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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1988 0406 CC REG ITEM 09C ,Fog .3n(►� t ITEM 9• C • MOORPARK JOHN PATRICK LANE STEVEN KUENY Mayor o,aK °"� City Manager ELOISE BROWN o°P °9 CHERYL J. KANE Mayor Pro Tern F ; City Attorney JOHN GALLOWAY PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Councilmember O Director of CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. o o Community Development Councilmember R. DENNIS DELZEIT BERNARDO M. PEREZ q9 TED �� ^ 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 DATE: April 1, 1988 (CC meeting of 4/6/88) SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ON 1988-89 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM - ($105,266.) Background The City of Moorpark is eligible for two different Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs. One of these programs, the Small Cities program is administered through the State with funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) . The Small Cities program has been in effect in Moorpark since 1985. The amount of this grant is $600,000. This is a single award and is being used exclusively in an agreement between the City and Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation to develop the 62 unit Villa Campesina project for low income housing. The other grant, the Entitlement program (also known as the Urban County program) is also funded through HUD, but is administered through the County. The Entitlement grant is a multiple year program initially established for a three year period over the years 1986; 1987; and 1988. The funding is allotted separately each year. The County of Ventura and the six smaller cities in the County are eligible to participate in the Entitlement program. PJR:MAR:crl 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 April 1 , 1988 Page 2 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 60% (formerly 510) of funds allocated must be used to benefit low income persons. This is determined by eligible census tracts. The funding has been previously allocated to the City of Moorpark as follows: Project Amt./ Year Admin. Amt. Use Approved by City_ Council 1986-87 $113,160./ Curb, gutters, & Sidewalks in the Virgina Colony area. $ 20,500. Senior Citizens Center 1987-88 $113,546./ $3,546. Virgina Colony improvement (see above) $75,000. Cabrillo EconomicDevelopment Corp. to fund predevelopmencosts for housing for low and moderateincome households. $ 5,000. Networking for Housing in Ventura County to establish a revolving loan fund for affordable housing projects. $30,000. Senior Citizen Center $ 20,570. Senior Citizen Center 1988-89 $105,266./ (To be determined) $ 19,070. (To be determined) The 1988-89 year in the program is the final year of a three year program. It is not known presently if the program will be extended beyond the three years. PJR:MAR:crl CDBG/G/PCAGENDA April 1 , 1988 Page 3 Discussion The City has received proposals from four (4) outside organizations requesting funds from the City through the CDBG Entitlement Program. Two of the organizations were appropriated funds in the second year of the program and have returned again this year to request funds (Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation and Networking for Housing in Ventura County) . A summary of the proposals is listed below. 1 . Cabrillo Economic Development Corp. CEDC is requesting a continuation of funding for predevelopment costs associated with a low and moderate income housing project. The project would consist of 50 units for a yet to be determined site within the City limits. Cabrillo was awarded $75,000 last year (second program year) . For the third program year, CEDC is requesting $50,000. This is an eligible activity as a special subrecipient. 2. Networking for Housing in Ventura County_ This proposal is a request for $50,000 to be utilized as a continuation of last year's request to establish a revolving loan fund for low and moderate income housing. The ultimate site in which these funds would be used could be anywhere in the County. In the second year of the entitlement program, the Council authorized $5,000. to Networking for the purpose requested. This is an appropriate CDBG eligible activity as a special subrecipient. 3. Zoe Christian Center - N.E. E. D Program This organization operates a shelter for the homeless which is presently located in Oxnard. The shelter apparently has a need to be relocated from its existing location to another location in Oxnard. A request of $30,000. is being made to assist in this relocation. It is expected that this will be a three year project. This is an eligible CDBG activity as a site acquisition project to benefit low and moderate income persons. Staff Comment The ZOE proposal was sent to the City with no prior or subsequent contact with staff. No prior information was known about this organization. In staff's contact with the County, it was learned that ZOE has made similar proposals to at least one other City in the County and the County itself. There are certain concerns that the County has in the ability of this organization to complete its project. PJR:MAR:crl CDBG/G/PCAGENDA April 1 , 1988 Page 4 These may be too great a reliance on the part of ZOE on certain types of funding that may not be realistic. This in turn would jeopardize use of any CDBG funding that the City may award to the organization. It would also complicate the staff's administration of a contract with this organization. 4. Catholic Charities of Ventura County This proposal is for a contribution to an outreach social service program. This would provide programs and services to provide assistance to zero and low income persons. Some specific needs satisfied through this organization are in assisting with food, clothing, shelter, employment, medical, basic necessity goods, advocacy and referral. The casework and follow up by the organization and coordination with other public agencies (essentially the administrative aspects) is part of the funding request. This is an eligible CDBG activity as a public service. However, please note that a maximum of 150 of CDBG funding may be devoted to a public service. The $20,000. amount requested exceeds this limit. Of the total project and administrative funding ($105,266 + $19,070) of $124,336. , the 150 limit would be $18,650. Staff Comment Although the proposal requests funding for a worthwhile purpose, there are some inherent weaknesses involved. The proposal is for a public service activity. Under federal requirements the City staff administration of a contract with this organization could become very time consuming. CDBG funded projects must document that the geographic area served (such as for a housing project) is eligible as a low and moderate income area. This is fairly easy to demonstrate. However, public service projects generally benefit individual persons or families rather than a geographic area and each person or family must be adequately documented as eligible. The City staff in administering a contract with this organization may very well get heavily involved in the "social casework" aspect of this documentation. The need for assisting this type of organization would be better accommodated at the regional level. Several cities in the County have been contacted by this organization. Rather than each city participating, the County's concern is that it would be easier for the County to administer this program. There is an indication, that later this year, the County may be better equipped to accommodate this. PJR:MAR:crl CDBG/G/PCAGENDA April 1 , 1988 Page 5 (Please note: following the Council's action on this matter, each recipient of funds will be required to submit a twelve page project proposal that is forwarded to the County for review. Of the four organizations requesting funding this is the only one that has not already submitted the County required proposal form. This could delay, the staff processing of the grant application package to the County. 5. City Request for Public Improvements The City staff is requesting consideration of continued funding for public improvements consisting of curbs, gutters, and sidewalks in an area of need. In the first and second years of the program, a total of $116,706 was authorized by the Council to install curbs, gutters, and sidewalks in the Virginia Colony area (Nogales Avenue and Avenida Colonia) . The above amount may very well not complete all the work necessary for those two streets. Additional funding from the third year may be necessary to complete this project. In addition the downtown area is in great need of these types of improvements. The draft downtown plan even recommends CDBG funding as one of the potential funding sources. This is an eligible CDBG activity as a public facility. A total of four proposals have been received requesting a total of $150,000. Obviously this total cannot be accommodated. Since the total amount of the grant for the third year is only $105,266. (plus $19,070.) It is much easier to process and administer a contract for a single project than several. With a relatively small amount of money that $105,266. is the fewer the projects involved would give greater benefit to those who are authorized by the Council. Recommended Action Pending public testimony, utilize all 1988-89 funds for a physical public improvement program and authorize the staff to proceed with processing of the grant with the County of Ventura pursuant to federal requirements. rMALIFORNIA Attachment: 1 . Proposal dated March 21 , 1988 from Cabrillo MQ �AItl , Economic Development Corporation. City C-01jne11 Meeting 198-L 2. Proposal dated March 22, 1988 from Networking of� __-- $�50� for Housing in Ventura County. �i l O �► il 1 � .CT I ,�Co 3. Proposal dated March 14, 1988 from ZOE j Christian Center. .. i 4. Proposal received February 29, 1988 from OY ""'�` Catholic Charities of Los Angeles. PJR:MAR:crl CDBG/G/PCAGENDA CEDCCabrillo Economic Development Corporation 11011 Azahar Street, Saticoy, California 93004 (805) 659-3791 March 21, 1988 2 2 13 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael A. Rubin {N 0 _._- BERNARDO PEREZ Senior Planner �1/1 (j` {rr�.Vl,.A �t President City of Moorpark City of Los Angeles Da t of Water ter& 799 Moorpark Avenue R P Power DELFINO LOPEZ-ROJAS Moorpark, CA 93021 Vice President Procter&Gamble Dear Mr. Rubin: RAUL LOZA Second Vice President Rancho Sespe Workers Enclosed is the CEDC' s proposal to the City of Moorpark Improvement nt Association VICTOR FONTAINE for CDBG funding to support the development in Moorpark Treasurer of 50 units of housing affordable to families below 80% Fontaine.Qwntanilla and Associates of area median income. This proposal the City' s Housing MARIA LUISA LOPEZ Element, which calls for the construction of 200 units Admmstrative Aide of affordable housing for lower income families by 1989 . to Assemblyman Jack O'Connell CO This grant will continue the City' s commitment last year Villa Campesina to this project, and will build on the success of the 62 Corporation JUAN GOMEZ iLome Villa Cammpesina mutual Sel f heir, Ll- _J_�t currently Cabrillo Cooperative under construction. It will help make it possible or Housing Corporation the CEDC to continue to produce affordable housing as the NANCY GRASMEHR Cohen,Alexander only nonprofit developer of such housing in Ventura County. &Clayton The CEDC' s proven record includes 288 units completed (Cabrillo KAREN GREENSLATE Village and Santa Paula) and 189 units In or close to construction Ventura County Religious Coalition for the Homeless (Moorpark, Rancho Sespe, and Ventura Avenue) . Most of ANGEL MONTELONGO these units have required and received CDBG assistance. La Campana An additional 319 units are in predeve1opment, includ�ny JOHN PATTON Energy Division the 50 units in Moorpark. Santa Barbara County CARMEN RAMIREZ ,,tt !!�� }o or m t11P support that We have received Channel Counties LVGn appreciate �`"� much Legal Sarvices from the City of Moorpark and look forward to continuing Association ADVISORY BOARD Sincerely, CHARLES COHEN Cohen,Alexander I &Clayton RON HERTEL,SR %Zn Hertel Constructors ERNIE MORALES Karen Flock Former Mayor of the Project Manager City of Flllmore AL ZAPANTA kf .Atlan!!c Rich{elrf Company Enclosure EXECUTIVE(NRECTOR RODNEY E FERNANDEZ cc: Moorpark City Council Teresa Cortes , Presidant, Villa Campesina Corporation 01111 A United W Agency EXHIBIT A community economic development corporation serving Ventura County NETWORKING FOR HOUSING IN VENTURA COUNTY r "4"-33 1536 Eastman Ave. , Suite 6A Ventura, CA 93003 cffy OF Ir�i:viih (805) 644-4453 March 22 , 1988 Mike Rubin CITY OF MOORPARK 799 Moorpark Ave. Moorpark, CA 93021 Dear Mr. Rubin: Enclosed is the proposal of Networking for Housing in Ventura County for $50 , 000 in funding for the Affordable Housing Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) . The RLF is currently capitalized at $88 , 000 . This proposal requests an increase in capitalization of $50 , 000. Networking for Housing in Ventura County (Networking) is also re- questing funds from Ventura County and other local cities. The Revolving Loan Fund assists in the development of affordable housing for low income persons by making predevelopment resources readily available at the local level. It is available to all de- velopers of low income housing. Networking for Housing in Ventura County is a coalition of local groups dedicated to increasing the supply of affordable housing in Ventura County. iiictliit Y u V.,�Y Sincerely, � v Lynn Jacobs President LJ:dg cc: City Council Marty Shaw-Halloway Enclosure EXHIBIT� 0: 10 EXPLANATION OF NEED ATTACHMENT C The ZOE N.E.E.D. PROGRAM—HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER is conceptually designed to meet the short term and transitional needs of the homeless population of Ventura County. Homelessness is continually increasing about 257 to 30% a year according to recent state and national reports. In Ventura County, we have experienced this increase steadily over the last few years. We have experienced an increase in the number of people receiving services as well as a very large increase in the number of people requesting shelter. Individuals that are accepted into the shelter program now require a stay of ten to twelve weeks in order to get enough income to move out of the shelter. In most cases, these individuals are sharing housing with another person or family largely because permanent housing is so expensive. Those persons who do not find another party to share housing costs with may stay at the shelter for a longer period of time. The graph below (Exhibit 1 .) illustrates that people who come into our shelter programs are requiring more and more time to obtain enough income to move out and to obtain some kind of stable housing. HOUSING ASSISTANCE 1983-88 52660 47394 42128 N 36862 M 31596 B 26330 E 21064 R 15798 10532 . 5266 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 YEAR a shelter weeks a 1988 is projected based on anticipated clients to be served. EXHIBIT 03 It is our opinion that in 1988, most homeless persons will need between twelve and sixteen weeks at the shelter in order to get stable enough to move. Examining this trend, we have determined that shelters are becoming transitional and, in some cases, permanent housing for some people. Our philosophy remains that shelters should not become long term vehicles for housing people. We do not want to create a subclass society that live in emergency shelters. Our staff and volunteers are currently studying the effects from living in shelters for long periods of time. Zoe currently can provide 180 shelter beds per day; however, on any given day approximately 150 of these beds are used. The loss of beds are due to the structure of the rooms at the Rose site. The rooms are very large and could easily accommodate ten people each, but our policy is not to commingle families into one room. This is added stress which people in this condition can do without. Consequently, we lose bed space to small families who occupy a large room. Building and Safety constraints prevent us from doing anything about this. Our proposed project will provide approximately 70 families or 300 persons with emergency shelter facilities. Also, to meet the growing need for transitional housing services an additional seventy units will be designated. These units will be utilized by people who need a longer period of stay because of the inability to secure housing or due to enrollment in a vocational or educational program. Supportive services such as counseling, vocational training, various ui u iviid N!_vyi aiii�, t. iiiu �-di" e, 1uou assistance, med1ca I ass Istance, an a variety of ancillary services will be provided for clients. The key issue in this project is the involvement of many different service providers under one roof. Homeless people have a very difficult time trying to qet transportation to helping agencies. This project will eliminate "charity tag" for clients because services will be located in one area. Clients are often referred all over town for services. On many occasions, clients run around ail day frorn agency to agency only to find out that they can't be helped. This is a very frustrating experience for those that go through it. Some questions may be raised as to what Zoe will do with the Mission and Hamilton hotels and the women's shelter in Oxnard, Our answer to this question is that over the last five to ten years residential hotels have decresed drastically. This decrease in housing is one of the causes of homelessness because many low income people live in these facilities. Our goal is to use the hotels and women's facility as residential hotels. This type of living arrangement is needed by single homeless persons or homeless persons who have a fixed income. We will phase out the use of these facilites as emergency shelters to low cost housing, It will take at least five to ten years for affordable housing stock to increase enough to meet a substantial part of the need in this community. Residential hotels will be a "stop gap solution" until permanent housing becomes available to the homeless. Our final goal with this project is to work with an organization like Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation to build affordable housing with supportive service programs for the homeless. Located next to the Site is approximately 1 J acres of 'vacant lalld that l Vllid be developed for housing. Our site development plan (Attachment H) calls for us to meet with comunity service agencies that may be interested in moving into the new facility. Agencies such as the Private Industry Council, Meals On Wheels, FOOD Share, United Way, Senior Programs, Ventura County Mental Health, Commission On Human Concerns and others were interviewed as to the project goal. In general, most of the agencies indicated a desire to join in the project. Those agencies that did not want to physically locate in i i�C ac i i Cy Uiu SLdI e L[)dL Lille project was good f or the community. No agency stated that the project was not needed. A final point to mention concerning the need for the project can be illustrated in exhibit 2. In exhibit 2 the client geographic scope is shown for the total individuals served in our programs for 1987, The clients that need our services the most come from the west part of the county. All other cities or areas ( Camarillo, Fillmore, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Pt. Mugu, Pt. Hueneme, Santa Paula, Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake) account for approximately 147 of our total clients served. This rate has remained consistent throughout our years of operation. 1987 Total Clients Served 1080 972 864 n 756 U 648 m b 540 e 432 r 324 216 108 0 non county other cities ventura oxnard area 0 area ®number served Our proposed new site is strategically located near the freeway. Clients from throughout the county will not have a difficult time getting to the center. Even if transportation for some clients is a problem, we could easily establish pickup points at outlying agencies to make arrangements for transportation to the shelter. One opinion may be that we are bringing too many people from other cities I Ir... nP — jj r.n-+ln i� �n i nn�ifinn nn li inhn .,u, yIJCAI �rul ,�� �l Vl l N�opl e back. „�� the community where they came from unless individuals come from outside the county. in these cases, non-county residents usually are 1+inemployed and looking for work. In addition to the above mentioned fact, it is economically wise to support one major county facility for the homeless than to have five or six projects throughout the county. One major reason for this is that there is. not enough funding available to support more than one facility in the county. It would be detrimental to the agencies and the clients if several facilities were created but not enough funds avalible to operate them all. Turf ism and rampant competition for funds would result in this type of a pol icy. Our plan is to operate this project with private support, grants and on site business ventures. We realize that there is not enough funding available so we must look for new methods to operate this project. In summary ,either we continue to have political rivalary and turf Ism amongst social service agencies in Ventura County or we can initiate a new spirit of cooperation. This project will begin a new era for social service agencies in Ventura County. It has been proven in places like San Antonio that creating a social service "mini-mall concept" reduces political rivalry, promotes cooperation and increases funding opportunities for participating agencies (see article "Homeless Model"). Our project wil be a national model. Ventura County will be the leaders in providing a comprehensive program for addressing the homeless problem. Many other cities will want to duplicate our efforts. 0 CNTbOli C cbNR1Z1`S MOST REVEREND ROGER M.MAHONEY LENORE MARTINEZ,L.C.S.W. OF LOS ANGELES ARCHBISHOP OF LOS ANGELES REGIONAL DIRECTOR REVEREND R.DAVID COUSTIVE D,L.C.S.W. SANTA BARBARA PASTORAL REGION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROSEMARY VARESIO ASSOCIATE REGIONAL DIRECTOR MEMORANDUM TO: CITY OF MOORPARK CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DEPT. FROM: Lenore Martinez, Regional Direct0�<fit' Catholic Charities, Ventura county REQUEST: Grant Proposal for CDBG Funds Catholic Charities of Ventura County is making a formal request for CDBG Funding for the following in the City of Moorpark: Funding is being requested for the expansion of an outreach Social service Program which includes the following programs and services: 1. Evaluation of needs involving clients who are zero or low-income, experiencing difficulties with meeting their basic needs, ie. , shelter, food, employment, medical , etc. 2. Distribution of cash grants for direct assistance. 3. Distribution of food, clothing, and general in-kind goods. 4. Advocacy and referral . 5. General Casework services and follow-up. 5. Coordination of services by networking with community agencies . mm� ir + of roniincf - aqn nnn fnr calary for one Dart-time Social Worker and one full-time clerical clerk. If this request meets the eligibility requirements for your current CDBG fund, I would appreciate information regarding your formal application process. -- �tt�tidt✓ —' THANK YOU EXHIBIT CITY OF MOORPA '< 607 WEST MAIN STREET 205 NORTH"H"STREET,SUITE 106 609 EAST HALEY STREET P.O.BOX 665 SANTA BARBARA,CA 93103 SANTA MARIA,CA 93454 LOMPOC,CA 93438 (805)965-7045 1805)922-2059 (805) 736-6226 IMMIGRATION SERVICE IMMIGRATION SERVICE (805)965-1477 18051 922-8828 ACCREDITED-COUNCIL ON ACCREDITATION MEMBER AGENCY OF UNITED WAY Catholic Charities offers a family-oriented social service through professional counseling and the provision of Christian Service Program temporary emergency material aid to families and in- dividuals regardless of faith, race or income. The agency has a deep, abiding philosophy of service to humanity and particularly for that portion that finds itself with temporary or longer-term problems for which there appear to be no immediate solutions. It deals with problem areas that can affect individuals or families in any segment of the population. It also helps those who Cathofic are economically disadvantaged or who need to be guid= ed to other appropriate or specialized agencies. (Charities Each individual who is assisted to become self-sufficient helps all of us to meet the common goals of humanity. Should we all then not share in this work in a manner which best fits our own situation in life? Catholic Charities welcomes any form of support that I►ENTURA COUNTY DIVISION can be individually given in the way of material goods, financial support or volunteer effort. Touching VENTURA COUNTY OFFICES the hurting family BILINGUAL STAFF VENTURA OXNARD 231 East Main Street 402 North A Street Ventura, Calif.93001 Oxnard,Calif.93030 (805)643-4694 (805)486-2900 MOORPARK COUNSELING: 483-9466 I A� ACCREDITED 77 First Street SANTA PAULA Moorpark, Calif.93021 133 North Mill Street (805)529-0720 Santa Paula, Calif.93060 OASIS (805)527.1719 2532 Ventura Blvd. THOUSAND OAKS QF:(Z A United Way Member Agency Camarillo, Calif. 93010 215 N. Moorpark Road,Suite H / (805)987-2083 Thousand Oaks, Calif.91360 (805)495.9940 (805)496-1113 EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE COUNSELING FOOD • CLOTHING • FURNITURE FAMILY • INDIVIDUAL • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MEDICAL • HOUSINCI CRISIS INTERVENTION TEMPORARY, EMERGENCY, DIRECT FINANCIAL AID: INDIVIDUALIZED HELP in the framework of Catholic To provide for basic necessities of life during a crisis. philosophy: Family oriented—English and Spanish— Professional evaluation of the situation is made before individual, family or group. cash is granted. When appropriate, a loan rather than a MARITAL COUNSELING to achieve a more satisfying grant is arranged. relationship in marriage. Pre-marriage instruction and DIRECT MATERIAL AID: Making available items of used consultation. Post marital guidance following loss of clothing, furniture, and appliances from agency supplies spouse. to needy individuals and families at no cost. CHILD-PARENT GUIDANCE to assist in raising emo- tionally healthy children. PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES including disabling anxieties, alcoholism, drug abuse, or unwed parent- hood. 1986 SERVICES PROVIDED OASIS Older Adults Services and Intervention System. Provides outreach and assessments; care planning and People helped 11,924 monitoring to frail elderly 60+ years. Value of In-kind items donated $157.000 1986 Parish Drive support $32,000 COMMUNITY AND GROUP ACTIVITIES CREATING A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE: Handicapables • Pre-School • Immig,ation/Refugeas Information & Referral • Network Christian Service • Thrift Stores