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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1998 0415 CC REG ITEM 11ECITY OF MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT r'A4 - (4- ITEM 1I • F.. CITY OF MOORPAR& CALIFORMA City Council Meeting of hri'l 1 5 199 5 ACTION:.. A g e re) V e of TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Nancy Burns, Senior Management Analyst DATE: April 3, 1998 (Meeting of April 15, 1998) SUBJECT: Consider Funding Fair Housing Services in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Allocations for FY 1998/99 The Fair Housing Institute has been funded annually by the City with CDBG funds, through a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the County. In the recent public hearing process and Council's subsequent funding decisions for CDBG allocations in FY 1998/99, the Fair Housing Institute was not identified distinctly for funding. The amount normally allocated by the City to the Institute was included with other City Administration costs. Discussion The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires efforts to affirmatively further fair housing through the CDBG program. These HUD requirements have been met by the City in the past through support of the Fair Housing Institute. The County of Ventura executes a contract with the Institute for $18,000 and the five cities in the entitlement area contribute to the funding. In addition, the City of Camarillo, although no longer participating in the entitlement process with the other cities in the entitlement area, also contributes to the Institute through a contract with the County, If Moorpark chose not to participate in supporting the Fair Housing Institute, the City would need to initiate other activities to promote and monitor fair housing practices within Moorpark. C: \M \NLB \AGNDARPT \FAIR HOUSING- 4/2/98 -April 3, 1998 00U006S Support of the Fair Housing Institute is considered an administrative cost of the CDBG program. During the recent public hearing process, staff inadvertently omitted identifying a funding recommendation of $1,600 for the Fair Housing Institute. The $1,600 was included within the Administration costs recommendation of $24,210, but was not identified distinctly as a component of the Administration costs recommendation. S Approve $1,600 for the Fair Housing Institute, to be funded from FY 1998/99 CDBG Administrative costs, leaving $22,610 for costs to the City of administering the CDBG program within the City. C: \M \NLB \AGNDARPT \FAIR HOUSING - 4/2!98 -April 3, 1998 2