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July 16, 2020 Financial Impact:  There is no cash or in-kind match requirement from the city for this grant.  Any unspent funds must be returned to the state. Recommended Action:  Adoption of an Ordinance Next Steps Following Council Action:  The Finance Department will make the necessary budget adjustment. 1. Mark Geduldig-Yatrofsky, P. O. Box 50141, asked that City Council use the funding formula to share part of this funding with schools. Motion by Mr. Clark, and seconded by Mr. Battle, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE ACCEPTING CARES ACT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $8,235,862 AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT IN THE FY 2021 GRANTS FUND FOR USE BY THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT.” Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None 20 - 171 - Adoption of an ordinance accepting COVID-19 Emergency Funds in the amount of $40,000 from the Department of Housing and Community Development and appropriating said sum in the FY 2021 Grants Fund for use by the Department of Social Services to support operational costs of the Portsmouth Homeless Action Consortium Continuum of Care member agencies. Background:  In response to the COVID-19 emergency, Virginia Housing is committing over $12 million in REACH (Resources Enabling Affordable Community Housing in Virginia) funds to help support and maintain this network’s critical service delivery and operational capacity through the COVID-19 Emergency Funding Support Program.  The purpose of the COVID-19 Emergency Funding is to support the effortsof seven critical housing networks: HUD Housing Counseling, Virginia Habitat for Humanity Affiliates, Virginia Housing’s Housing Choice Voucher Network, Virginia Housing’s Accessibility Network, Virginia’s Public Housing and Redevelopment Authorities, Virginia’s Non-Profit Housing Developers, and Virginia’s Continuum of Care CoC / Balance of State (BoS) Continuum of Care  DSS is the Lead organization of the PHAC CoC and was eligible to apply for operational support for CoC member organizations. Discussion:  Department of Social Services is the lead agency for PHAC and receives $2,000 for administrative costs. The remaining balance of the funds is distributed to other PHAC agencies as awarded by the state, including: Portsmouth Volunteers for the Homeless is awarded $12,666.67 for salaries, o building maintenance, rent, cleaning supplies and PPE. Portsmouth Area Resource Coalition is awarded $12,666.66 for salaries, building o maintenance, rent, IT services/software, and cleaning supplies. HER Shelter is awarded $12,666.67 for professional cleaning for shelters, building o maintenance and rent. Financial Impact:  There is no financial impact to the city Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance.