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THE CITY OF 11 a - —•• °°° �� '"` CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT pLEASANTONL May 21, 2019 City Manager TITLE: APPROVE THE ALLOCATION OF HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES GRANT (HHSG) AND COMMUNITY GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019 GRANT FUNDING CYCLE (CITY FY 2019/20) SUMMARY The FY 2019/20 Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program received twenty- seven (27) applications for funding from a wide range of agencies serving a variety of community needs. The HHSG program distributes funding from the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) programs, City's Lower Income Housing Funds (LIHF), and City General Funds. The Community Grant (CG) program received thirteen (13) applications serving the arts/culture and youth categories. This report summarizes the applications that were received for the HHSG and CG programs and provides a funding recommendation from the respective program advisory Commissions and Staff to allocate funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019. RECOMMENDATION 1. As recommended by the Human Services and Housing Commissions, allocate $820,819 in HHSG funds as listed in Table A of the draft Resolution. 2. As recommended by the Civic Arts and Youth Commissions, allocate $69,500 in CG funds as listed in Table B of the draft Resolution. 3. Adopt the attached draft Resolution approving the allocation of HHSG and CG funds for FY 2019/20 (as listed in Tables A and B of that attachment) and authorize the City Manager to enter into contracts with sub-recipients and take all other actions necessary to carry out the HHSG and CG programs for FY 2019/20. FINANCIAL STATEMENT As summarized in Table 1, if approved as recommended, the City Council would allocate through the HHSG program: $317,784 in federal CDBG funds; $102,452 in federal HOME funds; $184,695 in City LIHF funds; and $215,888 from the City's General Fund. In addition, $69,500 from the General Fund is recommended for allocation through the CG program for arts/culture and youth projects. The total recommended allocation from the General Fund for human services and arts/culture and youth programs is $285,388.