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TO: Stephen Fitzgibbons, City Manager
FROM: Rebecca Underhill, Assistant Citr~ Manager
DATE: September 17, 2009
RE: P. R. # 15501
RECOMMENDATION:
I recommend that the City Council adopt Proposed Resolution #15501 authorizing the execution
of contracts between the City of Port Arthur and non-profit service organizations pursuant to the
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program Grant in the amount of $564,089.
BACKGROUND:
The American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law by
President Obama on February 17, 2009. The Act is an extraordinary response to a crisis unlike
any since the Great Depression, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure,
enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, preserve and improve
affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in greatest need.
Congress has designated $1.5 billion for communities to provide financial assistance and services
to either prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless or help those who are
experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized with the Homelessness
Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPP:P) under Title XII of the American Recovery
and Reinvestment Act of 2009("Recovery Act").
BUDGETARY/FISCAL IMPACT:
The HPRP refers to a grant received from the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development for $564,089.
STAFFING/EMPLOYEE EFFECT:
Funding will not have an effect on our staffing level.
SUMMARY:
I recommend that the City Council adopt Proposed Resolution #15501 authorizing the execution
of contracts between the City of Port Arthur and non-profit service organizations pursuant to the
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program Grant in the amount of $564,089.
P. R. 15501
09/ 10/09 ME-Grants Management
RESOLUTION NUMBER
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CONTRACTS
BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND NON PROFIT SERVICE
ORGANIZATIONS PURSUANT TO THE HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION
AND RAPID RE-HOUSING PROGRAM GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$564,089. FUNDING WILL BE ALLOCATED TO THE FOLLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS: $ 103,393 TO SOUTH EAST TEXAS REGIONAL
PLANNING COMMISSION, $243,507 TO THE SALVATION ARMY OF
PORT ARTHUR, $93,885 TO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF SOUTHEAST
TEXAS, $95,000 TO ELLIS HOSPIT~ ALITY CENTER; $28,204 ALLOCATED
TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION.
WHEREAS, the public services organizations referenced below were
chartered as Texas non-profit corporations, organized to serve the needs of the citizens in
the community; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
has awarded funding to the City in the amount $564,089 pursuant to the Homelessness
Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP), under Title XII of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; and.,
WHEREAS, HPRP funding provides financial assistance and services to
either prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless or help those who are
experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest of the citizens of
Port Arthur to provide funds in the amount of $564,089 to the following nonprofit
organizations: $ 103,393 to South East Texas Regional Planning Commission, $243,607
to The Salvation Army Of Port Arthur, $93,885 to Catholic Charities Of Southeast Texas,
$95,000 to Ellis Hospitality Center, and $28,204 for administration to the City Of Port
Arthur; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, by its adoption of Resolution Number 09-
204, (authorizing the City's HPRP grant application to HUD) has obligated itself to
provide financial assistance to above referenced non-profit organizations in the city; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, is required to designate an official to sign
all documents in connection with grant agreennents; now, therefore,
ARTHUR:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE (:ITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT
THAT the City Manager is authorized to execute contracts with the public
services organizations, in the amount of Five ]Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Eight
Hundred Eighty-Five dollars ($535,885) for the proposal outlined herein and further
described in the attached contract marked Attachments 1 through 4; and,
THAT said contracts are an exact duplicate of the Newly Federally funded
Community Development Block Grant subrec;ipient contracts, which are the standard
contracts that the city will be using, and is hereby incorporated by reference, and said
changes are hereby approved.
THAT a copy of the caption oir this Resolution be spread upon the minutes
of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this
day of
A.D., 2009 at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote: AYES:
MAYOR
CUUNCILMEMBERS
NOES:
MAYOR
AT'T'EST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED FOR FORM:
ITY T RNEY ~ /~ $ewtc,F D F
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CITY MANAGER
APPROVED FOR AVAILABILITY OF FiJNDS:
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CTOR F FINANCE
REBECCA IJNDERHILL
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
ATTACHMENTS
1 THROUGH 4
T(J
P.R. NO. 15501
ARE AVAILABLE FOR
REVIEW IN THE CITY
SECRETARY'S OFFICE