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connect these persons with services including health care and housing; thereby <br />strengthening safety net services in Pleasanton and empowering the City to better <br />address the crisis of homelessness in a progressive and effective manner. The <br />CityServe team will also administer a homelessness prevention program that will <br />provide concerted efforts to keep Pleasanton residents from entering homelessness. <br />Staff is recommending to fund this program with LIHF funds. <br />Eden Council for Hope and Opportunity (ECHO) Housing / Housing Counseling <br />Services <br />ECHO Housing has applied for $40.000 in City LIHF funds to continue to provide <br />federally required housing counseling and fair housing services to Pleasanton <br />residents. The agency., which provides important support and counseling services <br />for persons seeking housing options or persons at risk of losing housing, has <br />received similar levels of support in the past. Staff plans to recommend continued <br />financial support for ECHO Housing's services. <br />Community Resources for Independent Living (CRIL) <br />CRIL has applied for $16,025 in City LIHF funds to continue to provide independent <br />living and housing services to low and very low income Pleasanton residents with <br />disabilities. Staff plans to recommend continued financial support of $15,000 for <br />CRIL's services. <br />Habitat for Humanity/ Housig Rehabilitation Program <br />Habitat for Humanity (Habitat), which administers the City's Housing Rehabilitation <br />Program (HRP), has requested $150,000 to continue to provide critical home repairs <br />to Pleasanton homeowners who are cost -burdened and economically vulnerable. <br />City staff is recommending to allocate $184,499.92 of carry-over funds from <br />FY2018/19. This results in a cost saving for the City. <br />Tri -Valley REACH/Housing Preventative Maintenance and Repair 2099-2020 <br />Tri -Valley REACH's funding request of $25,000 will be used specifically toward <br />housing preventative maintenance, rehabilitation and repair for seven homes located <br />in Pleasanton that provided affordable housing for adults with developmental <br />disabilities. City staff is recommending $12,000 in LIHF funds to fund these <br />maintenance and repair work. <br />Other Funding Matters <br />As discussed earlier, the City has not yet received notification regarding its <br />FY2019/2020 allocations of federal CDBG and HOME funds. The CDBG and <br />HOME funding amounts shown in the table on page 2 are conservative estimates <br />based on prior year allocations as well as carry-over funds from previous fiscal <br />years. When the final numbers are received, it may be necessary to make slight <br />adjustments to projects that are funded with these dollars. In the past, the <br />commission has allowed staff to make these adjustments administratively provided <br />that the impact on individual projects (positive or negative) is not significant. Staff is <br />seeking the same authority for the coming year and will return to the commission if <br />Page 8 of 10 <br />