HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14792 (CDBG-Cares Act Funding Recommendations for FY2019-20)RESOLUTION NO. 14792
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CARES ACT (CDBG-CV) FUNDING
FOR THE 2019-20 FISCAL YEAR TO THE MARIN COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS FOR THE SAN RAFAEL PLANNING AREA
BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Rafael as follows:
WHEREAS in June 1999, the City Council revised the Cooperation Agreement
with the County of Marin for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds
whereby the City remained in the County system; and
WHEREAS the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES
Act”) signed into law on March 27, 2020, appropriates $5 billion in additional Community
Development Block Program funding to state and local governments; and
WHEREAS Marin County was awarded $938,065 in CDBG-CV funds, of which
San Rafael’s allocation is $369,785.22, and these additional funds will not impact the
2018-2019 or 2019-2020 recommendations for CDBG and HOME funds approved by
the City Council; and
WHEREAS on May 4, 2020, in accordance with the Cooperation Agreement, the
City Council reviewed staff’s recommendation that the City of San Rafael’s total CDBG-
CV allocation of $369,785.22 be used to fund rent subsistence payments for people in
San Rafael who are housed and at risk of homelessness due to the COVID 19
pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the City Council
recommends to the Marin County Board of Supervisors that the City of San Rafael’s
total fiscal year 2019-2020 CDBG-CV allocation of $369,785.22 fund rent subsistence
payments for people in San Rafael who are housed and at risk of homelessness due to
the COVID 19 pandemic, and that said funding be administered through San Rafael
service providers to provide direct subsistence payments to San Rafael households.
I, LINDSAY LARA, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting
of the Council of said City held on the 4th day of May 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk