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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 HOME
ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LI HEAP) DIRECT
PAYMENT PROCESS.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
1. Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) provides financial assistance to low -income Californians to help manage their residential electric utility costs. LIHEAP is a federally funded program, authorized under Title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97- 35), that is administered by the California Department of Community Services and Development, and is aimed at assisting low-income households that pay a high portion of their income to meet their energy needs. LIHEAP provides one- time financial assistance per year to help balance an eligible household's utility bill.
2. LIHEAP will benefit low- income residents by providing financial assistance with their electric utility arrears.
3. To serve as a contracting agency for the LIHEAP Program, the City of Burbank must enter into a standard 2023 U tility Direct Payment Agreement with the State of California through its Department of Community Services and Development, attached as Exhibit 1 (the Agreement).
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 Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) 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 Clerk is authorized to attest this Agreement , and subsequent agreements for the LIHEAP program on substantially similar terms and conditions.
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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 LIH EAP Direct Payment Process program.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ___day of July 2023.
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Konstantine Anthony
Mayor
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