RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR $8,403,977 OF ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING PROGRAM ROUND 5 FOR THE MAGNOLIA CORRIDOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PROJECT WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) is authorized to provide up to $93 million pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 50251 for assistance to California cities, counties, and continuum of cares to increase collaboration between the Department, local jurisdictions, and continuum of cares for the purposes of:
Assisting local jurisdictions in ensuring the safety and wellness of people experiencing homelessness in encampments; Providing encampment resolution grants to local jurisdictions and continuums of care to resolve critical encampment concerns and transition individuals into safe and stable housing; and Encouraging a data-informed, coordinated approach to address encampment concerns; and WHEREAS, the State of California (the “State”) and Department issued a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) dated March 27, 2026, under the Encampment Resolution Funding Program (“ERF-5”) Program to connect people experiencing unsheltered homelessness either to interim shelter with clear pathways to permanent housing or directly to permanent housing; and WHEREAS, the City of Riverside (“Applicant”) is an eligible Local Jurisdiction as defined in Health and Safety Code section 50250(j), which means a city, including a charter city, a county, including a charter county or a city and county. ///
WHEREAS, the Department may approve funding allocations for the ERF-5 Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Guidelines, NOFA, Program requirements, the Standard Agreement, and other contracts between the Department and ERF-5 grant recipients.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as follows:
Section 1: That if the Applicant receives a grant ERF-5 Program from the Department pursuant to the above referenced ERF-5 Program NOFA, it represents and certifies that it will use such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, including without limitation all rules and laws regarding the ERF-5 Program, as well as any and all contracts Applicant may have with the Department.
Section 2: That the Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to receive a ERF-5 grant, in an amount not to exceed $8,403,977 unless decreased or increased by the Department.
Section 3: Applicant hereby agrees to use the ERF-5 Program funds for eligible activities as approved by the Department and in accordance with all Program requirements, Guidelines, other rules and laws, as well as in a manner consistent and in compliance with the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Applicant and the Department.
Section 4: Applicant will enter into a contract with the Department to receive and administer the award. This Applicant will be responsible for contracting (when necessary) with subcontractors, submitting all required reports to the Department, reporting universal data elements for people and families served into the local HMIS, and meeting other terms and conditions of the contract.
Section 11: That Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the ERF-5 Program Guidelines and any other applicable ERF-5 Program guidelines published by the Department.
Section 12: That the City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute the ERF-5 Program Application, the ERF-5 Standard Agreement and any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents which are related to the Program or the ERF-5 grant awarded to Applicant, as the Department may deem appropriate.
ADOPTED by the City Council this ____ day of _______________, 2026. _________________________________
PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meeting held on the _____ day of ________________, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ______ day of _______________, 2026. _____________________________
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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