File #: 200820   
Type: New Business Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 1/26/2021
Title: CARES Act Funding and Appropriation
Attachments: 1. Council Report, 2. ATT 1 - Summary of Support for Basic Needs, 3. ATT 2 - Homeless Initiatives Memo - Update as of October 30, 2020, 4. ATT 3 - Rent Relief Status - Update as of January 19 2021

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CARES Act Funding and Appropriation

Recommended Action

1.                     Approve the recommendation to use the City’s full $609,214 in Community Development Block Grant CARES Act Round 3 Funding for the COVID-19 Rent Relief Program as administered by the Community Services Agency.

 

2.                     Appropriate approximately $265,800 of the City’s remaining State pass-through CARES Act Funding (five votes required) as follows:

 

a.                     $141,000 toward isolation and quarantine services for vulnerable Mountain View residents who test positive for, or are in close contact with, individuals with COVID-19;

 

b.                     $94,800 to provide a gift card program for grocery and other essential needs; and

 

c.                                          $30,000 to support the efforts of the Community Services Agency COVID Response Team.

 

3.                     Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Santa Clara County for a total not to exceed $141,000 to provide COVID-19 isolation and quarantine services for Mountain View residents.

 

4.                     Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with the Community Services Agency for a total not to exceed $124,800, including $94,800 to provide a gift card program for grocery and other essential needs in coordination with seven local organizations, and $30,000 in funding for the Community Services Agency COVID Response Team.