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RESOLUTION NO. 8383 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AUTHORIZING THE CITY' S ENROLLEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHEREAS, on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act was signed into law and appropriated $638 million to the Low -Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP). Additionally, on March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act appropriated $500 million to LIHWAP; and WHEREAS, $116 million in one-time funding has been allocated to California to provide LIHWAP assistance; and WHEREAS, LIHWAP is administered at the federal level by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and at the state level by the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD); and WHEREAS, the funding source for LIHWAP is federal funds allocated to the state through the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; and WHEREAS, LIHWAP is a customer -based temporary federal program that will serve as a complimentary program resource to the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program by offering another form of potential assistance to low-income households continuing to experience difficulty making payments for residential water and wastewater services; and WHEREAS, on April 11, 2022, CSD adopted final program guidelines establishing the process and criteria for the administration of funds appropriated for the program; and WHEREAS, California's implementation of LIHWAP requires that benefits are issued to eligible households whose community water system, wastewater treatment provider, or wastewater billing entity (water systems) are enrolled in the program to receive LIHWAP assistance benefits directly from CSD via its third -party funds disbursement partner, HORNE, LLP; and WHEREAS, the City operates an eligible water system consistent with the LIHWAP Guidelines and must be enrolled in LIHWAP to ensure income eligible customers can participate in the program; and WHEREAS, to enroll in the program the City must, among other things, execute a Direct Payment Agreement with CSD's third -party funds disbursement partner, HORNE, LLP; and WHEREAS, eligible customers are residential customers with (1) a total household income at or below 60 percent of the State Median Income or (2) a member of the household who is currently a recipient of the Low -Income Household Energy Assistance Program, CalFresh, or L:\ca\Reno\8383 Resolution L1lIWAP.docx