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File Number: 22-404 Regarding CDBG-funded Public Services grants for FY 2022-2023 (year two of the FY 2021-2023 cycle), staff proposes to continue to fund the same four agencies recommended by the Human Services Commission. Because of the decrease in the FY 2022-2023 CDBG grant, the following public service providers were each reduced by over 3% from their FY 2021-2022 CDBG allocations: CALICO (Child Abuse, Listening, Interviewing, and Coordination) program “Building Resiliency: Family Support Services for Abused Children” $22,552; Davis Street Family Resource Center “Basic Needs and Family Counseling Services” program $33,812; Service Opportunities for Seniors (SOS) “Meals on Wheels for San Leandro Seniors” $33,812; and Spectrum Community Services, Inc. “San Leandro Senior Nutrition Meals Program” $24,064. General Administration For CDBG General Administration, HUD allows entitlement cities and counties up to 20% of the total CDBG allocation. Therefore, a total of $149,500 ($747,498 x 20%) is available for the administration of CDBG funded activities including the provision of federally mandated fair housing services. Of the $149,500, staff recommends $139,500 be allocated for CDBG general administration costs. Staff also recommends $10,000 in CDBG funding to ECHO Housing to continue providing fair housing services to San Leandro residents. Public Facilities For Public Facilities improvement projects, staff proposes allocating CDBG funds to the following three projects: 1) Section 108 loan repayment for the Senior Community Center construction, which is an ongoing project based on a HUD repayment schedule ($173,257), 2) Building Futures for San Leandro Shelter Rehabilitation, Phase II, for $65,229, and 3) City of San Leandro Human Services Department & Building Futures with Women and Children for the Lewelling Shelter and Drop-in Navigation Center, for $300,000. Building Futures’ Phase II rehabilitation work includes needed building safety, fire and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) upgrades for the City’s primary emergency shelter for women and children. Housing Staff recommends $100,000 in CDBG funding to the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Oakland /East Bay to continue administering the City ’s Single-Family Home Rehabilitation Program. The program remains in high demand for lower income San Leandro single family homeowners in need of minor home repairs. This allocation has been decreased by $50,000 from the amount that Rebuilding Together-Oakland/East Bay received last year in order for the City to fund the high priority Lewelling Shelter and Navigation Center, urgent needs to assist Building Futures to complete the Shelter’s renovations and the decrease in the City’s FY 2022-2023 CDBG grant. Current Agency Policies ·FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 2020-056 on June 15, 2020. ·Current Council policy is defined by the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, adopted by City Council on June 15, 2020 to preserve affordable housing for low -income senior residents. Page 4 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/15/2022