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File Number: 23-182 Program ($30,000); ·Service Opportunities for Seniors (SOS) - Meals on Wheels for San Leandro Seniors Program ($39,000); and ·Spectrum Community Services, Inc. - San Leandro Senior Nutrition Meals Program ($30,342) General Administration For CDBG General Administration, HUD allows entitlement cities and counties up to 20% of the total CDBG allocation. Therefore, a total of $161,790 ($808,949 x 20%) is available for the administration of CDBG funded activities including the provision of federally mandated fair housing services. Of the $161,790, Staff recommends $141,790 be allocated for CDBG general administration costs. Staff also recommends increasing CDBG funding to ECHO Housing to continue providing fair housing services to San Leandro residents from $10,000 to $20,000 this year, due to the increase in the cost of providing services and advancing fair housing initiatives under the City’s 2023-2031 Housing Element Update. This is the first increase they will receive as a Fair Housing provider in ten years. Public Facilities For Public Facilities improvement projects, staff proposes allocating CDBG funds to the following two projects: 1) Section 108 loan repayment for the Senior Community Center construction, which is an ongoing project based on a HUD repayment schedule ($168,135), 2) Lewelling Shelter and Drop-in Navigation Center for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the Nimitz Motel for use as a shelter and drop-in navigation center for San Leandro residents experiencing chronic homelessness, as well as for relocation costs for eligible residents ($207,682). Housing Staff recommends increasing CDBG funding back to $150,000 for 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 was decreased by $50,000 for FY 2022-2023 to $100,000 in order for the City to fund the high priority Lewelling Shelter and Navigation Center, and the urgent need to assist Building Futures to complete their needed San Leandro Shelter renovations. Current Agency Policies ·Current City Council Policy is defined by the FY 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, adopted by Resolution No. 2020-056 on June 15, 2020. ·The Consolidated Plan addresses the goals of the General Plan Housing Element, which was most recently certified for 2023-2031 by the State Housing and Community Development Department in February 2023, such as increasing the supply of affordable for-sale and rental housing, providing opportunities for home ownership, preserving, and rehabilitating existing affordable owner -occupied and rental housing, and addressing Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 4/26/2023