Exhibit 4
1 Summary of Public Hearing and Public Comments
Regarding the City of Glendale’s
Proposed FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for
CDBG, ESG, and HOME Programs
Public Hearing, April 1, 2024, Pacific Community Center, 501 S. Pacific Avenue:
The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:10 p.m.
3 total in attendance.
Maggie Kavarian, Community Services Manager opened the public hearing for the FY 2024- 2025 Annual Plan and introduced city staff in attendance. Tereza Aleksanian, Arsineh Isayan, and Pam Jackson helped to present during the meeting.
City staff provided a Power Point presentation which included: purpose of the meeting, a flowchart of the CDBG Annual Program Planning Process FY2024-2025; CDBG funding allocation plan, and the proposed FY2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, and HOME Programs; and encouraged public comment.
During the presentations, attendees were provided in depth review of the Program Planning, highlights of the steps in the process to conduct the public hearing to review and obtain comments from the public regarding the proposed funding recommendations for the FY 2024- 2025 CDBG, ESG and HOME programs.
Ms. Kavarian stated that the funding recommendations will be submitted to the City Council for final approval on an estimated date in May or June 2024. Presentation included: Proposal Evaluation Process to the attendees and explained how City Staff receive, evaluate, and prepare the proposals for CDBG Advisory Board review. Highlights of the CDBG Advisory Board Meeting on March 1, 2024 and March 4, 2024 and the deliberation and decision making process of the Board was presented.
Ms. Isayan explained the ESG program process and how agencies are funded to combat Homelessness welcoming and encouraging public comment.
Next, Ms. Jackson explained the HOME program and the upcoming projects in the pipeline for affordable housing by use of HOME funds.
The public was also reminded that all comments would be submitted to the City Council and Housing Authority in writing.
Questions and Comments from the Meeting:
Were there other people who applied for CDBG grant but were not funded? Catholic Charities project is for food assistance or do they serve other needs? For Rental Assistance in General, is it a waiting List? Exhibit 4
2 Define Family, number in a family considered to apply for assistance related to the HOME Program?
HOME Program Question: There are 3 projects currently we are working on; 1 is on Pacific and 2 on Broadway
Do applicants applying for units need to be a Glendale Resident? Are all 3k applicants applying for the Senior building a Glendale Resident? Ms. Kavarian thanked everyone for attending the meeting and officially closed the Public Hearing.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:36 p.m.
Public Hearing, April 11, 2024, Via Microsoft Teams:
The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:10 p.m.
8 total in attendance.
Maggie Kavarian, Community Services Manager opened the public hearing for the FY 2024- 2025 Annual Plan and introduced dignitaries and city staff in attendance. Arsineh Isayan and Pamela Jackson helped to present during the meeting. Tamar Kabanjian used the Teams chat box feature to respond to attendee comments.
Ms. Kavarian, Ms. Isayan, and Ms. Jackson provided a Power Point presentation which included: purpose of the meeting, a flowchart of the CDBG Annual Program Planning Process FY2024-2025; CDBG funding allocation plan, and the proposed FY2024-2025 Annual Action Plan for Community Development Block Grant, Emergency Solutions Grant, and HOME Programs; and encouraged public comment.
During the presentations Ms. Kavarian explained the program planning process, briefly highlighted the steps in the process that led to public hearing and review to obtain comments from the public for FY2024-2025 CDBG, ESG and HOME programs. She explained the Proposal Evaluation Process and how the CDBG Advisory Committee met on March 1 and March 4, 2024, to review the proposals, interview the agencies and make funding recommendations.
Ms. Kavarian reviewed the proposed Annual Action Plan for FY24-25 and stated that the funding recommendations will be submitted to the City Council for final approval in May or June 2024 as soon as we receive HUD final allocations.
1. Pranke, MaryAnn 7:35 PM
It is commendable how you are able to stretch the dollars to cover so many services.
Overall these grants provide so little funding for such daunting tasks!
2. Selina Sarafian-Armenian Relief Society (Guest)7:37 PM Exhibit 4
3 Could you please provide more information about the building on Pioneer Dr. you just mentioned.
3. Pranke, MaryAnn7:39 PM
How do you determine the allocation amounts to the different programs and services. For example, how does one receive $65K and another receive $10K? Yes, thank you!
4. What kinds of projects does grant be funding?
4. I have a question/comment in regard to the ESG program. Would it be possible to streamline some of these funds into the SSP program? SSP case managers could better assist clients who may be struggling to pay their monthly rent.
5. It would also be great to hold community meetings right after lunch at the ARC, this would allow more participation from seniors living in the community.
After encouraging for more comments and reminding the public to share information into the chat box, Ms. Kavarian thanked everyone for attending the meeting and officially closed the Public Hearing.
The Meeting was adjourned at 7:44 p.m.
No Email comments were received.
No Telephone Comments were received.