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Authorizing the City to accept $ 6,061,828 in CDBG-CV funds and $7,992,924 in ESG-CV funds related to CARES Act grants from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and amending the 2020 budget to incorporate these funds into the federal grant budget.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is an entitlement grantee that receives direct funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the following programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Home Investment Partnership (HOME); and
WHEREAS, Congress passed the Corona Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) on March 27, 2020 in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and
WHEREAS, HUD was authorized by the CARES Act to distribute $5 billion in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds and $4 billion in Emergency Solutions Grant Coronavirus (ESG-CV) funds to assist communities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19; and
WHEREAS, on April 2, 2020, the City of Saint Paul as an entitlement grantee was awarded a special allocation of $4,054,659 in CDBG-CV funding through HUD under the CARES Act based on the fiscal year 2020 CDBG formula; and
WHEREAS, on April 2, 2020, the City of Saint Paul as an entitlement grantee was awarded a special allocation of $2,049,510 in ESG-CV funding through HUD under the CARES Act based on the fiscal year 2020 ESG formula; and
WHERAS, on June 9, 2020, the City of Saint Paul as an entitlement grantee was awarded another special allocation of $5,943,414 in ESG-CV funding through HUD under the CARES Act based on a separate formula developed and approved by the Secretary of HUD; and
WHEREAS, on September 11, 2020, the City of Saint Paul as an entitlement grantee was awarded another special allocation of $2,007,169 in CDBG-CV funding through HUD under the CARES Act at the discretion of the Secretary of HUD; and
WHEREAS, t...
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