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THE CITY OF reemin CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT PLEASANTONa May 5, 2015 Assistant City Manager TITLE: APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT (HHSG) AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE • FISCAL YEAR 2015 GRANT FUNDING CYCLE (CITY FY 2015-16) SUMMARY Several years ago, the City 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 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, 2015. HUMAN SERVICES / HOUSING COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $606,073 in HHSG funds as detailed in Attachment 1, Table A. CIVIC ARTS /YOUTH COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION Allocate $92,879 in CG funds as detailed in Attachment 1, Table B. RECOMMENDATION 1. Adopt the attached draft resolution (Attachment 1) approving the allocation of HHSG and CG funds for FY 2015-16 (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 2015-16. 2. Authorize the City Manager to reallocate any Housing Rehabilitation Program loan repayments for new loan applications in accordance with program guidelines. FINANCIAL STATEMENT As described in the table below, if approved as recommended, the City would commit a total of $90,233 in City Lower Income Housing Funds and $172,162 in General Funds for housing and human services projects through the HHSG program, and $92,879 in General Funds for arts/culture and youth projects for a total General Fund allocation of $265,041. The total funding for both the HHSG and the CG programs (including federal sources and funding for administration) is $698,952 which has been included in the proposed FY 2015-16 budget.