CITY OF RIALTO
CDBG AD HOC COMMITTEE AGENDA REPORT
CDBG HOC COMMITTEE MEETING March 7, 2023
March 7, 2023
Mayor Robertson and Council Member Trujillo
City of Rialto
214 N. Palm Ave
Rialto, CA 92376
Mayor Robertson and Council Member Trujillo:
CDBG Ad-Hoc Committee Consideration of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funded Projects for FY 2023/2024.
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
Request the CDBG Ad-Hoc Committee to (1) Receive presentations and consider funding applications regarding CDBG funded Public Services projects for FY 2023-24; and (2) provide funding recommendations for the FY 2023-2024 CDBG for council consideration.
BACKGROUND
The City of Rialto (City), as an entitlement city, receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program funds on an annual basis from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to carry out a wide range of community development activities to benefit low-income residents. The City received an allocation of $1,219,472 of CDBG funds for FY 2023-2024. (Note: fiscal year 2022-2023 we received $1,173,560) Per its Citizen Participation Plan, the City published in the local newspaper a Notice of Fund Availability (NOFA) to notify the public that the City was inviting proposals for CDBG activities for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. Eligible applications shall be for activities designed to meet one of the City’s four Strategic Plan goals included in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan: (1) Community Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements, (2) Public Services for Low income residents, (3) Housing Preservation, (4) Fair Housing Services. Public service projects meeting Strategic Plan goal (2) must benefit low- and moderate-income people. A technical workshop was held on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. to provide an overview of the program and explain the process. Applications were do no later than 12:00 noon on Friday, February 10, 2023.
Annually the City can utilize up to 15% of its CDBG allocation for public service activities. As such, the public services budget is $182,920.
In addition, the City can utilize up to 20% of their CDBG allocation for Administration of CDBG programs, this includes Fair Housing Services.
Table 1 provides a summary of available funding, separated by source. The totals represent the net amount, less the allowed administrative percentage to be used to manage CDBG programs.
Table 1
DISCUSSION
The allocation for FY 2023/2024 Public Service projects is $182,920. The City received six (6) public service project applications as noted below in Table 2:
Table 2
Program Name
Organization
Amount Requested
1. Sunrise Church of California
Mobile Food Distribution
$10,000
2. Legal Aid – Rialto
Legal Aid Society of San Bernardino
$28,179
3. Veterans Services
Rialto Family Health Services Inc.
$35,000
4. Academic Enrichment / Pre-employment skills training National Council of Negro Women
$42,000
5. Working Dogs for Warriors
Working Dogs for Warriors
$180,000
6. Rialto Mobile Recreation
City of Rialto
$33,000
TOTAL PUBLIC SERVICES REQUESTS
$328,179
The allocation for non-public service projects for FY 2023/2024 is $733,351. The City received three (3) applications as noted below in Table 3:
Table 3
The allowable allocation for Administration is $243,894, which includes the costs for Fair Housing Services. Table 4 provides the amount requested for fair housing and remaining Administration:
Table 4
The CDBG Ad Hoc Committee recommendations will be presented as part of the City’s Annual Action Plan for public review and City Council consideration. Listed below are the scheduled activities leading to the submittal of the FY 2023/24 Annual Action Plan:
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City receives an annual allocation of CDBG funds. The recommended action may result in appropriating FY 2023/2024 CDBG funds without impact to the General Fund.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the CDBG Ad-Hoc Committee (1) Receive and consider funding applications and presentations regarding Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funded Public Services projects for FY 2023-24; and (2) provide funding recommendations for the FY 2023-2024 CDBG for council consideration.
Attachments:
Exhibit “A”: Program Funding Totals
Exhibit “B”: CDBG Public Services Funding Requests
Exhibit “C”: Subrecipient Matrix
Public Service and Non- Public Service Applications