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amount is greater than $275,000, the HSC would like the opportunity for further review if feasible under the timelines for submission of the final grant package to HUD. Housing Commission (HC) Action The HC reviewed housing-related applications at its meeting of March 19. After hearing presentations from agency representatives and discussing the applications, the HC approved the following recommended allocation: • $202,843 ($102,843 in CDBG funds remaining after the HSC's allocation plus $100,000 in HOME funds) to Neighborhood Solutions for the Housing Rehab Program; • $80,000 in HOME funds to TCHC for rent subsidies for the Tri-Valley Housing Scholarship Program; and • $80,729 in City Lower Income Housing Funds to CRIL, ECHO, and TCHC for housing services. The HC did not recommend approval of staff's recommended allocation of $100,000 in HOME funds to REACH as seed money to acquire a fifth Pleasanton property. However, while the HC expressed support for the efforts and accomplishments of the agency it determined that more project specific details are necessary prior to recommending funding. As a result, it invited REACH to reapply outside of the normal grant cycle if more information on a fifth property develops in the near future. The HC's recommendation is also summarized in Attachment 2. Consistent with most CDBG allocations, funding is inadequate to fund all project requests. As a result, the commissions and staff prioritize projects placing focus on need, project status, overall value, agencies ability to effectively meet program goals and project concept. With this in mind, a summary of some of the more notable projects recommended for funding include: • Axis Community Health will receive funds to rehabilitate its behavioral health area to accommodate facilities needs generated by recent funding received from the federal government to increase staffing at the community clinic (the agency is currently completing renovations to a new Women's Health Center using over $300,000 provided by the City over the past four years). • ECHO Housing will receive continued funding for housing counseling and tenant- landlord services for Pleasanton residents. • Neighborhood Solutions will receive funding to continue to provide loans and small grants to a greater number of low-income residents through the Housing Rehabilitation Program. • The City will make its seventh of eleven annual payments toward the Section 108 loan that was used to acquire and rehabilitate the former Family Crisis Shelter in Livermore (now known as Sojourner House). Page 5 of 15