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Agenda 10/22/2024 Item #16D 3 (Chairman to sign the HUD ESG-CV Grant Closeout Agreement to close out the Emergency Solutions Grant-CV for the program year 2020)10/22/2024 Item # 16.D.3 ID# 2024-1049 Executive Summary *** This item continued from the October 8, 2024, BCC Meeting. *** Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the HUD ESG-CV Grant Closeout Agreement to close out the Emergency Solutions Grant-CV for the program year 2020. (Fund 1835) OBJECTIVE: To maintain compliance with federal regulations under the Emergency Solutions Grant CARES Act (ESG-CV) Program. CONSIDERATIONS: Collier County, as a recipient of entitlement funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), was awarded Emergency Solution Grant CV (ESG-CV) funding. The County’s ESG-CV program prioritized certain ESG-CV funded program components including Emergency Shelter, Homelessness Prevention, Rapid Rehousing, and Other ESG-CV Expenditures necessary to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus in 2020. The funds under this Agreement were to only be used for those individuals and families who were homeless or receiving homeless assistance, and to support additional homeless assistance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the impacts created by coronavirus. The County as part of its annual entitlement award receives an annual allocation of ESG funding. On June 28, 2016, the Board of County Commissioners (Board) approved the County’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan for the use of entitlement funds for the period of FY 2016-2021, Agenda Item #16.D.23. The Board approved the One Year Action Plan for FY 2019-2020 on June 25, 2019, Agenda Item #16.D.2. to include the program year 2019 ESG award and later amended to include the 2020 ESG-CV award. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) awarded Collier County Emergency Solutions Grant Program-CV (ESG-CV) during the declared state of emergency in 2020. The County Manager pursuant to Resolution 2020-50 approved the initial award of ESG-CV funding and the Board subsequently ratified on May 12, 2020, Agenda Item #16.F.1, the County Manager’s action to amend the 2019-2020 One Year Action Plan to recognize the first round of Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG-CV) funding for $707,128. On November 10, 2020, Agenda Item #16D8, the Board approved a second amendment to the FY2019-2020 Action Plan to recognize additional funding in the amount of $2,476,642. This second round of ESG-CV brought the County’s ESG allocation to $3,183,770. The County has fully expended all funds and is ready to close. The table below provides the ESG-CV grant award information: Program Award Number Award Date Award End Date Allocation 2020 E-20-UW-12- 0016 9/22/2020 9/30/2023 $707,128.00 2020 E-20-UW-12- 0016 9/22/2020 9/30/2023 $2,476,642.00 Total $3,183,770.00 Pursuant to 2 CFR 200.344, HUD will close out ESG-CV “when it determines that all applicable administrative actions and all required work of the Federal award have been completed by the non-Federal entity. If the non-Federal entity fails to complete the requirements, the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity will proceed to close out the Federal award with the information available.” Collier County has expended all the funds received from the ESG-CV grants for FY20 by the end of the period of performance, December 31, 2023. Upon HUD’s determination that the grant had a zero balance, HUD released the required Grant Closeout Agreement. This agreement is essential to the ESG-CV grant closeout process and must be Page 5195 of 7162 10/22/2024 Item # 16.D.3 ID# 2024-1049 signed by the Recipient Authorized Representative (“the County”) and returned to HUD for HUD to proceed with closeout and shall be returned on or after November 1, 2024. FISCAL IMPACT: The proposed action has no fiscal impact. For ESG-CV the total amount of funds awarded were $3,183,770.00 and the total expended is $3,183,770.00. These funds resided in Fund 1835 and have no match requirement. The funding source for this grant is the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ESG-CV grant. The ESG-CV project to be closed is as follows: Program Year Fund Project # 2020 Collier County Housing Grant (1835) 33675 GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: This item has no impact on the Housing Element of the Growth Management Plan of Collier County. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item has been approved as to form and legality and requires a majority vote for Board approval. - CJS RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommendation to approve and authorize the Chairman to sign the HUD ESG-CV Grant Closeout Agreement to close out the Emergency Solutions Grant-CV for the program year 2020. PREPARED BY: Carrie Kurutz, Grant Coordinator I - Community & Human Services Division ATTACHMENTS: 1. ESG-CV Grant Closeout Agreement_Collier County, FL - CAO STAMPED Page 5196 of 7162 Page 5197 of 7162 Page 5198 of 7162