DATE: April 4, 2016
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Chris Bridgewater, Director of Building and Neighborhood Services
Kathleen Sauseda, Housing Development Coordinator
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Consideration of Resolution 2015-95, a Resolution Declaring the Intent of the City of Franklin to Act as a Governmental Pass-Through for the Tennessee Housing Development Agency as the Funds Relate to Providing Emergency Shelter Grant Funds and Authorizing the City Administrator to Execute the Agreements Necessary to Accomplish Such (WS 4-12-16)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) to consider a resolution (Resolution 2015-95) authorizing the City Administrator to enter into agreements necessary to receive and allocate Emergency Shelter Grant funds.
Background
Since 2007, the City of Franklin has assisted the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) in administering the federally funded Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) Program. The primary purpose of the ESG Program is to increase the number and quality of emergency shelters. Due to time constraints of the contract process and the fact that this a pass-through grant, the City, through its Mayor and City Administrator, will execute an agreement with THE TENNESSEE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY of all requirements of any Grant Agreement with this agency as it relates to the Emergency Shelter Grant Funds. As with prior years, these funds will be allocated to Bridges County Domestic Violence Center.
Financial Impact
Failure to promptly approve the agreements could result in a lesser award of funds to the grantee.
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Approval of Resolution 2015-95 is recommended.