City of Columbus - File #: 0258-2022

• File #: 0258-2022
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/13/2022
• In control: Health & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 2/7/2022
• Final action: 2/10/2022
• Title: To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Physicians CareConnection in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 to provide rental and utility assistance (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to qualifying residents of the local community to ensure housing stability; to authorize the Director of Development to modify the terms and conditions of the grant agreement as needed without seeking further City Council approval in order to align with the evolving federal guidance; to authorize payment of expenses starting January 1, 2021; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,000,000.00 from the Emergency Rental Assistance 2 Funds; and to declare an emergency ($1,000,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/10/2022	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/9/2022	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/7/2022	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/7/2022	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Physicians CareConnection in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance 2 funds to provide rental and utility assistance and housing stability services for qualified residents and providing for expenses starting January 1, 2021. Physicians CareConnection shall be a “subrecipient” as defined under federal guidelines.

Ordinance 2275-2021 authorized the City of Columbus to accept and appropriate $12,774,607.20 of federal Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA 2) program funds, as passed by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Of this amount, up to $1,000,000.00 will be used for a grant agreement with Physicians CareConnection to provide rental and utility assistance (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to qualifying residents of the local community to ensure housing stability.

In this contract, at least 60% of the funding will support households with an AMI at 50% or below and/or have a member of the household who has been unemployed for 90 days; up to 40% of the funding can be used for households with an AMI at 80% or below; and 10% of the funding will be utilized for Administrative costs.

Physicians CareConnection successfully implemented its ERA1 agreement and has access to additional eligible tenants and landlords for ERA2 funds.

Emergency action is requested to prevent as many evictions as possible.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 passed by Congress and signed into law December 27, 2020, and contingent upon passage of Ordinance 2275-2021.

CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor’s vendor number is 005206 and expires 4/20/2022.

Title
To authorize the Director of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Physicians CareConnection in an amount up to $1,000,000.00 to provide rental and utility assistance (as defined by U. S. Treasury) to quali...