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Allocation of FY 2013-2014 ESG Funds <br />April 1, 2013 <br />Page 2 <br />In November 2012, a Notice of Funding Availability was mailed to 48 non-profit providers soliciting <br />applications for FY 2013-2014 grant funding. Additionally, a notice was published in the Orange <br />County Register. Twenty-five proposals were submitted from 18 organizations with funding <br />requests totaling over $1,225,000. The City is estimating to receive $538,354 of which $40,350 <br />will be used for administration of the program. <br />On February 6, 2013, an ad hoc committee (comprised of two commissioners from the Community <br />Redevelopment and Housing Commission, one representative from the Orange County's <br />Community Services - Homelessness Prevention Department and one City staff member <br />conducted applicant interviews to rate and rank the proposals using the following criteria: 1) <br />community need, 2) capacity to provide service, and 3) effective and efficient use of funds. A list <br />of the agencies submitting proposals, type of program, grant amount requested, the evaluation <br />panel average rating, and the recommended funding for FY 2013-2014 is provided in Exhibit 1. <br />Twenty-one of the 25 proposals are being recommended for funding. The four organizations that <br />received the lowest average rating were not recommended. <br />The City has yet to receive information from the U.S. Department of HUD on the amount of ESG <br />funds to be awarded for FY 2013-2014. Therefore, staff has proposed the following contingency <br />plan. Each application that has been recommended for funding shall be increased or decreased <br />by a proportionate amount of the difference between the anticipated grant amount and the actual <br />grant amount while still remaining within the statutory caps per category. No recommended <br />application shall be reduced to an amount below $10,000 nor increased to an amount above the <br />requested amount. Additionally any unallocated FY 2012-2013 funds shall be redistributed in the <br />same manner. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />ESG funds will be available in the Emergency Solutions Grant account (no. 13518785-various). <br />APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: <br />11*,halln W A &4?4 - - <br />Nancy T. wards Francisco Gutierrez <br />Interim Ex utive Director Executive Director <br />Community Development Agency Finance & Management Services Agency <br />NTE/FH/kg <br />Exhibit: 1. ESG Recommendations <br />25B-2