HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1987 0902 CC REG ITEM 09A I u lj li
MOORPARK ITEM •
CLINT HARPER,Ph.D. STEVEN KUENY
Mayor City Manager
ELOISE BROWN POPP" °qc,� CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tern Fo° 9Z City Attorney
THOMAS C. FERGUSON ° PATRICK RICHARDS,A.I.C.P.
Councilmember O Director of
JOHN GALLOWAY z° Community Development
Councilmember °sq o R. DENNIS DELZEIT
JOHN PATRICK LANE °ggTFa J City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V.GILLESPIE
MAUREEN W.WALL Chief of Police
City Clerk THOMAS P. GENOVESE
City Treasurer
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Patrick J. Richards, Director of Community Development �6(w )
DATE: August 28, 1987
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ON 1987 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (ENTITLEMENT
PROGRAM) - AMENDMENT TO PREVIOUS APPROVAL OF USE OF FUNDS
BACKGROUND
At it' s meeting of May 20, 1987, the Council held a public hearing on
the proposed use of funds for the fiscal years 1.986 and 1987
pertaining to the CDBG Entitlement program, (see attached staff
report) at the conclusion of the hearing, the Council voted to
appropriate the funds as follows:
1986-87
$113, 160 (entire year' s allotment) Public Improvements
1987--88
$ 3,546 Public Improvements
75,000 Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation
30,000 City of Moorpark Senior Citizens Center
5,000 Networking for Housing in Ventura County.
$113,546 Total
DISCUSSION
Since the hearing, interest has been shown in seeking additional
funding for the senior citizen center. In addition to the funding
available through the entitlement program shown above, more funds from
the program can be utilized that are designated for administrative
purposes. The City' s allocation in the program for administration is
$20,500. for 1986 and $20,570. for 1987. Although the administrative
funding is intended to cover costs such as salaries and supplies
related to the approved projects, these funds can be used for the
projects directly.
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August 28, 1987
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The amendment under consideration is appropriate since it is only
changing the funding amount to a previously approved project.
RECOMMENDATION
Pending public testimony, approve the use of the administrative funds
of $20,500. for 1986 and $20,570 for 1987 to be used as additional
funding to the $30,000 previously approved for the senior citizen
center as part of the 1987 fiscal year in the CDBG Entitlement program.
attachment: Staff report dated May 15, 1987
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CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. STEVEN KUENY
Mayor City Manager
ELOISE BROWN PoPaK `q� CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tern F° 9z City Attorney
THOMAS C. FERGUSON ° PATRICK RICHARDS,A.I.C.P.
Councilmember O Director of
JOHN GALLOWAY Community Development
Councilmember °v4 o R. DENNIS DELZEIT
BERNARDO PEREZ O9q,�O �" City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V.GILLESPIE
MAUREEN W.WALL Chief of Police
City Clerk THOMAS P.GENOVESE
City Treasurer
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TO: The Honorable City Council
FDOM;: Patrick J. Richards. D i rector or Community Development
DAME: May 1� , 1987 (City Council meeting of 5/20/87)
Si.li;JFCT: PUBLIC HEARIN(I ON 1987 COMMUNiITY Dr VE!..OPMENT
BL"ICK GRANT F�dTITLEMENT PROGRAM
BACKGROUND
The Ci'!:y of Mloorpsark is eligible for two different Cornlunl— iy
Deve1opment Blocs Grant (CDt3O) progran?s. One of ;;here
programs, the yilia i t C i t i e s program i s adm i n i ste.re_d ti-rough the
State w i to funds provided by the U.S. Department O Housing
and Urban )evelopSnent (HUD). The Small Cities program has
been in e;fiPCt in Meomark since 1985. The amount of this
Grant is $600JT3i). 1111is is a sin71A award and i , being used
excl t.i`i ve y in an anreeirsero C)°.Li f E it the City and Cabl' ! 1 L)
Economic E;nyelopmenl Corpnratiori to develop the 62 unit V ila
C Ar;ipesi t;a project for 1 ow i r!cor?e haus-i nn.
The other gran`., ti�Ie Elit.itlement program (also known as the
Urban Ccunty pr..)cl('am) '! s also funded through HUD, but is
ad?ni n i stered thro'-igh tho County. The [riti tl ement grant is a
r-.ea'tipie .year program initially established for a three year
period over the years 1986; 1987; and 1.988. The funding is
±i1ratted separately each year, and the precise amount is not
known at tl'ie beginning of the three year period as to what the
ai-nount will be for each of the three years. The amount may
vary each year. The County of Ventura and the six smaller
c"Jes it tllr , Cour`i..y are eliilible to participate in the
Enti t.?emen-IL is?rc craw
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Although the Entitlement program began last year the City has
been permitted by the County to defer the processing of 1986
funds to this year and the two years 1986 and 1987 be combined
for processing purposes. Next year the 1988 allotment will be
processed independently from the first two years. The City' s
allocation for 1986 is $113,160 plus $20,500 for
administration. The 1987 allocation is $113,546 plus an
administrative provision of $20,510. (The 1988 allocation has
yet to be determined).
Funds received by the City could be used for any eligible
community development activity. The funds must address one of
the three national objectives of the program, i .e. benefit low
and moderate income people, eliminate or prevent slums and
blight or, when no other financial resources are available,
meet other community needs which are particularly urgent
because existing conditions pose a serious or immediate threat
to the health and welfare of the community. General
categories of eligible projects are economic development,
housing development or rehabilitation and public facilities.
Pursuant to federal requirements a minimum of 51% of funds
allocated must be used to benefit low income persons. This is
determined by eligible census tracts.
DISCUSSION
The City has received two proposals for use of the funds. One
proposal is from Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation and
requests $50,000 for each of the three years to complete the
previously mentioned 62 unit Villa Campesina project. The
second proposal is from Networking for Housing in Ventura
County. This proposal is to establish a revolving loan fund
that would provide for affordable housing projects. The
proposed use of the funds are aimed at being able to provide
affordable housing developers with scarce pre-development
funds.
In terms of the City' s own needs, a variety of projects could
be considered that are among the eligible activities. Since
the City has already devoted a substantial portion of other
CDBG funds (from the state administered small cities program)
to affordable housing, staff recommends use of the allotted
funds for physical public improvements. Specifically a
program of installing new curb, gutter, and sidewalk in
qualified census tract areas is suggested. this would meet
the goals of the program and show physical improvements to an
area in need of them.
The above use of the funds is also suggested for another
reason. These types of project are considered "categorically
excluded" under Federal requirements and require no
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environmentsl review pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). It would be easier to administer this type
of program and receive quicker approval of the allocation.
RECOMMENDATION
Pending public testimony, accept the staff recommendation to
utilize funds for a physical improvement program and authorize
the staff to proceed with processing of the grant with the
County of Ventura pursuant to federal requirements.
Attachments: 1. Proposal dated March 11, 1987 from Cabrillo
Economic Development Corporation.
2. Proposal dated March 13, 1987 from Networking for Housing
in Ventura County.
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