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:?'/J- / REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager January 9, 2006 Subject Amendment to a Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") agreement between City of Redwood City ("City") and Midpeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing Services ("MCFH") Recommendation Approve the amendment to an existing CDBG agreement between the City and MCFH which assigns that agreement to Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity ("ECHO"). Background The CDBG agreement between the City and MCFH was approved on August 8, 2005 per Minute Order 05-159 and became effective September 1, 2005. Since that time MCFH merged with ECHO. The City must amend the existing agreement to reflect the new contractor as ECHO. This action requires council approval per Section 24- Notices, and Section 25- Successors and Assigns, of the agreement. MCFH has provided fair housing services to the citizens of Redwood City for many years. MCFH has a long and distinguished history in this field. After years of collaboration and provision of complementary services, ECHO Housing and MCFH merged to improve and expand the services offered. The merger was finalized on September 13,2005. MCFH no longer exists as a corporate entity and ECHO is the surviving entity. ECHO was founded in Hayward in 1964 and incorporated in 1965 and is a HUD-approved fair housing agency. ECHO has distinguished itself not only in the provision offair housing services, but also in tenant-landlord services, homeownership education and other related services. Since the merge of MCFH and ECHO there has been no interruption in the provision of services. The Executive Director of MCFH, Marjorie Rocha, will continue as Executive Director of ECHO, the office at 457 Kingsley Avenue will remain, and the new entity will retain the acronym MCFH due to its historical connection to the community. REDEVSHARED_2006 STAFF REPORTS_O1-2006_CDBG-MCFH/ECHO 1