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RESOLUTION NO. _______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF BURBANK AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD
WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIH WAP) DIRECT
PAYMENT PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
1. Low Income Household Water Assistance Program ( LIHWAP) provides financial assistance to low-income Californians to help manage their residential water utility costs. This federally funded program was established by Congress in December 2020, authorized under Sec. 533 of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021), which became law on December 27, 2021 (Public Law 116- 260) and Section 2912 of the American Rescue Plan Act, which became law on March 11, 2021 (Public Law 117- 2). LIHWAP is administered by the California Department of Community Services and Development (“CSD”) to deliver short-term aid to low-income households that help pay down their residential water or wastewater bills.
2. The CSD has contracted with Horne LLP to disburse LIHWAP payments to community water systems through a Direct Payment Agreement, attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Agreement”) so that such community water systems can apply credits to income-eligible households.
3. The City of Burbank, through its Department of Water and Power, qualifies as a community water system and is eligible to participate in the LIHWAP Direct Payment Process.
4. LIHWAP will benefit low- income residents by providing financial assistanc e with their water and wastewater utility arrears.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
1. The terms and provisions of the Agreement between the City of Burbank and the State of California for participation in the Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) Direct Payment Process, are approved.
2. The General Manager of Burbank Water and Power , as designee of the City Manager, is authorized to execute the Agreement of behalf of the City and the City ATTACHMENT 1
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Clerk is authorized to attest thi s Agreement, and subsequent agreements for the LIHWAP program on substantially similar terms and conditions.
3. The General Manager of Burbank Water and Power , as designee of the City Manager, is further authorized provide the assurances, certifications and documents to effectuate the Agreement(s), and to apply any credits to income- eligible households in accordance with the LIHWAP Direct Payment Process program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___day of July 2023.
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Konstantine Anthony
Mayor of the City of Burbank
Approved as to Form:
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
___________________________ By: _______________________ Kimberley Clark, City Clerk Joseph H. McDougall City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
CITY OF BURBANK ) ss.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ___ day of July 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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Kimberley Clark, City Clerk