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Agenda Report
March 11, 2024
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TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Department of Housing
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING: SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO 5-YEAR (2020- 2024) CONSOLIDATED PLAN, 2019 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND
2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that upon close of the public hearing the City Council:
1) Find that the recommended action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15061 (b) (3), the "common sense" exemption that CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment;
2) Approve the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of a Substantial Amendment to the 5-Year (2020-2024) Consolidated Plan as described in the report for revision of accomplishment goals;
3) Approve the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (MUD) of a Substantial Amendment for the 2019 Annual Action Plan to reallocate $160,386 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG-CV) funding;
4) Approve the submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HDD) of a Substantial Amendment for the 2023 Annual Action Plan to reallocate $31,729 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding; and 5) Authorize the City Manager to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the grant applications, certifications, and any and all other documents deemed necessary by HDD regarding the aforementioned federal entitlement funds.
MEETING OF.3/11/2024AGENDA ITEM NO.16
Substantial Amendment Con Plan and Annual Action Plan
March 11, 2024
BACKGROUND:
On July 20, 2020, the City Council convened a public hearing approving the submission of the 5-Year (2020-2024) Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HDD). The Consolidated Plan is a comprehensive planning document that addresses both long- and short-term strategies to meet housing and community development needs. It includes goal accomplishments that the City will meet over a five-year period utilizing Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), HOME Investment Partnership Act ("HOME"), and Emergency Solutions Grant ("ESG") program funds. Staff recommends amending certain goals to align with project activities completed over the last four years. The table below summarizes the changes.
ActivityCurrent 5-Year (2020-2024)
Goal Accomplishment
Amended Goal
Accomplishment
Housing
Homeowner hlousing
Rehabilitated:
60 Housing Units
Homeowner Housing
Rehabilitated:
35 Housing Units
Public Sen/ices
Public service activities:
1,250 Persons Assisted
Public service activities:
6,000 Persons Assisted
Public Facility
Improvements
Public Facility Activities:
25,000 Persons Assisted
Public Facility Activities:
75,000 Persons Assisted
Homeless
Overnight Shelter
Homeless Person Overnight
Shelter:
1250 Persons Assisted
Homeless Person Overnight
Shelter:
125 Persons Assisted
Homeowner housing rehabilitation activities did not meet expectations due to the pandemic shutdown. Projects for public services and public facility improvements produced higher than expected accomplishments during the reporting period due to funding increases from stimulus packages in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Homeless Person Overnight Shelter goal was originally based on the expectation of having a large congregate winter shelter, which did not open until Year 4 of the Consolidated Plan. Ultimately, other local funds were utilized to support the congregate shelter. The ESG funds will now be used for the weather activated motel vouchers, in lieu of the congregate shelter.
The Annual Action Plan sets forth the projected uses of federal entitlement funds for each program year. On May 20, 2019, the City Council approved the submission of the 2019 Annual Action Plan as an application to HDD. Within this Action Plan were allocations for CDBG-CV funding made available through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) for emergency rental assistance and food insecurity programs. The CDBG-CV funding must be spent by September 2026. Staff recommends approval of a Substantial Amendment to the 2019 Annual Action Plan to re-allocate $160,386 in unspent CDBG-CV funding to the Pasadena Food Pantry programs to address food insecurity.
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On May 22, 2023, the City Council approved the submission of the 2023 Annual Action Plan as an application to HDD. Staff recommends approval of a Substantial Amendment to the 2023 Annual Action Plan to reallocate unspent ESG funds from Program Year (PY) 22-23 to support the administration of the MUD required Homeless Management Information System database (HMIS).
The table below summarizes the recommended reallocation of CDBG-CV and ESG funds..
DescriptionImplementing
Agency
LocationAction
Pasadena Food Pantry
Provides funding to address food
insecurity related to COVID-19.
First United
Methodist Church of
Pasadena
500 E.
Colorado Blvd.
Funding
Increase CDBG-
cv
$40,000
Pasadena Food Pantry
Provides funding to address food
insecurity related to CO VID-19.
National Day Laborer
Organizing Network
1030 S. Arroyo
Parkway #106
Funding
Increase CDBG-
cv
$20,000
Pasadena Food Pantry
Provides funding to address food
insecurity related to CO VID-19.
First African
Methodist Episcopal
Church of Pasadena
1700 N.
Raymond Ave.
Funding
Increase CDBG-
cv
$70,386
Pasadena Food PantfY
Provides funding to address food
insecurity related to COVID-19.
Foothill Unity Center,
Inc.
191 N. Oak
Ave.
Funding
Increase CDBG-
cv
$30,000
HMIS
Database to collect client-level
information and produce required
reports on project perfonnance.
City of Pasadena,
Department of
Housing
649 N. Fair
Oaks Ave #202
Funding
Increase
ESG
$31,729
COUNCIL POLICY CONSIDERATION:
The proposed actions support the City Council Strategic Planning Three-Year Goals in the areas of improving, maintaining, and enhancing public facilities and infrastructure; improving mobility and accessibility throughout the City of Pasadena; and supporting and promoting the quality of life and the local economy. 3 Substantial Amendment Con Plan and Annual Action Plan March 11,2024
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS:
The proposed actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3), the "common sense" provision of CEQA which applies to projects which may have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The approvals of the subject Substantial Amendments to the 5-Year Consolidated Plan, and the 2019 and 2023 Annual Action Plans are funding mechanisms only and are excluded from the definition of "project" pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). Furthermore, the actions proposed herein will not have a significant effect on the environment and, hence are not subject to CEQA.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The recommended actions will have no direct fiscal impact. Approval of the 2019 and 2023 Annual Action Plans by the City Council and subsequent approval by HDD will result in a total reallocation of $160,386 in CDBG-CV funds to support public service activities, and $31,729 in ESG funds to support homeless activities.
Respectfully submitted,
.^ William K. Huang
Housing Director
Prepared by:
indy Mabson
Program Coordinator
Approved by:
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MIGUEl^MARQUEZ
City Manager
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