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Status of Federal Funding Sources As of this time, the City has not received notification from HUD regarding the amounts of its allocations of federal CDBG and HOME funds. This normally takes place by March or April of every year but budget negotiations at the federal level have resulted in unusual delays this year. Consequently, the amount of anticipated CDBG and HOME funds in this report are conservative estimates based on what has been received in prior years and on current forecasts from HUD and other sources. As in the past, it has occasionally been necessary to adopt a contingency plan to deal with a slight deficit or surplus in federal funding once the final allocations are received. Staff recommends that the Council authorize the City Manager to adjust final grant amounts for these two funding sources on a pro-rata basis as long as the allocations are within 20% of the estimates used in this report. If the final allocations differ more than 20%, staff can bring a supplemental report back to the Council for action. Discussions at the federal level have included eliminating federal programs such as CDBG and HOME altogether. While staff does not see the elimination of these programs as an issue that would impact the next fiscal year, the HSC wanted to ensure that alternative provisions to fund Open Heart Kitchen's senior meal program (for which $40,500 in CDBG public services funding has been recommended) could be made in the unlikely event that the CDBG program is eliminated for FY 2017/18. In the event that the City does not receive the CDBG funding for FY 2017/18, staff will return to the City Council with a proposal to identify an alternative funding source. II. COMMUNITY GRANT (CG) PROGRAM BACKGROUND In FY 2017-18, for the Community Grant (CG) program, $43,856 is available for arts/culture projects and $41,456 is available for youth projects for a total allocation amount of$85,312. This includes a new annual allocation of$80,000 ($40,000 for each program) plus $5,312 in unspent funds from the prior year that can be carried over and reallocated to new projects. CG grant awards are typically limited to a maximum of $7,500 for each individual grant. DISCUSSION Information on the CG program was provided at two regional pre-application informational workshops held on December 9 and 14, 2016, in Pleasanton and Livermore which also discussed information about Pleasanton's HHSG program and similar grant programs offered by the cities of Livermore and Dublin. In response, thirteen (13) applications were received in the arts/culture category with a total aggregate request of $82,242 and sixteen (16) applications were received in the youth category with a total aggregate request of $92,010. The 29 CG applications received are listed in Table B of Attachment 1. Arts/culture applications were reviewed by the Civic Arts Commission at its meeting of March 6, and its minutes are included as Attachment 4. Youth applications were reviewed by the Youth Commission at its meeting of March 8, and its minutes are Page 10 of 11