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FY 2007-2008 Consolidated Action Plan 3 March 5, 2007 City staff will meet with the Human Services Commission on March 28, 2007 to provide an overview of the proposed CDBG allocations for FY 2007-08. The public and non-profit social service agencies will be invited to this meeting, where they have an opportunity to make public comments. DISCUSSION Consolidated (or Annual) Action Plan The FY 2007-08 Action Plan outlines the proposed activities, objectives and budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Proposed activities are based upon past City Council decisions and a review of the strategies in the 2005-09 Consolidated Plan with the results achieved. The City supports a variety of non-profit agencies which provide needed services in the community. Attachment A summarizes the FY 2007-08 proposed activities and funding amounts. Attachment B contains the draft FY 2007-08 Consolidated Action Plan. The Action Plan includes information on funding resources for housing and community development activities, a description of activities to be undertaken during FY 2007-08, and other actions that the City will be taking to address issues such as barriers to affordable housing, anti-poverty strategies and lead-based paint hazards. The City's CDBG entitlement grant from HUD for FY 2007-08 is projected to be $755,414, along with an estimated $46,945 in unallocated CDBG funds. The City will receive $301,625 in HOME funds from the Alameda County HOME Consortium plus an estimated $1,244,045 carried over from prior year HOME grants. In accordance with HUD regulations, the City cannot commit more than 15% of its annual CDBG allocation (plus the estimated CDBG generated program income from the current fiscal year) toward Public Services. The proposed CDBG-funded activities in the FY 2007-08 Annual Action Plan fall into the following eligible categories: Public Services, Public Facilities and General Administration. For Public Services, the City issued a Community Assistance Grant Program Request for Proposals in FY 2006-07 to award grants for FY 2006-08. The Human Services Commission made final funding recommendations on April 26, 2006, approving CDBG grants for public services for two years, with the stipulation that CDBG grants are awarded annually based upon the City's CDBG entitlement grant. Faced with limited resources for FY 2007-08, staff reassessed HUD's national objectives and the City's Consolidated Plan's housing priorities for the Action Plan. It was determined that CDBG grants should be allocated to programs that more clearly help the City achieve its housing and homeless prevention priorities. Therefore, it is expected that current and experienced CDBG subrecipients, except the City's Recreation Links Program, will receive funding at the same levels as FY 2006-07. Under the draft Plan, staff proposes that ECHO's fair housing services continue to receive $14,000 under the "General Administration" category in order to ease the burden on the "Public Services" funding. The ECHO landlord-tenant counseling grant will remain at $29,750. The Building Futures with Women and Children grant will remain at $28,750. Due to a transfer of funds between the CDBG Program and the General Fund for the