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THE CITY OF ATTACHMENT 3 Housing Commission p LEASANTON. [EXCERPT] City Council Chambers, 200 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton, CA March 18, 2010 7:00 p.m. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS A. Approval of Federal HOME Funds and City Lower Income Housing Funds Related to the Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) Program for Fiscal Year 2010 -11 Mr. Erickson provided Commissioners with details of the Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program that was implemented in December 2009 with the start of the Fiscal Year 2010 funding cycle. He advised that the new HHSG program combines funding from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME (Home Investment Partnership Program) federal grants with two local sources LIHF (Lower Income Housing Fund) and General Funds allocated for human services. These four funding sources have been consolidated into a single streamlined grant program. 'I'he Commission was informed that applications were solicited from December 2009 through February 2010. Approximately 30 applications were received by the February 1" deadline with a total funding request of $1,111,647. The majority of these applications were reviewed by the Human Services Commission at its March 3` meeting. (Details on these applications were provided for the Commission to review). However, six (6) of applications were identified to be funded through HOME and LIHF, and it is the Housing Commission's role to make funding recommendations for the allocation of funds from these two sources. Mr. Erickson further advised that the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton had provided two grant application distribution workshops for interested parties. He also noted that the funding recommendations from this Commission and the Human Services Commission would be forwarded to City Council simultaneously for their consideration in April. Chairperson Mermelstein opened the meeting for agency presentations at 7:10 p.m. Page 1