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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2004 0204 CC REG ITEM 08ATo. From: Date: Subject: BACKGROUND ITEM • A . CITY OF' C)f)Rp�R � CAi,TFORNT4 City cwmrii Aire ?inz rr a?- a?Oo4/- v� MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Honorable City Council Senior Management Analyst (CC Meeting of February 4, 004) Julie C.T. Hernandez January 28, 2004 CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS ($196,980) FOR FY 2004/2005 This report will introduce nine (9) proposals the City received in response to a Request for Project Proposals for CDBG funds for FY 2004/2005. This year's applications have been summarized as Attachment "A ". Attachment "B" provides an overview of past CDBG Public Services funding. Complete proposals, the Consolidated Plan and the FY 2002 -2003 Annual Action Plan are available in the City Hall Large Conference Room for City Council review and are available for public review upon request. CDBG projects are expected to address the unmet needs of low income persons as identified in the Consolidated Plan. Eligible recipients are those whose income does not exceed 800 of area median income. Area median income currently is $73,600 for a family of four. DISCUSSION Moorpark is expected to receive an estimated amount of $196,980 in CDBG funds for FY 2004/2005. This amount is down from the FY 2003/2004 allocation of $200,678. The final amount for FY 2004/2005 has not been announced yet; however, the County of Ventura has estimated each City's funding amount based on preliminary numbers provided by HUD on their website. Public Service programs may be considered for funding based on anticipation of increased levels of service, or to assist in establishing a new service. A maximum of fifteen percent (150) of the City's annual share may be allocated for Public Service projects, per HUD guidelines. The estimated maximum Public 000001- Honorable City Council Date 01/28/04 Page 2 Service funding available for FY 2004/2005 is $29,547. Seven (7) proposals for Public Service projects were received, totaling $61,715. Excerpts taken directly from each of this year's Public Service proposals follow this report (Attachment C). Two (2) proposals for Public Improvement projects were received, totaling $98,254. Of this amount, $5,000 has been requested by FOOD Share for Phase II of their capital expansion project. An excerpt taken directly from this proposal follows this report (Attachment C) . The additional $93,254 is being requested to fund the FY 2004/2005 payment to the Moorpark Redevelopment Agency for the purchase of property for use for the Human Services Complex, as outlined in the Purchase and Loan Agreement approved by City Council on June 18, 2003. All requests received for CDBG funding total $159,969. Given an allocation estimated at $196,980, staff estimates funding levels in each funding category as shown below: FUNDING BY CATEGORY FUNDING CATEGORY HUD LIMIT STAFF REQUEST Administration (including Fair Housing Counseling) $24,500 $24,500 Public Service $29,547 $29,547 Affordable Housing, Public Improvements $142,933 $142,933 Approximate Total Funding $196,980 $196,980 STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Open public hearing and receive public testimony for consideration in the appropriation of FY 2004/2005 CDBG funds estimated to total approximately $196,980; and close public hearing; 000002 Honorable City Council Date 01/28/04 Page 3 2. Refer this matter to the Budget and Finance Committee for review prior to the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting, directing the Committee to prepare a recommendation for final appropriations for City Council consideration at the regular meeting scheduled for March 3, 2004; 3. Continue this item to the meeting of March 3, 2004. Attachments: A Summary of Proposals for FY 2002/2003 B Overview of Past CDBG Funding: Public Service Projects C Excerpts from Proposals Submitted for FY 2002/2003 X000,003 Organization Attachment A CDBG Proposals Received for FY 2004/2005 Number of Name of Project Anticipated Moorpark Beneficiaries PUBLIC SERVICES Category Catholic Charities Community Services Program County of Ventura - RAIN Project Meals and Employment Training County of Ventura Human Services Agency Senior Nutrition Independent Living Resource Center Unmet Needs Assessment for $2,315 Disability Access Long Term Care Services Long Term Care Ombudsman Coalition to End Family Violence Family Violence Therapy/ Parenting $10,500 Classes City of Moorpark Senior Center Staff Subtotal (Public Services) CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FOOD Share, Inc. City of Moorpark Subtotal (Capital Improvements) GRAND TOTAL (ALL PROPOSALS) Proposals Recd Attachment A2004- 2005.xls Expansion Project, Phase II Human Services Complex 2,850 6 260 30 155 150 1,300 3,282 Unspecified Amount Category Requested Total Request $14,400 $2,500 $15,000 $2,315 $2,000 $15,000 $10,500 $61,715 $5,000 $93,254 $98,254 $159,969 Page 1 of 1 1/27/2004 Attachment B CDBG OVERVIEW OF PAST FUNDING: PUBLIC SERVICES Program 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICES Adult Literacy $8,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $5,000 $3,600 $1,000 $1,000 $38,600 Catholic Charities $7,500 $7,500 $8,000 $8,000 $8,000 $6,000 $6,200 $9,097 $5,366 $7,293 $7,330 $7,643 $7,643 $95,572 Child Health Care $4,591 $2,000 $6,591 Homeless Ombudsman $500 $500 $500 $2,000 $2,000 $5,500 Legal Services $563 $7,000 $1,200 $3,650 $4,506 $4,506 $1,884 $2,000 $2,000 $27,309 Long -term Care Ombudsman $2,500 $1,000 $2,000 $2,790 $3,300 $3,000 $1,964 $459 $16,554 PDAP/Teen Counseling $1,500 $1,500 Senior Center Part-time Staff $9,200 $10,100 $13,000 $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 $12,000 $80,300 Senior Equipment $1,987 $1,987 Senior Survivalmobile $1,000 $1,000 Senior Lifeline $5,480 $5,480 Senior Nutrition $10,000 $10,000 $10,500 $10,000 $10,000 $12,000 $12,000 $9,000 $9,000 $9,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $10,000 $151,500 Vocational Training $5,437 $5,437 TOTAL (All Public Service projects) $437,330 NOTE: Program year 1989 was the first year Public Service projects were funded in Moorpark. 0 Q .C�� Overview of Past Funding: Public Services 1/27/2004 Attachment C CDBG Proposals 000006 MEMORANDUM COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO: Julie Hernadez, Senior Management Analyst FROM: Peggy Rothschild, Senior Center Coordinator ' DATE: January 9, 2004 SUBJECT: FY 2004/05 CDBG Request I am requesting City Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $10,500 for fiscal year 2004/05 to fund a part-time Recreation Coordinator II position at the Active Adult Center. The requested CDBG funds would provide approximately 980 part-time hours, which averages 18 hours per week. The Recreation Coordinator II position is responsible for coordinating classes, special events, and information and referral activities. Additionally, the position assists with the production and distribution of the monthly Active Adult Center newsletter, coordinating volunteer assignments and tracking hours, performing various fundraising activities, room set -up, general correspondence, answering phones, tracking program participation numbers, staffing the Center in my absence, and other general program activities. The CDBG contract requires the Active Adult Center to serve seniors who meet HUD income requirements. In order to demonstrate that Active Adult Center programming is consistent with the objectives identified in the CDBG contract, the Active Adult Center completes intake forms to determine eligibility for those seniors over and under age 62. The Active Adult Center is well on its way of meeting its objective of serving 1300 beneficiaries in FY 2003/04, having served and registered 754 eligible seniors in the first and second quarters. Our goal for serving eligible seniors in FY 2004/05 is 1325, projecting 500 qualifying participants in the first quarter, and an average of 270 for each of the remaining quarters. cc: Mary Lindley John Hartnett 000007 County of Ventura — RAIN Project - Operations County of Ventura — RAIN Project CDBG FY 2004/2005 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. It is estimated that there are between 3,000 and 4,000 homeless individuals in Ventura County. There are a limited number of beds available for the homeless. The few existing programs serve target populations and do not provide the case management, job development, training and search, tutoring, child care, money management, transportation, counseling, access to health care, 12 -step programs, parenting skill training, and structured after care that the RAIN Project provides in a sober living environment. In order for individuals & families to become self - sufficient, they must attain sobriety, be mentally and physically stable, have assistance in locating and qualifying for regular employment, and be afforded an opportunity to save the money necessary for deposits and move -in expenses to unsupported housing. Germane to the long -term success of our clients is the continuum of care afforded by comprehensive case management from intake and assessment through regularly scheduled after care. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? Clients are provided housing, meals, medical care, child care, counseling services, drug & alcohol education, tutoring, life skills training, money management classes, and parenting skill training classes. In order to provide meals and food services employment training in our commercial style kitchen, food and supplies must be obtained from a variety of sources including Food Share, donations and retail /wholesale outlets. 000008 Long Term Care Services Long Term Care Services of Ventura County, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 1 of 3 PART Ili -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. Long Term Care Services Ombudsmen are federally mandated to monitor all long term care facilities and advocate for the frail elderly residents who live within them to ensure that the residents are not being neglected, mistreated or abused. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the elderly population in California (age 65 and over) is 3.3 million. The U.S. Census Bureau also projects that the elderly population in California will increase by 100% over the next 15 to 20 years. In May 2000 the California Attorney General released a statistic that stated 40% of Californians who live past 65 will spend some time in long term care. If this statistic holds true, as many as 2,640,000 Californians may require long term care at any given time over the next 15 to 20 years. In Ventura County, elderly persons over 65 comprise 13.6% of the total population of 753,162 persons (Census 2,000). Over the next 15 to 20 years, according to the Attorney General, 97,890 Ventura County elderly could require long term care at any given time. And if the current statistic holds true, 60% of these individuals will have outlived their spouses and friends or will have no family or friends who visit or help them. In Moorpark there are 1,550 persons over the age of 65. In Moorpark there are two long term care facilities, one is a hospice and the other is a board and care home. Ombudsman volunteers made 27 monitoring visits (each visit can be upward of two hours in length) to these facilities in 02/03 to ensure quality care and treatment of the frail elderly residents. The Ombudsman also investigated 22 serious complaints (double the number of the previous near) arisinst on behalf of these residents. In addition, the agency provided 22 pre - placement counseling sessions for families in Moorpark seeking long term care placement for a loved one. Long Term Care Services through the Ombudsman program is the sole agency providing advocacy and support services to this elderly population who require long term care. No other agency or program, organization or group provides these much needed services. For example, the federal mandate under which the ombudsman operates only requires one visit to a long term care facility each year. In Ventura County it is different. Long Term Care Services through the Ombudsman program monitors all long term care facilities throughout the county unscheduled and unannounced weekly and monthly. This is unique to Ventura County and not generally practiced by other Ombudsmen programs state and nationwide, but it is the only way — through frequent, consistent, unscheduled visitations and monitoring -- that we are able to help ensure a quality of life for our county's frail senior population who require extended and long term care. In 2003, there are 151 residential care facilities for the elderly, 24 skilled nursing facilities, and five adult day health centers in Ventura County with almost 7,800 residents including annual turnover who need advocacy and support. The newest facility is 302 beds opening January 2004 in Simi Valley. 000009 Long Term Care Services Long Term Care Services of Ventura County, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 2 of 3 Year Facilities Residents* 1981 30 1875 1991 69 2500 2003 175 Long Term Care Facilities 7800 5 Adult Day Health Care 595 30 ICF's for the_Develonmentallv Disabled 198 *Includes annual turnover Long Term Care Ombudsmen are not friendly visitors, rather they are trained and certified mandated advocates and reporters of complaints of neglect and abuse and other issues that arise on behalf of elderly persons living in long term care settings. Without the constant, consistent expansion of the Ombudsman program in Moorpark and throughout Ventura County, our frail elderly will not have access to an advocate who will support, represent and work on their behalf. Without regular and frequent monitoring of long term care facilities by trained certified ombudsmen it is feared that most elder abuses and complaints in skilled nursing facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly would go unnoticed and unremedied while levels of care and the quality of life for the frail elderly residents in long term care would most certainly deteriorate. Long Term Care Services is a not for profit charitable agency. All services are free and confidential. In addition to the above, the Ventura County Ombudsman program is the receiver and processor of complaints that arise on behalf of the developmentally disabled. There are 30 such facilities. This has increased greatly the workload of the agency with no increase in funding. The agency is also providing pre - placement counseling for the families and loved ones of the developmentally disabled. Long Term Care Services Long Term Care Services of Ventura County, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 3 of 3 Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? 1. Expansion of recruitment and training efforts of new volunteer Ombudsmen to serve the elderly in long- term care facilities. 2. Training and certifying bi- lingual Ombudsmen to serve the increasing Latino population in Ventura County. Staff bi- lingual Ombudsman translates, counsels and advocates for the frail Latino elderly and their families and loved ones. 3. Providing 12 hours of mandated in- service to our volunteer Ombudsmen on subjects relating to the care and wellbeing of the frail elderly living in long -term care situations including elder abuse and current legislation that affects seniors living in long -term care such as MediCal, HMO's, social security, nursing home regulations, etc. Training program expanded to include session on building cultural competency. 4. Providing specialized training of staff and direct caregivers in long -term care facilities in conjunction with Department of Health Services and Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing. 5. Providing support groups for the family members dealing with long term care issues/providing pre - placement counseling to such persons. b. Receiving and processing the complaints that arise in 30 Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally Disabled. 7. Providing pre - placement counseling to the family members of the developmentally disabled individual. S. Provide bi- lingual training and education to limited or non - English speaking direct caregivers in facilities 9. Creation of a 12 tape video series for the in -home unpaid caregiver in collaboration with Ventura College School of Nursing. Tapes distributed free of charge to libraries, churches and unnaid caregivers 000011 Moorpark Community Service Center Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 1 of 2 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. Moorpark is home to several thousand low- income households who are struggling to meet their daily living needs. These families comprise the working poor, the service industry workers and farm laborers who work hard and are family oriented, who cannot keep pace with the high cost of housing and daily living expenses. The staff and volunteers at the Catholic Charities Moorpark Community Service Center provide supplemental food, eviction prevention assistance, utility assistance, clothing, household goods, holiday food and gifts, a dental outreach program for Moorpark first graders and an outreach program to frail home bound seniors. Ruben Castro and Patricia Calderon are the Center's bilingual Client Resource Coordinators who not only provide direct assistance but also provide invaluable information about services in the community, such as income tax assistance, senior assistance, substance abuse treatment programs, youth services, legal assistance, insurance application assistance. The goal of their interventions is to assist people with maintaining stability and self - reliance. Sr. Gloria Valdovinos teams up with Leticia McClure, LVN to visit, interview and assist frail home bound seniors who need resources to stay in their homes and bilingual health education to manage health issues. As the only non - profit social service agency in Moorpark, the Moorpark Community Service Center staff assisted 2,838 (unduplicated) low- income Moorpark and local area residents, totaling 19,810 client visits during the 2002 -2003 fiscal year. We distributed $31,000 of financial assistance to help clients with eviction prevention, first months rent and utility payments. These numbers were down from previous years and our projections due to our services being interrupted by the transitions that took several months as we moved from the bus barn to the Holy Cross Chapel to the Center on 609 Fitch Avenue. 000012 Moorpark Community Service Center Catholic Charities of Los Angeles, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 2 of 2 Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The funds that are being requested will be used to cover the salary of Patricia Calderon, our bilingual Client Resource Coordinator I who works 22 hours a week and a portion of Ruben Castro's salary, our bilingual Client Resource Coordinator 11. These staff members do the initial intake interview with clients, assess the problems that need to be addressed and work with them to solve their problems through the direct safety net services we provide. These staff also make appropriate referrals to services we do not provide. Clients are served based on their needs, regardless of their religion, race, nationality, color or creed. The total projected salary costs, not counting benefits, for these two staff members is $25,542. The total annual budgeted payroll costs for the Moorpark Community Service Center is projected to be $41,814.00. This total includes a portion of the salary for Patrice Esseff, Community Services Regional Coordinator and payroll taxes and benefits for all three. Our grant request of $14,400 totals 34% of our payroll costs and approximately 16% of our overall annual costs. 000013 Senior Nutrition Program County of Ventura — Human Services Agency CDBG FY 2004/2005 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. Many older adults do not get adequate nutrition. Loneliness and depression cause lack of appetite, or an apathy that can make preparing a meal seem like too great a task. Some people do not want to cook just for themselves, or do not like to eat alone. People on a fixed income often choose to pay the rent and utilities first, and spend only what is left for food. Some people simply do not know how to prepare nutritious meals for themselves. Among the elder population of the nation, inadequate nutrition has been associated with over -and underweight, nutrition - related chronic health conditions, and premature institutionalization. In 1999, forty-one percent of Title III service providers nationwide had waiting lists for home - delivered meals, suggesting a significant unmet need for these meals that has carried into the present. Today, some jurisdictions are reporting waiting lists for both home - delivered and congregate meals. The absence of waiting lists in the City of Moorpark and other cities in Ventura County is solely due to the additional funds the Senior Nutrition program receives. Private donations and the generosity of the cities in allocating CDBG funds to their respective dining centers and home - delivered meal routes supplement the basic funding provided by the Area Agency on Aging. Many of our participants are surviving solely on social security benefits. Most of this is used for rent and medication and very little is left for food. Some people simply do not know how to prepare nutritious meals for themselves. Among the elder population of the nation, inadequate nutrition has been associated with over- and underweight, nutrition - related chronic health conditions, and premature institutionalization. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The mission of the Senior Nutrition program is to improve the nutritional status of elderly people in our communities, and decrease their social isolation. We target services to seniors with the greatest economic or social need. We are requesting this money to allow us to continue providing this service at the current level for the citizens of Moorpark. We propose to continue to employ one Nutrition Program Worker III in Moorpark with the help of CDBG funding. This staff person assists with final food preparation, serving, and clean up. The NPW II plans special events, celebrations,, and educational programs for the participants, in addition to his /her kitchen duties. 000014 Unmet Needs Assessment for Disability Access Independent Living Resource Center, Inc. CDBG FY 2004/2005 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. An accessible living environment is crucial to survival for people with disabilities. With the support of our services, including an assessment of needs, individuals with disabling conditions can develop ways to navigate the built environment. Without barrier removal and systems change advocacy, consumers served would not be self- sufficient. The State Independent Living Council, State Department of Rehabilitation Independent Living Section and the California Foundation of Independent Living Centers have ascertained that there are unmet physical and program access needs in the areas we serve relative to issues of housing, transportation, employment and health /in -home care for persons with disabilities. Our goal is to identify this community s specific needs and address them through a dual approach. We focus on educating persons with disabilities about their benefits, their rights to existing services, while eliminating barriers in the community, which prevent full access and participation of people with disabilities. Section B — Agency s Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? The uniquely important element of our program design is that services are provided to consumers with disabilities by specially trained staff with disabilities. The nature of the assistance received by consumers is such that it supports their continued independence. Consumers who cope with a disability receive individualized training from staff in order to learn to cope and learn and practice the life essential activities of daily living and thus become effective and participating members of their communities. The Outreach /Independent Living Skills specialist will conduct outreach in the Moorpark community in public venues and human service agencies to inform those interested in issues related to disability of Community Needs Assessment meetings. These meetings will be held to gain information on what the disability community s service needs are in Moorpark as well as to inform them of ILRC «s services and role in the community. The Outreach /Independent Living Skills specialist will also provide services to Moorpark residents with these funds, in order to assist them in the skills necessary to begin or maintain their highest level of self- sufficiency. Systems change efforts within the community to reduce physical and program access will occur as needs indicate and full collaboration with community services will be undertaken to enhance opportunities for consumers with disabilities in the areas of housing, transportation, employment and health care. 000015 Family Support Center Coalition to End Family Violence CDBG FY 2004/2005 PART 111 -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. The Coalition to End Family Violence and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Ventura has identified that at least 50% of the youth that utilize the clubs each month have cognitive, behavioral, social and emotional issues that are not being addressed. To address this the Family Support Center Program was developed to work with disadvantaged and at -risk youth and their families, who are at risk due to behavioral and environmental factors. These include being a victim of /or witnessing domestic violence and /or sexual assault, child abuse and /or neglect, poverty, disabilities, parents who are substance dependent and being a victim of crimes, racial, ethnic and/or sexual preference prejudice. They are also at risk if they themselves are using drugs, have low academic achievement, antisocial behaviors, running away, teen pregnancy, suicide attempts and mental health issues. Youth who don't receive treatment, will have a significantly higher chance to become juvenile delinquents and become tomorrow's adult criminal. Early intervention and treatment helps the at risk youth to become responsible, caring adults, whose lives can be lived violence free. The Family Support Center is located at the Moorpark Boys & Girls Club, this allows families access to services in their own community and due to the fact that at least 75% of the families are very low to low income, services that they might not be able to afford. Currently the Moorpark Boys & Girls Clubs has XX youth that utilize the club each month. Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? To address the needs of at risk youth and their families the Family Support Center will provide immediate crisis intervention, a 24 hour, 7 day a week crisis hotline, counseling for the youth and their families to integrate the whole family in the process and restore the family hierarchy, teen anger management to provide the teens with non- violent alternatives to problem solving, children's Expression through Art classes, teen empowerment group, and for the parents, parenting classes. 000016 Capital Expansion Project, Phase II FOOD Share CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 1 of 2 PART III -- Description of Community Needs and Proposed Project Section A -- Community Needs to be Addressed by Project Please describe the unmet community needs that this project proposes to meet? Describe your project in the next box. The serious escalation in the need for direct hunger services projected for residents of Moorpark and countywide over the coming years continues to be a very real and long -term community concern. Funds for our capital expansion will ensure that the food bank facilities and emergency food production are upgraded and expanded to be able to handle the almost ten million pounds of food that is coordinated for distribution through FOOD Share each year. The plans for FOOD Share's capital expansion are on -track and progressing exceptionally well. It will include a 13,000 square -foot new warehouse facility located directly across the street from our current 21, 000 square foot location where we have operated since 1985 at 4156 N. Southbank Road in Oxnard, mid - county. It will be upgraded and remodeled into our second food bank warehouse. These exciting capital improvements will expand FOOD Share's food production capacity by 40 %, providing thousands more meals to people in need in Moorpark and countywide. FOOD Share's presence remains strong in Moorpark through three partner agencies: Moorpark Catholic Charities, Moorpark Active Seniors and Villa del Arroyo. The number of individuals receiving food assistance in fiscal year 2002 -03 remained at over 3,000, continuing to demonstrate the need for FOOD Share's hunger services in your city. FOOD Share had a major presence in Moorpark and other areas of the East County so seriously hurt by the tragic September /2003 wildfires, providing major emergency food and water distributions to Moorpark residents, particularly at the Villa del Arroyo mobile home park. We also provided food and water supplies to firefighters, rescue workers and police. These efforts are a vital part of our major Community Disaster Response Program at FOOD Share, where we supply emergency food and water supplies when disasters hit anywhere in Ventura County... fires, earthquakes, floodings, for example. We pre -plan disaster relief quarterly with VOAD, Ventura County's Volunteers Assisting in Disasters, including the local Red Cross, to be ready to assist at any time. 000017 Capital Expansion Project, Phase II FOOD Share CDBG FY 2004/2005 Page 2 of 2 Section B — Agency's Plan to Meet Community Needs How will your agency use these grant monies to address these unmet community needs? FOOD Share requests a grant in the amount of $5,000 to provide additional funds for the capital facilities expansion that is just starting. This expansion will enable our food bank to increase food collection and distribution by up to 25 %, feeding an additional 17,000 Ventura County residents by 2006. By 2006 specifically in Moorpark, 800 to 1,000 additional Moorpark residents are projected to need access to our hunger services. The specific activities to be funded by this proposed $10,000 grant are a portion of: 1) Additional architectural and planning costs for the food bank facilities upgrade and expansion. 2) Additional handicapped access capital fixtures for BOTH food bank buildings. 3) Additional costs for the new roof. The cost of all three capital construction components over the past two years have continued to increase due to several required modifications, prevailing wage requirements and spiraling workman's compensation costs. The County of Ventura and all of the cities countywide are being asked to fund a portion of this total $110.000 cost Your grant would be a vital contribution to our capacity building and the continuous strengthening of our direct hunger and disaster food relief services to Moorpark. 000018