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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - May 18, 1992 Page - 16 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) B. Matter of Community Development Block Grant Submission Statement, Program Year 1992-93. This being the time and place for the Public Hearing on the above matter, John Klein, Housing Coordinator, said this is the 18th year of the Block Grant Program. He said the Resolution takes the proposed Grant Submission Statement and authorizes it as a Final Submission Statement to HUD. He noted several changes that were proposed from the Statement last presented to the City Council . He said it was proposed that $100,000 be provided for handicap improvements at the Marina Center. He noted that the Human Resources Commission had reduced the amount allocated for the Transitional Housing Program from $80,000 to $55,000. He noted the Deaf Center proposal by DCARA had been deleted from the Statement and he said there had been minor program adjustments as a result of discussions with HUD related to youth gang protection and using youths to paint out graffiti . He said $75,000 had been requested for transitional housing and the Human Resources Commission had recommended $50,000. He said the $80,000 and $55,000 amounts shown in the program included staff time and associated costs. He reviewed the goals for the use of the funds, reviewed the National Community Development Block Grant Objectives and said the 1992 Community Development Block Grant budget would total $833,500. He reviewed the projected use of the funds. In response to a question from Council Member Faria, he said assistance for mobilehome owners would fall under the housing category. He exhibited charts showing the breakdown of categories in previous years and 1992. Council Member Kerr said he was surprised to see that administrative costs were kept as low as 5.3%. Council Member Corbett asked where the additional $25,000 for transitional housing would come from. Mr. Klein said it would be drawn from unbudgeted funds but would not affect any other allocations because these are funds over which the City already has control . The Hearing was then opened to the public. Nama Firestone, 35 Crescent, Berkeley, from BOSS Transitional Housing, said they have been operating the South County Homeless Project for the last four years. She said they serve 900 people annually and there is a great need for transitional housing so people who have a need for a longer period of time to get help can get back into the work place. She said they see 40% of their clients again in two years. She said they serve the disabled and need transitional housing that allows them to stay up to two years. She said their proposal would provide for the first and only transitional housing to serve mentally disabled people.