Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: County Administration
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Diana Ramirez, County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): FLEX_AHMFACQ, FLEX_AHSFACQ, FLEX_AHSFREC, FLEX_AHSFREH, FLEX_CHHP2, FLEX_LEGAL, FLEX_AFH
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Housing and Community Development for approval to allocate up to $3.7 million in FLEX Funds to Housing Portfolio programs, aligned with ARPA priority outcomes, to continue funding part-time support positions in 2025-26.
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Background and Discussion:
The County Administrator's ARPA Project Management Office (OCA PMO) and Housing and Community Development (HCD) request approval to designate as FLEX funds up to $3.7 million of the ARPA SLFRF Housing Portfolio, all of which are already part of the previously approved portfolio budget. The ARPA Steering Committee approved this recommendation on January 15, 2025.
These funds will only be applied for expenses related to hourly personnel support. As such, these positions (finance, administration, or other programmatic support functions) book time whenever they support these programs (rather than those employed to support the portfolio on a full-time basis). Because this portion of the budget is not obligated through a contract or assigned FTE, OCA PMO have recommended HCD designate this portion of the budget to FLEX Fund 1040.
A breakdown of this program support budge...
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