HomeMy WebLinkAbout032609 ORD - 11/16/2021Ordinance accepting and appropriating a grant in the amount
$7,808,211.00 from the U.S. Department of the Treasury and
authorizing a one-year service agreement for Grant Administrator
Services of Emergency Rental Assistance in an amount not to exceed
$1,170,565.00, with Hagerty Consulting Inc. of Evanston, Illinois,
effective upon issuance of a notice to proceed; and amending the
budget.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which was enacted on
March 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the Treasury) has allocated
additional Emergency Rental Assistance Program funding (ERA2); and
WHEREAS, the Treasury has allocated $7,808,211.00 from ERA2 to the City of Corpus
Christi to distribute to qualifying rental households experiencing housing instability and to
prevent eviction.
WHEREAS, in order to qualify for the ERA2 funding, the applicant must be a renter in the
City of Corpus Christi with an average median household income at or below 80% of the
median average family income for Nueces County and be financially impacted by Covid-
19.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is authorized to accept a grant in the amount
of $7,808,211.00 from the Treasury for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program.
SECTION 2. That funds in the amount of $7,808,211.00 are appropriated into the
Emergency Rental Assistance Fund No. 1089 to be used for the Emergency Rental
Assistance Program.
SECTION 3. That the FY2021-22 Operating Budget and Capital Budget are amended to
increase revenue and expenditures.
SECTION 4. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to negotiate and execute a
one-year service agreement for Grant Administrator Services in the amount not to exceed
$1,170,565.00 with Hagerty Consulting Inc. of Evanston, Illinois.
032609
SCANNED
That the foregoing rdinance w s read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the Gtday of NUhtW\ , 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
John Martinez
Billy A. Lerma
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael T. HunterAlz
Mike Pusley
Ben Molina
Greg Smith
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this
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the this the 'day of () ,+ \\Q ( , 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
John Martinez
Billy A. Lerma
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael T. HunterAIX.
Mike Pusley
Ben Molina
Greg Smith
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 1 6day of s0.\ r��,t( ,
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta
City Secretary
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Paulette M. Guajardo
Mayor
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that
the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation
or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from
which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments
are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: November 09, 2021 Legistar Number: 21-1551
Agenda Item:
Ordinance accepting and appropriating a grant in the amount $7,808,211.00 from the U.S.
Department of the Treasury and authorizing a one-year service agreement for Grant
Administrator Services of Emergency Rental Assistance in an amount not to exceed
$1,170,565.00, with Hagerty Consulting Inc. of Evanston, Illinois, effective upon issuance of a
notice to proceed; and amending the budget.
Amount Required: $7,808,211.00
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
AcNoount
Activity No.
Amount
Emergency Rental
Assistance
1089
570040
890104F
$7,808,211.00
Total
$7,808,211.00
❑ Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: I 1 )..(c)-.1