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April 27, 2021  The Continuum of Care (CoC) Program is designed to promote communitywide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers and State and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused to homeless individuals, families, and communities by homelessness; promote access to and effect utilization of mainstream programs by homeless individuals and families; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness. Discussion:  Portsmouth DSS is the Lead agency for the CoC and has received a Planning Grant in the amount of $38,410 for eligible planning activities.  The grant requires local match contributions that can be cash, in-kind, or a combination of both. For the match to be counted as cash or in-kind, amounts must be used for CoC Planning eligible activities. For CoC Planning projects, the match must be equal to or greater than 25 percent of the total grant request.  The required local match of $9,602 is accounted for as part of DSS Budget. Financial Impact:  The required local cash match of $9,602 has been previously appropriated to the FY 2021 Social Services Fund budget. Recommended Action:  Adoption of the ordinance. Next Steps Following Council Action:  Finance will make the appropriate budget adjustments. Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: “ORDINANCE ACCEPTING PLANNING GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $38,410 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE PORTSMOUTH HOMELESS AREA CONSORTIUM CONTINUUM OF CARE AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT TO THE FY 2021 GRANTS FUND FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.” Ayes: Barnes, Battle, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Woodard, Glover Nays: None 21 - 133 - Adoption of a resolution to amend the Cost Allocation Agreement between the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, and the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads. Background:  The City of Portsmouth, along with the Cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Virginia Beach and the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (“HRT”) are parties to the Cost Allocation Agreement, effectively dated October 1, 1999.  This Allocation Agreement, among its other provisions, defines how state and federal funding received by HRT is allocated to the Participating Cities for the capital and operating costs associated with acquiring, consolidating, rehabilitating, operating, and expanding public transportation facilities and services for the Hampton Roads region.  On June 9, 2020, Council adopted a resolution to modify and amend the Allocation Agreement so that HRT could help mitigate adverse financial impacts to it and the other Participating Cities until June 30, 2021.  HRT intends to continue to help Portsmouth and the other member localities mitigate the adverse financial impact by strategically allocating HRT’s eligible state and federal funding to reduce the localities’ net contributions to HRT for FY 2022.