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AGENDA REPORT
CITY OF MOORPARK
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TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Donald P. Reynolds Jr. , Administrative Services Manager'` -
DATE: March 10, 1994, (CC Mtg. of March 16, 1994)
SUBJECT: 1994/95 Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Public
Hearing for the Appropriation of Funds, (estimated to be
$228,643)
The following report will summarize Moorpark CDBG activities and
program requirements, and recommend proposals for the use of this
year's CDBG monies. Staff's recommendation is that the Council
open the public hearing and receive public testimony, close the
public hearing, allow the Budget and Finance Committee to review
the proposals and testimony, and return to the Council April 6 ,
1994 , with a recommendation for final appropriations.
The County's deadline for receiving city proposals is April 8,
1994 . In an attempt to meet this deadline, final appropriations
will have to occur at the April 6 City Council meeting, which
requires that the Budget and Finance Committee review the proposals
by March 29, 1994 .
This year, the City received 15 different proposals requesting
funds from the City's CDBG program, (six of these are for continued
funding for existing programs) . Staff has prepared a proposal
summary provided in Attachment "A. " Actual grant proposals are
located on the Council's desk and provide additional details of
each program.
Background
On January 5, 1994, staff presented the Council with a summary of
past City CDBG activities, (Attachment "B" ) . Of the three national
objectives for the CDBG program, (to benefit low and moderate
income persons, eliminate slum and blighted conditions, and to
address and urgent health and safety need) , the City has focussed
on the low income benefit criteria. CDBG programs have benefitted
low and moderate income persons in the following way: 68% public
facilities - including street improvements, removal of
architectural barriers , and facility acquisition for Food Share,
Inc. ; 12% affordable housing - primarily for site search and
acquisition; 10% to various public services, and; 10% for
administration.
In making these appropriations , the City followed the prescribed
formula which places limits on funding for administrative
activities and public service programs. Limitations for expenses
incurred for grant administration are calculated based on the
entire Entitlement grant award, and the public service cap equals
15% of the City's total grant award. The Council can select
programs separate from these limits if it wishes. This year, staff
recommends full funding for public services, and that
administration funds be considered for other uses directly related
to a specific project.
Discussion
Use of CDBG For Urgent Health and-Safety-Needs
On February 16, 1994, the City Council adopted a resolution which
supports the County in its application for the 1994/95 CDBG funding
to be used to address the urgent health and safety needs that
resulted from the January 17, 1994, earthquake. Staff informed the
Council that replacing the CDBG funds used for earthquake relief
may not occur.
The County is currently conducting a needs assessment, and planning
for the coordination of CDBG uses with other federal assistance
programs available for earthquake damage. CDBG cannot be used to
address a problem that other forms of federal assistance can
address, even if the property owner refuses to apply for this
assistance. These complications have caused delay in determining
the needs and potential uses of CDBG. Nonetheless, staff
anticipates that the city of FillLmore and the Piru community, being
the most seriously effected by the quake, will receive the most
attention.
The County has not received confirmation from HUD that the
supplemental funding for regular program use will match the regular
CDBG allocation of $2.8 million used by the County for earthquake
relief. It is anticipated by the County that this will occur,
however the delays and complications addressed above have also
impacted final word from HUD regarding the supplemental funds. The
County is hopeful that final word will be received within the next
two weeks, and the City has been advised to proceed.
1994/95 CDBG Appropriations
This grant year is the third year of the three year Cooperative
Agreement with the County and the cities of Santa Paula, Port
Hueneme, Ojai, Fillmore and Camarillo, containing a revised formula
(which includes a "poverty index ") for the distribution of funds.
When the three year agreement was executed in July 1991, staff
estimated that this change would lower the City's annual grant
award (and it has by between 11% and L7 %). However, because the
federal funding has increased over the past three years, the net
result is that there are more funds available for 1994/95, than in
either of the past two years, (Attachment "B" shows the total grant
awards from past years►.
Based on an estimated grant amount )f $228,643, administration can
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be appropriated up to $28,020, and public service programs can be
appropriated up to $34,296. The CDBG Fair Housing program will
require an appropriation of $1,600 of the funds available for
administration, reducing the capped amount of $28,020 to $26,420.
Under "Administration" in this report, staff will describe that
there is a surplus balance of funds currently available that can be
applied to direct costs for administration in 1994/95. If the
Council chooses to use the grant at the maximum allowed amounts for
public services ($34,296), and appropriate $1,600 from the
Administration funding for fair housing, and then applying the
balance to directly related project uses, will leave $192,747
available for City construction projects. Staff recommends that
the 1994/95 funds be split as described above, and summarized as
follows:
Use of funds HUD Limit Staff Recommendation
Administration and
Fair Housing $ 28,020 $ 1,600
Public Services $ 34,296 $ 34,296
Projects $166,32 $192,747
Total - -- $228,64't - -- - -- $228,643
The cost of the Fair Housing appropriation of $1,600 is $380 less
this year, because of this year's contract savings (Moorpark's
share equals 9 %). The cost has also been reduced because this
year, the City of Camarillo has elected to participate and share
the expenses with other participants.
In addition to the Entitlement program's Fair Housing services, the
City has joined the City of Simi Valley and the Simi
Valley /Moorpark Board of Realtors in a fair housing poster contest.
This will be conducted during the month of April, and the Council
will be asked to declare April as "Fair Housing Month." The
contest will include Moorpark and Simi Valley students between the
fourth grade and twelfth grade levels.
Each year, the City has an opportunity to appropriate funds which
would allow for the County to administer the program, (Joint Powers
Agreement, or "JPA"). If the County funds a program which serves
the Entitlement jurisdiction, and the City also funds the same
program, than the project is eligible for a JPA. In the past two
years, the Homeless Ombudsman and Long Term Care Ombudsman public
service programs were jointly funded between the City and County.
This year, the City's public hearing is scheduled slightly ahead of
the County, but the final appropri.ati_on5 will be considered in
Moorpark after the County's hearinc:.
Outside Organization's Proposals
Staff chaired the preliminary joint staff meeting at the City of
Camarillo on December 9, 1993, and received testimony from agencies
that anticipated completing proposals for CDBG funding. After
receiving Council authorization to solicit input for proposals on
January 5, 1994, staff mailed invitations to approximately 30
different agencies. On January 5, 1994, staff joined the other
Entitlement cities and the County in providing training to agency
representative interested in applying for CDBG funds. Of the
invitations sent, 15 agencies responded with a completed grant
proposal including the City's Senior Advisory Committee (as
presented in Attachment "A"). In staff's summary, proposals are
presented as "New" or "Existing" programs, divided by the type of
program being proposed, (i.e., public service, construction, etc.).
Attached to the summary is a paragraph which briefly explains each
proposed use for the funds.
The eligibility of each grant proposal has been evaluated by staff.
Most appear to have the capacity to meet the low and moderate
income national objective. One proposal which plans to serve
minority owned businesses, will have to address how the minority
beneficiaries fit into the low income criteria and staff has
requested additional details from the applicant. A second proposal
describes a service for Moorpark youth, and although it can be
assumed that the majority of the benefits will serve low and
moderate income teens because of the target of their outreach
efforts, because the service would be available to all Moorpark
teens, it is not certain how the number of eligible persons served
will be monitored by the applicant to assure compliance with
national objectives.
City Proposals
The following section of this report will outline proposals for
direct uses by the City. Staff is recommending that the Council
consider the proposals received from other agencies and the City's
Senior Center Advisory Committee for use of the $34,296 that is
available for this purpose.
Administration
In the past six months, staff has completed its calculation of
administration costs which were first applied to fiscal year
1988/89. Because HUD must approve the application of indirect and
general overhead costs when applied to the cost per hour, only
direct expenses have been reimbursed. As a result, the
reimbursements have been based on a cost per hour ranging from $26
to $30 per hour, rather than $50 to $75 per hour. The largest
amount received for any one fiscal year is 796 hours which totaled
$22,234. The estimated total expenditures for administration
which combine expenses from fiscal 1988/89 to the current year, are
estimated to be $83,163. This leaves a balance available from
prior years of $40,807, ($17,047 of the 1992/93 administrative
funds, and all of the $23,760 appropriated from the 1993/94
administrative funds)
Thus far, expenses related to administration have been derived from
the direct expenses of the Administrative Services Manager.
Direct expenses have also been incurred by the Community
Development department, and staff will be pursuing reimbursement
for this cost. Thus far, 136 hours have been spent since 1992 on
CDBG work related to the Comprehensive Housing Affordability
Strategy, (or CHAS). This will add approximately $3,750 to the
total of $83,163, bringing the total expenses to $86,913, leaving
an adjusted balance of $37,057.
Staff anticipates that $21,000 will be spent on administration
(including the Community Development staff) in fiscal year 1994/95,
leaving roughly $16,057 of unused funds available from the 1993/94
grant appropriation. Because these funds are part of the 1993/94
allocation for administration, the City cannot reprogram their use
at this time because a hearing for this grant year was not
advertised. As described above, it is staff's recommendation not
to set 1994/95 CDBG funds aside for administration, other than fair
housing, and consider a future public hearing to reappropriate the
surplus funds identified as part of the administration allocation
from grant year 1993/94.
Streets and Affordable Housing
The First Street improvement project is the primary objective for
the use of funds being recommended by staff at this time. The
project design has been initiated and it is hopeful that project
construction can begin quickly. if the results of the survey of
First Street deem the project area to be ineligible for CDBG, then
staff recommends that projects located in Census Block 5, which
includes the residential areas north of Hiqh Street, be considered.
Since the Council meeting of January 5, 1994, staff has been
seeking HUD approval of a survey area for First Street. First
Street is unique compared to other City CDBG street improvement
projects because it is part of a larger neighborhood that is not
within a census block which has a majority of low and moderate
income households, (Avenida Colonia and Nogales Avenue improvements
were provided to the isolated community of Virginia Colony, and
Charles Street is located within an eligible census block).
In response to HUD concerns (provided in Attachment "C ", received
six weeks after staff submitted a request for approval), staff
submitted a second letter, and then met with representatives from
the County's CDBG staff on Friday, March 5, 1994, to review the
service area of First Street. On Monday, March 7, staff prepared
a third response to HUD's concern which summarized the meeting with
County staff, provided photos of the area and also provided copies
of a traffic study completed as part of a needs assessment
conducted for the traffic signal located at First Street and
Moorpark Avenue. Staff is hopeful that HUD will conclude from the
additional data that the service area of First Street, is limited
to the residents living on this street.
Staff has researched the proposed use of CDBG for affordable
housing projects, to develop proposals for the existing set aside
of $85,000 and for consideration for the use of this year's
anticipated grant. Attachment "D" is the County's initial
consideration of the environmental studies needed before CDBG can
be used on the recent properties acquired by the Moorpark
Redevelopment Agency, (commonly referred to as Gisler Field).
CDBG cannot be used to fund project design until an environmental
assessment is approved by HUD, and this study cannot be completed
until the design is completed. Once the design is accepted by the
Agency, a final CDBG environmental review can be completed. Staff
is optimistic that past environmental studies for this property can
be used in developing a federal environmental review, saving time
and money for this approval. Nonetheless, waiting for a design and
an environmental clearance will require between six to eight
months, before CDBG can be used at this location. This delay may
place the City in jeopardy of not meet.inq the HUD requirement for
timely grant expenditures. Staff has addressed these
considerations in a related report on the March 16 agenda for the
consideration of the use of the existing CDBG appropriation. Staff
is asking that the existing $85,000 be considered in conjunction
with any use of the anticipated grant for 1994/95, looking at First
Street improvements, then Census Block qroup 5 if needed,
(residential area north of High Street
Summary
The request for proposals has resulted in an overwhelming response
to the community's need for public service programs, but have not
provided a very wide selection to choose from when determining uses
for the bulk of the project funds. Although the First Street
neighborhood has yet to officially qualify for the use of CDBG,
staff is recommending Council consideration of the use of funds for
street improvements at this location or alternatives available
north of High Street.
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Recommendation
That the City Council:
1) Receive public testimony for consideration in
appropriating the 1994/95 Community Development Block
Grant funds estimated to be $223,643 and close the public
hearing;
2) Defer final appropriations to the April 6, 1994, City
Council meeting;
3) Direct the Budget and Finance Committee to review
proposals prior to the April 6, 1994, Council meeting and
make a recommendation t the Council for final
appropriation, and;
4) Plan to advertise grant program year 1993/94 for the
reprogramming of approximately $16,000 of the current
appropriation for administrative costs.
Attachments: A) 1994/95 Proposal Summary
B) Summary of past CI)BG Appropriations
C) HUD Response to First. Street Survey
D) County Feedback Regarding Federal
Environmental Clearances for the Proposed
Redevelopment .Agency Housing Project
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ATTACHMENT A
NEW BLOCK GRANT PROPOSALS 04— Mar -94
ESTIMATED
APPLICANT * USE ACTIVITY BENEFICIARIES AMOUNT
COMMISSION ON HUMAN CONCERNS PS JOB TRAINING 4 $23,438.95
SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE PS CHAIRS FOR SENIOR CENTER 100 $3,600.00
PALMER DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM PS DRUG DEPENDENCY (TEEN) 24 -30 $1,800.00
INTERFACE PS SCHOOL MEDIATION SERVICE 30-40 $2,000.00
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES PS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COORD. 40- 160 $10,000.00
EL CONCILIO DEL CONDADO DE VENTURA PS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 195 $16,500.00
FOOD SHARE /READY PREPARED MEALS PS SERVE PREPARED MEALS 6305 $5,000.00 p
INTERGRATED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PS /ADMIN. INFO. REFERAL (MINORITY) 40 $5,670.00 m
ASSOCIATION OF RETARDED CITIZENS CONSTR. REHAB. (CAMARILLO FACILITY) 30 $2,200.00
n
SUB TOTAL $70,208.95
EXISTING PROGRAM PROPOSALS
ESTIMATED
APPLICANT
* USE
ACTIVITY
BENEFICIARIES
AMOUNT
LONG TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN
PS
CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE
341
$3,000.00
COUNTY PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY
PS
SENIOR NUTRITION
160
$12,000.00
COUNTY LIBRARY SERVICES AGENCY
PS
LITERACY PROGRAM
30
$5,000.00
COUNTY PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY
PS
HOMELESS OMBUDSMAN
30
$2,000.00
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
PS
ASSIST LOW INCOME PERSONS
5025
$8,000.00
CHANNEL COUNTIES LEGAL SERVICES
PS
LEGAL ASSISTANCE (LOW INCOME)
210
$10,027.00
SUB TOTAL
$40,027.00
* USE - PS (PUBLIC SERVICE)
TOTAL
$110,235.95
CDBG
SUMMARY OF FUNDING
AVAILABILITY
PROGRAM
TYPE
NUMBER OF
PROPOSALS
FUNDS
REGUESTED
FUNDS
AVAILABLE
DIFFERENCE
ADMINISTRATION
1
$1,600.00
$28,020.00
$26,420.00
PUBLIC SERVICES
15
$68,009.00
$34,296.00
($33,713.00)
PROJECTS
1
$2,000.00
$166,327.00
$164,327.00
CDBG Hearing
Attachment A
CDBG PROPOSAL SUMMARY
NEW PROPOSALS
Public Services:
1. Commission On Human Concerns
Assistance for low income persons in helping them create a business. One
percent of funds are for a coordinator and training, and the balance is to be used
for loans to help persons initiate their own business concepts.
2. Senior Center Advisory Committee
The Committee is requesting padded chairs for the facility. Current chairs
prohibit seniors from being able to stay at the Center for extended periods of
time.
3. Palmer Drug and Alcohol Program (PDAP)
Continuation of services provided as one part of the "Project Pride" activities.
These funds will be used for the "Intervention Group for Youth on Probation"
program. County Youth Probation refers youth drug offenders to Project Pride,
and PDAP coordinates group counseling to address drug and alcohol dependency.
4. Interface
The "School Family Mediation" program being proposed provides money for a
mediator who facilitates the resolution of conflicts between students, schools and
parents. This is a new project which will offer a two (2) tier approach of
parent/school groups and teen peer groups. This is a proposed County wide
program, and the number of beneficiaries are an estimate at this time.
5. Lutheran Social Services
Support to a case manager who provides seminars and class instruction to persons
in need of guidance for job preparation and job search activities, and personal
money management. These services would be provided to persons referred to
them from General Social Service case workers. Program can be administered
from Moorpark.
6. El Concilio del Condado de Ventura
In conjunction with the current "Project Pride" program, the applicant's proposed
use of funds is to develop a youth employment service. Funding would pay for
staff to work directly with youth, providing job search instructions, and also to
work with the business community to assist with job placement. The program
would be available to all Moorpark teens, and thus will require careful record
keeping to verify the eligibility of program recipients.
7. Food Share /Ready Prepared Meals
Assist with a County -wide program initiated in 1993 to serve needy persons meals
prepared by commercial food establishments. Meals are picked up and served on
the same day to persons in senior facilities and other publicly funded assistance
centers.
Not Public Services:
1. Integrated Development Services - Administration and Public Services
Development of an information referral program for minority business owners
and minorities wishing to open new businesses. As a public service, the
organization will provide guidance to minority persons on how to establish a
business practice. This would be a new program if funded.
2. Association for Retarded Citizens of Ventura County - Construction
The facility in Camarillo that provides housing for persons with developmental
disabilities would use CDBG funds to rehabilitate the rest room. The current
facility does not provide access to persons with mobility limitations, and is also
considered to be a health hazard. Additional assistance is also needed to help
renovate antiquated water and heating systems. Last year, the County and
Camarillo funded this program, and therefore if funded again, may be eligible for
a JPA.
EXISTING PROPOSALS
Public Services:
1. Catholic Charities
CDBG funds have supported a case worker in the Moorpark office for the past
3 years. The program served 4,131 persons in the first six months of Fiscal Year
1993/1994.
AS /I)R94005 /RPT /03 /03/94 4
2. Senior Nutrition
For the past four years, free hot meals have been served to seniors daily at lunch.
The meals program continues to grow with the increased popularity of the Senior
Center. During the first six months of Fiscal Year 1993/1994, 138 different
seniors received hot meals.
3. Moorpark Literacy
During the past three years, the program has been stable. Twenty three (23)
students are currently enrolled in the program. Last year, the agency moved to
the Senior Center, which has benefitted all participants and volunteer tutors.
4. Channel Counties Legal Services
This program has been active in Mooraprk for three years. Last year it only
received half the funding it requested, and had to reduce the number of hours that
were provided to Moorpark residents. Twenty three (23) low and very low
income households, or approximately 100 persons, have benefitted from the free
legal services provided during the first six months of this Fiscal Year.
5. Long Term Care Ombudsman
This has become a jointly funded project by the County and other agencies, and
has grown, serving 341 seniors from Moorpark in the past year.
6. Homeless Ombudsman
Thirty persons from Moorpark received assistance from the Homeless
Ombudsman program last year. The need for this service has grown as economic
difficulties continue to impact county residents.
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ATTACHMENT B
overview of Past Appropriations
All funds are obligated by
contract or have
been spent unless
otherwise noted.
CATEGORICAL
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Program
1986/87
1987/88
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
1993/94
TOTAL
OF FUNDS OF FUNDS
Administration
0
0
19070
19810
19010
21620
20700
23760
123970
9.32% 9.61%
Fair Housing
1890
1980
3870
0.291
Public Improvements
67.82%
Virginia Colony Streets 133660
52321
0
0
0
0
0
0
185981
13.981
Charles Street
0
1795
105266
44734
57358
81773
109094
152792
552812
4i.55%
Handicap Rasps
0
0
0
92266
39222
0
0
0
131488
9.88%
Food Share
0
0
0
0
5000
2D00
0
0
7000
0.53%
Club Acq. (program deleted)
0
0.00%
Casa Pacifica
0
0
0
0
25000
0
0
0
25000
'_.88%
Affordable Housing
12,40%
CEDC (Acq.)
0
75000
0
0
0
0
0
0
75000
5.64°%
Aquisition
0
0
0
0
0
60000
25000
0
85000
6.39 1t*
Networking
0
5000
0
0
0
0
5000
0.381
Public Services
10.17%
Sr. Nutrition
0
0
0
10000
10000
10500
10000
10000
50500
3.80%
Sr. Lifeline
0
0
0
5480
0
0
0
0
5480
0.41%
Vocational Trng.
0
0
0
5437.43
0
0
0
0
5437.43
0.411
Adult Literacy
0
0
0
0
8000
5000
5000
5000
23000
1.73%
Horeless Omb.
0
0
0
0
500
500
500
2000
3500
0.26%
Legal Services
0
0
0
562.57
7000
1200
3650
4506
16918.57
1.27%
Senior Equip.
0
0
0
0
0
1987
0
0
1987
1.151
Long Tern Care Onb.
0
0
0
0
0
2500
1000
2000
5500
0.411
Cath. Charities
------------------------------
0
--------_
0
0
0
0
7500
7500
8000
23000
1.731
Totals
133660
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134116
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124336
178290
171090
—
194580
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184334
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2:0038
1330444
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100.001 100.00%
*t These funds are not obligated
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Attachment c RECEIVED
county FEB z s CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
Richard Wittenberg
Chief Administrative Officer
T1' OF M OORPARK
Hobert C. Hirtensteiner
Assistr,nt Ch of Administrative Officer
February 22, 1994
Don Reynolds, Administrative Services Manager
City of Moorpark, L #6050
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR HUD APPROVAL
OF AN ELIGIBILITY QUESTIONNAIRE
We recently received the attached HUD response regarding your
request for approval of the eligibility questionnaire for the First
Street reconstruction project.
HUD states in its letter,
instruments to determine E
meeting national objectives,
this case could possibly
confirmation of the service
improved.
"While surveys are permissible as
. ligibility of activities regarding
the validity of the service area in
be invalid." HUD is requesting
area of the streets which are being
We understand the City is eager to initiate this street improvement
project so please let us know as soon as possible how you would
like to proceed and if there is anything we can do to assist you.
SUSAN VAN ABEL
Principal Administrative Analyst
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R E C E I V E D
F E k 2 2 1994
Mr. Richard Wittenberg
Chief Administrative Officer
County of Ventura
ATTENTION: Susan Van Abel
800 South Victoria
Ventura, CA 93009
Dear Mr. b; i tterlbera :
SUBJECT: Community Development Block
County of Ventura
Request for Approval of an
Grant No: B- 93 -UC -06 -0507
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
. os Angeles Ottice, Region IX
1615 West Olympic Boulevard
os Angeles. California 900153801
FEB 1cW4
Grant (CDBG) Program
Eligibility Questionnaire
This is in response to Susan Van Abel's letter of January 12, 1994
regarding the subject captioned above. The City of Moorpark wants to utilize
a previously approved eligibility questionnaire for a street reconstruction
project. [loorpark plans to rebuild all of First Street, the intersection of
First Street and Bard Street, and all of Bard Street up to the Third Street
intersection.
While surveys are permissible as instruments to determine eligibility of
activities regarding meeting national objectives, the validity of the service
area in this case could possibly be invalid. The reason for the concern
regarding the validity of the proposed service area is that it appears that
the actual service area for this activity might be much larger than the City's
staff has identified.
In order to ensure the validity of the service area, please have the
City's or County's Public Works Department confirm the service area of the
streets which are being improved. From the neaps provided and the description
of the project, it appears that more residents would benefit than projected.
However, the Public Works Department would be in a better position to provide
the information relative to the use of those streets and the traffic patterns.
After our review of the City's Public Works Department's determination, we
should be able to render an opinion regarding the validity of your survey. If
the Public Works Department determines that the service area is larger than
what had been originally outlined, then the City could probably utilize the
1990 Census data provided by the Department to determine whether or not a
national objective would be met.
Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please call your
Community Development Representative, Harold Butler, or nee at (213) 251 -7239.
Very sincerely yours,
/�
May S� Teetrley G
Program Man,i(Iet , 9. 4CMA
ATTACHMENT li
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AGENCY
county of ventura
February 8, 1994
REClENVr=D
FEB 10 1994
CITY OF MOORPARK
Planning Division
Keith A. Turner
Director
City of Moorpark
Attn: Don Reynolds
799 Moorpark Ave.
Moorpark, CA 93421
Subject: CDBG Preliminary Environmental Review of a 54 unit Apar'tineit
Ooaplex project (aka "Greenleaf Apartments ") in the City of
Moorpark
At your rat, we have reviewed the 1990 Mission Bell Plaza
awirorimental Fact Report (MBPEIR) and determined that your project
would require, at the mi n_imm, an E nviroYxm ntal Assessment (FA) - However,
this would likely lead to an F7nrirormental Inpac't Statement (EIS) based on
the noted E IR and the Federal requirement that we must look at all
contersplated actions (see paragraph 3). Specifically, we are concerned
with the following issues:
UNAVOIDABLE ADVERM FACTS: The 1990 MBPEIR shows that the entire
project would create unavoidable adverse traffic, air quality and noise
impacts. However, we do not know what significant impacts would result
from a portion of the entire group of activities. Furthermore, recently
approved projects were not likely taken into consideration when this EIR
was completed and may significantly increase the level of the
aforementioned impacts.
FraTur- ' • ACdGR1;X,ATION As a single ecmponent, your' scaled down"► version of a
54 unit apartment . Complex ( original request in the E IR of 236 units)
covering approximately four (4) acres ( the remaining ni ng 7.8 acres shcum as a
park) does not appear to significantly impact traffic, air and noise.
However, 24 CFR Part 58 Section 32 (Project Aggregation) requires us to
analyze the entire group of project activities (commercial, residential,
park, etc) even the possibility of additional residential units on site.
IAQC of FINAL PIAN oR PRQTF u DESCRIPncti: since you have informed us
that no final plan or design has been initiated, we must refer for
reference to the City's General Plan which allows for very high
residential development (15 units per acre) - At this time, the City's
General Plan has not designated any portion of the project site for a
park. U*xefore, the site could have a maxim= of 180 units (12 acres X
15 units, not including density bonus units) which may or may not create
the same unavoidable adverse impacts as stated above.
800 South Victoria Avenue, L #1 140, Ventura, CA 93009 (805) 654 -2481 FAX (805) 654 -2509
ATTACHMENT I)-'
We can determine whether an EIS is necessary only after a specific final
project description (including all dated actions) is received and
an envircrmental assessment is ccaTipleted. If you have any further
questions, you may call Nicole Doner at (805) 654 -3860.
cc: Susan Van Abel, CAD
MAR -16 -1994 16:43 FROM A.P.C. -VC INC.
arc
March 16, 1994
Don Reynolds
City of Moorpark
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, CA 93021
Dear Mr. Reynolds,
5298270 P.02
Association for Retarded Citizens
Ventura County, Inc.
P.O. Box 510
1732 Lewis Road
Camarillo, CA 93011
(805) 482 -9831
Due to an important personal matter that I must attend to, I will be unable to attend the CDBG hearing this
evening, March 16, 1994.
I would like to take this opportunity to encourage the council members and the members of the Community
Development Department to support our request for Community Development Block Grant funding of all or part
of our projects. My request on behalf of Arc- Ventura County was for $2,200, which is 190 of the $220,000
needed to:
1. Renovate and build new restrooms for our Work Activity Center program;
2. Renovate water and heating pipes in our main building; and
3. Upgrade our irrigation systems at our 1732 Lewis Road facility.
The amount of our request is based on the number of persons with developmental disabilities (9) who live in your
city, which is approximately I% of the 682 consumers we serve throughout Ventura County.
Other cities and the County of Ventura are also being asked to provide their fair share fox these projects. If only
partial funding is granted, the following is a prioritized list of our projects:
Priority One: Renovate and build new restrooms in our Work Activity Center program.
Priority Two: Upgrade our irrigation systems.
Priority Three: Upgrade water and heating systems in our main building.
I am aware that the success or failure of these projects is pending upon the approval of these grant requests to
your city as well as others in the county. I am also aware of other community needs you must be faced with in
today's strained economic times. But, I do hope that we are fortunate enough to be considered as equally
important and warrant the attention we feel we deserve from those who govern your city.
Sincerely,
Don Gawwood
Executive Associate
Simi Center 527 -1358 • Training for Independent Living 643 -2288 • Ventura Center 652.0541
ARC industries 644 -0880 • Magic Muffin Bakery & Deli 483 -0226
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INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
March 16, 1881
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I want to thank you for giving Integrated Development
Services the opportunity to participate in the process in the
hopes of securing Community Development Block Grant Funding.
Our proposed project, The Minority Business Information
Center, will meet an unmet need in the City of Moorpark by
providing existing minority businesses and aspiring
entrepreneurs expertise and technical assistance in every
aspect of creating a business to operating and expanding
business.
Our proposed project is asking for $5,670 to serve aL least
40 lour and moderate income persona.
Thank you for your anticipated financial support.
VorboSinc r y,
60*
rt Wi11s
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