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THE CITY OF 22 PLEASANTON® CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT April 19, 2011 Assistant City Manager TITLE: APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT (HHSG) AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2011 GRANT FUNDING CYCLE (CITY FY 2011 -12) 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, 2011. A listing of the recommended HHSG programs is included as Attachment 1, Table A and the listing of the recommended CG programs is included as Attachment 1 Table B. HUMAN SERVICES / HOUSING COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $673,000 in HHSG funds as detailed in Attachment 1, Table A. CIVIC ARTS / YOUTH COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $79,480 in CG funds to 17 projects and carry over $3,243 to the FY 2012 -13 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 2011 (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 actions necessary to carry out the HHSG and CG programs for FY 2011. In addition, staff requests the City Council provide feedback regarding interest in evaluating the potential for combining the 1-luman Services Commission and the Housing Commission into a single commission. FINANCIAL STATEMENT In addition to CDBG and HOME Funds, if approved as recommended, the City would commit a total of $93,000 in City Lower Income Housing Funds, $140,000 in General Funds for the HHSG program, and $79,480 in General Funds for the CG programs. As a result, the total General Fund allocation is $219,480. Total funding from all sources (including a CG carry-over of $3,243 to next fiscal year) for both the HHSG and the CG programs is $755,723.