Agenda Item # _2__
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
October 25, 2011
Agenda Report # __708__
TO: Mayor and Council
SUBJECT: 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness
INITIATED: Community Reinvestment
Recommendation: Approval is requested for the allocation of additional
funding, if available, to the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley for the
implementation of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in FY13 in the amount of
$80,000 to be funded from CDBG allocation or other funding sources at Council's
discretion.
Background: On December 14, 2010, Council adopted a 10-Year Plan to end
homelessness. In March 2011, Council approved an agreement with United Way of
the Chattahoochee Valley to facilitate implementation of the 10-Year Plan to
End Homelessness on behalf of the City. The implementation includes the hiring
of an Executive Director. United Way has secured commitments from local
organizations and foundations to supplement funding over a 3-year period to
assist with the implementation of the Plan. The commitments for private
funding are contingent on the City providing matching funding for a total of 3
years.
Analysis: The City committed $50,000 in FY11 to the effort to implement the
10-Year Plan to End Homelessness. In FY12 the City allocated an additional
$65,000 to this effort. In order to fully leverage the financial commitment
from private organizations for implementation of the Homeless Plan, the City
has been requested to provide an additional $15,000 to the FY12 allocation and
commit to an allocation of $65,000 in FY13. The City proposes to fund an
additional $15,000 to be paid in FY13 to the 10-Year Plan To End Homelessness
in Columbus, Georgia as a supplement to the city?s FY12 appropriation and
further commit to fund $65,000 in FY13.
Financial Considerations: Funds are not currently available from the City?s
annual HUD Entitlement for FY12. Funding for the FY12 request would require a
General Fund allocation from contingency. Funding of the FY13 allocation in
the total amount of $80,000 to be funded from CDBG allocation or other funding
sources at Council's discretion..
Projected Annual Fiscal Impact Statement: The City would be committing to
providing funding through FY13 for the implementation of the 10-Year Plan to
End Homelessness.
Legal Considerations: Council must approve the provision of funding.
Recommendations/ Actions: Approve a resolution authorizing the allocation of
additional funding, if available, to the United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley
for the implementation of the 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in FY 13 in the
amount of $80,000 to be funded from CDBG allocation or other funding sources at
Council's discretion.
A RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Columbus Consolidated Government commissioned a study entitled:
City of Columbus Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness;
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted said study on December 14, 2010;
WHEREAS, the study found 1500 individuals are homeless in Columbus, Georgia on
any given day;
WHEREAS, homelessness creates a significant public cost in the form of medical,
law enforcement and other costs;
WHEREAS, the Columbus Council has committed $65,000 from the FY12 Budget to go
toward the 10-Year Plan To End Homelessness in Columbus, Georgia;
WHEREAS, The United Way of the Chattahoochee Valley has been designated as the
administering organization to institute said 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness
and has raised significant private sector and foundation financial commitments
to fund the execution of the Plan;
WHEREAS, given the stagnant recovery from the nation?s economic recession and
the attendant reduction in municipal revenues and federal grants, the sole (or
most probable) municipal funding source to meet the United Way?s prospective
financial commitment is CDBG funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES:
We hereby commit to fund an additional $15,000 to be paid in FY13 to the
10-Year Plan To End Homelessness in Columbus, Georgia as a supplement to the
city?s FY12 appropriation and further commit to fund $65,000 in FY13 to be
funded from CDBG allocation or other funding sources at Council's discretion.
This prospective financial commitment requires an annual reporting by the
United Way Steering Committee to the Columbus City Council on the progress in
meeting the objectives of the Plan and of the expenditures of city and other
monies to further the Plan?s objectives.
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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the
25th day of October, 2011, introduced a second time at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the ______ day of ________, 2011, and adopted at said
meeting by the affirmative vote of ________ members of said Council.
Councilor Allen voting ____________.
Councilor Baker voting ____________.
Councilor Barnes voting ____________.
Councilor Davis voting ____________.
Councilor Henderson voting ____________.
Councilor Huff voting ____________.
Councilor McDaniel voting ____________.
Councilor Pugh voting ____________.
Councilor Thomas voting ____________.
Councilor Woodson voting ____________.
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Tiny Washington, Clerk of Council Teresa Pike Tomlinson,
Mayor
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