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THE CITY OF L~~AS~4NTONo Housing Commission Minutes [SUBJECT TO APPROVALI City Council Chambers, 200 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton, CA March 20, 2008 7:00 p. m. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS A. Presentations from Nonprofit Agencies and Recommendation to Allocate Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Funds for Fiscal Year 2008 (2008-09) Mr. Erickson advised that the City had been notified by HUD that its funding allocation for FY 2008 would be $274,681, a 3.9% decrease over FY 2007. A total of sixteen (16) applications were received by the deadline. The Human Services Commission reviewed the ten (10) non-housing applications at its meeting on March 5 and the remaining six (6) are to be reviewed at this meeting by the Commission. Mr. Erickson reviewed with the Commission the funding requests received and the available funding and reminded the Commission that 70% of the grants should to benefit low-income people. He advised that staff was recommending several requests be funded through the City's Lower Income Housing Fund. Chairperson Stark opened up the meeting for comments from the agencies. There were none. Commissioner Hodgett had questions regarding the low funding recommendation made by staff for the capital project application submitted by Neighborhood Solutions. Mr. Erickson advised that funding for the Axis Community Health capital projects had been recommended by the Human Services Commission, and that funding for Neighborhood Solutions could be allocated from the Lower Income Housing Fund (LIHF) and other options would be considered, if necessary. Vicki Johnson, Neighborhood Solutions -advised that the agency would be drawing down the current year's allocation for projects that are in progress. She felt it was important to know what funds would be available for this program and was concerned Page -1-