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THE CITY OF Attachment 3 Housing Commission Minutes - Excerpt �L�E�S�4NTONo [EXCERPT) City Council Chambers, 200 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton, CA March 15, 2012 7:00 p.m. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 6. Approval of Federal HOME Funds and City Lower Income Housing Funds Related to the Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) Program for Fiscal Year 2012-13 Mr. Erickson noted that this is the second year since the City implemented the new Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program, which combined funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME (Home Investment Partnership Program)federal grants with two local sources (the Lower Income Housing Fund and General Funds allocated for human services). A total of twenty-three (23) applications were received by the deadline of January 23 with funding requests totaling $747,780. Seventeen (17) of the applications were reviewed by the Human Services Commission for funding through CDBG and City General Funds. The remaining six (6) applications have been identified for funding through HOME and LIHF and have been presented for review by the Housing Commission this evening. Commissioner Casey discussed the recommendation of HOME and LIHF funds as provided in Attachment 1 of the agenda report, those provided in the Alternative "B" document, and the funding recommendation made by the Human Services Commission at its March 7 meeting. Mr. Erickson provided information regarding the thought process used by the Human Services Commission, their focus on the Alternative "B document, and their desire to meet other requests that most closely met their expressed priorities. It was also noted that the Human Services Commission had recommended a lesser amount of funding for Abode Services (for case management services for the Tri-Valley Housing Scholarship Program) because of a concern about the number of people that were being served through the program. The meeting was opened for presentations from the agencies requesting funds. Michael Galvan, Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL)— Housing Services for Disabled — Funding Requested: $20,000—The Commission was advised that the focus of CRIL is to work with low and extremely low income individuals with disabilities and seniors. Their target is a specific group of people whose needs need to be taken into consideration. Transportation issues were discussed, and the Commission was advised that CRIL hopes to be able to increase accessibility to enable low income persons to get back into the work force. If Page- 1 -