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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 037-2021, authorizing HHSA to apply for the Community Development Block Grant - COVID (CDBG-CV) Rounds 1, 2, and 3, administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for the purpose of acquiring a property to be utilized for transitional housing in response to COVID-19;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Memorandum of Understanding 5627 with the City of Placerville, which authorizes HHSA to act as the Administrative Entity for the City Allocation of CDBG-CV through HCD, with a term of one (1) year upon execution and no remuneration between the parties; and
3) Contingent upon concurrence by County Counsel and Risk Management, delegate authority to the Director of HHSA or designee to:
a) Execute the “CDBG-CV1 Application Certification and Statement of Assurances”;
b) If awarded, accept a County allocation award estimated to be $1,829,794 and a City allocation award estimated to be $421,363; and
c) Execute any subsequent grant agreement and administrative documents with a term to be determined, as well as any subsequent amendments to the funding agreement as required by HCD.
FUNDING: Federal Funding administered by the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development, authorized pursuant to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law March 27, 2020.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) recently issued a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Community Development Block Grant Program - Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, Economic Security Act 2020 (CDBG-CV), for Rounds 1, 2 and 3. The NOFA allows El Dorado County to propose a project activity to be paid with CDBG’s pre-determined allocations which total $1,829,794 from the three funding rounds. The NOFA similarly allows the Ci...
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