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A resolution approving an amendment to a Continuum of Care Grant Agreement between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) replacing MDHA the original grant recipient with the Office of Homeless Services as the replacement recipient of the Continuum of Care programing grant in the amount of $381,251 for Continuum of care Planning Activities.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council pursuant to resolution RS2024-215 provided authority to the Office of Homeless Services to apply to the Nashville Continuum of Care (CoC) to be designated as its collaborative applicant for the CoC; and,
WHEREAS, the CoC has voted to designate OHS as its collaborative applicant: and,
WHEREAS, while MDHA was the CoC's collaborative applicant, HUD awarded the Continuum of Care Program Grant Agreement to MDHA, a copy of which is attached (Grant); and,
WHEREAS, HUD, MDHA, and OHS desire to amend the Grant removing the recipient MDHA and awarding the Grant to the replacement recipient OHS and approve the transfer of the grant funds from MDHA to OHS; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the interest and benefit of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Homeless Services, that the Grant be accepted and the Amendment to the Continuum of Care Grant Agreement, a copy of which is attached, be approved, and that OHS be authorized to accept the transfer of the Grant funds from MDHA with appropriation of those funds in the amount of $381,251 to OHS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That the grant to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through OHS to receive a grant of $381,251, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That the amount of this grant be appropriated to OHS.
Section 3. That the Am...
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