ACTION:
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Clerk/Secretary
Department: City Manager Item No: C7
Prepared by: Jonathan Lung, Homeless Services Program Mgr Meeting Date: February 11, 2025 Approved by:
Imelda M. Huerta, Assistant City Manager
John Conley, City Manager Agenda Location: Consent Calendar SUBJECT: APPROVING GRANT DOCUMENTS FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING, ROUND 3
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2025- , authorizing the City Manager to sign Encampment Resolution Funding Program grant documents on behalf of the City of Vista.
CORRELATION TO CITY COUNCIL GOALS: Homelessness and Housing PRIOR ACTION: On June 25, 2024, adopted City Council Resolution 2024-120, approving the application for Encampment Resolution Funding, Round 3 (Vote 4-0, Green absent).
On February 14, 2023, adopted City Council Resolution 2023-9, authorizing the application for the Encampment Resolution Funding Round 2 (ERF-R2) Grant from the Interagency Council on Homelessness (CAL ICH) (Vote: 5-0).
On April 26, 2022, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2022-60, Encampment Resolution Funding Grant award of contract (Vote: 5-0).
On March 8, 2022, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2022-35, authorizing the City Manager to sign the Encampment Resolution Grant award from the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency's (BCSH) California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) and related documents, and City Council Resolution No. 2022-36, accepting grant funds of $1,828,394 from the Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency's (BCSH) California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) and amending the Operating Budget for Fiscal Years 2021/22 and 2022/23 (Vote: 5-0).
STATEMENT ON THE SUBJECT: On November 27, 2023, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) announced the availability of Round 3 of the Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) Program. ERF3 was appropriated $400 million through Senate Bill 101 to fund actionable, person- centered local proposals that resolve the experience of unsheltered homelessness for people residing in encampments. Resolving these experiences of homelessness will address the safety and wellness of people within encampments, resolve critical encampment concerns, and transition individuals into interim shelter with clear pathways to permanent housing or directly into permanent housing, using data-informed, non-punitive, low-barrier, person-centered, Housing First, and coordinated approaches.
AGENDA
REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT
JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY
Approved above recommendation, adopted City Council Resolution No. 2025-19. Vote: 5-0
MEETING DATE: February 11, 2025 PAGE 2
SUBJECT: APPROVING GRANT DOCUMENTS FOR ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING, ROUND 3
The City of Vista submitted a grant application for ERF 3 in support of the Strategic Plan to Address Homelessness (Strategic Plan) and requested a total of $7,800,942.09. If granted, these funds would support existing programs and staff, while also implementing new programs to increase the capacity of the Strategic Plan.
Staff recommend authorizing the City Manager to sign ERF grant documents in the event that the City’s application for ERF3 is granted in any amount.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact with approval of this item. If the City’s ERF3 application is awarded, any resulting fiscal impacts will be brought to City Council for approval and appropriation.
EXHIBITS:
1.City Council Resolution No. 2025- , authorizing the City Manager to sign Encampment Resolution Funding grant documents on behalf of the City of Vista
2.Authorized Signatory Form, Encampment Resolution Funding Program 02/11/2025 C7 2 of 5
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CHARTERED CITY OF
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN
ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION FUNDING PROGRAM DOCUMENTS ON
BEHALF OF THE CITY OF VISTA
The City Council of the City of Vista does resolve as follows:
1. Findings. The City Council hereby finds and declares the following:
A. On November 27, 2023, the California Interagency Council on Homelessness (Cal ICH) published a Notice of Funding Availability for Encampment Resolution Funding, Round 3 (ERF3), which appropriated $400 million to fund actionable, person-centered local proposals that resolve the experience of unsheltered homelessness for people residing in encampments.
B. The City of Vista submitted a proposal for ERF3 funding and, if awarded, an Authorized Signatories Form must be completed and submitted to HCD to authorize an administrator of the grant.
2. Action.
A. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to sign ERF3 grant documents on behalf of the City of Vista in the event of an award.
3. Adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting of the City Council of the City of Vista held on February 11, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
WALTER CHUNG, CITY ATTORNEY
By:
APPROVED
Walter C. Chung
20250203100634
JOHN B. FRANKLIN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
KATHY VALDEZ, CITY CLERK
By:
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EXHIBIT 1
Authorized Signatories Form Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF) Instructions: This form is intended to list all of the individuals who are authorized to sign Encampment Resolution Funding Program (ERF) grant documents on behalf of the administrative entity. The authorized representative who signs this form must be an individual who is authorized to legally bind the administrative entity to ERF grant agreements. The authorized representative is authorized to sign all ERF grant documents on behalf of the administrative entity and may authorize additional signatories to sign ERF grant documents using the 'Authorized Signatories' section below.
Grantee information: Enter the names of the eligible jurisdiction (e.g. Sacramento CoC) and administrative entity (e.g. Sacramento Steps Forward).
Authorized Signatories: Enter the names and title/position of the individuals authorized by the authorized representative to sign ERF grant documents. Each of the authorized signatories listed below must sign this form. Signatures may be wet or electronic.
Certification: By signing this form, the authorized representative certifies that they are authorized to legally bind the administrative entity to ERF grant agreements, they are authorized to sign all ERF grant documents, and the authorized signatories listed on this form are additionally authorized to sign ERF grant documents. Signatures may be wet or electronic.
Changes to this form: This form must be updated by the administrative entity whenever the authorized representative or signatories change.
GRANTEE INFORMATION
Eligible Jurisdiction:
Administrative Entity:
Contract Number:
AUTHORIZED SIGNATORIES
Name Title/Position Signature
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EXHIBIT 2
CERTIFICATION
I certify that I am legally authorized to sign ERF grant documents and that I am additionally authorizing the above signatories to sign ERF grant documents.
Name of Authorized Representative Title
Signature of Authorized Representative Date
Rev 9/2024
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