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2025/2026 HUD ANNUAL ACTION PLANAMENDMENT – PARKS, RECREATION, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROJECTSCity CouncilJuly 14, 2026Housing and Human Services Department RiversideCA.gov2
•On May 20, 2025, the City Council adopted the 2025-2026 HUD Annual ActionPlan. The proposed amendment to this Annual Action Plan will add variousParks, Recreation, and Community Services Department (PRCSD) capitalimprovement projects to the originally approved plan. The projects are locatedwithin income eligible areas and will serve Wards 1, 3, and 6.•HUD regulations allow the City of Riverside to retain a CDBG balance of 1.5times their most recent CDBG allocation. Any funds in excess of this thresholdcould be subject to recapture by HUD. This balance is made up ofprogrammed funds which are to be used on current ongoing projects andunprogrammed funds, which are comprised of remaining unspent funds fromnumerous projects over several years.BACKGROUND MG1
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The proposed amendment to the 2025-2026 HUD Annual Action Plan willallocate funds to various PRCS projects. The projects serve qualifying low-tomoderate-income areas in Wards 1, 3, and 6.DISCUSSION$175,000Bobby Bonds Skate Park Improvements $250,000Janet Goeske Senior Center Flooring Replacement $500,000Sippy Woodhead Pool Pump Room Rehabilitation $340,000Tim Strack Park Lighting and Fitness Equipment Installation RiversideCA.gov4
Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan PrioritiesCross-Cutting Threads STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT#2 Community Well-Being, Goal 2.3 3 4
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RECOMMENDATIONSThat the City Council:1. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 United States Department of Housingand Urban Development Annual Action Plan to reallocate $1,265,000 in UnprogrammedCommunity Development Block Funds to Parks, Recreation, and Community ServicesDepartment for $175,000 for Bobby Bonds Skatepark Improvements; $250,000 for JanetGoeske Senior Center Flooring Replacement; $500,000 for Bobby Bonds Sippy WoodheadPool Room Rehabilitation; and $340,000 for Tim Strack Park Lighting and Fitness EquipmentInstallation;2. Authorize the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Director, or her designee, to sign theMemorandums of Understanding to receive Community Block Grant funds totaling $1,265,000,allocated as follows: $175,000 for Bobby Bonds Skatepark Improvements; $250,000 for JanetGoeske Senior Center Flooring Replacement; $500,000 for Bobby Bonds Sippy WoodheadPool Room; and $340,000 for Tim Strack Park Lighting and Fitness Equipment Installation; MG1
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3. Authorize the Interim City Manager, or his designee, to execute the Memorandums ofUnderstanding with the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department to provideCommunity Block Grant funds totaling $1,265,000, allocated as follows: $175,000 for BobbyBonds Skatepark Improvements; $250,000 for Janet Goeske Senior Center FlooringReplacement; $500,000 for Bobby Bonds Sippy Woodhead Pool Room; and $340,000 for TimStrack Park Lighting and Fitness Equipment Installation, including making minor non-substantivechanges, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement this action;4. Authorize the transfer of CDBG Unprogrammed funds as shown in the Fiscal Impact Section;and5. With at least five affirmative votes and upon execution of the Memorandums of Understanding,authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record a supplemental appropriation of$1,265,000 in the Grants and Restricted Programs Fund for the following allocations: $175,000 forBobby Bonds Skatepark Improvements; $250,000 for Janet Goeske Senior Center FlooringReplacement; $500,000 for Bobby Bonds Sippy Woodhead Pool Room; and $340,000 for TimStrack Park Lighting and Fitness Equipment Installation and a supplemental appropriation in thesame amount to the inter-fund account for reimbursement of CDBG-related expenditures.RECOMMENDATIONS5 6