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II. COMMUNITY GRANT(CG) PROGRAM <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> As noted earlier, the City streamlined its annual grant process several years ago to <br /> combine funding from CDBG, HOME, Lower Income Housing Funds, and City Grant <br /> General Funds into a single Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program. The <br /> arts/culture and youth components of the former City Grant program were recombined <br /> to form the new "Community Grant" (CG) program. For FY 201415, $40,098 is <br /> available for arts/culture projects and $47,877 is available for youth projects for a total <br /> allocation amount of $87,975. This includes a new annual allocation of $80,000 <br /> ($40,000 for each program) plus $7,975 in unspent funds from the prior year that can be <br /> carried over and reallocated to new projects. CG grant awards are typically limited to a <br /> maximum of$7,500. <br /> DISCUSSION <br /> Information on the CG program was provided at two regional pre-application <br /> informational workshops held on December 5 and 10, 2013, in Pleasanton and <br /> Livermore which also discussed information about Pleasanton's HHSG program and <br /> similar grant programs offered by the cities of Livermore and Dublin. In response, <br /> twelve (12) applications were received in the arts/culture category with a total aggregate <br /> request of $85,000 and eleven (11) applications were received in the youth category <br /> with a total aggregate request of$75,540. The 23 CG applications received are listed in <br /> Table B of Attachment 1. <br /> Arts/culture applications were reviewed by the Civic Arts Commission at its meeting of <br /> March 3, and its minutes are included as Attachment 4. Youth applications were <br /> reviewed by the Youth Commission at its meeting of March 12, and its minutes are <br /> included as Attachment 5. At each meeting, specific agency representatives made a <br /> presentation and addressed Commission questions. All agencies attended their <br /> designated Commission meeting. After reviewing all applications and presentations, the <br /> commissions discussed the merits of each project and determined funding levels for 20 <br /> of the 23 applications (three applications in the arts/culture category were not <br /> recommended for funding). The results of this process, including project summaries <br /> and recommendations for each project, are detailed in Table B of Attachment 1. <br /> Page 8 <br />