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THE CITY OF 16 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT pL£ASANTONo May 18, 2010 Assistant City Manager TITLE: APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT (HHSG) AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 (2010 -11) SUMMARY The City recently streamlined its annual grant process to combine funding from CDBG, HOME, Lower Income Housing Funds, and City Grant General Funds into a single Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program. The arts /culture and youth components of the former City Grant program were recombined to form the new "Community Grant" (CG) program. This report summarizes the new applications that were received for HHSG and CG funding and makes a recommendation to allocate funds for the coming fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2010. HUMAN SERVICES HOUSING COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $820,422 in HHSG funds as detailed in Attachment 1, Table A. CIVIC ARTS YOUTH COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $67,258 in CG funds to 14 projects and carry over $2,742 to the FY 2011 -12 grant cycle as detailed in Attachment 1, Table B. RECOMMENDATION Staff concurs with the Commission recommendations and recommends that the Council adopt the attached draft resolution (Attachment 1) approving the allocation of HHSG and CG funds for FY 2010 (as listed in Tables A and B of that attachment) and authorizing the City Manager to enter into contracts with subrecipients and take all other necessary actions to carry out the HHSG and CG programs for FY 2010. FINANCIAL STATEMENT The allocation of federal CDBG and HOME funds will not have a direct fiscal impact on the City. If approved as recommended, the City would commit a total of $86,500 in City Lower Income Housing Funds and $170,000 in General Funds for housing and human services projects through the HHSG program, and $70,000 in General Funds for arts /culture and youth projects. This level of funding is consistent with allocations that have been approved in prior years, and there are sufficient funds in the City budget to fund the recommended projects. Total amount allocated is $890,422 of which $2,742 for Community Grant program is recommended to be carried over to FY 2011 -12 for the same program.