5. Authorize the City Manager Pro Tem or his designee to approve Contract Amendments and Change Orders for both Agreement Nos. A -9499 and A -9506, for additional or change d scope of work up to 10% of the contingency amount approved by the Council.
BACKGROUND
DryTown Water Park , originally opened in 2006 , added a four-lane mat racer slide in 2012, and is ready for its next major attraction.
On June 3, 2025, City Council approved an agreement with WhiteWater West Industries, Ltd. (WhiteWater) to design, manufacture, and install the new attraction featuring a 35- foot-tall tower and three integrated water slides: the Pool Sider, AquaTube, and Freefall.
The ride will be built on the north side of the park, in a grassy area, and aims to expand operations and boost visitor appeal. The design-build project by Bergman includes:
Structural foundations;
A new mechanical building and pump systems; and,
Walkways, drainage, landscaping, lighting, and irrigation.
These improvements will be integrated with the park’s current infrastructure where possible. Bergman and WhiteWater plan to have the new attraction ready for the 2026 season.
DISCUSSION
Design-Build Contractor
On June 25, 2025, the Project was advertised for design-build bids through the Planet Bids electronic platform. F our (4) vendors registered as prime contractors. By the bid deadline on July 25, 2025, the City received one (1) electronic bid, which is summarized below:
Bidder Location Amount
1. Bergman KPRS, LLC Brea, CA $2,699,540.94
On August 13, 2025, Staff interviewed Bergman’s proposal and qualifications and confirmed it has the necessary construction and design experience to complete the Project. Its recent work includes projects for Wild Rivers Water Park (Irvine), Sea World (San Diego), and the County of San Bernardino, along with other projects in Florida, South Carolina, and Texas. They met all bid requirements.
Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Award and Approve of PN 924, Agreement Nos. A-9499 and A-9506 September 2, 2025
After negotiation s, Bergman proposed a total new construction cost of $ 2,109,072, which includes an alternative bid of $27,500 for adding ventilation and/or a cooling system to the existing pump house. The contract also allows a 10% contingency amount of $210,908, bringing the total to a not to exceed amount of $2,319,980.
Project/Construction Management
Under the City’s On -Call Professional Services Contract, MNS Engineers, Inc., has provided project management services, including but not limited to:
Coordinating project meetings with City staff;
Developing the Design-Build Request for Qualification/Proposal; Reviewing the design-build proposal and negotiating cost; and, Coordinating with the water slide manufacturer, WhiteWater, and providing all pre- design documents.
Staff recommend continuing with MNS Engineers, Inc., to provide Project/Construction Management Services until the Project is completed. The proposed budget is $330,000, which includes a $300,000 contract and a 10% contingency amount of $30,000.
FISCAL IMPACT
$2,649,980; Sufficient funds are budgeted and available within the City’s Capital Improvement Program budget in FY 2025-26. $1,500,000 has previously been allocated for this project, and the remainder of $1,149,980 will be reallocated utilizing Measure AV multi-year project funds from account F0161157.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Goal III: Invest in infrastructure to improve community livability.
C. Plan and maintain safe attractive neighborhoods, streets, facilities, and public spaces with exciting programming that promotes active fun for everyone.
Prepared by: Leonardo Torres, P.E.
Director of Public Works
Certified as to availability of Funds: Janelle Samson, Director of Operations Approved by: Salvador Mendez, City Manager Pro Tem
Approved as to form: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS
Agrmt No. A-9499 with Bergman KPRS, LLC
Agrmt No. A-9506 with MNS Engineers, Inc.
City Council Staff Report
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DIVISION
DISTRICT: 3, 4, 5
SUBJECT: AWARD AND APPROVE CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT WITH
HARDY & HARPER INC., FOR PN 918, 2025 ARTERIAL OVERLAY
PROJECT, FOR A TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF
$4,163,500 FOR A TERM OF 45 WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE
OF THE NOTICE TO PROCEED
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommend that the City Council:
1. Award and Approve Construction Agreement No. A -9468 with Hardy & Harper Inc., for PN 918, 2025 Arterial Overlay Project (Project), for a total not to exceed amount of $4,163,500, which includes a contract amount of $ 3,785,000, plus a 10% contingency amount of $378,500 for a term of 45 working days from the date of the Notice to Proceed;
2. Authorize the City Manager Pro Tem or his designee to execute Agreement No.
A-9468 with Hardy & Harper Inc., including minimal and/or non-substantial changes; and,
3. Authorize the City Manager Pro Tem or his designee to approve change orders for additional or changed scope of work up to the 10% contingency amount approved by the Council.
BACKGROUND
The Project work includes survey, traffic control, asphalt cold milling, asphalt paving, striping and markings, utility adjustments, survey monumentation, and traffic signal loop installation. All work will be performed within the existing rights-of-way. Construction duration is anticipated to be approximately forty-five (45) working days from the date of the Notice to Proceed.
Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Award and Approve PN 918, Agreement No. A-9468
September 2, 2025
DISCUSSION
The Project was advertised for construction bids through the PlanetBids electronic platform on July 26, 2025 . Seven (7) bids were received on August 26, 2025. Hardy & Harper Inc., a Lake Forest contractor, was the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and secured a 10% bid bond as required.
Bidder Location Amount
1. Hardy & Harper Inc. Lake Forest, CA $3,785,000
2. Vance Corporation Beaumont, CA $3,908,420
3. C. A. Rasmussen Santa Clarita, CA $4,022,323
4. Calmex Engineering, Inc. Bloomington, CA $4,068,576
5. R.C. Becker and Son Santa Clarita, CA $4,222,533
6. Sully-Miller Contracting Company Reseda, CA $4,590,538
7. Granite Construction Company Lancaster, CA $5,123,742
References have been checked, and staff recommend that the City Council award Project No. 918 to the apparent low bidder, Hardy & Harper Inc., in the amount of $3,785,000 with a 10% contingency.
FISCAL IMPACT
$4,163,500; The Project is funded through Gas Tax and allocated in the Street Resurfacing accounts.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Goal III: Invest in infrastructure to improve community livability.
A. Implement and administer environmentally sustainable programs.
C. Plan and maintain safe and attractive neighborhoods, streets, facilities , and public spaces with exciting programming that promotes active fun for everyone.
Prepared by: Leonardo Torres, P.E.
Director of Public Works
Certified as to availability of Funds: Janelle Samson, Director of Operations Approved by: Salvador Mendez, City Manager Pro Tem
Approved as to form: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS
Agrmt No. A-9468 with Hardy & Harper Inc.
Location Map
AGREEMENT NO. A- 9468
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF PALMDALE AND CONTRACTOR HARDY & HARPER
THIS CONTRACT (“Contract”) is made and entered into by and between City of Palmdale, a public entity ("City"), and CONTRACTOR HARDY & HARPER, a TBD ("Contractor"). Contractor and City are collectively referred to herein as the “parties.” This Contract shall become effective on the date of the last signatory. 1 Scope of Work
Contractor shall complete the Project in accordance with this Contract. Contractor shall furnish all materials and perform all work required for the completion of the following Project:
Project No. 918, 2025 Summer Arterial Overlay Project, the work may consist of but is not limited to: resurfacing of various arterial streets within the City of Palmdale as described in the project documents, including but not limited to tasks such as City of Palmdale coordination and permitting, public notification, Caltrans coordination and permitting, traffic control plan development, traffic control implementation and maintenance, spatial inventory of utility infrastructure at the surface, roadway surface preparation, crack sealing / filling, skin patching, cold milling, asphalt overlay, adjustment of utility infrastructure, traffic loop replacement, signing and thermoplastic striping.
2 Standard Specifications
Standard Specifications for City projects are those contained in the 2024 Greenbook edition of the "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction" (the "Greenbook"). Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Standard Specifications shall control the general provisions, construction materials, and construction methods for this Contract (except as amended by the Plans for the Project), the General Specifications for the Project, the Special Provisions for the Project, any technical specifications for the Project, and any other contract documents.
3 Compensation
City shall pay Contractor the total, all-inclusive, NOT-TO-EXCEED amount of Three million seven hundred and eighty-five thousand Dollars ($3785000) for the construction of the Project. This amount shall cover all expenses for labor, materials, and any and all other costs incurred by Contractor to satisfactorily construct the Project. Unless otherwise provided in the bid documents or agreed upon by the parties, Contractor shall submit detailed, monthly invoices for work actually performed.
1-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature 4 Completion Date
The construction of the Project shall commence upon Contractor being given a written notice to proceed, and shall be completed within forty five (45) working days of said notice.
5 Payment and Performance Bonds; Guaranty
Unless otherwise expressly provided in the bid documents, prior to commencing work, Contractor shall provide a payment bond and performance bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the projected annual recurring services price for each year of the term of the contract. Contractor shall submit all bonds electronically through Surety 2000. Pursuant to the bid documents for this Project, the Contractor is required to provide a written guaranty of Contractor’s work. In furtherance thereof, Contractor shall execute the written form of Guaranty attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein.
6 Licenses
At all times during the term of this Contract, Contractor shall possess a valid and current Class A Contractor's License to perform the required work (“Work”). Contractor’s DIR registration number is 1000000076. Contractor hereby certifies that it holds the required license(s).
CONTRACTOR shall maintain in current status all Federal, State, and local licenses and permits required for the operation of the business conducted by the CONTRACTOR as applicable to this contract.
CONTRACTOR shall be required to obtain a current City of Palmdale business license, as required by the Palmdale Municipal Code, before an Authorization to Proceed is issued.
7 Subcontracting
Subject to any self-performance requirements herein, Contractor may subcontract any portion of the work required by this Contract to other persons or firms, and Contractor submitted with its bid a list of those subcontractors who will perform work in an amount in excess of one-half of one percent (1%) of the Contractor’s total bid, in compliance with the Subletting and Subcontracting Fair Practices Act, California Public Contract Code § 4100, et seq. Only such listed subcontractors may perform on this Project.
8 Non-Assignability
2-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature Neither this Contract nor any rights, title, interest, duties or obligations under this Contract may be assigned, transferred, conveyed or otherwise disposed of by Contractor without the prior written consent of City.
9 Administration
This Contract will be administered by the Public Works Department of the City. The Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall be considered the Project Administrator and shall have the authority to act for the City under this Contract.
10 Indemnification
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Contractor shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless the City, its Board of Director, the City's officers, employees, agents, volunteers, and representatives (“Indemnitees”) with respect to any and all claims, suits, actions, stop notices, liabilities and/or damages, including related expenses, attorney's fees and costs, based on, arising out of, or in any way related to the work undertaken by Contractor pursuant to this Contract, and in connection with the Project.
11 Insurance
11.1 Without limiting Contractor's indemnification of City, as described in paragraph 10, and unless modified by City, Contractor shall obtain, provide and maintain, at its own expense, during the term of this Contract, a policy or policies of insurance, satisfactory to the City, from insurance carriers admitted to do business in the State of California and rated in A.M. Best’s Insurance Guide with a rating of A:VII or better, which contain the coverage described below.
11.1.1 Commercial General Liability
$5,000,000.00 limit on a per occurrence basis
$10,000,000.00 general aggregate limit
11.1.2 Commercial Automobile Liability
$10,000,000.00 combined single limit including owned, non-owned and hired automobile coverage
11.1.3 Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s Liability
Workers’ Compensation -- coverage as required by the State of California Employer’s Liability --
$1,000,000.00 each accident
$1,000,000.00 policy limit bodily injury
$1,000,000.00 each employee bodily injury by disease
11.1.4 Pollution/Environmental Liability*
$2,000,000.00 limit on a per occurrence basis
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11.1.5 Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) Insurance* $1,000,000 limit on a per occurrence basis
11.2 Policies providing for bodily injury and property damage coverage shall contain the following:
A. An endorsement extending coverage to the City as an additional insured, as respects liability arising out of the performance of any work under the Contract.
Such insurance shall be primary insurance, as respects the interest of the City, and any other insurance maintained by the City shall be considered excess coverage and not contributing insurance with the insurance required hereunder.
The certificates shall state: “The City of Palmdale, Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palmdale, Palmdale Civic Authority, Housing Authority, Industrial Development Authority, Airport Authority, their officers, agents, employees and volunteers are named as additional insured”.
B. “Severability of Interest” Clause.
11.3 Promptly upon execution of this Contract, and prior to commencement of any work, CONTRACTOR shall deliver to CITY certificates of insurance and endorsements to all required policies demonstrating that CONTRACTOR has the required coverage and showing the required named insured. Within five (5) days of written request from CITY, CONTRACTOR shall deliver to CITY full and complete copies of all insurance policies required by this Contract.
11.4 Said Certificates of Insurance shall provide that thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of cancellation shall be given to the City in the event of cancellation and/or reduction in coverage of any nature.
11.5 The required policies of insurance shall be endorsed to waive all rights of subrogation. Contractors waives all rights of subrogation.
11.6 Acceptable Proof of Insurance:
A. ACORD Certificate of Insurance listing all coverage, limits, deductibles and insured; and endorsements for all applicable coverage if agent has authority to issue it; or additional insured Form CG20100704 and CG20370704 or equivalent must be provided for general liability coverage. Additional insured form CA0001 must be provided for automobile liability coverage.
B. Binders of insurance for all coverage. Agents must confirm that policy endorsements have been ordered from the respective insurance companies.
Upon issuance, policy endorsements and a corresponding Certificate of Insurance listing all insurers and coverage must be submitted to the City Attorney.
4-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature C. *When pollution/environmental liability and professional (E&O) liability coverage is provided on a “claims made basis”, CONTRACTOR will continue to renew the insurance for a period of five (5) years after this Agreement expires or is terminated. Such insurance will have the same coverage and limits as the policy that was in effect during the term of this Agreement, and will cover CONTRACTOR, or its officers, employees, or agents during the time this Agreement was in effect.
11.7 The requirements as to the types and limits of insurance to be maintained by CONTRACTOR are not intended to and shall not in any manner limit or qualify CONTRACTOR’s liabilities and obligations under this Contract.
11.8 Any policy or policies of insurance that CONTRACTOR elects to carry as insurance against loss or damage to its equipment and tools or other personal property used in the performance of this Contract shall include a provision waiving the insurer’s right of subrogation against CITY.
11.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, CITY may immediately terminate this Contract if, at any time CONTRACTOR fails to maintain the required insurance for any period of time or fails to comply with any of the insurance requirements listed above.
11.10 CONTRACTOR shall require any and all subcontractors working on its behalf to provide insurance coverages and limits that are based on the scope of work and nature of risk being performed by the subcontractor. Any and all subcontractors working on behalf of CONTRACTOR shall be subject to all other insurance requirements that are stated herein.
Any deviation in this requirement will be CONTRACTOR's sole risk. CONTRACTOR's insurance requirements in Section 11 will not be impacted and/or limited by such deviation.
12 State Labor Code
12.1 This Contract calls for work to be performed constituting public works.
Contractor and all subcontractors shall pay the general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined and as published by the State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Part 7, of Division 2 of the State Labor Code, including, but not limited to, Sections 1770, 1771, 1773, 1773.2 and 1774.
12.2 This is a public work and requires the payment of prevailing wages for the work or craft in which the worker is employed for any public work done under the contract by Contractor or by any subcontractor pursuant to Section 1771 of the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1773 of the Labor Code of the State of California, the City has obtained the general prevailing rate of per diem wages and 5-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature the general rate for holiday and overtime work in this locality for each craft, classification, or type of workman needed to execute this contract from the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. These rates are on file with the City or may be obtained at http://www.dir.ca.gov/OPRL/DPreWageDetermination.htm.
Contractor shall post a copy of such wage rates at the job site and shall pay the adopted prevailing wage rates as a minimum. Contractor shall comply with the provisions of Sections 1775, 1776, 1777.5, 1777.6, and 1813 of the Labor Code. Pursuant to the provisions of 1775 of the Labor Code, Contractor shall forfeit to the City, as a penalty, not more than $200.00 for each calendar day, or portion thereof, for each laborer, worker, or mechanic employed, paid less than the stipulated prevailing rates for any work done under this Contract, by him or by any subcontractor under him, in violation of the provisions of this Agreement.
12.3 Contractors and subcontractors who are ineligible to bid for work on, or be awarded, a public works project pursuant to Labor Code Sections 1777.1 and 1777.7 are prohibited from bidding on, being awarded, or performing work as a subcontractor, on this Project pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 6109.
12.4 Contractor's attention is directed to the provisions in Sections 1774, 1775, 1776, 1777.5 and 1777.6 of the Labor Code. Contractor shall comply with the provisions in these Sections. The statutory provisions for penalties for failure to comply with the State's wage and hours laws will be enforced. Pursuant to Section 1775 of the Labor Code, the Contractor and any subcontractors, shall, as a penalty to the City forfeit the prescribed amounts per calendar day, or portion thereof, for each worker paid less than the prevailing wage rates.
12.5 Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1771.4, the Project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the California Department of Industrial Relations.
12.6 Each Contractor and subcontractor shall furnish the records specified in Labor Code Section 1776 directly to the State Labor Commissioner at least monthly in the format prescribed by the State Labor Commissioner.
12.7 Sections 1774 and 1775 require the Contractor and all subcontractors to pay not less than the prevailing wage rates to all workmen employed in the execution of the Contract and specify forfeitures and penalties for failure to do so. The minimum wages to be paid are those determined by the State Director of the Department of Industrial Relations. Section 1776 requires the Contractor and all subcontractors to keep accurate payroll records, specifies the contents thereof, their inspection and duplication procedures and certain notices required of the Contractor pertaining to their location.
12.8 Section 1777.5 of the Labor Code requires Contractor or subcontractor employing workers in any apprenticeable occupation to apply to the Joint 6-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature Apprenticeship Committee nearest the site of the public works project, which administers the apprenticeship program in that trade for a certificate of approval. The certificate will also fix the ratio of apprentices to journeymen to be used in the performance of the Contract. The Contractor is required to make contributions to funds established for the administration of apprenticeship programs if he employs registered apprentices or journeymen in any apprenticeable trade and if other contractors on the public works site are making such contributions. Information relative to apprenticeship standards, contributions, wage schedules and other requirements may be obtained from the State Director of Industrial Relations or from the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Section 1777.6 of the Labor Code provides that it shall be unlawful to refuse to accept otherwise qualified employees as registered apprentices solely on the grounds of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, or age.
12.9 Eight hours labor constitutes a legal day's work, as set forth in Labor Code Section 1810. The statutory provisions for penalties for failure to comply with the State's wage and hour laws will be enforced as set forth in Labor Code Section 1813. 13 Antitrust Claims
In entering into this Agreement, Contractor offers and agrees to assign to the City all rights, title, and interest in and to all causes of action it may have under Section 4 of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 15) or under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of the California Business and Professions Code) arising from purchases of goods, services, or materials pursuant to the Agreement. This assignment shall be made and become effective at the time the City tenders final payment to Contractor without further acknowledgment by the parties.
14 Trenching and Excavations
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 7104, if the Project involves trenching more than four (4) feet deep, Contractor shall promptly and before the following conditions are disturbed notify the City in writing of any:
14.1 Material that Contractor believes may be material that is hazardous waste, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25117, that is required to be removed to a Class I, Class II, or Class III disposal site in accordance with provisions of existing law; and/or
14.2 Subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site differing from those indicated; and/or
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14.3 Unknown physical conditions at the site of any unusual nature, different materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inherent in work of the character provided for in the Contract.
14.4 As required by Labor Code Section 6705 and in addition thereto, whenever work under the Contract that involves an estimated expenditure in excess of twenty- five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the excavation of any trench or trenches five (5) feet or more in depth, Contractor shall submit for acceptance by City in advance of excavation, a detailed plan showing the design of shoring, bracing, sloping, or other provisions to be made for worker protection from the hazard of caving ground during the excavation, of such trench or trenches. If such plan varies from the shoring system standards established by the Construction Safety Orders of the Division of Industrial Safety, the plan shall be prepared by a registered civil or structural engineer employed by Contractor, and all costs therefor shall be included in the price of the Contract. Nothing in this provision shall be deemed to allow the use of a shoring, sloping, or other protective system less effective than that required by the Construction Safety Orders. Nothing in this provision shall be construed to impose tort liability on the City or on any City officer, agent, consultant, representative, or employee. All plans, processing and shoring costs are Contractor’s responsibility and must be included in Contractor’s bid.
15 Location of Existing Elements
Pursuant to Government Code Sections 4216 to 4216.9, the methods used and costs involved to locate existing elements, points of connection and all construction methods are Contractor’s sole responsibility. Accuracy of information furnished, as to existing conditions, is not guaranteed. Contractor, at its sole expense, must make all investigations necessary to determine locations of existing elements, which may include, without limitation, contacting U.S.A. alert and other private underground locating firm(s), and/or utilizing potholes, specialized locating equipment and/or hand trenching.
16 Third Party Claims
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 9201, the City has full authority to compromise or otherwise settle any claim relating to this Contract at any time. The City shall timely notify Contractor of the receipt of any third-party claim relating to the Contract. The City shall be entitled to recover its reasonable costs incurred in providing the notification required by Public Contract Code Section 9201(b). 17 Non-Collusion
Contractor hereby certifies that this bid is genuine and not a sham or collusive, or made in the interest or on behalf of any person or business not herein named. Contractor further certifies that Contractor has not directly or indirectly induced or solicited any other bidder to furnish a sham bid, or any other person or 8-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature business to refrain from bidding, and Contractor has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure itself an advantage over any other bidder. Contractor also affirms that it has signed and submitted with its bid to the City a Non-collusion Declaration as required by Public Contract Code Section 7106.
18 Conflicts of Interest
Contractor agrees not to accept any employment or representation during the term of this Contract or within twelve (12) months after completion of the work under this Contract which is or may likely make Contractor “financially interested,” as provided in Government Code Section 1090 and 87100, in any decisions made by City on any matter in connection with which Contractor has been retained pursuant to this Contract.
19 Audit
The City or its representative shall have the option of inspecting and/or auditing all records and other written materials used by Contractor in preparing its billings to the City as a condition precedent to any payment to Contractor. Contractor will promptly furnish documents requested by the City. Additionally, pursuant to Government Code Section 8546.7, if this Contract involves the expenditure of public funds in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), Contractor shall be subject to State Auditor examination and audit at the request of the City or as part of any audit of the City, for a period of three (3) years after final payment under this Contract. 20 Substitute Security
Pursuant to Public Contract Code Section 22300, the substitution of securities for any moneys withheld by the City to ensure performance under a contract is permitted, except where financing will be provided by the Farmers Home Administration of the United States Department of Agriculture pursuant to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 1921 et seq.) or where federal regulations or policies, or both, do not allow the substitution of securities. At the request and expense of Contractor, securities equivalent to the amount withheld shall be deposited with the City, or with a state or federally chartered bank in the State of California as the escrow agent, that shall then pay those moneys to Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, the securities shall be returned to Contractor.
Alternatively, Contractor may request and the City shall make payment of retentions earned directly to the escrow agent at the expense of Contractor. At the expense of Contractor, Contractor may direct the investment of the payments into securities, and Contractor shall receive the interest earned on the investments upon the same terms provided for securities deposited by Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, Contractor shall receive from the escrow agent all securities, interest, and payments received by the escrow agent from the City, pursuant to the terms of this section.
9-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in California Government Code Section 16430, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest-bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security to which Contractor and the City agree in writing. Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for moneys withheld and shall receive any interest thereon.
If Contractor elects to receive interest on moneys withheld in retention by the City, it shall, at the request of any subcontractor performing more than five percent (5%) of Contractor’s total bid, make that option available to the subcontractor regarding any moneys withheld in retention by Contractor from the subcontractor. If Contractor elects to receive interest on any moneys withheld in retention by the City, then the subcontractor shall receive the identical rate of interest received by Contractor on any retention moneys withheld from the subcontractor by Contractor, less any actual pro rata costs associated with administering and calculating that interest. In the event that the interest rate is a fluctuating rate, the rate for the subcontractor shall be determined by calculating the interest rate paid during the time that retentions were withheld from the subcontractor. If Contractor elects to substitute securities in lieu of retention, then, by mutual consent of Contractor and its subcontractor, the subcontractor may substitute securities in exchange for the release of moneys held in retention by Contractor. No Contractor shall require any subcontractor to waive any provision of this paragraph.
The escrow agreement for security deposits in lieu of retention shall be substantially similar to the form provided in Public Contract Code Section 22300(f). 21 Claims Dispute Resolution
In the event of any dispute or controversy with the City over any matter whatsoever, the Contractor shall not cause any delay or cessation in or of Work, but shall proceed with the performance of the Work in dispute. The Contractor shall retain any and all rights provided that pertain to the resolution of disputes and protests between the parties. The Disputed Work will be categorized as an “unresolved dispute” and payment, if any, shall be as later determined by mutual agreement or a court of law. The Contractor shall keep accurate, detailed records of all Disputed Work, claims and other disputed matters.
All claims arising out of or related to the Contract documents or this Project, and the consideration and payment of such claims, are subject to the Government Claims Act (Government Code Section 810 et seq.) with regard to filing claims. All such claims are also subject to Public Contract Code Section 9204 and Public Contract Code Section 20104 et seq. (Article 1.5), where applicable. This Contract hereby incorporates those provisions as though fully set forth herein. Thus, the Contractor or any Subcontractor must file a claim in accordance with the Government Claims Act as a prerequisite to filing a construction claim in compliance with Section 9204 and 10-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature Article 1.5 (if applicable), and must then adhere to Section 9204 and Article 1.5 (as applicable), pursuant to the definition of “claim” as individually defined therein. 22 Non-discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunity
22.1 In performance of this Contract, CONTRACTOR shall not discriminate against any employee, subcontractor, or applicant for employment because of sex, color, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition including the medical condition of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or any condition related thereto, marital status, sexual orientation, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or military and veteran status.
CONTRACTOR will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their sex, color, race, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition including the medical condition of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or any condition related thereto, marital status, sexual orientation, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or military and veteran status . Affirmative action relating to employment shall include, but not be limited to the following:
employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; and selection for training, including apprenticeship.
22.2 The provisions of subsection 16.1 above shall be included in all solicitations or advertisements placed by or on behalf of CONTRACTOR for personnel to perform any services under this Contract. CITY shall have access to all documents, data and records of CONTRACTOR and its subcontractors for purposes of determining compliance with the equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination provisions of this Section, and all applicable provisions of Executive Order No. 11246 which is incorporated herein by this reference. A copy of Executive Order No. 11246 is available for inspection at, and on file with, the Palmdale City Clerk’s Office. 23 Integration
This Contract supersedes any and all agreements, either oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the construction of the Project by Contractor for City and contains all of the covenants and agreements between the parties with respect to the construction of the Project. Each party to this Contract acknowledges that no representations, inducements, promises, or agreements, orally or otherwise, have been made with regard to the construction of the Project by any party, or anyone acting on behalf of any party, which are not embodied herein, and that no other agreement, statement, or promise regarding work not contained in this Contract shall be valid or binding. Any modification or amendment of this Contract will be effective only if it is in writing and signed by the parties to this Contract. Any changes to the work required by this Contract will be by change order signed by the parties. 24 Debarment and Suspension Certification
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The bidder, under penalty of perjury, certifies that, except as noted in a separate document, he/she or any other person associated therewith in the capacity of owner, partner, director, officer, or manager:
•is not currently under suspension, debarment, voluntary exclusion, or determination of ineligibility by any Federal agency;
•has not been suspended, debarred, voluntarily excluded or determined ineligible by any Federal agency within the past 3 years; •does not have a proposed debarment pending; and
•has not been indicted, convicted, or had a civil judgment rendered against it by a court of competent jurisdiction in any matter involving fraud or official misconduct within the past 3 years.
25 Governing Law
This Contract will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without reference to change of venue laws. Any legal action in which enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Contract is requested, or in which it is alleged that a breach of this Contract has taken place, shall be filed and prosecuted in the County of Los Angeles, California.
26 Successors and Assigns
The terms and conditions of this Contract shall be binding on the successors and assigns of the parties to this Contract.
27 Exhibits
The exhibits and attachments referenced in this Contract are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as though set forth in full in the Contract. 28 Authority to Sign
The person or persons executing this Contract on behalf of the Contractor warrant and represent that they have the authority to execute this Contract on behalf of the Contractor and have the authority to bind Contractor to the construction of the Project.
12-14Concord - Document ID: generated after first signature 29 Time is of the Essence
Time is of the essence in every provision of this Agreement in which time to perform is a factor.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Contract to be executed and attested by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.
CITY OF PALMDALE CONTRACTOR HARDY & HARPER
Salvador Mendez Date
City Manager Pro Tem
Michael Amundson Date
Vice President
ADDRESS FOR NOTICE:
CITY OF PALMDALE
38300 Sierra Highway
Palmdale, CA 93550
ADDRESS FOR NOTICE:
CONTRACTOR HARDY & HARPER
32 Rancho Circle,
Lake Forest, CA 92630
APPROVE AS TO FORM:
Alexandra Halfman
City Attorney
ATTEST:
Roxanne Faber
City Clerk
ATTEST: If Corporation
Secretary
[Signatures of contractor on bond(s) must be notarized. Obtain two corporate signatures if contractor is a corporation.]
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□2 CFR 200 Checklist (if federally funded)
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1 MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
38300 SIERRA HIGHWAY, SUITE B
PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 1, 2025
9:00 AM
1) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt called the meeting to order at 9:05 am.
Note: All City Council memberships are reflected in their City Council titles.
2) ROLL CALL MAYOR PRO TEM BETTENCOURT, COUNCILMEMBERS BISHOP, LOA, OHLSEN, ALARCÓN
PRESENT: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Andrea Alarcón.
ABSENT: Eric Ohlsen.
Councilmember Ohlsen arrived at 9:36 am.
3) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
Councilmember Bishop led the pledge of allegiance.
4) PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
5) PRESENTATION
5.1) City Council Strategic Planning Workshop.
Patrick Ibarra, Consultant, The Mejorando Group, outlined the agenda for the day. The Council and the consultant discussed the session's ground rules and desired outcomes for the session.
Mr. Ibarra discussed building a stronger community and focusing on solving problems that can be fixed by local government.
Councilmembers reviewed the current strategic plan and discussed ways to expand the current goals. They also discussed the BEST goals, strategic plan, and budget.
Break was held from 10:10 am - 10:26 am.
2 Deputy City Manager Lopez presented an overview of grant programs from other cities. The Council provided input to staff on options for setting aside funding for local non -profits, small businesses, community groups, veterans, youth, seniors, and the disabled.
Lunch was held from 11:45 am to 12:30 pm.
Department Director's provided status updates on their priority projects:
Director of Housing Reyes - Ninth Patriot, Juniper Valley Associates, Together California, Linc Housing, and Victory Outreach. She also discussed the Down Payment Assistance Program, Homelessness Plan, Workforce Development, Advancing Communities Together, Mental Health America, Two -Lifestyles, Dream Village, and the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency (LACAHSA).
Director of Parks and Recreation Smith - DryTown Water Park, Emergency Operations Center, Littlerock Dam, and SAVES.
Director of Public Works Torres - McAdam Park, Chimbole Cultural Center, Avenue T, Rancho Vista Boulevard Grade Separation, and Avenue R Regional Basin.
Deputy Director of Public Works Livingston - Graffiti Removal.
Director of Economic and Community Development Taggart - Property Business Improvement District, Foreign Trade Zone 191, Palmdale Eats, Facade Updates, and Avenue M Corridor.
Director of Operations Samson - Position Recruitments, Onboarding Software Systems, Council Chamber Video Wall, AI Translation, and Security Operations Center.
City Manager's Team provided a status update on their projects:
Deputy City Manager Gallagher - National Night Out and the Public Safety Partnership with the Sheriff's Department
City Manager Pro Tem Mendez - Civic Center Design, Airport, Acquiring Water Rights, and the Auto Mall partnership.
Councilmembers presented their preferred discussion topics, including efforts to promote the city through advertising, the development of a recreation center at Domenic Massari Park, engagement with Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) regarding reopening the Palmdale airport, updates on the Center for Transportation Technology Excellence, the High Desert Corridor and other transportation initiatives, the status of the relinquishment of Palmdale
3 Boulevard, and strategies to provide reliable, high -quality services to the residents of Palmdale.
6) ADJOURN
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt adjourned the meeting at 2:37 pm.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED 2nd day of September 2025.
Laura Bettencourt, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Rochelle Scott, City Clerk
1 MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
38300 SIERRA HIGHWAY, SUITE B
PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 19, 2025
5:00 PM
1) CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt called the meeting to order 5:00 pm.
Note: All City Council memberships are reflected in their City Council titles.
2) ROLL CALL MAYOR PRO TEM BETTENCOURT, COUNCILMEMBERS BISHOP, LOA, OHLSEN, ALARCÓN
PRESENT: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
ABSENT: None.
3) PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE
Councilmember Loa led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Deputy City Manager Lopez withdrew Item 4.2 from the agenda, and it was not discussed.
4) PRESENTATIONS
4.1) Commendation to Nuuvali Nuuvali in honor of his retirement from the City of Palmdale.
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt and Director of Parks and Recreation Smith presented a commendation to Nuuvali Nuuvali.
4.2) Update on Chimbole Cultural Center & Library Expansion Project.
This item was not heard.
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt announced there would be an agenda change, Section 11, Sheriff's Report was heard at this time.
5) PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt welcomed and encouraged public participation during the comment periods.
Public Comments: None.
2 Councilmember Alarcón pulled Items 6.2 and 6.3 for discussion.
6) CONSENT CALENDAR
6.1) Waive full reading of the Resolution(s) and/or Ordinance(s) to be considered and voted on at this meeting. (This allows for reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text).
6.2) Approve agreement with Community Effort Animal Rescue (CEAR) to expand the administration of the City’s spay and neuter program and other animal - related programs for a not to exceed amount of $900,000 for a three-year term with the option to extend two additional one-year terms.
Supervising Coordinator German provided a brief overview of the spay and neuter program.
Ms. Cassandra O'Connell from Community Effort Animal Rescue ("CEAR") discussed their services and the positive impact they have on the community.
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt inquired about the application process . Ms.
O'Connell provided information on the application process.
Motion: Approve agreement with Community Effort Animal Rescue (CEAR) to expand the administration of the City's spay and neuter program and other animal-related programs for a not to exceed amount of $900,000 for a three - year term with the option to extend two additional one-year terms.
Moved by Austin Bishop, seconded by Andrea Alarcón.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
6.3) Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025 -062, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale, authorizing the execution of Grant Agreement with the U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT) to receive Federal Funding for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) project.
Director of Public Works Torres delivered a PowerPoint presentation.
Council thanked staffed, discussed road safety, grant funding, and addressed the project scheduling.
Motion: Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025-062, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale, authorizing the execution of Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to receive Federal Funding for Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) project.
Moved by Andrea Alarcón, seconded by Austin Bishop.
3 Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
6.4) Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025 -061, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale adopting the Joint Resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles, acting on behalf of the County and other County entities, the Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley Cemetery District, The Board of Trustees of the Antelope Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, the Board of Directors of the County Sanitation District No. 14 of Los Angeles County, the Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley Resource Conservation District, The City Council of the City of Palmdale, the City Council of the City of Lancaster, The Board of Directors of the Antelope Valley -East Kern Water Agency, and the Board of Directors of the Quartz Hill Water District, approving and accepting the negotiated exchange of property tax revenues resulting from reorganization of property designated as Reorganization 40 -169, Local Agency Formation Commission Designation 2024 -02 between the Quartz Hill Water District and the Los Angeles County Waterworks District No. 40, Antelope Valley.
6.5) Approve agreement with Servicon Systems, Inc., to provide professional custodial services for a total not to exceed amount of $6,561,680 over a three- year term with two one-year options to extend.
6.6) Award construction agreement with Empire Landscape, Inc., for PN 591 -D, Fiscal Year 2025-26 Upper Amargosa Creek Recharge Habitat Restoration/Mitigation Program (HRMP) for a total not to exceed amount of $2,217,281 for a term of 240 working days from the date of the Notice to Proceed and post installation maintenance/monitoring for five (5) years.
6.7) Award construction agreement with E2 Contracting, Inc., for PN 861, Amargosa Creek Trail Improvements for a total not to exceed amount of $774,977.02 for a term of 100 working days plus 90 days of maintenance post construction from the date of the Notice to Proceed.
6.8) Approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Motion: Approve item listed on the Consent Calendar except Items 6.2 and 6.3.
Moved by Andrea Alarcón, seconded by Austin Bishop.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
4 7) APPOINTMENTS
7.1) City Council Committee Appointments.
City Clerk Scott presented the staff report.
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt spoke about the delay of the investigations.
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt made a motion, seconded by Councilmember Bishop, to keep the Maddy Act as it stands; the motion was withdrawn. There was further discussion on tabling the appointments.
Motion: Table the City Council Committee Appointments.
Moved by Laura Bettencourt, seconded by Austin Bishop.
Vote: Motion carried (4-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen. Abstain: Andrea Alarcón.
7.2) City Council nomination and appointment of four (4) members to the Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board
Item 7.2 was heard before Item 7.1.
City Clerk Scott presented the staff report.
Applicants introduced themselves and expressed their interest in serving the public.
Motion: Appoint Jamar Perkins, Debra McLaurin, Adam Sarabia, M arilyn Estrada to the Mobile Home Park Rental Review Board.
Moved by Austin Bishop, seconded by Richard J. Loa.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
8) PUBLIC HEARING
8.1) Adopt Ordinance No. 1659, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment 25 -0002 to modify commercial standards within the zoning ordinance and find that the project is consistent with Program Environmental Impact Report 22 -002 prepared and certified in conjunction with the City’s General Plan (Palmdale 2045).
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt opened the Public Hearing
City Clerk Scott read the title of the Ordinance No. 1659.
5 A motion was made and carried to introduce Ordinance No. 1659.
Planning Manager Magana presented the staff report.
Public Testimony: None
Motion: Adopt Ordinance No. 1659, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment 25 -0002 to modify commercial standards within the zoning ordinance and find that the project is consistent with Program Environmental Impact Report 22 -002 prepared and certified in conjunction with the City's General Plan (Palmdale 2045).
Moved by Austin Bishop, seconded by Richard J. Loa.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
9) NEW BUSINESS
9.1) Adopt Ordinance No.1656, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale to adopt by reference the local responsibility area fire hazard severity zones map to designate very high, high and moderate severity zones for the City of Palmdale and amending Chapter 8.04 of the Palmdale Municipal Code to update the fire hazard severity zones regulations.
City Clerk Scott read the title Ordinance No. 1656.
A motion was made and carried to introduce Ordinance No. 1656.
Director of Economic and Community Development Taggart presented the staff report.
Councilmember Bishop discussed the necessity of the preventative measures.
Councilmember Loa inquired about the possibility of insurance rates going up for those who live in fire zones, and Ms. Taggart responded.
The following individuals provided p ublic comments: Roger Soderstedt addressed concerns regarding increases in fire insurance premiums; Yul Gevargis expressed concerns about a dry area off of 32nd Street East and Avenue T8, and he opposed the truck stop at that location; and Michael Ross discussed the City charter health and safety section and suggested using City funds for fire suppression.
Councilmember Bishop provided homeowners with options to keep their insurance from going up due to being in a fire zone.
Councilmember Alarcón spoke about the state’s intent for identifying the high fire severity zones and accessing federal and state grant funding. There was additional Council discussion.
6 Assistant Fire Chief Ghorbani offered information to the public on preparing their homes for a fire hazard.
Motion: Adopt Ordinance No.1656, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Palmdale to adopt by reference the local responsibility area fire hazard severity zones map to designate very high, high and moderate severity zones for the City of Palmdale and amending Chapter 8.04 of the Palmdale Municipal Code to update the fire hazard severity zones regulations.
Moved by Austin Bishop, seconded by Richard J. Loa.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
9.2) District Election Advisory Subcommittee.
City Attorney Halfman presented the staff report.
Council and City Attorney Halfman discussed the committee's parameters , requesting declaratory relief and clarification from the courts. The conversation also addressed the proposal to add a directly elected at -large mayor to the existing Council structure and involved a legal analysis of this approach.
Councilmember Ohlsen motioned for the City to contract with a California Voters Rights Act Consultant to conduct the analysis. Following additional discussion, the motion was not seconded and therefore did not pass.
Motion: Receive and file and table the matter until further consideration.
Moved by Austin Bishop, seconded by Andrea Alarcón.
Vote: Motion carried (4-1)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Andrea Alarcón.
No: Eric Ohlsen.
10) CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
Deputy City Manager Lopez provided an update on several upcoming events, including: Farmer's Market at Oasis Park on Fridays through October 31, Palmdale Partners Academy on August 20, Generations Juried Art Exhibit Opening Reception at Palmdale Playhouse and Legacy Commons on August 22, Books and Barks at the Library on August 26, The Prom Performance will be held at the Palmdale Playhouse on August 29, and District 4 Neighborhood Watch meeting at Domenic Massari Park on September 9.
7 11) SHERIFF’S REPORT
The Sheriff's report was heard after Item 4.1.
Captain Cartmill provided an update on response times for routine calls for service, the Public Safety partnership, Part 1 crimes, arrests, graffiti -related arrests, traffic collisions and speed enforcement, July 4th illegal fireworks enforcement, and National Night Out. He announced the Palmdale station would have an event on September 16 in memory of Deputy Clinkunbroomer, and there will be a two -day open house and haunted jail event at the Palmdale Sheriff's station on October 11 and 12.
Councilmember Alarcón inquired about federal enforcement activities within the City.
Captain Cartmill responded he has not been made aware of any federal activity for ICE operations for immigration purposes.
12) NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENTS
The following individuals provided public input: Michael Ross discussed the establishment of the Palmdale districts and requested the restoration of the at -large mayor; Mark Maldonado discussed incidents that transpired at the Lancaster and Palmdale meetings and the Multi -Agency Regional Recreation Center project; Carol Ross spoke in support of voting for a mayor, providing public comments, and the behavior of the Lancaster mayor; Betsy Haslett commented on the conduct of Councilmember Alarcón; Rich Gallego expressed concerns regarding the conduct of the Lancaster mayor during the meeting s; Xavier Flores discussed the California Voting Rights Act protected classes and voting for an at -large mayor in Palmdale; Roger Soderstedt advocated for the rotational mayor system. David Harris thanked staff for working with the American Red Cross to establish an emergency shelter at Marie Kerr Park during the recent King Fire; and Marcos Alvarez discussed immigration enforcement and the negative impacts on students.
13) COUNCIL REPORTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE
AGENDA ITEMS
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt requested information on the Palmdale homeless count at the next meeting. She expressed disagreement with a statement made by Lancaster’s mayor concerning the alleged poisoning of individuals to get them out of their city. Additionally, she reminded residents of the District 3 Town Hall meeting scheduled for September 18 at 6:00 PM at the Palmdale Playhouse, and she extended birthday wishes to the City of Palmdale on August 24. She discussed forming an Ad Hoc Committee to discuss moving forward with the Little Rock Dam renovation project.
Councilmember Ohlsen requested that the Council bring back an agenda item that will authorize the Council to direct the City Attorney under the City Manager's authority to consult with a California Voter Rights Act Consultant who will let them know what their viable paths are related to bringing back a directly elected mayor.
The vote was unanimous.
8 Councilmember Alarcón requested agenda items regarding the progress of city investigations into the City Manager, City Attorney, and both herself and Councilmember Loa.
14) CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
14.1) Identification of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") Agents.
City Attorney Halfman provided a status update on this item.
Councilmember Alarcón discussed the revised policy by the Sheriff's Department and the actions taken by the Los County Board of Supervisors related to those impersonating ICE agents. She suggested that the Council adopt a resolution of solidarity with the County. Discussion ensued.
There was further discussion among the Council regarding the policy that was adopted by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the constitutional rights of those who live within the boundaries of the United States, and the importance of individuals advocating for their loved ones.
The following individuals provided public input: Leilani Reveles and Bryan Villagrana discussed safety concerns within the community; Rich Gallego expressed support for the Sheriff's Department, their protocols, and referenced the Supremacy Clause; David Villagrana advocated for ICE agents to clearly identify themselves; Napoleon Demison addressed community safety concerns; Yul Gevargis expressed support for ICE agents; Mikki Martinez supported ICE agents and recommended visible identification and the use of body cameras; Bertha De Alegria requested that ICE agents identify themselves and urged the support of elected officials; Ramon Caldera opposed federal agents wearing masks; Estefania Caldera commented on ICE raids, proposed the creation of a City resolution, and suggested collaboration with the Sheriff's Department to produce a public service announcement clarifying their procedures regarding immigration enforcement; Feliz Menendez emphasized community support; Marisela spoke about protecting the community, mental health services, and respecting citizens; Eduardo highlighted concerns about the immigrant community being targeted by ICE; Brandi Meyer supported ICE agents and recommended that the Sheriff's Office verify agent identification prior to entering residences; Marcos Alvarez addressed issues related to racially rooted federal laws; Xavier Flores discussed immigration enforcement; Betsy Haslett discussed human sex trafficking and complying with law enforcement; Adam commented in opposition to Assembly Bill 495 and spoke about immigration enforcement.
Councilmember Loa responded in general terms regarding his identification as an American of Latino descent and stated that he was in favor of the entire community.
9 Motion: Adopt a resolution of solidarity with the county, and its actions, both as an intervener in the federal action, and in its direction to the County Counsel to come up with an ordinance that will govern all of the cities in the county, and to include its support for the newly adopted July 11th protocol and policies by the Sheriff’s department.
Moved by Andrea Alarcón, seconded by Eric Ohlsen.
Vote: Motion carried (5-0)
Yes: Laura Bettencourt, Austin Bishop, Richard J. Loa, Eric Ohlsen, Andrea Alarcón.
15) ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Pro Tem Bettencourt adjourned the meeting at 9:27 pm to September 2, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber located at 38300 Sierra Highway, Suite B, Palmdale, California.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 2nd day of September 2025.
Laura Bettencourt, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
Rochelle Scott, City Clerk
City Council Staff Report
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: HOUSING DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT: ALL
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE
DRAFT CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
REPORT (CAPER) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025; REVIEW,
APPROVE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER PRO TEM OR
THEIR DESIGNEE TO MAKE NECESSARY CHANGES AND SUBMIT
THE CAPER REPORT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOU SING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) BY SEPTEMBER 28, 2025, IN
COMPLIANCE WITH HUD REGULATIONS
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommend that the City Council:
1. Open a public hearing to receive public comments on the Draft CAPER for Fiscal Year 2024-2025;
2. Review and approve the 2024-2025 CAPER; and,
3. Authorize the City Manager Pro Tem or their designee to make necessary changes and submit the CAPER report to HUD by September 28, 2025, in compliance with HUD Regulations.
BACKGROUND
As an entitlement and participating jurisdiction, the City of Palmdale receives an annual allocation of funds from HUD under its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Programs. Additionally, the City received a special allocation of Community Development Block Grant COVID -19 (CDBG -CV) funds, as authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act enacted on March 27, 2020, to be used exclusively on eligible activities that prepare for, prevent, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. As an entitlement and participating jurisdiction, the City is required to prepare and obtain HUD approval of a Consolidated Plan covering a period of five years. The 20 20 Five-year Consolidated Plan was approved by Council and submitted to HUD in June 2020. The plan addresses various HUD-required issues, Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Public Hearings for CAPER and Community Needs
September 2, 2025
including the City’s plan to address affordable housing and other needs of low - and moderate-income persons.
At the end of each grant year, the City is required to submit a CAPER, providing an assessment of the City’s performance and a statement of its expenditures in meeting the goals and objectives stated in its Consolidated Plan and its Annual Action Plan.
DISCUSSION
The Action Plan identifies the programs, projects, and services to be provided during the fiscal year to meet the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan. As required by HUD regulations, the CAPER includes the use of the 2024-2025 allocation of $1,500,651 CDBG funds and $526,611 HOME funds, program income, and prior year funds. The CAPER also reports the special allocation of $1,932,895 of CDBG -CV funds. T he following are the allocated and estimated use of funds for activities within the 2024-2025 program year:
CDBG Funds Allocated Expended
General CDBG Administration $261,510 $128,086
Housing Rights Center (Fair Housing Services) $38,620 $38,620 Administration - Total $300,130 $166,706
South Antelope Valley Emergency Services – Saves $225,697 $225,697 Public Service – Total $225,697 $225,697
Public Facilities and Infrastructure $1,602,187 $0
Public Facilities and Infrastructure - Total $1,602,187 $0 Section 108 Loan Repayment $347,518 $347,518
ADA Compliance – Q-12 $66,000 $240
Capital Improvements - Total $413,518 $347,758
CDBG Total $2,541,532 $740,161
HOME Funds Allocated
Expended
General HOME Administration $98,551 $98,551
Administration - Total $98,551 $98,551
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Program (TBRA) $175,000 $151,977 CHDO Set-Aside $78,917 $0
Affordable Housing development $1,758,968 $0
Juniper Grove Apartments $70,370 $70,370
HOME Programs/Projects - Total $2,083,255 $222,347
HOME Total $2,181,806 $320,898
Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Public Hearings for CAPER and Community Needs
September 2, 2025
CDBG-CV Funds Allocated Expended
General CDBG-CV Administration $286,580 $188,185
Administration - Total $286,580 $188,185
South Antelope Valley Emergency Services - SAVES $1,223,952 $1,165,557 Public Service Programs -Total $1,223,952 $1,165,557
CDBG-CV Total $1,510,532 $1,353,742
The City complied with its Citizen Participation Plan and the CDBG regulations requiring that the CAPER be made available for public review and comment before submitting it to HUD. A public notice informing citizens of the locations where the report was available for review and inviting oral or written comments either before or at the public hearing on September 2, 2025, was published in the Antelope Valley Press and the City’s website on August 16, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT
$0; There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Goal II: Ensure long-term fiscal health of the City and maintain funding for services.
A. Manage resources, costs, and liabilities to ensure the City’s long-term fiscal health.
Prepared by: Sophia Reyes, Director of Housing
Certified as to availability of Funds: Janelle Samson, Director of Operations Approved by: Salvador Mendez, City Manager Pro Tem
Approved as to form: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS
Draft CAPER for Fiscal Year 2024-2025
2024-2025
Consolidated Annual
Performance and
Evaluation Report
Community Development Block Grant
HOME Investment Partnerships Program
Draft September 2, 2025
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2024/2025 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE
AND EVALUATION REPORT
JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
LAURA BETTENCOURT
Mayor Pro Tem
AUSTIN BISHOP
Council Member
Richard J. Loa
Council Member
ERIC OHLSEN
Council Member
Andrea Alarcon
Council Member
SALVADOR MENDEZ
City Manager Pro Tem
SOPHIA REYES
Director of Housing
BECKY BARTLETT
Analyst II
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Table of Contents
CR-05 - Goals and Outcomes .......................................................................................................... 1 CR-10 Racial and Ethnic Composition of (person/households/families) Assisted ......................... 8 CR-15 Resources and Investments.................................................................................................. 9 CR-20 Affordable Housing ............................................................................................................. 14 CR-25 Homeless and Other Special Needs ................................................................................... 17 CR-30 Public Housing .................................................................................................................... 21 CR-35 Other Actions ...................................................................................................................... 23 CR-40 Monitoring .......................................................................................................................... 26 CR-45 CDBG ................................................................................................................................... 28 CR-50 HOME.................................................................................................................................. 31
Appendices
Appendix A – Public Notice ............................................................................................................. A Appendix B – Summary of Citizen Participation Comments........................................................... B Appendix C – IDIS Reports .............................................................................................................. C
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City of Palmdale 2024-2025 Draft CAPER 1
OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)
CR-05 - Goals and Outcomes
Progress the jurisdiction has made in carrying out its strategic plan and its action plan.
91.520(a)
This 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) is the City of Palmdale’s report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) describing the use of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds during the fifth program year of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan period, covering July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025. This CAPER will also describe the use of the Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG -CV) funds, as autho rized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, enacted on March 27, 2020 , and programmed into the City’s 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan, as amended.
The City receives CDBG and HOME funds from HUD on a formula basis each year and receives a special allocation of CDBG-CV funds. In turn, the City implements projects and awards grants and loans to nonprofit, for-profit and public organizations for projects in furtherance of the adopted Consolidated Plan. The CDBG and HOME programs provide a wide range of eligible activities for the benefit of low and moderate-income Palmdale residents. The CDBG-CV funds provide eligible activities that prepare for, respond to, and prevent COVID-19 pandemic.
For the 2024-2025 program year, the City received $1,500,651 of CDBG funds $4,000 of CDBG Program Income and has $970,881 of unprogrammed prior year funds and $526,111 of HOME funds and has $1,539,385 of unprogrammed prior year funds from HUD. Together, with prior year(s) funding available, a total of $4,541,028 was allocated to projects in the 2024-2025 Action Plan. This investment of CDBG and HOME funds was a catalyst for positive change in the community. Together with other federal, state, and local investments, HUD resources allowed the City and its partners to:
• Provide fair housing services for 225 residents
• Provide homelessness prevention and assistance services to 10,787 residents • Provided tenant-based rental assistance to 25 senior households • Provide for ADA improvements at Q-12 that will benefit 2,070 residents when complete
Additionally, the City continued eligible activities for the special allocation of CDBG (CDBG-CV) in the amount of $1,932,895 to be used exclusively on eligible activities that prepare for, respond to, and prevent the COVID -19 pandemic. The CDBG -CV funds were programmed in the 2019 - 2020 Action Plan:
• Respond to COVID -19 pandemic by providing emergency rental assistance to 7
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households; and
• Provide homelessness prevention and assistance services to 178,625 residents.
Table 1 provides a summary of the five-year and one-year accomplishments for the period ending June 30, 2025, arranged by each of the Strategic Plan Goals included in the 2020-2024 Strategic Plan of the Consolidated Plan and the COVID-19 Response goal in the 2019-2020 Action Plan.
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Comparison of the proposed versus actual outcomes for each outcome measure submitted with the consolidated plan and explain, if applicable, why progress was not made toward meeting goals and objectives. 91.520(g)
Table 1 - Accomplishments – Strategic Plan & Program Year to Date Goal Category
2024-
2025Amoun
t Allocated
Indicator Unit of
Measure
5-Year Strategic Plan 2024-2025 Program Year 5
Expected Actual Percent
Complete Expected Actual Percent
Complete
Affordable
Housing
Development
Affordable
Housing
HOME:
$1,758,968 Rental units constructed Household
Housing Unit 99 99 00.00% 0 0 0%
Affordable
Housing
Preservation
Affordable
Housing
HOME:
$0
Rental Units
Rehabilitated
Household
Housing Unit 5 0 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
Rental
Assistance
Affordable
Housing
HOME:
$175,000
Tenant-based rental
assistance / Rapid
Rehousing
Households 80 111 81.25% 20 25 125.00%
Fair Housing
Services
Affordable
Housing
CDBG:
$38,620 Other Other 1,500 1,443 63.20% 300 225 90.00%
Homelessness
Prevention and
Assistance
Homeless CDBG:
$225,697
Public service activities
other than
Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit
Persons
Assisted N/A N/A N/A 10,787 10,787 100.00%
Public Facilities
and
Infrastructure
Improvements
Non-Housing
Community
Development
CDBG:
$2,175,000
Public Facility or
Infrastructure Activities
other than
Low/Moderate Income
Housing Benefit
Persons
Assisted
200,000 47,415 23.71% 40,000 0 0%
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Goal Category
2024-
2025Amoun
t Allocated
Indicator Unit of
Measure
5-Year Strategic Plan 2024-2025 Program Year 5
Expected Actual Percent
Complete Expected Actual Percent
Complete
Economic
Opportunity
Non-Housing
Community
Development
CDBG:
$0
Expand economic
opportunity for low-
income residents and
small business owners
Businesses
Assisted
Jobs
Created/Ret
ained
40 20
0 0
0.00%
0.00%
0 0
0 0
0.00%
0.00%
Planning Planning and
Administration
CDBG:
$261,510
HOME:
$52,611
Other Other 2 2 100.00% 2 2 100.00%
COVID-19
Response
Non-Housing
Community
Development
CDBG-CV
$1,932,895 COVID-19 Impact
Businesses
Assisted
Households
Assisted
Persons
Assisted
Planning and
Admin.
20 50
178,625
1 11
53 178,625
1 55.00%
92.00%
100.00%
100.00%
0 0
178,625
1 0
0 178,625
1 0.00%
0.00%
100.00%
100.00%
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Assess how the jurisdiction’s use of funds, particularly CDBG, addresses the priorities and specific objectives identified in the plan, giving special attention to the highest priority activities identified.
During the program year, the City and its housing and community development partners made progress on several 2024-2025 activities as well as some multi -year activities that continued during the program year. All CDBG and HOME fund ed activities addressed specific high priority objectives identified in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. All CDBG-CV funded activities prepared for, responded to, or prevented the COVID-19 pandemic.
The CDBG-funded South Antelope Valley Emergency Services (SAVES) activity provided much- needed services through the CDBG entitlement funding and expanded their services with CDBG- CV funding. On March 4, 2020, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued a State of Emergency and ordered all non-essential businesses to close due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
On March 16, 2020, SAVES adopted the COVID-19 National Emergency model to bec ome an emergency-only food distribution center. SAVES re-designed from client choice to a no-contact drive-thru. SAVES also coordinated with local churches and community group volunteers to deliver emergency food to shut -in senior residents. The Federal Government ’s public health emergency declaration expired May 11, 2023 , the State of California’s declaration expired February 28, 2023, and Los Angeles County’s declaration expired March 31, 2023. The City of Palmdale continues to serve residents affected by the pandemic. As a result, SAVES served people within all residential tracts of the City, meeting the Low and Moderate Clientele National Objective. During the program year, 10,787 food orders were distributed to needy households.
Most CDBG funds were allocated to public facilities and infrastructure improvement activities to benefit low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, provide disabled access, provide facilities for homelessness prevention services , or directly support affordable housing during the program year. The project scope for the ADA Improvements at Q-12 was increased to include street improvements. Construction is anticipated to be completed by August 2025. Funds have been allocated for the construction and improvement of sidewalk, curb, and gutter infrastructure along 3rd Street East to enhance pedestrian safety and neighborhood accessibility, estimated to be completed in December 2025.
The 2024 HOME-funded Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) assisted 25 unduplicated extremely low-income senior households (age 62 or older) experiencing a severe housing cost burden (more than 50% of household income goes to rent).
The City has worked tirelessly to prepare for, respond to, and prevent Coronavirus. The City has made significant progress toward the numeric accomplishment goals for projects during this fifth year of the five-year Consolidated Plan period and to prepare for, respond to, and prevent the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of the activities that were underway during the 2024-2025 program year are listed in Figure 1, including the amount of CDBG, HOME, or CDBG-CV funds allocated to the activity and the amount spent as of June 30, 2025. Figure 2 provides the numeric
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accomplishment goal, and the amount accomplished as of June 30, 2025.
Figure 1 – Use of CDBG and HOME Funds
1. Affordable Housing Development Allocated Expended
2024 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance HOME $175,000 $151,977 87.00% 2020 Juniper Grove Apartments HOME $351,866 $351,866 100.00% Subtotal $526,866 $503,843 96.00%
2. Fair Housing Services
2024 Fair Housing Services CDBG $ 38,620 $ 38,620 100.00%
3. Public Services Including Homelessness
2024 South Antelope Valley Emergency
Services CDBG $225,697 $225,697 100.00%
4. Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements
2024 Section 108 Debt Service CDBG $347,518 $347,518 100.00% 2018 Street Improvement Q-12 CDBG $836,500 $836,500 100.00% 2020 Street Improvement Q-12 CDBG $200,000 $200,000 100.00% 2021 Street Improvement Q-12 CDBG $488,500 $488,500 100.00% 2023 Street Improvement Q-12 CDBG $90,000 $13,768 16.00% 2024 Street Improvement 3rd St E CDBG $650,000 0 0.00%
Subtotal $2,612,518 $1,886,286 71.00%
5. Economic Opportunity
2021 Economic Development CDBG $0 $0 0.00%
6. Planning and Administration
CDBG Program Administration CDBG $261,510 $128,086 49.00% HOME Program Administration HOME $ 98,551 $98,551 100.00% Subtotal $360,061 $226,637 63.00%
7. COVID Response
South Antelope Valley Emergency Services CDBG-CV $1,223,952 1,165,557 96.00% CDBG-CV Administration CDBG-CV $286,580 $188,185 65.00% Subtotal $1,510,532 $1,353,742 90.00%
Total for all Goals: $5,274,294 $4,234,825 63.00%
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Figure 2 – Program Year Accomplishments by Strategic Plan Goal Strategic Plan Goal / Activity Unit of Measure Expected Actual
1. Affordable Housing Development
2020 Juniper Grove Apartments Household Unit 99 99
2019 Juniper Grove Apartments
2024 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance Household Unit 25 25
2. Fair Housing Services
Fair Housing Services (Admin) People 300 225
3. Public Services Including Homelessness
South Antelope Valley Emergency Services People 10,787 10,787
4. Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements
Section 108 Debt Service N/A N/A N/A
2023 ADA Compliance – Q-12
2021 ADA Compliance – Q-12
People 40,000 0
2020 ADA Compliance – Q-12
2018 ADA Compliance – Q-12
2024 ADA Compliance – 3rd St East
5. Economic Opportunity
Business Assistance Program Businesses 8 0
6. Planning and Administration
CDBG Program Administration N/A N/A N/A
HOME Program Administration N/A N/A N/A
7. COVID-19 Response
South Antelope Valley Emergency Services People 178,625 178,625 CDBG-CV Administration N/A N/A N/A
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CR-10 - Racial and Ethnic composition of families assisted Describe the families assisted (including the racial and ethnic status of families assisted).
91.520(a)
Table 2 – Table of assistance to racial and ethnic populations by source of funds
CDBG HOME
White 2,905 10
Black or African American 3,523 11
Black/African American & White 189 1
Asian 107 0
American Indian/ Alaskan Native 19 0
Asian & White 10 0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 6 0
Amer. Indian/Alaskan Native & Black/African
Amer. 16 0
American Indian/Alaskan Native & White 11 0
Other multi-racial 4,001 8
Total 10,787 30
Hispanic 3,968 6
Not Hispanic 6,819 24
Narrative
Table 2 provides an aggregate of race and ethnicity data for persons and households served during the program year based on accomplishment data from all CDBG , HOME, and CDBG -CV activities reported in HUD’s Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS).
The (TBRA) activity has assisted 25 unduplicated extremely low income, rent -burdened Senior households; and the Juniper Grove project provides for the production of 101 new affordable units, of which 5 units are HOME units, designated for individuals experiencing homelessness, and 2 units are for managers.(PR-23 records 30 households, as reported in tables 2, 11, and 12).
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CR-15 - Resources and Investments 91.520(a)
Identify the resources made available
Table 3 - Resources Made Available
Source of Funds
Resources Made
Available in 2024-2025
Action Plan
Amount Expended
During Program Year
CDBG $2,475,532 $740,161
HOME $2,065,496 $320,898
Other: CDBG-CV $1,932,895 $1,061,059
Narrative
The federal, state, local and private resources available for the implementation of projects during the 2024-2025 program year are identified in Table 3. The CDBG resources include $1,500,651 of CDBG formula grant funds and $4,000 of CDBG Program Income and $970,881 of unprogrammed prior year funds . The HOME resources include $526,111 HOME formula grant funds $1,539,385 prior year funds. The City received a special allocation of $1,932,895 of CDBG- CV funds. A grand total of $4,541,028 of CDBG, HOME, and CDBG-CV funds were allocated to projects in the Action Plan.
Identify the geographic distribution and location of investments
Table 4 – Identify the geographic distribution and location of investments Target Area
Planned
Percentage of
Allocation
Actual
Percentage of
Allocation
Narrative Description
Low- and Moderate-
Income Areas 65 65 Infrastructure
Narrative
The 2024-2025 Action Plan allocated $2,175,000 to public facilities and Infrastructure activities, representing 88 percent of the program year CDBG investments. Combined with prior program funds, over $2.1 million of CDBG funds were designated to Public Facilities and Infrastructure activities designed to benefit the Low-and Moderate-Income Areas, of which 100% benefited low-and moderate-income areas.
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Leveraging
Explain how federal funds leveraged additional resources (private, state, and local funds), including a description of how matching requirements were satisfied, as well as how any publicly owned land or property located within the jurisdiction that were used to address the needs identified in the plan.
To address housing and community development needs in Palmdale, the City leverages its CDBG and HOME entitlement grants with a variety of funding resources in order to maximize the effectiveness of available funds. The primary funding sources for leveraging CDBG and HOME funds in Palmdale are Housing Successor Agency housing asset funds, redevelopment Successor Agency funds and the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund (RPTTF) funds.
During the program year, the Juniper Grove project located at the southeast corner of Division and East Ave R in Palmdale leverages HOME funds of $728,678 and CDBG funds of $ 250,000 with Low Income Housing Tax Credits through the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee , yielding $22,310,650 of Tax Credit Equity, which was under construction. Additional financing of $33,211,811 was secured from other sources, including multiple grants from the Los Angeles Community Development Authority. This project provides for the new construction of 101 units of housing serving families with rents affordable to households earning 30 -50 percent of the area median income (AMI).
Additional CDBG leveraging opportunities were available for SAVE S. The organization received more than $10,000 in monetary donations from the community, along with in -kind food contributions from local businesses and the Palmdale School District, valued at over $3 million.
HUD requires HOME Participating Jurisdictions (PJs) to match 25 percent of their HOME annual allocation. In accordance with 24 CFR 92.222, PJ s satisfying the distress criteria established by the HOME Program regulations are provided a match reduction. Match reductions are granted due to fiscal distress, severe fiscal distress, and Presidential disaster declarations. For the 2024- 2025 program year, the City of Palmdale received a 50 percent match reduction from HUD.
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Table 5 – Fiscal Year Summary - HOME Match Report
Fiscal Year Summary – HOME Match
1. Excess match from prior Federal fiscal year $4,780,078
2. Match contributed during current Federal fiscal year $0
3. Total match available for current Federal fiscal year (Line 1 plus Line 2) $4,780,078
4. Match liability for current Federal fiscal year $20,888
5. Excess match carried over to next Federal fiscal year (Line 3 minus Line 4) $4,759,190
Table 6 – Match Contribution for the Federal Fiscal Year Match Contribution for the Federal Fiscal Year
Project No.
or Other ID
Date of
Contrib.
Cash
(non-
Federal
sources)
Foregone
Taxes,
Fees,
Charges
Appraise
d
Land/Rea
l Property
Required
Infrastruct
ure
Site Prep.,
Const.
Materials,
Donated
labor
Bond
Financing Total Match
N/A N/A $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Table 7 – Program Income
Program Income – Enter the program amounts for the reporting period Balance on hand at
beginning of
reporting period
Amount received
during reporting
period
Total amount
expended during
reporting period
Amount expended
Balance on hand at
end of reporting
period
$0 $268,122 $165,226 $165,226 $102,986
HOME MBE/WBE report
Minority Business Enterprises and Women Business Enterprises – Indicate the number and dollar value of contracts for HOME projects completed during the reporting period Table 8 – Minority Business and Women Business Enterprises
During the reporting period there were no HOME activities required to report on MBE/WBE.
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Total
Minority Business Enterprises
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native or
American
Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black Non-
Hispanic Hispanic
Contracts
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Sub-Contracts
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Women Business
Enterprises Male
Contracts
Number 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0
Sub-Contracts
Number 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0
Minority Owners of Rental Property – Indicate the number of HOME assisted rental property owners and the total amount of HOME funds in these rental properties assisted Table 9 – Minority Owners of Rental Property
Total
Minority Property Owners
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native or
American
Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black
Non-
Hispanic
Hispanic
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dollar Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
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Relocation and Real Property Acquisition – Indicate the number of persons displaced, the cost of relocation payments, the number of parcels acquired, and the cost of acquisition
Table 10 – Relocation and Real Property Acquisition
Parcels Acquired (CDBG) 0 $0
Businesses Displaced 0 $0
Nonprofit Organizations Displaced 0 $0
Households Temporarily Relocated, not
Displaced 0 $0
Households
Displaced Total
Minority Property Enterprises
White
Non-
Hispanic
Alaskan
Native or
American
Indian
Asian or
Pacific
Islander
Black Non-
Hispanic Hispanic
Number 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cost $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
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CR-20 - Affordable Housing 91.520(b)
Evaluation of the jurisdiction's progress in providing affordable housing, including the number and types of families served, the number of extremely low -income, low-income, moderate- income, and middle-income persons served.
Table 11 – Number of Households
One-Year Goal Actual
Number of homeless households to be provided
affordable housing units 0 5
Number of non-homeless households to be
provided affordable housing units 25 25
Number of special-needs households to be
provided affordable housing units 0 0
Total 25 30
Table 12 – Number of Households Supported
One-Year Goal Actual
Number of households supported through rental
assistance 25 25
Number of households supported through the
production of new units 0 0
Number of households supported through the
rehab of existing units 0 0
Number of households supported through the
acquisition of existing units 0 0
Total 25 25
Discuss the difference between goals and outcomes and problems encountered in meeting these goals.
The Juniper Grove Affordable Housing Project financing closed in October 2020. The City committed $728,678 of HOME funds and $250,000 of CDBG funds for site assemblance . Th e project provides for the production of 101 new affordable units, of which 5 units are HOME units, 50 units are designated for individuals experiencing homelessness, and 2 units are for managers.
The project has been completed, and the certificate of Occupancy was issued February 2024 , with the overall project being completed June 2025. TBRA, the City supported 25 Senior households through ongoing rental assistance (PR-23 records 25 households, as reported in tables 2, 11, and 12).
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Discuss how these outcomes will impact future annual action plans.
In future annual action plans, the City anticipates continuing to invest HOME funds to address housing affordability for renters and homeowners through the creation of new units, rehabilitation of existing substandard units , and the provision of TBRA to the City’s most vulnerable residents – extremely low-income senior citizens experiencing a severe housing cost burden.
The City is actively seeking a certified Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) with capacity to develop housing to increase the likelihood of meeting the HOME program requirement that 15 percent of each allocation be committed to a CHDO project within 24 months. The active TBRA Program will ensure that HOME funds are effectively committed on time to meet HUD’s 24-month commitment deadline. As a result of these actions, the City will be able to strategically invest the remaining HOME funds in affordable housing development or rehabilitation projects at a point in time when these projects are shovel ready with all other financing commitments in place.
Include the number of extremely low -income, low -income, and moderate -income persons served by each activity where information on income by family size is required to determine the eligibility of the activity.
Table 13 – Number of Persons Served
Number of Persons Served CDBG Actual HOME Actual
Extremely Low-income 8824 25
Low-income 1184 0
Moderate-income 709 0
Total 10,787 25
Narrative Information
The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan - Strategic Plan identifie d high priority affordable housing needs including preserving the supply of affordable housing and providing rental assistance to extremely low -income seniors . During the 2024-2025 program year, the City invested HOME funds for Valley Oasis to implement the TBRA program for extremely low -income seniors experiencing a housing cost burden.
Other strategic investments were made with HOME funds to support the building of affordable rental units for Juniper Grove Apartments and CDBG funds to support site assemblage of the Juniper Grove project. The City is continuing to support Homes 4 Families in the development of
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its Single Family CalVet Residential Enriched Neighborhood (REN) Veterans Housing complex. This project will provide up to 56 housing units for veterans, funded by local housing resources and other private sources. So far, 36 of the units have been completed.
Through the City’s TBRA Program, and affordable housing programs, it attempts to meet the needs of worst-case housing needs (defined as low -income renters who experience severe cost burden, substandard housing, or involuntary displacement), as well as households economically impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic . Additionally, the City refers individuals at -risk of homelessness to the homeless services and programs described in more detail in the next section of the CAPER.
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CR-25 - Homeless and Other Special Needs 91.220(d, e); 91.320(d, e); 91.520(c) Evaluate the jurisdiction’s progress in meeting its specific objectives for reducing and ending homelessness through:
Reaching out to homeless persons (especially unsheltered persons ) and assessing their individual needs
In Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is the lead agency coordinating the Continuum of Care (CoC). LAHSA is a joint powers authority for the City and County of Los Angeles (with the exception of the Cities of Long Beach, Pasadena, and Glendale).
A ten-member Commission governs LAHSA. Each of the County’s five Supervisors appoints one (1) commissioner while the Mayor and City Council of Los Angeles app oint another five (5) members. LAHSA plans, coordinates, and manages r esources for t he County’s homeless programs. In addition, LAHSA provides technical assistance, data, and other planning resources to many of the incorporated cities within the County, including the City of Palmdale. LAHSA develops and oversees a comprehensive strategy to address homelessness.
Additionally, in February , 2016, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors approved an unprecedented action plan of nearly two dozen interlocking strategies , focusing on six key areas to combat homelessness. The City of Palmdale has been one of over 100 community groups, cities and county leader s who continue to actively participate in the planning and implementation of these strategies to address homelessness. As part of the County strategy, the City of Palmdale participated in a process to create a City-specific plan to prevent and combat homelessness. In addition to participating in County-wide stakeholder meetings and as a member of the (CoC), the City of Palmdale participates in a regional approach to address homelessness within the Antelope Valley Service Planning Area No. 1 (SPA 1). SPA 1 covers approximately 2,500 square miles of desert and forest, from the Kern County line on the north, to the San Bernardino County line on the east, the Ventura County line on the west and the Angeles Forest on the south.
The homeless count conducted by LAHSA in January 2020 estimated that the number of homeless persons in SPA 1 increased forty -four percent to 4,755. This count indicated that the number of homeless in Palmdale had decreased by 9 percent to 289 people homeless persons i n 2020. In February 2025, the number of persons in SPA 1 was 6,753 and 198 encountered in Palmdale.
The City participates in the Antelope Valley Homeless Coalition, an inter -agency council with approximately 50 participants. Through this participation, the City is able to coordinate efforts and resources with local homeless service providers including Los Angeles County’s Coordinated Entry System, outreach, and engagement, 2-1-1, and the Homeless Access Center in Palmdale operated by Valley Oasis. The City along with county partners, the State of California and Hope the Mission have partnered for Project Homekey in response to , the increasing numbers of homeless to provide Interim Housing and Permanent Supportive Housing.
The City partnered with community organizations—including Advancing Communities Together, Mental Health America Los Angeles, Valley Oasis, and Victory Outreach—to collaborate with the Los Angeles County Homeless Initiative. Together, they implemented progr ams designed to
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support individuals experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless. These programs provided outreach, workforce development, case management, and comprehensive wraparound services.
The SAVES program provides food and other resources to persons experiencing homelessness and individuals and families at risk of homelessness . The City allocated the full 15 percent of its 2024-2025 CDBG funds and supplemented this activity with CDBG-CV funds.
Addressing the emergency shelter and transitional housing needs of homeless persons The ultimate solution to ending homelessness is permanent housing closely aligned with supportive services that ensure housing stability can be maintained. However, because the demand for affordable housing far outpaces the region’s supply, the CoC continues to rely on its emergency and transitional housing system to address the immediate needs of Los Angeles County’s homeless population. To expand the options available in the community, the County’s Homeless Initiative has expanded LAHSA-funded crisis housing to 24-hour facilities and has begun providing Rapid Re-Housing and Homeless Prevention funds to the community.
To address homeless needs in Palmdale among the 18–26-year-old age segment, the City and Advancing Communities Together, Inc. established the Palmdale Dream Center, an 11 -unit transitional housing center with congregate activities and services designed to promote continuing education and employment for residents to ac hieve self-sufficiency and permanent housing. The Coordinated Entry System for youth is Countywide and many of the County’s strategies for addressing homelessness also have a component that prioritizes transitional age youth.
Helping low-income individuals and families avoid becoming homeless, especially extremely low-income individuals and families and those who are: likely to become homeless after being discharged from publicly funded institutions and systems of care (such as health care facilities, mental health facilities, foster care and other youth facilities, and corrections programs and institutions); and, receiving assistance from public or private agencies that address housing, health, social services, employment, education, or youth needs.
An individual or family is considered to be at-risk of becoming homeless if it experiences extreme difficulty maintaining their housing and has no reasonable alternatives for obtaining subsequent housing. Circumstances that can cause homelessness include eviction, loss of income, insufficient income, disability, increase in the cost of housing, discharge from an institution, irreparable damage or deterioration to housing, and fleeing from family violence.
During 2024-2025, the City and Valley Oasis used HOME funds to implement the TBRA Program to provide assistance for extremely low-income elderly residents who are experiencing a severe rent burden.
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The City provided funds to (SAVES), which provides emergency shelter (motel vouchers) and food to eligible low -income persons, homeless persons, and emancipated youth. SAVES distributes food and clothing to individuals and households at risk of becoming homeless. SAVES provides referral services to partners for job placement, health, educational/training, and social service needs. Additionally, SAVES collaborates with local community part ners to offer a continuum of services on-site by providing office space free of rent. During this program year, SAVES expanded services to provide support to the array of households experiencing economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic. SAVES conducted drive-thru emergency services and coordinated with an array of community partners to create drive -thru resource fairs. Information provided to residents included outreach and referral to the Census, the SNAP application process , and information on housing services, including services from rental assistance to tenant rights legal assistance, as well as medical servi ces and vaccination opportunities. SAVES utilizes volunteer workers and Los Angeles County Transitional Subsidized Employment (TSE) program participants providing the opportunity to build job skills and experience in a warehouse/food pantry setting and training in general office skills.
The City supports America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) previously known as the South Valley WorkSource Center or One Stop Center centrally lo cated in Palmdale. The Center provides comprehensive employment, training and educational services to employers and job seekers.
The Housing Rights Center uses CDBG funds to provide fair housing, tenant/landlord mediation, and legal services for residents through attorney consultations and the preparation of legal documents for the residents to represent themselves in family law and landlord/tenant actions.
Some of these services are provided to prevent undue evictions that could lead to homelessness.
Palmdale is included in the Los Angeles County Development Authority’s (LACDA) efforts to provide Section 8 rental assistance to extremely low - and very low-income households located within the City limits. The Section 8 program gives priority to households that are at risk of becoming homeless or currently residing in inadequate housing.
During the years 2024-2025, the Housing Authority of the City of Palmdale continued its contract for the Homeless Prevention and Rapid Rehousing Program. This program utilized Housing Asset Funds to provide short- and medium-term rental assistance, along w ith other suitable activities aimed at preventing homelessness and facilitating the rapid rehousing of individuals who have experienced homelessness. In the current year, the program has assisted 15 unduplicated households.
Helping homeless persons (especially chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans and their families, and unaccompanied youth) make the transition to permanent housing and independent living, including shortening the peri od of time that individuals and families experience homelessness, facilitating access for homeless individuals
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and families to affordable housing units, and preventing individuals and families who were recently homeless from becoming homeless again
In support of CoC efforts, th e 2020-2024 Strategic Plan provides for the use of CDBG funds to support activities implemented by local nonprofit organizations that provide services to help prevent and eliminate homelessness, including families at risk of homelessness . The City will provide CDBG funds to SAVES and HOME funds to Valley Oasis for the TBRA Program. HOME funds are also used to promote affordable housing development and preservation efforts.
Additionally, the Homeless Prevention Rapid Rehousing Program funded by Housing Asset Funds will continue to provide assistance to rehouse households experiencing homelessness, as well as prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless.
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CR-30 - Public Housing 91.220(h); 91.320(j)
Actions taken to address the needs of public housing
The City of Palmdale Housing Authority was formed in 1994 under the State of California Housing Authority Law to actively improve existing neighborhoods and develop affordable housing opportunities using local, state, and federal resources. The Palmdale Housing Authority does not administer Section 8 and does not own HUD Public Housing; however, the City is within the service area of the Los Angeles County Development Authority (LACDA ) for the purposes of Section 8 and Public Housing. During the 2024-2025 program year, LACDA continued to serve the needs of residents through Section 8 vouchers and public housing.
In recognition that the U.S. Census Bureau projects that the elderly in California will have an overall increase of 112 percent from 1990 to 2020, LACDA has made changes to address the need for the growing senior population. In August of 2013, HUD approved LACDA’s application to designate 13 public housing senior developments as housing for elderly families only (62 years or older).
Actions taken to encourage public housing residents to become more involved in management and participate in homeownership
LACDA actively encourages residents to be involved in the organization through resident councils and active participation in housing authority decisions via surveys and other forms of engagement. LACDA also maintains quarterly newsletters for Section 8 tenants, public housing residents, and Section 8 property owners.
LACDA encourages residents to explore homeownership opportunities. LACDA currently administers the Family Self -Sufficiency (FSS) program for public conventional housing and Housing Choice Voucher progr am residents. The FSS program provides critical tools and supportive services to foster a resident’s transition from financial and housing assistance to economic and housing self-sufficiency, most importantly homeownership.
To support this effort, LACDA utilizes marketing materials to outreach and further promote the program’s requirements and benefits to all public housing residents. For families that are eligible to participate, a Contract of Participation (COP) is prepared to govern the terms and conditions of their participation, and an Individual Training Service Plan (ITSP) is created that outlines the following: supportive services to be provided, activities to be completed by the participant, and agreed upon completion dates for the services and activities. The COP is valid for five years and may be extended to allow the family to meet their ITSP goals.
Once the COP is established and the family experiences an increase in tenant rent as a result of earned income, an escrow account in their name is established and increased earned income is deposited into this account. Escrow accounts are disbursed to the family once the family has
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graduated successfully from the program. Families are encouraged to utilize these funds towards educational and homeownership endeavors.
Additionally, LACDA provides residents with information on their homeownership programs.
Actions taken to provide assistance to troubled Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) N/A: LACDA is designated by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as a High Performing Public Housing Agency.
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CR-35 - Other Actions 91.220(j)-(k); 91.320(i)-(j)
Actions taken to remove or ameliorate the negative effects of public policies that serve as barriers to affordable housing such as land use controls, tax policies affecting land, zoning ordinances, building codes, fees and charges, growth limitations, and policies affecting the return on residential investment. 91.220 (j); 91.320 (i) The two primary barriers to affordable housing identified in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan include housing a ffordability and the lack of monetary resources for affordable housing . As discussed in the Consolidated Plan’s Strategic Plan section, a significant portion of the monetary resources that were used for affordable housing in the past included tax increment financing through the former redevelopment agency that was eliminated a s a result of changes in State policy.
To address housing affordability and the lack of monetary resources for affordable housing, t he Strategic Plan called for the investment of a significant portion of CDBG and HOME funds for the development of 99 new affordable rental housing units, 56 homeownership housing units, and the rehabilitation and preservation of 5 existing affordable housing units over the five-year period of the plan. The current CDBG and HOME investments in progress or completed during this program year that will either directly impact housing affordability or make an indirect impact through support of new housing projects include:
• $175,000 of 2024 HOME funds for the ongoing TBRA Program to make rental housing units affordable to extremely-low-income severely cost-burdened seniors. • $728,678 of 2019 and 2020 HOME funds for Juniper Grove Affordable Apartments multi- family new construction project; and $250,000 of 2019 CDBG funds to assist with site assemblance. Juniper Grove provides 5 affordable HOME units .
Although the City no longer has access to Redevelopment Housing Set -Aside funds, the City continues to successfully leverage its CDBG and HOME funds to attract private and other available public resources to create affordable housing with suitable neighborhood amenities for low- and moderate-income residents. The City worked with Meta Housing Corporation to secure Low Income Housing Tax Credits through the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee that will yield $22,310,650 of Tax Credit Equity for the Juniper Grove Apartments project which includes 99 new affordable rental units for the current five-year Consolidated Plan period.
Actions taken to address obstacles to meeting underserved needs. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The primary obstacles to meeting the underserved needs of low - and moderate-income people include lack of funding from federal, state, and other local sources, the high cost of housing that is not affordable to low -income people and the lack of availability of home improvement financing in the private lending industry. To address these obstacles, the City invested CDBG and HOME funds through the 2024-2025 Action Plan in projects that will support the development of
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new rental housing units , provide TBRA to extremely low -income and cost-burdened seniors, rental assistance to households economically impacted by Coronavirus, and projects that provide public services to low - and moderate -income people to p revent homelessness . To address underserved needs, 97.66 percent of the City’s 2022-2024 expenditure of CDBG and HOME funds (excluding Section 108 Debt Service and Administration) was for projects that benefit low- and moderate-income people.
Actions taken to reduce lead-based paint hazards. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The Residential Lead Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of 1992 (Title X) emphasizes prevention of childhood lead poisoning through housing -based approaches. To reduce lead -based paint hazards, the rehabilitation of housing units built prior to January 1, 1978, includes a lead-based paint testing and risk assessment . Where lead -based paint is identified, the City ensures that developers and contractors incorporate safe work practices or abate the lead-based paint as part of the scope of work to effectively reduce lead-based paint hazards to children in accordance with 24 CFR Part 35.
Actions taken to reduce the number of poverty-level families. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The implementation of CDBG and HOME activities meeting the goals established in the 2020- 2024 Consolidated Plan - Strategic Plan and th e 2024-2025 Action Plan addressed the needs of poverty-level families and made strategic investments to reduce the number of poverty -level families in the future by:
• Supporting activities that expand the supply of housing that is affordable to low - and moderate-income households.
• Supporting activities that ensure equal access to housing opportunities such as Fair Housing Services provided by the Housing Rights Center; • Supporting a continuum of housing and public service programs to prevent and eliminate homelessness through the SAVES program (including the supplemental activity in response to COVID -19 Pandemic), two TBRA program s (one operated by Valley Oasis and providing assistance to senior household:, and • Supporting activities that improve public facilities and infrastructure including the investment of over $ 2.1 million of CDBG funds in projects completed or underway during this program year.
In addition to these efforts, mainstream state and federal resources also contributed to reducing the number of individuals and families in poverty. Federal programs such as the Earned Income Tax Credit and Head Start provide d Palmdale residents with pathways out of poverty as they pursued employment and educational opportunities.
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Actions taken to develop institutional structure. 91.220(k); 91.320(j) The institutional delivery system in Palmdale is high -functioning and collaborative—particularly the relationship between local government and the nonprofit sector comprised of a network of capable non-profit organizations that are delivering a full range of services to residents. Strong City departments anchor the administration of HUD grant programs and the housing, community and economic development activities that are implemented by the City.
In order to support and enhanc e the existing institutional structure, the City of Palmdale collaborated with affordable housing developers and nonprofit agencies receiving CDBG and HOME funds through the 2024-2025 Action Plan to ensure that the needs of low- and moderate- income residents were met as envisioned within the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan - Strategic Plan.
Efforts to enhance the institutional delivery system included continued implementation of the TBRA Program in partnership with Valley Oasis that uses HOME funds and continued work with Advancing Communities Together. These critical partnerships significantly enhance the City’s ability to implement the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan - Strategic Plan.
Actions taken to enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies. 91.220(k); 91.320(j)
To enhance coordination between public and private housing and social service agencies, the City continued consulting with and inviting the participation of a wide variety of agencies and organizations involved in the delivery of housing and supportive services to low - and moderate- income residents in Palmdale- particularly the low- and moderate-income areas. Representatives of the Department of Housing participated in Antelope Valley Coalition meetings and SAVES coordinated its efforts with Valley Oasis an d the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, the COC Lead Agency.
Identify actions taken to overcome the effects of any impediments identified in the jurisdiction’s analysis of impediments to fair housing choice. 91.520(a) Content is no longer required pursuant to Executive Orders.
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CR-40 - Monitoring 91.220 and 91.230
Describe the standards and procedures used to monitor activities carried out in furtherance of the plan and used to ensure long -term compliance with requirements of the programs involved, including minority business outreach and the comprehensive planning requirements To ensure that CDBG , HOME, and CDBG-CV funds were used efficiently and in compliance with applicable regulations, the City provided technical assistance to all subrecipients at the beginning of the program year. The City has been working with the compliance staff for each subrecipient to conduct internal monitoring and provide virtual technical assistance.
Technical Assistance
To enhance compliance with federal program regulations, the Department of Housing made technical assistance available to prospective applicants for any CDBG or HOME Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) upon request to review the Strategic Plan goals, program requirements , and available resources with potential applicants. Technical assistance was provided to two prospective applicant s. Additionally, technical assistance was provided during the implementation of CDBG , HOME, and CDBG-CV-funded projects to ensure that appropriate resources were provided in furtherance of compliance with the program regulations.
Activity Monitoring
All activities were monitored, beginning with a detailed review upon receipt of the application to determine eligibility, conformance with a National Objective , and conformance with a Strategic Plan goal. This review also examine d the proposed use of funds, eligibility of the service area, eligibility of the intended beneficiaries , and likelihood of compliance with other federal requirements such as the National Environmental Policy Act, the System for Award Management (SAM) debarment list, prevailing wage, Minority and Women Business Enterprise, Section 3 and federal acquisition and relocation regulations, as applicable.
Subrecipients submitted an audit and other documentation to establish their capacity, and any findings noted in the audit are reviewed. Subsequent to entering into a written agreement, staff and consultants performed periodic desk monitoring including ongoing review of required performance reports and documentation to substantiate CDBG and HOME expenditures. For the CDBG public service activity implemented by SAVES, the 2024-2025 monitoring visit is complete.
For Juniper Grove Affordable Housing project monitoring of Davis-Bacon, Minority and Women’s Business Enterprise (MBE/WBE) and Section 3 requirements will be conducted through an MOU with the Los Angeles County Development Authority and monitored by LDM Associates, Inc. LDM Associates, Inc. will also resume monitoring of CDBG Capital Projects to determine the adequacy of implementation by the Department of Public Works and its consultants . For HOME funded activities, annual monitoring of tenant files is in process to ensure that for renter occupied units,
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household income, rents, and utility allowances are in compliance with applicable limits pursuant to the affordability covenant.
Subsequent to entering into a written agreement, staff and consultants performed periodic desk monitoring, including ongoing review of required documentation to substantiate CDBG -CV expenditures.
Citizen Participation Plan 91.105(d); 91.115(d)
Describe the efforts to provide citizens with reasonable notice and an opportunity to comment on performance reports.
A public notice was published in the Antelope Valley Press on August 16, 2025, notifying the public of the availability of the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for a 15- day public review and comment period. A copy of the public notices is included in Appendix A.
The draft CAPER was available on the City website and at the following locations:
City Hall: Administration Building
38300 Sierra Hwy
Palmdale, California 93550
Department of Housing
38350 Sierra Highway, 2nd Floor
Palmdale, California 93550
Palmdale Public Library
700 East Palmdale Blvd.
Palmdale, California 93550
A public hearing was conducted before the City Council on Tuesday, September 2, 2025 to solicit comments from residents and interested parties. A summary of any written or oral comments received during the public hearing is included in Appendix B.
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CR-45 - CDBG 91.520(c)
Specify the nature of, and reasons for, any changes in the jurisdiction’s program objectives and indications of how the jurisdiction would change its programs as a result of its experiences.
On March 4, 2020, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Department of Public Health declared a local and public health emergency in response to the increased spread of coronavirus across the country. On March 11, 2020, the City of Palmdale st arted a phased mitigation approach to delay the spread of the virus, including postponing or canceling all non - essential activities. On March 17, 2020, the City of Palmdale (City) declared a State of Emergency in the City of Palmdale in response to the increasing threat of Coronavirus (COVID-19) throughout Los Angeles County, the state, and the country.
The City approved a substantial amendment to the 2019 Action Plan on June 2, 2020, for the first tranche of CDBG -CV resources ($935,276) and on February 2, 2021 for the second tranche of CDBG-CV resources ($997,619). The City began planning for CDBG-CV funded activities at the end of the FY2020-2021 program year and launched the programs at the beginning of FY 2020-2021 program year to prepare for, respond to, and prevent COVID-19. The programs continued through the FY 2024-2025 program year.
Combined, the CDBG and CDBG-CV funds are making a significant impact on strategies to address the high priority needs identified in the community. As shown in Figure 1 in section CR-05 of this document, CDBG and CDBG-CV funds are contributing to all the Strategic Plan goals including Fair Housing Services, Homelessness Prevention and Assistance, Public Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements, Economic Opportunity, Affordable Housing, COVID-19 Response, and Planning and Administration.
Fair Housing Services
The Fair Housing Services activity provided $ 38,620 to Housing Rights Center for the provision of fair housing outreach, education, and enforcement activities, including landlord-tenant matters. During the program year, this activity was below its service goal of 300 people, serving 225 people. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Housing Rights Center switched its entire operation to a virtual platform . This format has made fair housing services more accessible.
Homelessness Prevention and Assistance
To s upport a continuum of services in the Antelope Valley to prevent and eliminate homelessness including but not limited to emergency services, homeless prevention programs, case management and transitional housing , the City’s SAVES program served 10,787 persons within the residential low-moderate areas within the City of Palmdale. In March 2020 the County Department of Public Health issued a State of Emergency and
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ordered all non-essential business to close due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. On March 16, 2020, SAVES adopted the COVID-19 National Emergency model to become an emergency- only food distribution center. SAVES re-designed from client-choice to a no-contact drive- thru. SAVES also coordinated with local churches and community group volunteers to deliver emergency food to shut -in senior residents. During this period, SAVES worked hard to provide food services on an emergency basis to 1) comply with Public Health orders of that period of time; and 2) expand the mission of SAVES to provide emergency services to Palmdale residents impacted by COVID -19 while keeping both staff and the public safe and healthy.
Public Facilities and Infrastructure
To improve City of Palmdale public facilities and infrastructure to benefit low - and moderate-income people or those presumed under HUD regulations to be low - and moderate-income such as elderly people and disabled adults as well as residents of low - and moderate-income housing, the City invested a large portion of its CDBG resources to address this Strategic Plan goal . The public facilities and infrastructure activit y with measurable accomplishment goals (excludes Section 108 Debt Service) is a multi-year project that remained in progress as of June 30, 2025. Given the nature of the improvements being undertaken, many of these projects require implementation over multiple program years.
Economic Opportunity
In response to COVID -19 Pandemic, the City prioritized economic opportunity activities.
During 2021 two rounds of funding for the Business Assistance Program were made available to the community. The program provides microenterprise businesses with up to $10,000 in grant funds for reimbursement of eligible expenditures. The program was funded with both entitlement CDBG and CDBG-CV funds. The program has ended and no microenterprise businesses were assisted in the current program year.
Affordable Housing
To support the goal of affordable housing, the City is utilizing HOME funds through the Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) program to help low-income residents access safe and stable housing.
COVID-19 Response
The City has worked tirelessly to prepare for, respond to, and prevent COVID-19. The CDBG-CV funds have made a significant impact in these efforts. As detailed above, CDBG- CV funds have been used to support microenterprise businesses, households
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economically impacted by COVID -19, and to support the expanded homelessness and prevention services available at SAVES.
The 2024-2025 CAPER shows a number of activities in progress and completed. Juniper Grove affordable housing was completed June 2025 and t he Q-12 ADA Sidewalk is anticipated to be completed August 2025.
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CR-50 - HOME 91.520(d)
Include the results of on -site inspections of affordable rental housing assisted under the program to determine compliance with housing codes and other applicable regulations Maintaining HOME-assisted affordable housing is a high priority. During the program year, the City started the process of inspecting the tenant files for HOME-assisted properties. • Whispering Palms – 76 units – Monitoring completed. No issues found. • Summer Terrace – 80 units – Monitoring Complete. No issues found. • Palo Verde Terrace –78 units – Monitoring complete. No issues found. • Wright Brothers Court – 156 units – Inspection completed and monitoring in progress. • Palmdale Dream Center – 11 units – Inspection completed and desk monitoring in progress.
• Q-2 Duplex – 2 units – Monitoring complete. No issues found. • Courson Arts Colony East – 5 units – Inspection completed and desk monitoring in progress.
Provide an assessment of the jurisdiction's affirmative marketing actions for HOME units.
92.351(b)
Each of the HOME -assisted properties with five or more units maintains an Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Plan. The annual Affirmative Fair Housing Marketing Report is typically reviewed during annual monitoring to ensure compliance with HUD requirements to affirmatively further fair housing choices. Each of the HOME-assisted properties with monitoring completed in the current program year was in compliance.
Refer to IDIS reports to describe the amount and use of program income for projects, including the number of projects and owner and tenant characteristics According to the PR-09 report for the HOME program, the City of Palmdale received $268,122 in program income during the 2024 program year.
Describe other actions taken to foster and maintain affordable housing. 91.220(k) In the implementation of the 2024-2025 Action Plan, the City invested HOME funds to preserve and maintain affordable housing by partnering with development partners and nonprofit service providers to support the development of new rental housing units and to provide rental assistance. CDBG funds were invested in infrastructure and other public facilities improvement projects necessary to provide suitable infrastructure and neighborhood amenities to support the creation of decent affordable housing.
2024/2025
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT
JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
APPENDIX A
Public Notices
(to be submitted to HUD)
CITY OF PALMDALE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC REVIEW AND PUBLIC HEARING
DRAFT CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025
Pursuant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, the City of Palmdale has prepared the draft Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME). The CAPER provides an assessment of the City's performance in meeting Fiscal Year 2024-2025 housing and community development goals as outlined in the previously adopted Fiscal Year 2024-2025 One Year Action Plan (as amended).
Additionally, the CAPER discusses changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 annual performance.
In compliance with the City’s approved Citizen Participation Plan and the Consolidated Plan implementing regulation 24 CFR 91.105, this notice is given to invite public review and comment of the City of Palmdale’s Draft 2024-2025 CAPER. This document can be reviewed at the following locations:
• City of Palmdale Department of Housing, 38250 Sierra Highway, 2nd Floor. (661) 267-5126. 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday-Thursday) • City of Palmdale Public Library, 700 East Palmdale Blvd. (661) 267-5600 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Monday-Thursday); 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Friday-Saturday); 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Sunday)
• City of Palmdale Administration Building, 38300 Sierra Highway (661) 267-5100 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Monday-Thursday)
• www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov
The CAPER draft will be available for public review from August 16, 2025 to September 2, 2025.
Individuals wishing to express their views concerning the above -referenced document may provide written comments to the City on or before 2:00 p.m. on September 2, 2025 to the City of Palmdale, Department of Housing, 38250 Sierra Highway, Palmdale, CA 93550.
The City Council will hold a public hearing on September 2, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. at City Council Chambers, 38300 Sierra Highway, Palmdale, California. For more information, please contact Becky Bartlett, Department of Housing at (661) 267-5126.
It is the objective of the City to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 and the ADA Amendment Act of 2008, the Fair Housing Act, the Architectural Barriers Act, and the City’s adopted Limited English Proficiency Plan (LEP) in all respects. If you require public documents in an accessible format, the City will make reasonable efforts to accommodate your request. If you require a reasonable accommodation to attend or participa te in a hearing or meeting, including auxiliary aids or translation services, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at least 48 hours prior to the meeting at (661) 267-5151.
Rochelle Scott
City Clerk
Publish August 16, 2025
2024/2025
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT
JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
APPENDIX B
Summary of Citizen Participation Comments
Summary of Public Comments
Palmdale City Council Meeting
Public Hearing
September 2, 2025
Comments
Comments pending Public Hearing
2024/2025
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT
JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
APPENDIX C
IDIS Reports
(to be submitted to HUD)
City Council Staff Report
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: HOUSING DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT: ALL
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE
PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION ( PLHA)
FORMULA 5 -YEAR PLAN AMENDMENT FOR YEARS 2020 -
2025; ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. CC 2025-064, A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALMDALE
AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND AMENDING THE
PLHA FORMULA 5 -YEAR PLAN WITH THE STA TE OF
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT PLHA PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommend that the City Council:
1. Open a Public Hearing to receive public comment s on the PLHA Formula 5-Year Plan Amendment for years 2020-2025;
2. Adopt Resolution No. CC 2025-064, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palmdale authorizing the application and amending the PLHA Formula 5 -Year Plan with the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) PLHA Program, and;
3. Authorize the City Manager Pro Tem or his designee to take all actions convenient and necessary to submit and execute the amendment, and all related documents, including making necessary non-substantial changes.
BACKGROUND
In 2017, the Building Homes and Jobs Act, SB2, established a $75 recording fee on real estate documents to increase the supply of affordable housing in California. The PLHA Program was established for these funds. Of the funds collected, seventy percent (70%) is allocated to local governments and administered locally for affordable housing. Of these funds, ninety percent (90%) are allocated to the local governments based on the HUD CDBG federal fiscal year 2017 allocation process. The City has been allocated an estimated $4,674,384 over the five -year plan period . The PLHA guidelines require not Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Public Hearing for PLHA Formula 5-Year Plan Amendment and Reso. No. CC 2025- 064
September 2, 2025
more than five percent (5%) of the funds to be used for Administration, twenty percent (20%) of the funds to be expended for Affordable Owner -Occupied Workforce Housing and prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing to households that are at or below sixty percent (60%) of the area median income.
The City’s PLHA Five-Year Plan includes programs for down payment assistance for households who are low - and moderate-income, rehabilitation of owner -occupied residences, accessibility modifications in lower-income owner-occupied housing, and assistance for persons experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The PLHA Five -Year Plan estimates funding for the preservation and ownership assistance of 70 units of housing.
DISCUSSION
The City proposes to amend the percentage allocation of PLHA funding between programs within the 5 -year Plan period to increase its program for affordable rental housing and increase funding for its down payment assistance program. The homeless services allocation has been reduced and, due to the changes in funding sources, is being redirected from the Navigation Center concept.
FISCAL IMPACT
$573,510; An additional appropriation of $573,510 will align the total budget with the PLHA allocation amount, which was only an estimate at the time of adoption.
Administrative adjustments between program lines may be required to remain consistent with program guidelines. Year 5 funds will be brought forward for appropriation once the allocation amount is confirmed by HCD.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Goal II: Ensure long-term fiscal health of the City and maintain funding for services.
A. Manage resources, costs , and liabilities to ensure the City’s long -term fiscal health.
Prepared by: Sophia Reyes, Director of Housing
Certified as to availability of Funds: Janelle Samson, Director of Operations Approved by: Salvador Mendez, City Manager Pro Tem
Approved as to form: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
ATTACHMENTS
Reso. No. CC 2025-064
2024 PLHA Formula 5-Year Plan Amendment
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PALMDALE, CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. CC-2025-064
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALMDALE
AUTHORIZING THE APPLICATION AND AMENDING THE PLHA
FORMULA 5 -YEAR PLAN WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COM MUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Department is authorized to provide up to $296 million under the SB 2 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Formula Component from the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund for assistance to Cities and Counties (as described in Health and Safety Code section 50470 et seq. (Chapter 364, Statutes of 2017 (SB 2)); and
WHEREAS, the State of California (the “State”), Department of Housing and Community Development (“Department”) issu ed a Notice of Funding Availability (“NOFA”) dated 10/15/2024 under the Permanent Local Housing Allocation (“PLHA”) Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palmdale (“ Applicant”) is an eligible Local government applying for the program to administer one or more eligible activities; and
WHEREAS, the Department may approve funding allocations for PLHA Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Guidelines, NOFA, Program requirements, the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Department and PLHA grant recipients.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALMDALE DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. If Applicant receives a grant of PLHA funds from the Department pursuant to the above r eferenced PLHA NOFA, it represents and certifies that it will use all such funds in a manner consistent and in compliance with all applicable state and federal statutes, rules, regulations, and laws, including without limitation all rules and laws regarding the PLHA Program, as well as any and all contracts Applicant may have with the Department.
SECTION 2. Applicant is hereby authorized and directed to receive a PLHA grant, in an amount not to exceed the five -year estimate of the PLHA formula allocations, as stated in Appendix B of the current NOFA $4,674,384 in accordance with all applicable rules and laws.
Resolution No. CC 2025-064
SECTION 3 . Applicant hereby agrees to use the PLHA funds for eligible activities as approved by the Department and in accordance with all Progra m requirements, Guidelines, other rules and laws, as well as in a manner consistent and in compliance with the Standard Agreement and other contracts between the Applicant and the Department.
SECTION 4 . Pursuant to Sections 302 (c)(4) and 302 (c)(5) of the Guidelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan Amendment for the 2020 -2023 Allocations is attached to this resolution, and Applicant hereby adopts this PLHA Plan Amendment and certifies compliance with all public notice, public comment, and public hearing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
SECTION 5. Applicant certifies that it has or will subgrant some or all of its PLHA funds to another entity or entities. Pursuant to Guidelines Section 302 (c)(3), “entity” means a housing developer or program operator, but does not mean an administering Local government to whom a Local government may delegate its PLHA allocations.
SECTION 6. Applicant certifies that its selection process of these subgrantees was or will be accessible to the public and avoided or shall avoid any conflicts of interest.
SECTION 7. Pursuant to Applicant’s certification in this resolution, the PLHA funds will be expended only for eligible Activities and consistent with all program requirements.
SECTION 8. Applicant certifies that, if fu nds are used for the acquisition, construction or rehabil itation of for -sale housing projects or units within for -sale housing projects, the grantee shall record a deed restriction against the property that will ensure compliance with one of the requiremen ts stated in Guidelines Section 302(c)(6)(A), (B) and (C).
SECTION 9. Applicant certifies that, if funds are used for the development of an Affordable Rental Housing Development, the Local government shall make PLHA assistance in the form of a low -interest, deferred loan to the Sponsor of the Project, and such loan shall be evidenced through a Promissory Note secured by a Deed of Trust and a Regulatory Agreement shall restrict occupancy and rents in accordance with a Local government -approved underwriting of the Project for a term of at least 55 years.
SECTION 10. Applicant shall be subject to the terms and conditions as specified in the Standard Agreement, the PLHA Program Guidelines and any other applicable SB 2 Guidelines published by the Department.
SECTION 11. The City Manager , or their designee, is/are hereby authorized to execute the PLHA Program Application , the PLHA Standard Agreement any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto, as well as any other documents Resolution No. CC 2025-064
which are related to the Pro gram or the PLHA grant awarded to Applicant, as the Department may deem appropriate.
SECTION 12. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 2nd day of September, 2025.
_________________________________
Approved as to form: Laura Bettencourt, Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
___________________________ _________________________________ Alexandra Halfman Rochelle Scott, City Clerk
City Attorney
I, Rochelle Scott, City Clerk of the City of Palmdale, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Palmdale at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 2nd day of September, 2025 by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:___________________________________________________________
ABSTAIN:______________________ABSENT:___________________________
Date:
Rochelle Scott, City Clerk
Allocation Years New & Streamlined
Submission Deadline
5-Year Plan Amendment
Submission Deadline
Year 1 (2019) n/a n/a
Year 2 (2020) n/a n/a
Year 3 (2021) 02/28/2025 06/30/2025
Year 4 (2022) 02/28/2026 06/30/2026
Year 5 (2023) 02/28/2027 06/30/2027
Website: Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program (PLHA) Tomiquia Moss, Secretary
Department of Housing and Community Development
Gustavo Velasquez, Director
Program Design and Implementation, PLHA Program
651 Bannon Street, Sacramento, CA 95811
Email: [email protected]
Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Formula
Allocation
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) October 15, 2024
2024 Application for 5-Year Plan Amendment
State of California
Gavin Newsom, Governor
Applications must be on the Department’s forms and cannot be altered or modified by the Applicant. Excel forms must be in Excel format and 'save as' .xls or .xlsx.
Do not 'save as' .xlsm or .pdf format. For application errors please fill out the Application Support worksheet and email the entire workbook to Application Support for application errors at [email protected].
Instructions Rev. 10/28/24
When opening this file, a yellow banner at the top may appear with a button that says "Enable Content". It is essential that you click this box so that the macros are enabled. Enabling macros is necessary for full worksheet functionality. Macros do not work with Microsoft's Excel version for Apple Mac.
Applications must be submitted electronically to the Department’s HCD Portal Sign In website. To receive an award of CY 2021 funds, applicants are required to submit an application and demonstrate a fully compliant Housing Element and submittal of the applicable Annual Progress Report(s) no later than February 28, 2025. All CY 2021 funds must be awarded by June 30, 2025 or they will revert to the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Fund per statute.
This NOFA will remain open to eligible applicants through June 30, 2027.
Threshold
Requireme Electronic File Name Document Description Included? General Instructions (Additional instructions and guidance are given throughout the Formula Allocation Application in "red" text and in cell comments.
Guideline references are made with "§" and the corresponding guideline section number. "Yellow" cells are for Sponsor input. Failure to provide the required attachments and documentation may disqualify your application from consideration. An Applicant must submit a complete application and other documents consistent with the deadlines stated in this NOFA. Applications submitted in response to this NOFA must meet the threshold requirements set forth in this section and in PLHA Guidelines Section 302.
Required attachments are indicated in "orange" throughout the Streamline Application. Failure to provide the required attachments and documentation may disqualify your application from consideration. Electronically attached files must use the naming convention in the PLHA Application. For Example: "App1 Tin" or "Reuse Plan".
Threshold items are indicated in "blue" cells.
"Red" shaded cells indicate the Sponsor has failed to meet a requirement of the program. Cells in the worksheet shaded in "red" indicate that the Applicant has failed to meet the minimum required.
Sponsor must complete the following worksheets in the PLHA Formula Allocation Application.
Formula Allocation Application
Urban County
Checklist
X
Application and Adopting the
PLHA Plan (2021-2023
Allocations) Reso
Pursuant to section 302(c)(4) of the Guidelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan for 2021-2023 allocations is attached to this resolution, and Applicant certifies compliance with all public notice, comment, and hearing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
Included
X App1 TIN
Provide a signed Gov't TIN Form Included
X Applicant Delegation
Agreement Legally binding agreement between Delegating and Administering Local Governments. Not Applicable
X Plan Adoption Reso
§302(c)(4)(D) Evidence that the Plan was authorized and adopted by resolution by the Local jurisdiction and that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on its content.
PLHA webpage for Plan Adoption Resolution Document , located under our Forms tab.
Included
Disclosure of Application (California Public Records Act Statutes of 1968 Chapter 1473): Information provided in the application will become a public record available for review by the public, pursuant to the California Public Records Act Statutes of 1968 Chapter 1473. As such, any materials provided will be disclosable to any person making a request under this Act. The Department cautions Applicants to use discretion in providing information not specifically requested, including but not limited to, bank accounts, personal phone numbers and home addresses. By providing this information to the Department, the Applicant is waiving any claim of confidentiality and consents to the disclosure of submitted material upon request."
X Reuse Plan Program Income Reuse Plan describing how repaid loans or accrued interest will be used for eligible activities in Section 301. Included
X Executed Application Provide a copy of the signed application. Signature can be typed into the Excel workbook, PDF with Docusigned signature or PDF with wet ink signature in blue ink preferred. Included PLHA Page 1 Instructions & Checklist
§301 Eligible Activities
PLHA Formula - Amendment for years 2021, 2022, 2023 Rev. 10/28/24 Eligible Applicant Type: Entitlement
Local Government Recipient of PLHA Formula Allocation: Palmdale 2022 PLHA Formula Allocation Amount: n/a 2021 Allowable Local Admin (5%): n/a Admin requested? Yes 2021 PLHA Formula Allocation Amount: n/a 2020 Allowable Local Admin (5%): n/a Admin requested? Yes Instructions: If the Local Government Recipient of the PLHA Formula Allocation delegated its PLHA formula allocation to a Local Housing Trust Fund or to another Local Government, the Applicant (for which information is required below) is the Local Housing Trust Fund or administering Local Government. The PLHA award will be made to the Applicant (upon meeting threshold requirements) and the Applicant is responsible for meeting all program requirements throughout the term of the Standard Agreement.
The 302(c)(4) Plan template worksheet requires first choosing one or more of the Eligible Activities listed below. If "Yes" is clicked, the 302(c)(4) Plan worksheet opens a series of questions about what precise activities are planned. Some specific activities, such as providing downpayment assistance to lower-income households for acquisition of an affordable home, could be included under either Activity 2 or 9. Please only choose one of those Activities; don't list the downpayment assistance under both Activities. Please note that 40% of each allocation you are requesting to amend with this application MUST be allocated to an activity that supports Homeownership in accordance with the NOFA. Ownership activities are 2,3,4,7,8,9 (activities 2,3,4, & 8 will only count as ownership if the funds will go towards ownership sub activities as opposed to rental housing sub activities including ADU's) If the PLHA funds are used for the same Activity but for different Area Median Income (AMI) level, select the highest AMI level the Activity will serve (you can always go lower than what is listed but you may not serve higher than what is listed without completing a plan amendment in the future).
For each year (2021-2023), allocations must equal 100% annually including the allowable administrative costs of up to 5%. §300 Eligible Applicants
§300(a) and (b) Eligible Applicants for the Entitlement and Non-Entitlement formula component described in Section §100(b)(1) and (2) are limited to the metropolitan cities and urban counties allocated a grant for the federal fiscal year 2017 pursuant to the federal CDBG formula specified in 42 USC, Section §5306 and Non- entitlement local governments.
Applicant: City of Palmdale
Address: 38300 Sierra Highway
2023 PLHA Formula Allocation Amount: n/a 2022 Allowable Local Admin (5%): n/a Admin requested? Yes County: Los Angeles
Auth Rep Name: Salvador Mendez Title: City Manager Pro Tem Auth Rep. Email: [email protected] Phone: 661-267-5100 City: Palmdale State: CA Zip: 93550
Zip Code: 93550
Contact Name: Sophia Reyes Title: Director Contact Email: [email protected] Contact Phone: 661-267-5126 Address: 38300 Sierra Highway City: Palmdale State: CA
File Name:
Application and/or Adopting the
PLHA Plan (2020-2023
Allocations) Reso
Pursuant to section 302(c)(4) of the Guidelines, Applicant’s PLHA Plan for 2020- 2023 allocations is attached to this resolution, and Applicant certifies compliance with all public notice, comment, and hearing requirements in accordance with the Guidelines.
Uploaded to
HCD? Yes
Zip Code: 93550
§300(d) Is Applicant delegated by another Local government to administer on its behalf its formula allocation of program funds? §300(d) If Applicant answered "Yes" above, has the Applicant attached the legally binding agreement required by §300(c) and (d)?
A sample agreement can be
found by double clicking on
the icon to the right
N/A
Address: 38250 Sierra Highway City: Palmdale State: CA
File Name: Gov TIN
Provide a signed Gov't TIN Form Uploaded to HCD? Yes
File Name: Applicant Delegation
Agreement
Legally binding agreement between Delegating and Administering Local Governments (sample provided—just click on icon in row 19, column AH) Uploaded to HCD? N/A §301(a)(9) Homeownership opportunities, including, but not limited to, down payment assistance. Yes §301(a)(6) Assisting persons who are experiencing or At-risk of homelessness, including, but not limited to, providing rapid re-housing, rental assistance, supportive/case management services that allow people to obtain and retain housing, operating and capital costs for navigation centers and emergency shelters, and the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional housing.
Yes
§301(a)(7) Accessibility modifications in Lower-income Owner-occupied housing. Yes §301(a)(8) Efforts to acquire and rehabilitate foreclosed or vacant homes and apartments. No §301(a)(3) Matching portions of funds placed into Local or Regional Housing Trust Funds. No §301(a)(4) Matching portions of funds available through the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Asset Fund pursuant to subdivision (d) of HSC Section 34176. No
§301(a)(5) Capitalized Reserves for services connected to the preservation and creation of new permanent supportive housing. No §301(a) Eligible activities are limited to the following: Select below:
§301(a)(1) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily, residential live-work, rental housing that is affordable to Extremely low-,Very low-, Low-, or Moderate-income households, including necessary operating subsidies. Yes §301(a)(2) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of affordable rental and ownership housing, including Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), that meets the needs of a growing workforce earning up to 120 percent of AMI, or 150 percent of AMI in high-cost areas. ADUs shall be available for occupancy for a term of no less than 30 days.
Yes
Docum ent
PLHA Page 2 Formula Allocation Application
§301(a)(10) Fiscal incentives made by a county to a city within the county to incentivize approval of one or more affordable housing Projects, or matching funds invested by a county in an affordable housing development Project in a city within the county, provided that the city has made an equal or greater investment in the Project. The county fiscal incentives shall be in the form of a grant or low-interest loan to an affordable housing Project. Matching funds investments by both the county and the city also shall be a grant or low-interest deferred loan to the affordable housing Project.
No
PLHA Page 3 Formula Allocation Application
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Provide a detailed and complete description of how allocated funds will be used for the proposed Activity. 1770
§302(c)(4)(E)(iii) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule for the implementation and completion of each Affordable Rental and Ownership Housing project. §302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Projected Number of
Households Served 16 8 6
§302(c)(4)(E)(iv) Period of Affordability for the
Proposed Activity (55 years required for rental
housing projects)
30 30 30
TOTAL
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Unmet share of the RHNA at the
AMI Level
Note: complete for years 2021, 2022, 2023
only
1770 0 0
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Area Median Income Level
Served
50% 50% 50%
What Percentage of the Percentage Above
Will be Used for Ownership Housing?
100% 100% 100%
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Percentage of Funds Allocated
for Each Affordable Housing Activity 40% 30% 30%
Type of Affordable Housing Activity
Rehabilitation of
Owner-Occupied
Housing
Rehabilitation of
Owner-
Occupied
Housing
Rehabilitation of
Owner-
Occupied
Housing
Funding Allocation Year 2021 2022 2023
55 Years 55 Years 55 Years
§301(a)(2) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of Affordable rental and ownership housing, including Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), that meets the needs of a growing workforce earning up to 120 percent of AMI, or 150 perce of AMI in high-cost areas. ADUs shall be available for occupancy for a term of no less than 30 days.
Complete the table below for each proposed Affordable Rental and Ownership Housing Activity to be funded with 2021-2023 PLHA allocations. If a single Activity will be assisting households at more than one level of Area Median Income, please list the highest AMI to be served.
§302(c)(4)(E)(iv) Period of Affordability for the
Proposed Affordable Rental Housing Activity (55
years required for rental housing projects)
55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years 55 Years §302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Projected Number of
Households Served 02 0
TOTAL
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Unmet share of the RHNA at the
AMI Level
Note: complete for years 2021, 2022, 2023
only
639 -1 -1
2 60% 60%
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Percentage of Funds Allocated
for the Proposed Affordable Rental Housing
Activity
25% 35%
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Area Median Income Level
Served
§302(c)(4) Plan Rev.10/10/2024
§302(c)(4)(A) Describe the manner in which allocated funds will be used for eligible activities.
The City of Palmdale plans to use PLHA funds for the following eligible activities: 1) Rehabilitation or preservation of owner-occupied housing for extremely low to low-income households (primarily senior and disabled individuals); 2. Provide a construction loan for the development of a duplex housing project that will be occupied by extremely low to very low-income households; 3. Make available downpayment assistance loans for low and moderate-income households to buy affordable homes; 4. Construction and/or operational costs for a future emergency and/or transitional housing; 5.Rehabilitation for accessibility of owner-occupied housing for extremely low to low-income households (primarily senior and disabled individuals) §302(c)(4)(B) Provide a description of the way the Local government will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households with incomes at or below 60 percent of Area Median Income (AMI).
The City will prioritize investments that increase the supply of housing for households with income at or below 60% AMI through the following: 1. Construction of new rental housing projects that will include units with affordability for low income households at or below 60% of area median income.
Type of Affordable Housing Activity
New
Construction of
Affordable Rental
Housing
New
Construction of
Affordable
Rental Housing
New
Construction of
Affordable
Rental Housing
§302(c)(4)(C) Provide a description of how the Plan is consistent with the programs set forth in the Local Government’s Housing Element.
The Plan is consistent with the goals and programs outlined in the City's Housing Element, which includes the following programs: Mortgage Assistance Program for first time homebuyers, Affordable Housing Construction Program to build new affordable housing, Home Rehabilitation Loan Program to assist very low and low-income owner occupants with necessary repairs, Home Accessibility Program to assist very low and low-income owner occupants with accessibility improvements, amd capital and/or operational costs for a future emergency / transitional housing project.
Activities Detail (Activities Detail (Must make a selection on Formula Allocation Application worksheet under Eligible Activities, §301)) §301(a)(1) The predevelopment, development, acquisition, rehabilitation, and preservation of multifamily, residential live-work, rental housing that is affordable to extremely low-,very low-, low-, or moderate-income households, including necessary Operating subsidies. §302(c)(4)(E)(i) Provide a detailed and complete description of how allocated funds will be used for each proposed Affordable Rental Housing Activity.
Allocated funds will be used to provide a construction loan for the construction of a duplex rental housing project that will be occupied by low to very-low-income households. The Palmdale Housing Authority is the owner of the project site and will provide partial construction funding for the project. Construction of this project will be completed with the partnership of Advancing Communities Together (ACT), a local non-profit organization, and through their Palmdale Dream Center (PDC) Housing Subsidiary and Antelope Valley Youth Build Charter School. As such, this activity will also provide job training and workforce development opportunities for local youth who participate in the project. Due to zoning restrictions with the previous project site, the Housing Authority offered an alternate site. As a result of the site change, there are increased fees and construction costs exceeding those originally forecasted.
Complete the table below for each proposed Affordable Rental Housing Activity to be funded with 2021-2023 PLHA allocations. If a single Activity will be assisting households at more than one level of Area Median Income, please list the highest AMI to be served.
Funding Allocation Year 2021 2022 2023
30 637
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Provide a detailed and complete description of how allocated funds will be used for each proposed Affordable Rental and Ownership Housing Activity.
PLHA funds will be used to preserve existing homes by funding minor home repairs to ensure the health and safety of very low and low-income households, primarily those that are senior and disabled. This will enable recipients to complete essential emergency repairs and rehabilitation. Work will include, but is not limited to, electrical, plumbing, heating, roofing, and elimination of code violations. §302(c)(4)(E)(iii) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule for the implementation and completion of the Activity.
1. An amended Affordable Housing Agreement will be executed. 2. Propose schedule to begin construction activities 2025. 3. Complete construction of affordable units 2027.
1. Program Design. 2. Program Marketing. 3. Program Implementation 2025. 4. Identify potential recipients 2025. 5. Rehabilitation completions start late 2025. §301(a)(6) Assisting persons who are experiencing or At risk of homelessness, including, but not limited to, providing rapid rehousing, rental assistance, supportive/case management services that allow people to obtain and retain housing, operating and capital costs for navigation centers and emergency shelters, and the new construction, rehabilitation, and preservation of permanent and transitional housing.
PLHA Page 1 302(c)(4) Plan
7 §302(c)(4)(E)(iv) Period of Affordability for the
Proposed Activity 30 30 30
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Unmet share of the RHNA at the
AMI Level
Note: complete for years 2021, 2022, 2023
only
1768 0
§302(c)(4)(E)(iii) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule for the implementation and completion of the Activity.
1. Completion of plan check and issuance of permits. 2. Facility Improvements and campus preparation. 3. Installation of pallet shelter modular units for interim housing, including 20 individual units, a hygiene unit, laundry facilities, offices and a community room, late 2025, early 2026 start date. 4. Project completion.
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Provide a detailed and complete description of how allocated funds will be used for the proposed Activity.
Type of Affordable Housing Activity
Accessibility
modifications in
Lower-income
Owner-
Occupied
Housing
Accessibility
modifications
in Lower-
income Owner-
Occupied
Housing
Accessibility
modifications
in Lower-
income Owner-
Occupied
Housing
Funding Allocation Year 2021
0 Type of Affordable Housing Activity
Operating and
Capital Costs
for Emergency
Shelters
Operating and
Capital Costs
for Emergency
Shelters
Operating and
Capital Costs
for Emergency
Shelters
Funding Allocation Year 2021 2022 2023
The original concept was for a multi-story Navigation Center with a food pantry, interim housing, and office space for partners. The additional funding sources previously proposed for the project have changed their structure and priorities. The City will utilize the amended allocated funds to provide for capital and operations for Emergency Shelter (Crisis - Interim Housing for Adults). The project will provide 20 tiny homes for those experiencing homelessness, in partnership with Advancing Communities Together (ACT), a local non-profit. The program is designed to transition the unsheltered to interim housing, connect those in need with resources, and assist all clients with a path toward stability to successfully transition into permanent housing.
Complete the table below for each proposed Activity to be funded with 2021-2023 PLHA allocations. If a single Activity will be assisting households at more than one level of Area Median Income, please list the highest AMI to be served. §302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Area Median Income Level
Served 30% TOTAL
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Percentage of Funds Allocated
for the Proposed Activity 25%
1768
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Projected Number of
Households Served 60 60
§302(c)(4)(E)(iv) Period of Affordability for the
Proposed Activity (55 years required for rental
housing projects)
N/A
§301(a)(7) Accessibility modifications in Lower-income Owner-occupied housing.
Allocated funds will be used to provide emergency grants and repair assistance to extremely low- and low-income owner-occupied households, with the goal of specifically assisting senior citizens and disabled individuals with accessibility modifications to make the home m accessibe to the homeowner.
Complete the table below for each proposed Activity to be funded with 2021-2023 PLHA allocations. If a single Activity will be assisting households at more than one level of Area Median Income, please list the highest AMI to be served. §302(c)(4)(E)(i) Percentage of Funds Allocated
for the Proposed Activity 10% 10% 10%
2022 2023
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Area Median Income Level
Served 30% 30% 30% TOTAL
What Percentage of the Percentage Above
Will be Used for Ownership Housing?
100% 100% 100%
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Unmet share of the RHNA at the
AMI Level
Note: complete for years 2021, 2022, 2023
only
1304 0 0 1304
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Projected Number of
Households Served 42 2 8
§302(c)(4)(E)(iv) Period of Affordability for the
Proposed Activity N/A N/A N/A
§302(c)(4)(E)(iii) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule for the implementation and completion of the Activity.
1. Program Design. 2. Program Marketing. 3. Program Implementation 2025. 4. Identify potential recipients 2025. 5. Rehabilitation completions start late 2025. §301(a)(9) Homeownership opportunities, including, but not limited to, down payment assistance. §302(c)(4)(E)(i) Provide a detailed and complete description of how allocated funds will be used for the proposed Activity.
Allocated funds will be used to provide downpayment assistance for middle-income individuals seeking to purchase their first home.
Complete the table below for each proposed Activity to be funded with 2021-2023 PLHA allocations. If a single Activity will be assisting households at more than one level of Area Median Income, please list the highest AMI to be served.
Funding Allocation Year 2021 2022 2023
§302(c)(4)(E)(i) Percentage of Funds Allocated
for the Proposed Activity 20% 30% 20%
Type of Homeowner Assistance
Homebuyer
Assistance
Homebuyer
Assistance
Homebuyer
Assistance
What Percentage of the Percentage Above
Will be Used for Ownership Housing? 100% 100% 100%
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Area Median Income Level
Served 150% 150% 150% TOTAL
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Unmet share of the RHNA at the
AMI Level
Note: complete for years 2021, 2022, 2023
only
2708 0 0 2708
§302(c)(4)(E)(ii) Projected Number of
Households Served 32 2
PLHA Page 2 302(c)(4) Plan
1. Program Design. 2. Program Marketing. 3. Program Implementation 2025. 4. Identify potential recipients 2025. 5. Start closing escrows in late 2025. §302(c)(4)(E)(iii) A description of major steps/actions and a proposed schedule for the implementation and completion of the Activity.
Funds Allocated 95%
Total Percentage of Funds
Allocated for 2021 100% Total Percentage of Funds
Allocated for 2022 100% Total Percentage of Funds
Allocated for 2023 95%
End of Document
File Name: Plan Adoption Reso §302(c)(4)(D) Evidence that the Plan was authorized and adopted by resolution by the Local jurisdiction and that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on its content. Uploaded to HCD? Yes Total Percentage of Funds Allocated Calculator (2021 - 2023) 2021 Allocation 2022 Allocation 2023 Allocation
Admin 5% Admin 5% Admin 0%
Funds Allocated 95% Funds Allocated 95%
PLHA Page 3 302(c)(4) Plan
City Council Staff Report
DATE: SEPTEMBER 2, 2025
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
DISTRICT: ALL
SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT OF TWO COUNCILMEMBERS TO FORM AN AD
HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE
RECOMMENDATION FOR A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH
PALMDALE WATER DISTRICT (PWD) FOR LITTLEROCK DAM
RECREATIONAL PROJECT
RECOMMENDATION
Appointment of two Councilmembers to form an Ad Hoc Subcommittee to review and provide recommendation for a possible partnership with PWD for the Littlerock Dam Recreation Project.
DISCUSSION
On August 19, 2025, the City Council requested the formation of an ad hoc subcommittee consisting of two councilmembers to review and provide direction as to the best course of action for the City in possibly partnering with the PWD for the Littlerock Dam recreation project.
The Palmdale Water District has created its own subcommittee to assess its recommendation. The two subcommittees may meet to confer and recommend the best course of action.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Goal II: Ensure long-term fiscal health of the City and maintain funding for services.
C. Involve and expand engagement to enhance public oversight and transparency.
Goal IV: Maintain a desirable community where everyone wants to live, work and play.
B. Provide inclusive access to a variety of supportive services that build a resilient and healthy community.
Report to Mayor Pro Tem and City Council
Re: Appointment of Two Councilmembers to Littlerock Ad Hoc Subcommittee September 2, 2025
Prepared by: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
Approved by: Salvador Mendez, City Manager Pro Tem
Approved as to form: Alexandra Halfman, City Attorney
CITY OF PALMDALE
OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: City Clerk
FROM: Laura Bettencourt, Mayor Pro Tem
SUBJECT: Monthly Informational Report – Events and Meetings
DATE: September 2, 2025
During the period Aug. 1 through Aug 31, 2025, I attended the following meetings and events:
Aug. 1 Special City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 National Night Out Poncitlán Square
Aug. 7 Audit Committee Meeting
Aug. 14 Civ-Mil Annual BBQ and Scholarship Fundraiser
Aug. 18 PRWA Board of Directors Meeting
Aug. 19 AVAQMD Board of Directors Meeting
Aug. 19 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 23 Homes 4 Families Veteran Neighborhood Key Ceremony Aug. 23 Pete Knight AFA Chapter 294 New Commander and Directors Reception Aug. 26 AVTA Board of Directors Meeting
CITY OF PALMDALE
OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: City Clerk
FROM: Austin Bishop, Councilmember
SUBJECT: Monthly Informational Report – Events and Meetings
DATE: September 2, 2025
During the period Aug. 1 through Aug. 31, 2025, I attended the following meetings and events:
Aug. 1 Special City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 National Night Out Poncitlán Square
Aug. 7 Audit Committee Meeting
Aug. 9 Summer Concert Series: TLC at Palmdale Amphitheater Aug. 16 Summer Concert Series: The Beach Boys at the Palmdale Amphitheater Aug. 18 PRWA Board of Directors Meeting
Aug. 19 AVAQMD Board of Directors Meeting
Aug. 19 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 23 MAXX OUT Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting
Aug. 23 Pete Knight AFA Chapter 294 New Commander and Directors Reception
CITY OF PALMDALE
OFFICE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: City Clerk
FROM: Eric Ohlsen, Councilmember
SUBJECT: Monthly Informational Report – Events and Meetings
DATE: September 2, 2025
During the period Aug. 1 through Aug. 31, 2025, I attended the following meetings and events:
Aug. 1 Special City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 5 National Night Out Poncitlán Square
Aug. 9 Summer Concert Series: TLC at the Palmdale Amphitheater Aug. 11 Meeting with Supervisor Barger and Assemblymember Carrillo Aug. 14 Joint TPAA/PSD/City of Palmdale Partnership Meeting Aug. 16 Summer Concert Series: The Beach Boys at the Palmdale Amphitheater Aug. 19 Regular City Council Meeting
Aug. 26 AVTA Board of Directors Meeting
Aug. 27 Sacramento: Meet with Townsend Public Affairs
Aug. 27 Sacramento: Meet with Gonsalves re: Legislative Updates Aug. 27 Sacramento: Meet with Keith Dunn, California High Speed Rail Updates Aug. 27 Sacramento: Dinner with Assemblymember Juan Carrillo