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This certification does not apply. <br /> This certification is applicable. <br /> ESG Certifications <br />I, , Chief Executive Officer of the City of San Leandro, certify that the local government will ensure the <br />provision of the matching supplemental funds required by the regulation at 24 CFR 576.51. I have attached to this <br />certification a description of the sources and amounts of such supplemental funds. <br />I further certify that the local government will comply with: <br />1.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.53 concerning the continued use of buildings for which Emergency Shelter <br />Grants are used for rehabilitation or conversion of buildings for use as emergency shelters for the homeless; or <br />when funds are used solely for operating costs or essential services. <br />2.The building standards requirement of 24 CFR 576.55. <br />3.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.56, concerning assurances on services and other assistance to the homeless. <br />4.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.57, other appropriate provisions of 24 CFR Part 576, and other applicable federal <br />laws concerning nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. <br />5.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.59(b) concerning the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property <br />Acquisition Policies Act of 1970. <br />6.The requirement of 24 CFR 576.59 concerning minimizing the displacement of persons as a result of a project <br />assisted with these funds. <br />7.The requirements of 24 CFR Part 24 concerning the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988. <br />8.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.56(a) and 576.65(b) that grantees develop and implement procedures to ensure <br />the confidentiality of records pertaining to any individual provided family violence prevention or treatment <br />services under any project assisted with ESG funds and that the address or location of any family violence shelter <br />project will not be made public, except with written authorization of the person or persons responsible for the <br />operation of such shelter. <br />9.The requirement that recipients involve themselves, to the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate, <br />homeless individuals and families in policymaking, renovating, maintaining, and operating facilities assisted under <br />the ESG program, and in providing services for occupants of these facilities as provided by 24 CFR 76.56. <br />10.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.57(e) dealing with the provisions of, and regulations and procedures applicable <br />with respect to the environmental review responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and <br />related authorities as specified in 24 CFR Part 58. <br />11.The requirements of 24 CFR 576.21(a)(4) providing that the funding of homeless prevention activities for families <br />that have received eviction notices or notices of termination of utility services will meet the requirements that: <br />(A) the inability of the family to make the required payments must be the result of a sudden reduction in income; <br />(B) the assistance must be necessary to avoid eviction of the family or termination of the services to the family; <br />(C) there must be a reasonable prospect that the family will be able to resume payments within a reasonable <br />period of time;and (D) the assistance must not supplant funding for preexisting homeless prevention activities <br />from any other source. <br />12.The new requirement of the McKinney-Vento Act (42 USC 11362) to develop and implement, to the maximum <br />extent practicable and where appropriate, policies and protocols for the discharge of persons from publicly <br />funded institutions or systems of care (such as health care facilities, foster care or other youth facilities, or <br />correction programs and institutions) in order to prevent such discharge from immediately resulting in <br />homelessness for such persons. I further understand that state and local governments are primarily <br />responsible for the care of these individuals, and that ESG funds are not to be used to assist such persons in <br />place of state and local resources. <br />13.HUD’s standards for participation in a local Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) and the <br />collection and reporting of client-level information. <br />I further certify that the submission of a completed and approved Consolidated Plan with its certifications, which act <br />as the application for an Emergency Shelter Grant, is authorized under state and/or local law, and that the local <br />government possesses legal authority to carry out grant activities in accordance with the applicable laws and <br />regulations of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.