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File Number: 22-119 to affordable housing, anti-poverty strategies, and addressing homelessness. The City’s CDBG entitlement grant from HUD for FY 2022-2023 is estimated to be $750,000. There was no Program Income received in the FY 2021-2022. The City also projects its pro-rata share of HOME funds to be estimated at $250,000 from the Consortium. Additionally, there is $331,319 in funds that will be carried over from the prior year’s HOME fund unspent allocation. The proposed CDBG-funded activities in the FY 2022-2023 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 may not commit more than 15% (or approximately $112,500) of its annual CDBG allocation (including program income) toward Public Services. The City issued a Community Assistance Program Grant (CAP) & CDBG Request for Funding/Grant Application in March 2021 to award two-year grants for FY 2021-2022 and FY 2022-2023. At its April 28, 2021 meeting, the City’s Human Services Commission (HSC) reviewed the applications for both the City’s Community Assistance Program (CAP) and CDBG-funded Public Services for FY 2021-2023. For CDBG-funded Public Services, staff recommended four agencies to the HSC. All four of these agencies had received funding in the prior two fiscal years, met their contractual obligations to the City with high performance outcomes, and served priority needs under the City’s HUD Five Year Consolidated Plan and City Services Gap Analysis. These four agencies continue to meet these contractual obligations and are recommended to continue receiving a CDBG allocation in FY 2022-2023. The proposed Public Service grant recipients are: CALICO (Child Abuse, Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination), Davis Street Family Resource Center; Service Opportunities for Seniors (SOS); and Spectrum Community Services, Inc. For Public Facilities, the City proposes to allocate $173,257 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 Senior Community Center. In addition, staff proposes allocating approximately $300,000 for a proposed acquisition of a Homeless Navigation Center. For Housing Activities, staff recommends providing $150,000 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. Administrative funding for FY 2022-2023 will be approximately $150,000, which conforms to the HUD-regulated 20% spending cap on general administration costs and expenses. Staff recommends allocating $140,000 to City staffing for CDBG program administration and $10,000 in CDBG funds to ECHO Housing’s Fair Housing services. Fair Housing services are federally mandated, and ECHO Housing assists the City in meeting HUD requirements to advance fair housing. The City proposes to use available HOME funds for tenant-based rental assistance for clients of the proposed Homeless Navigation Center. The City’s HOME allocation for FY 2022-2023 and funds leftover from prior FYs are estimated to be approximately $550,000. Current Agency Policies Current City Council Policy is defined by the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, adopted by Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 3/16/2022