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June 22,
2009
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Agenda
Item No. 21 Roll
Call No. 09-
Communication No. 09-398 Submitted by: Chris Johansen, Assistant City
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AGENDA
HEADING:
Communication
from the Chair of the Polk County Housing Continuum Board recommending that the
City Council adopt the Board’s recommendations for the 2009 Supportive Housing
Program Priorities.
SYNOPSIS:
This action adopts the priorities and procedures for
development of the City’s 2009 Supportive Housing Program (SHP) application, as
recommended by the Polk County Housing Continuum Board and the City Manager.
FISCAL
IMPACT:
Amount: N/A, at this
time.
Funding Source: HUD Supportive Housing
Program - Continuum of Care grant.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:
At their special meeting on April 1, 2009, the Polk
County Housing Continuum (PCHC) Board adopted priorities and procedures for
development of the 2009 Supportive Housing Program – Continuum of Care
grant. These priorities are based on a
demonstrated need for more permanent housing units for homeless families, and
the potential for insufficient funds for renewal of existing projects should
new supportive services only or transitional housing projects be added this
year.
The PCHC Board is recommending that the City Council
adopt the following SHP priorities and procedures:
· All renewal grant applications for existing
projects receive high priority.
· New grant applications be considered only
for permanent affordable housing, or for permanent affordable housing with supportive
services. The only exception allowed
would be for supportive services tied to a permanent affordable housing
project.
· The PCHC Executive Committee will appoint an
independent scoring committee to be made up of local persons involved in the delivery
of housing, supportive services, and/or administration of federal grant
programs and will be trained to score the applications. No committee members will be part of any
organization seeking funding through the Continuum of Care application.
· Agencies will receive copies of the scoring
instrument before they submit their applications so that they will be aware of
how their application will be scored.
· Final recommendations and ranking for the
projects will be presented to the full PCHC Board for approval.
· The PCHC Board will submit the recommended
projects and ranking for the C of C application to the City Manager for
presentation and approval by the City Council.
The City Manager recommends that the City Council
adopt the above priorities and procedures as recommended by the Polk County
Housing Continuum Board.
PREVIOUS
COUNCIL ACTION(S): NONE
BOARD/COMMISSION
ACTION(S):
Date:
April 1, 2009
Roll
Call: N/A
Action:
Polk County Housing Continuum Board adopted priorities and procedures
for development of the 2009 Supportive Housing Program – Continuum of Care
application.
ANTICIPATED
ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS:
Council approval of the SHP application and Grant Agreement
with HUD for SHP funding.
For more information on this and other agenda items,
please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office
on the second floor of City Hall,