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File Number: 17-150 The City’s CDBG entitlement grant from HUD for FY 2017-2018 is projected for now to be the same as the FY 2016-2017 level of $650,261. There is no projected CDBG program income or unallocated CDBG funds from prior years. The City is also projected to receive $157,436 in HOME funds from the Alameda County HOME Consortium. There are no funds carried over from prior year’s HOME grants because those funds were allocated to BRIDGE Housing’s 85-unit Marea Alta Phase 2 affordable senior rental housing project. All of the proposed activities’ budgets will be proportionately increased or decreased from the estimated funding levels to match actual allocation amounts depending on HUD’s final CDBG allocation to the City. The proposed CDBG-funded activities in the FY 2017-2018 Annual Action Plan fall into the following eligible categories: Public Services, Public Facilities, Housing Activities, and General Administration. In accordance with HUD regulations, the City will commit no more than 15% (or $97,539) of its annual CDBG allocation toward Public Services. The City issued a Community Assistance Grant Program (CAP) Request for Funding/Grant Applications In March 2017 to award one-year grants for FY 2017-2018 (July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018). The Human Services Commission will make final funding recommendations at its upcoming April 2017 meeting including approval of CDBG grants for public services conditioned on CDBG grant funding being subject to change if HUD increases or decreases CDBG entitlement grant funding in FY 2017-2018. Staff is recommending the following non-profit public service providers be funded with CDBG monies in FY 2017-2018. Project Name FY 17-18* CALICO $ 20,071 Davis Street Family Resource Center $ 35,731 SOS/Meals on Wheels $ 26,591 Spectrum Community Services $ 15,146 Total $ 97,539 *Projected funding allocations are subject to change based on the City’s actual CDBG allocation for FY17-18 The City’s proposed biennial budget for FY 2017-2019 also includes $150,000 in General Funds as part of the Community Investment Fund to supplement CDBG funding for public service providers. For Public Facilities, the City must allocate $194,585 to HUD for principal/interest payments for the City’s outstanding $2.5 million HUD Section 108 loan, which helped finance construction of the City’s new Senior Community Center. In addition, staff proposes allocating $128,085 to continue implementing the City’s 2010 Updated ADA Transition Plan by funding the completion of architectural modifications designed to make City facilities (including the Main Library, Marina Community Center, City Hall, City Hall South Offices, Police Department, Washington Manor Library, and Marina Park) more accessible to persons with disabilities. For Housing Activities, staff recommends providing $100,000 of CDBG funds to continue funding the City’s Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program, which provides minor repair grants to extremely low- and very-low income San Leandro homeowners. Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/28/2017 35