File #: 23-732    Name: Community Project Funding Acceptance Grant
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 9/5/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 9/12/2023 Final action: 9/12/2023
Title: a. Accept a Community Project Funding (CPF) Award for $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund a Homeless Youth Housing Campus in Monterey County. b. Approve and authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development, or their designee, to execute a $2,000,000 grant agreement and any other documents required by HUD to implement the CPF project; and, c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget to increase revenue and appropriations by $2,000,000 for the Housing Community Development Block Grant Fund 013, Appropriation Unit HCD005 Unit 8546, funded by the CPF Grant Agreement (4/5th vote required).
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attachment A - The Tidal Wave of Change, 3. Attachment B - B-22-CP-CA-0157 - Letter of Invitation, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 50
Title
a. Accept a Community Project Funding (CPF) Award for $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund a Homeless Youth Housing Campus in Monterey County.
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development, or their designee, to execute a $2,000,000 grant agreement and any other documents required by HUD to implement the CPF project; and,
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget to increase revenue and appropriations by $2,000,000 for the Housing Community Development Block Grant Fund 013, Appropriation Unit HCD005 Unit 8546, funded by the CPF Grant Agreement (4/5th vote required).

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept a Community Project Funding (CPF) Award for $2,000,000 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund a Homeless Youth Housing Campus in Monterey County.
b. Approve and authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development, or their designee, to execute a $2,000,000 grant agreement and any other documents required by HUD to implement the CPF project; and,
c. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget to increase revenue and appropriations by $2,000,000 for the Housing Community Development Block Grant Fund 013, Appropriation Unit HCD005 Unit 8546, funded by the CPF Grant Agreement (4/5th vote required).

SUMMARY:
The federal Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, included $2,000,000 in Congressionally Directed Spending to fund a Homeless Youth Housing Campus in Monterey County. The funds are made available to the County through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Community Project Funding (CPF) program. The recommended action will authorize the Director of Housing and Community Development to accept this grant and authorize the Auditor-Controller to make the necessary budgetary adjustments to collect...

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