE: April 8, 2008
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CDBG YEAR 2008-2009: PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
The FY 2008 Action Plan proposes the following projects be undertaken to benefit low and
moderate-income persons.
Proposed CDBG Projects Total CDBG Allocation - $6,614,078
I. General Administration
This year's Administrative Cap is $1,392,816 or (20%) of the total CDBG Allocation, which is
based on the CDBG allocation of $6,614,078 and anticipated program income of $350,000.
Funding in the amount of $1,389,654 or (19.9%) is recommended for administration of the grant.
I1. Community Facilities Projects
The Community Facility Projects total $300,000 and are provided for streets or other
infrastructure improvements.
III. Housing Projects
The Housing Category programs total $3,493,432. Funding of $3,456,320 is proposed for the
Housing Department. Funding of $21,500 is proposed for aNon-Profit agency to implement an
architectural barrier removal program for housing and $15,000 to the Parks and Community
Services Department for utility repairs assistance.
A. Housing Program Functions
1. Emergency Repair Program - $275,000. Funds will be used to provide grants to very low-
income homeowners to eliminate health hazards and unsafe conditions. (30% of median
income or below).
2. Housing Services and Information Division - $821,950. Funds will be used for client intake,
application processing, eligibility determination, executing rehabilitation contracts, loan
servicing, and the marketing of Housing Department programs. A portion of these funds also
include $211,182 in project delivery costs for the Model Blocks program.
3. Rehabilitation Division -$989,751. Funds will be used to provide cost estimates, specification
write-ups, rehabilitation and construction management and inspections for single and multi-
family rehabilitation and new construction activities performed by the City and nonprofits.
These costs also include a portion of project delivery costs for Weatherization grants received
from the State of Texas.
4. Special Projects - "Cowtown Brush-Up" - $45,231. Funds will be used for the Special
Projects Office, but categorized as a Rehabilitation Activity, these funds provide staff support
(one employee) for the Annual "Cowtown Brush-Up" Paint Project.
5. "Cowtown Brush-Up" Paint Project - $175,000. Funds will be used to prepare houses far the
Annual Cowtown Brush-Up Project.
B. Model Blocks
1. Model Blocks Project -City of Fort Worth -Housing Department - $600,000. This amount
represents funding to provide neighborhood revitalization improvements in competitively
selected areas. Partial funding for a new model block.
C. Other
1. REACH - $21,500. Funds will provide for architectural barrier removal for low income
residences.
2. PACS -Utility Repair Assistance Program $15,000 Funds will be used to repair
utilities such as water leaks for low income residents.
IV. Public Services Projects (15% Cap)
This year's Public Services cap is $1,044,612 or (15%) of the total CDBG Allocation plus
anticipated Program Income. Funding in the amount of $858,170 or (12.3%) is recommended
for, Youth Services, Child Care Services, Services to Senior Citizens, housing counseling, Job
Training/Employment, and Neighborhood Resource Development Program (NRDP).
A. Youth Services
1. Southside Youth Association - U.N.I.T.Y. - $9,000 Funds will be used to provide tutorial
services for a program for at-risk youth focusing on improving student grades, completing
homework assignments, improving self-esteem, peer mediation, and adult supervision for
children to help them understand the importance of the No Pass-No Play rule.
2. Boys and Girls Clubs - ESTRELLAS - $14,000. Funds will provide children ages 6 to 18
residing in and near the Northside areas of Fort Worth with educational, cultural and prevention
programs and activities that will create an atmosphere conducive to positive development for
disadvantaged youth.
3. All Church Home -Buffalo Soldiers - $14,580. Funds will be used to decrease delinquent
behavior by focusing on strengths, asset development and exploration of each youth's future
potential. In addition, funds will be used to provide minority males, who have been identified by
the Juvenile Probation Department, law enforcement, or the schools to explore the tales of
brave African-American cavalry troops, Buffalo Soldiers. The individuals will participate in
historical reenactments, camping and academic tutoring.
4. CFW -PACSD- Woodhaven After School Enrichment - $16,200. Funds will provide for an
after school program consisting of academic assistance, cultural enrichment, behavioral
modification, and youth entrepreneurship to offer students alternative methods for deciding
future endeavors.
5. CJ's Studio of Performing Arts -Performing Arts - $10,886. Funds will assist a performing
arts academy in providing individuals of all ages tuition subsidy. Classes include dance, jazz,
acting, and modeling.
6. CFW - PACSD -Como Kids - $25,000. Funds will provide an educational and recreational
program for at risk youth including improving student grades, completing homework
assignments, improving self-esteem, peer mediation, and adult supervision for latchkey
children.
7. Cook Children's Hospital - Project Smile - $21,870. Funds will be used to provide a program
that provides dental screening and kits to low-income children.
C. Child Care Services
1. YWCA of Fort Worth -Child Development Program - $135,000. Funds will be used to
provide program curricula, which assists pre-school infants and children in the development of
social, emotional, intellectual and physical skills. Activities emphasize early expansion of
independent living skills, socialization, improved speech and language and increased cognitive
and physical development. This program's beneficiaries include disabled and homeless
children.
2. Child Care Associates -Pre-School Child Care Program. - $117,000. Funds will be used to
provide all-day care at two (2) locations: One in Southside, and one in Northside, for young
children ages three (3) months to five (5) years.
3. Fort Worth Housing Authority - AMAKA - $27,000. Funds will be used to assist low-income
parents with subsidized child care needs at the Butler Housing Complex.
4. Clanton Child Care -Greenbriar Preschool - $18,000. Funds will be used to provide all day
care for children at the Greenbriar Preschool.
5. Clanton Child Care -School Aged Child Care - $54,000. Funds will be used to provide
before and after-school child care services at two (2) elementary schools: Glen Park, located in
southeast Fort Worth, and Hubbard Heights, located in south central Fort Worth.
6. JMAC Youth Center of Tarrant County -JMAC Youth Center & Safe Haven - $25,000. Funds
will be used to continue a youth center and safe haven, and expand an early learning and
tutoring program for low-income children, some with behavior problems.
D. Services To Senior Citizens
1. Senior Citizens Services of Tarrant County.- Como - $17,597. Funds will be used to provide
seniors with daily noon meals; outreach, informational services and socialization activities to
senior citizens at Como Community Center.
2. Meals on Wheels -$33,696. Funds will be used to prepare and deliver hot noon meals 260
days of the year and provide case management and advocacy services to homebound, disabled
and / or elderly persons.
3. Senior Citizens Services of Tarrant County -Riverside - $15,271. Funds will be used to
provide seniors with daily noon meals, outreach, informational services and socialization
activities to senior citizens at Riverside Community Center.
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E. Other
1. CFW-PACSD-Community Action Partners (NRDP) - $25,724. Funds will be used to provide
salaries and benefits for two (2) staff persons at the Northside NRDP office. NRDP provides
intake and assessment, income tax preparation, emergency services, and an energy assistance
program.
2. Mental Health Association -Mental Health Advocate - $22,275. Funds will provide for the
expansion of advocacy to residents living in unlicensed personal care homes and assisted living
facilities.
4. Northside Interchurch Agency -Good Works Program - $21,092. Funds will be used to
provide a program, which integrates an early childhood education, parenting education, and
adult education into a united family centered program for the purpose of increasing literacy.
5. Centro Cultural de las Americas - $18,070. Funds will be used to provide adult computer
classes in both English and Spanish, Internet job training, and resource counseling for
individuals in the Diamond Hill area.
6. Mental Health Association -Long Term Ombudsman - $15,750. Funds will be used to
provide OMBUDSMAN services for residents of seven inner-city nursing facilities.
7. United Community Centers -Crisis Intervention Program - $16,200. Funds will be used to
provide a free English as a Second Language classes for persons who do not speak or speak
very little English.
9. CFW-PACSD -Supplemental Homeless Intervention/Prevention Program - $37,800. Funds
will be used to provide direct assistance to persons and households experiencing financial
difficulties that could result in homelessness. These funds represent partial funding for this
program.
10. CFW-PACSD -Utility Assistance Program - $51,759. Funds will be used to assist persons
and households that are in need of assistance with their water and/or garbage bills.
11. Tarrant Area Food Bank -Community Kitchen - $18,000. Funds will be used to provide a
program which teaches culinary food service training, life skills, and case management.
12. MASS, Inc. -Serving Poor and Incarcerated - $27,000. Funds will be used to provide a
program which offers services such as counseling, mentoring, and job placement/job
development to persons who were previously incarcerated.
13. City of Fort Worth Housing Department -- Housing Counseling - $50,000. Funds will be
used to provide direct one-on-one counseling services for foreclosure prevention, credit repair,
and homebuyer education.
V. Economic Development
The Economic Development Category programs total $851,530. Programs recommended for
funding include A-PREP of Tarrant County and Debt Reserve for Section 108 loan repayment.
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A. Job Search/Job Placement
1. A-PREP Center of Tarrant County - CBDO - $60,477. Funds will be used to provide each
client with the skills necessary to function within the work place and community through job
development, search, and placement. Each client will be empowered to obtain productive
employment to increase earnings and decrease dependency on public assistance.
B. Other
1. Debt Reserve -Section 108 - $791,053. Funds will be to pay the debt on outstanding loans
under the Section 108 loan guarantee program.
D. Program Income
Program Income - $350,000. Funds will be used in support of programs such as the Micro Loan
Program, Home Improvement Program, Public Facilities, Economic Development and Housing
Programs described above, as these funds are drawn from the Treasury prior to any entitlement
funds. Up to 20% of the program income may be used for Administrative costs; up to 15% of
the program income may be used far Public Services activities.
SUMM~4RY OF HOME YE~4R 2008-2009
PROPOSED ACTI!/ITIES
Proposed HOME Projects Total HOME Allocation - $2,894,893
American Dream Down Payment Initiative - $25,737
1. Administrative Support (10% Cap)
The administrative cap is 10% or $289,489 of the total HOME allocation. ~ These funds will be
used to cover the cost of planning, administering, operating and monitoring HOME funded
programs to ensure compliance with HUD and City policies and regulations.
II. CHDO Operating Funds
Up to 5% of the total HOME allocation may be used for a CHDO Support (Operating) Fund.
Funding in the amount of $100,000 (3%) will be used for operating expenses and technical
assistance to help build the CHDOs' capacity to provide affordable housing for low-income
families and/or transitional housing for individuals or families with special needs.
III. Projects
A total of $2,531,141 of the HOME allocation will be dedicated to housing projects for the City
and non-profit agencies, including CHDO's, to implement various housing programs. This
includes the $25,737 ADDI allocation which will be dedicated to homebuyer assistance.
A. CHDO Program Fund - $434,234 The HOME program requires the City to set aside at least
15% of its total allocation for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDOs) to fund
the acquisition, rehabilitation or construction of affordable housing for low-income households or
to provide transitional housing. The Housing Department will issue Requests for Proposals to
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CHDO's certified by the City of Fort Worth for the use of both the CHDO Operating Support and
Program funds.
B. City of Fort Worth -
1. Model Blocks Program - $600,000. A Model Blocks area is allocated $1,200,000 for
neighborhood improvement program. The activities that may be funded are recommended by
the residents based on their assessment of the needs in their neighborhood. This may include
housing programs, economic development activities, street and other infrastructure
improvements, parks and community center improvements, or public services. The $600,000 in
HOME funding will be used in conjunction with $600,000 in CDBG to fund a Model Block.
2. Homebuyer's Assistance Program - $800,000, including $25,737 in ADDI funds. Funds will
be used to provide deferred payment second mortgages and/or closing cost assistance to first-
time homebuyers city-wide whose incomes are at or below 80% of the area median family
income, up to $14,999 for homes acquired in target areas, and up to $5,500 for homes
purchased outside the target areas.
3. Housing Trust Fund - $696,907 Funds will used to provide financing for single-family or
multi-family housing projects, rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes, and units for special
needs populations. The developer of such projects may be afor-profit or non-profit
organization.
4. Program Income - $1,061,306 It is recommended that 1,061,306 of these funds also be
dedicated to the City's Housing Trust Fund to address priorities established by the Mayor's Task
Force on Quality Affordable Housing, or other priorities identified by City Council. An estimated
$106,717 in HOME program income will be allocated for the costs of administering the HOME
program.
Sl1MB~iARV OF ESC YEAR 2008-2009
PROPOSE® ACTIVITIES
Proposed ESG Projects Total ESG Allocation - $293,257
I. Administrative Support (5% Cap)
This year's Administrative Cap is $14,662 or (5%) of the total ESG Allocation, which is
recommended for use by the Housing Department for administration of the grant.
II. Projects
Funding of $278,595 is approved for agencies to implement various emergency shelter
programs on behalf of homeless persons:
A. Projects
1. YWCA -Supportive Living - $13,039. Funding will be used to provide for utility payments and
repairs in support of transitional housing services to single homeless women.
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2. Cornerstone Assistance Network -Cornerstone New Life Center - $15,297. Funds will be
used to provide for a case manager in support of Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, and Single
Room Occupancy (SRO) Programs for homeless men. Structured services will include
academic and/or vocational skills training and substance abuse counseling.
3. Presbyterian Night Shelter -Presbyterian Night Shelter - $138,474. Funds will be used to
provide utility payments for a free nightly shelter to homeless individuals and families. Services
will include meals, case management, and basic medical care. Persons served: 565
4. Cenikor Foundation -Emergency Youth Shelter - $12,978. Funds will be used to provide
utility payments in support of nightly shelter to homeless individuals who are addicted to alcohol
and/or other drugs. Services will include meals, case management, basic medical care, self-
help and peer-directed services.
5. SafeHaven of Tarrant County, Inc. -Safe Haven - $20,000. Funds will be used to provide
for utility payments and basic needs (food, clothing, medical attention), in support of services to
homeless victims of violence and help them access services to develop a plan of self-
sufficiency.
6. YWCA - My Own Place - $17,628. Funds will be used to provide for a program designed to
assist young women who are aging out of foster care reach self-sufficiency.
7. Presbyterian Night Shelter -Elderly & Infirmary Program - $14,161. Funds will be used to
provide services for elderly, temporarily and permanently disabled homeless men and women
who require care 24 hours a day.
8. City of Fort Worth Parks & Community Services - Supplemental Homeless
Intervention/Prevention Program - $15,500. Funds will be used to provide direct assistance to
persons and households experiencing financial difficulties that could result in homelessness.
10. SafeHaven of Tarrant County. Inc. -Shelter Childcare = $14,997. Funds will be used to
provide childcare for children who are homeless as a result of domestic violence.
11. Parents and Children Together, Inc. -Transitions - $16,521. Funds will be used to assist
with providing a program that provides women who are re-entering society who would otherwise
be homeless. Funds will be used for a case manager and utility payments for this program.
SUNII~IARY OF FIOPVVA YEAR 2008-2009
PROPOSED ACTIVITIES
Proposed HOPWA Projects Total HOPWA Allocation - $863,000
I. Administrative Support (3% Cap)
This year's Administrative Cap is $25,890 or (3%) of the total HOPWA Allocation. This full
amount is recommended for the City Housing Department's administration of the grant.
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II. Projects
Funding of $837,110 is approved for agencies to implement various HOPWA programs.
A. Projects
1. AIDS Outreach Center Inc.- $460,701. Funds will provide for tenant-based rental assistance,
short-term rent, mortgage, and utility payments and support services to individuals with
HIV/AIDS and their families in order to prevent homelessness.
2. Tarrant County Samaritan Housing Inc. -Samaritan House - $262,211. Funds will be used
to provide for single room occupancy, utility payments, health care and supportive social
services, to include case management for individuals with HIV/AIDS.
3. AIDS Resources of Rural Texas - A.R.R.T. - $114,198. Funds will be used to provide rental
assistance, utility payments, and supportive services, to include case management to clients
with HIV/AIDS in the rural counties.
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City ®f 1=®~ IlV®e~h, T`exas
Mayor and Council Communication
COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 4/8/2008 -Ord. No. # 18044-04-2008
CONTINUED FROM A PREVIOUS WEEK
DATE: Tuesday, April 01, 2008
LOG NAME: 05ACTIONPLN0809 REFERENCE NO.: G-16095
SUBJECT:
Approval of the 2008-2009 Action Plan for Use of Federal Grant Funds from the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Community Development Block Grant,
HOME Investment Partnerships Grant, American Dream Down Payment Initiative, Emergency
Shelter Grant, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Programs and Adopt Appropriation
Ordinance
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing to allow citizen input and consideration of the 2008-2009 Action Plan for use
of federal grant funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development under the
Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships Grant, Emergency Shelter Grant,
American Dream Down Payment Initiative, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS programs; and
2. Approve the City's 2008-2009 Action Plan for submission to the United States Department of Housing
and Urban Development, including allocations of above-listed grant funds to particular programs and
activities in accardance with the attached listing; and
3. Authorize the use of $350,000 in estimated program income from Community Development Block
Grant repayments, interest earned, and Revolving Loan Funds; and
4. Authorize the use of $1,168,023 in estimated program income from HOME repayments and interest
earned; and
5. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing the estimated receipts and appropriations of the
Grants Fund in the total amount of $12,208,988 ($6,614,078 in Community Development Block Grant
funds; $350,000 in Community Development Block Grant program income; $2,894,893 in HOME
Investment Partnerships Grant funds; $1,168,023 in HOME Investment Partnerships Grant program
income; $25,737 in American Dream Down Payment Initiative funds; $293,257 in Emergency Shelter Grant
funds, and $863,000 in Housing Opportunities of Persons With AIDS funds), all subject to receipt of these
grants; and
6. Apply indirect cost rates as applicable, for the Grants Fund, in accordance with the City's Administrative
Regulations.
DISCUSSION:
The City's Action Plan summarizes the major housing and community development activities and proposed
expenditures from the above listed grant funding sources for the upcoming program year, which begins on
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June 1, 2008, and ends on May 31, 2009. The purpose of these funds is to primarily benefit low and
moderate-income households throughout the City, with Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) and Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grant funds benefiting primarily homeless persons and
persons with AIDS, respectively. The City's Action Plan must be submitted to the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by April 15, 2008.
The public hearing before Council for this Plan will be the final hearing for an annual HUD-required citizen
participation process, since the Community Development Council (CDC) held additional public hearings
while developing their funding recommendations for the City Council. A summary analysis of staffs final
funding recommendations is provided below, with a spreadsheet of all specific funding recommendations
attached. In some cases, staff recommendations varied from CDC recommendations. Explanations for
these differences were provided in the staff presentation made to City Council on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Community Devel~ment Block Grant CDBG)
For 2008-2009, the $6,964,078 in CDBG funds (including $350,000 in program income) is recommended
to be allocated as follows:
Public Services
$858,170.00
12.3 Percent
This item includes child care, youth and senior services and other social
services to low income disabled and disadvantaged populations
Housing Programs and Services
This item includes Emergency Repair, Cowtown Brush-up,
$500,000 for the Housing Trust Fund, and Project delivery costs
for these activities as well as for the state-funded weatherization
program and the HOME program
Model Blocks Program
This item includes a portion of the funds needed for a new Model Block
as well as project delivery costs for Model Block programs currently in
progress in Stop Six, South Hemphill Heights and Historic Carver Heights,
completion and closeout of programs in North Greenbrier, Greenway
and Worth Heights
Infrastructure/Economic Development
This item includes streets, Section 108 loan repayment and CBDO
Job training services
General Administration
This item includes all Housing Department costs for administering
the grant, as well as allocations for the Finance, Internal Audit, Planning
and Development and Community Relations Departments
$2,682,250.00
$811,182.00
$1,151,530.00
$1,389,654.00
37.8 Percent
11.6 Percent
16.5 Percent
20 Percent
Staff Recommends that an estimated $71,292 be retained in the CDBG unprogrammed reserve.
HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
For 2008-09, the $2,920,630 in HOME and ADDI entitlement funds is recommended to be allocated as
follows:
Homebuyer Assistance Program $800,000.00 27.4 Percent
This item includes the $25,737 in American Dream Down Payment
Initiative funds
Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) $534,234.00 18.3 Percent
This item includes the HUD-required 15 percent for non-profit affordable
housing projects, as well as $100,000 for CHDO administrative operating costs
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Model Blocks Program $600,000.00 20.5 Percent
Housing Trust Fund $696,907.00 23.9 Percent
This item includes funds for as-yet undetermined projects that meet the
priorities recommended by the Mayor's Commission on Quality Affordable
Housing: Homeowner rehabilitation, dispersion of affordable rental housing,
single-family infill in targeted redevelopment areas, and homeless housing
Grant Administration $289,489.00 10 Percent
This item covers staff costs for operating the program. A portion of HOME
program administrative costs are also included in the CDBG housing
project delivery costs above
It is projected that the HOME program will earn $1,168,023 in program income during the upcoming year,
from the repayment of a previous $760,000 loan to the Fort Worth Housing Authority Candletree Multi-
family Rehabilitation Project, and from sale of single-family homes. As these revenues are earned, staff
recommends that these funds also be dedicated to the City's Housing Trust Fund to address the priorities
established by the Mayor's Commission on Quality Affordable Housing. HUD regulations authorize a total
of $106,717 of this HOME program income to be allocated to administrative costs.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPVtIA~
For 2008-09, the $863,000 in HOPWA funds is recommended to be allocated as follows:
Non-Profit Service Providers
Administration
$837,110.00 97 Percent
$25,890.00 3 Percent
Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG~
For 2008-09, the $293,257 in ESG funds is recommended to be allocated as follows:
Homeless Service Providers $278,595.00 95 Percent
Administration $14,662.00 5 Percent
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Finance Director certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations, adoption of the attached
appropriation ordinance and receipt of grant funds, funds will be available in the current operating budget,
as appropriated, of the Grants Fund.
TO Fund/Account/Centers
FROM Fund/Account/Centers
GR76 451727 005206270XXX $6,614.078.00
GR76 451727 005206271XXX $2.894,893.00
GR76 451727 005206272XXX $25.737.00
GR76 451727 005206273XXX $293,257.00
GR76 451727 005206274XXX $863,000.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206271XXX $2,894,893.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206274XXX $863,000.00
GR76 5XX)CXX XXX206273XXX $293.257.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206272XXX $25.737.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206270XXX $6,614,078.00
GR76 451685 005206270XXX $350,000.00
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GR76 451685 005206271XXX $1.168.023.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206270XXX $350.000.00
GR76 5XXXXX XXX206271XXX $1.168,023.00
Submitted for City Manager's Office bk Joe Paniagua (6140)
Originating Department Head: Jerome Walker (7537)
Additional Information Contact: Barbara Asbury (7331)
Marilyn Jackson (7329)
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