DATE:
September 19, 2023
TO:
Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:
Rachel Molina, City Manager
BY:
Nathan R. Freeman, Director of Development Services
Victor Knight, Economic Development Manager
SUBJECT:
Program Year 2022-2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
It is recommended that the City Council conduct a public hearing and upon accepting public testimony: 1) Approve the Program Year 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (“CAPER”); and 2) Authorize the City Manager and/or designee to submit the Program Year 2022-2023 CAPER to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), along with any public testimony and changes thereto as directed by the City Council.
BACKGROUND
HUD requires the City to prepare and submit a CAPER to describe the City’s progress in meeting the goals established in the Program Year 2022-2023 Action Plan that was approved by the City Council on April 19, 2022. The CAPER must be submitted to HUD on or before September 28, 2023, to comply with HUD regulations found at 24 Code of Federal Regulations 91.520. The Program Year 2022-2023 CAPER was prepared and made available for the HUD required 15-day public review and comment period, which began on September 1, 2023, and concluded on September 19, 2023.
During the 2022-2023 program year, the City received $941,162 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. In addition, the City repurposed $467,000 in prior year CDBG funds for a total 2022-2023 program budget of $1,408,162 to be awarded to activities designed to meet the City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan – Strategic Plan goals. This was the third year of the City’s five-year 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan cycle for the CDBG program. On November 15, 2022, the City approved a Substantial Amendment to the 2022-2023 Action Plan to repurpose $211,103 in uncommitted pre-Program Year 2022 CDBG funds, and transfer $3,535,941 of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (“NSP”) income to the City’s existing 2021-2022 Street Improvement Project. The Substantial Amendment increased the 2021-2022 Street Improvement Project by a total of $3,747,044.
ISSUES/ANALYSIS
Prior to the commencement of the 15-day public review period, the City published a notice in the Victorville Daily Press (English and Spanish) informing the public that the City had prepared the Draft 2022-2023 CAPER and its availability for review and comment until September 19, 2023. The public was informed of the opportunity to provide oral and/or written comments on the CAPER and to date, no public comments have been received. Additionally, the Citizen Participation Plan requires that a public hearing be held to receive comments from interested residents or parties regarding the CAPER. This public hearing fulfills the requirements for the public hearing.
The accomplishments for this year include, but are not limited to:
Funding of fair housing and landlord tenant mediation services provided by Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) who were able to assist 409 unduplicated residents (42 Fair Housing and 367 Landlord Tenant Mediation); Award of contracts for design and engineering services for the City’s 2021-2022 Street Improvement Project which is projected to assist approximately 6,000 unduplicated residents; Commencement of engineering, design services, and construction for the City’s 2021-2022 Street Improvement Project; Completion of the Peach Avenue Drainage Improvement Project benefiting 11,140 unduplicated residents; and Funding of a total of 11 public service agencies (food banks, senior/disabled adult services, shelter and shelter services, veteran services, etc.) through the City’s Community Assistance Program (CAP) whom collectively were able to assist 13,863 residents.
A more detailed explanation of accomplishments can be found in the attached Draft Program Year 2022-2023 CAPER.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no anticipated fiscal impact associated with this report. The City is required to submit the 2022-2023 CAPER to HUD to report on the annual accomplishments and expenditures during the program year. Although the submittal of the CAPER has never resulted in a fiscal impact to the City, failure to submit the CAPER to HUD in a timely manner could possibly result in non-compliance with CDBG regulations, which has the potential to lead to future financial sanctions. Furthermore, HUD could find that activities contained in the CAPER and funded with CDBG funds were not compliant, which also has the potential to cause the repayment of funds.
ALTERNATIVE(S)
Provide alternative direction to staff.
ATTACHMENT(S)
Exhibit A: Program Year 2022-2023 Draft CAPER
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Staff Report to the Mayor and Council Members
Program Year 2022-2023 CDBG CAPER
September 19, 2023
City of Hesperia
STAFF REPORT