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Honorable Mayor a~d Members of the Council: BACKGROUND As an Alameda County jurisdiction with a population less than 50,000, Pleasanton has participated as part of the Urban County HCD program in order to obtain federal block grant funds. In past years, this assistance has enabled minor home repair and housing rehabilitation projects, street improvements, senior housing renovatiol~s, and other projects of benefit to lower and moderate income residents. For each year oE the current three-year HCD funding cycle (1985-88), Valley Community Health Center (VCHC) on Railroad Avenue was allocated funds to be used for the expansion of their clinic. Because of a decision to address the facilities problem through the installation of a modular unit rather than new construction, the project was completed using only the first and part of the second year budgets for the project. Therefore, approximately $25,000 (FY 1986-87) and $41,000 (FY 1987-88) in HCD funds remain in the VCHC budget. This amount (approximately $66,000 total) is not available to VCHC because it was designated for a specific project. In addition to the above noted funds, the City recently received a refund of $7,797 following the sale of the Alameda County Association for the Mentally Retarded (ARC) workshop property in Livermore. This property was originally purchased with partial HCD funding from Pleasanton. The total amount noted above (approximately $74,000) must be reprogrammed into other HCD project budgets for Pleasanton and used during fiscal years 1986-87 and 1987-88 or the funds will revert to the Urban County contingency fund. DISCUSSION At the present time, there are two remaining active HCD projects for fiscal years 1986-87 and 1987-88 (apart from the budget for general project administration). These projects are shown below with each current approximate budget amount: PROJECT NAME: FY1986-87 FY1987-88 Kottinger Place Improvements -0- ($21,000) Downtown Street Reconstruction ($33,160) ($45,000) Staff feels that the excess in funds noted above (approximately $74,000 for the two fiscal years) should be applied to the budgets for Kottinger Place improvements for several reasons. First of all, funding for human services related improvements is typically more limited and more difficult to secure than funds for public improvements such as street reconstruction. In addition, the management of Kottinger Place (working with the Department of Parks and Community Services) has compiled a detailed program for the use of existing as well as any SR:87:525