HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1995 0301 CC REG ITEM 09CCITY OF MOORPARK
AGENDA REPORT
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Donald P. Reynolds Jr., Administrative
DATE: February 17, 1995 (CC Mtg. 3/1/95)
SUBJECT: Consider the Re- Appropriation of
Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Funds
Improvements, Estimated to be $25,300
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1994 Community
for First Street
This report is intended to be considered in conjunction with the
staff report to Council on this agenda which describes possible
projects to be considered for the appropriation of the annual CDBG
Entitlement grant. The City set funds aside for First Street
improvements and recently entered into an agreement which obligates
all but $25,300 of the existing appropriation. Staff is requesting
Council consideration for re- programming these funds.
The $25,300 could be combined with the 1995/96 project funds,
(estimated to be $200,167). Other options have also been
considered, including the removal of architectural barriers in City
parks, housing projects, and /or street improvements. The funds are
not eligible for administrative or public service funding. A
specific public facilities construction project or housing project
would be eligible.
As presented in staff's general public hearing report for the use
of the 1995/96 CDBG funds, the use of CDBG for the Gisler Field
project at this stage would slow progress. Adding CDBG funds now
would require environmental clearances from HUD, suspending the
project.
These funds could be used for the housing rehabilitation program.
CDBG could also be used for houses not in the project area.
However, this will require compliance with HUD regulations which
creates an administrative burden, therefore staff prefers to use
Moorpark Redevelopment Agency and Affordable Housing funds for
housing rehabilitation.
Street improvements are another efficient use of CDBG funds in
Moorpark, when an identifiable project can be selected. As stated
in a separate report to Council, staff is targeting Wicks Road this
year as a needed and eligible reconstruction project.
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Using these funds for the removal of architectural barriers may be
the most efficient use identified, because the lump sum of $25,300,
would serve one of the many proposals received, or help in a City
park. There would be no need to combine these funds with the
1995/96 program to complete a larger project.
Staff identified the need for removing barriers to persons with
mobility limitations and building accessible equipment in Mountain
Meadows Park in a separate report to Council on this same agenda.
It is staff's recommendation that these 1994 CDBG monies be used
for this purpose. As mentioned, the funds could be tied to one
contract which removes the barriers, replaces the equipment (at an
estimated cost of $22,000), and then constructs sidewalks to
provide access to the tot -lot. Parking restrictions on Mountain
Trail have precluded visitors arriving in vehicles from accessing
the tot -lot from this street, and a new sidewalk, leading from
Mountain Meadows Drive on- street parking to the tot -lot would
address this need.
That the City Council:
1) Receive public testimony for consideration in
appropriating the 1994 Community Development Block Grant
funds estimated to be $25,300 and close the public
hearing;
2) Defer final appropriations to the March 15, 1995, City
Council meeting;
3) Direct the Budget and Finance Committee to review
proposals prior to the March 15, 1995, Council meeting
and make a recommendation to the Council for final
appropriation.
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