TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND FROM: Jacky Morales-Ferrand
CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: April 11, 2022
Approved Date
4/14/2022
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 ANNUAL
ACTION PLAN
RECOMMENDATION
OUTCOME
The public hearing provides an opportunity to the City Council and the public to provide comment on the proposed funding priorities under the City of San José’s (City) draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Annual Action Plan (Action Plan) at this publicly noticed meeting.
The feedback provided by the City Council on the funding will inform the development of the City’s FY 2022-23 Action Plan. Upon the City Council’s adoption of the final FY 2022-23 Action Plan tentatively scheduled for June, the City’s Housing Department (Housing Department) staff will submit the final federally mandated document to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in time to meet its deadline. Meeting HUD’s deadline enables the City to remain eligible to receive approximately $14 million in federal housing and community development funds in FY 2022-23.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This action requests input on the proposed funding that will help in the development of the City’s FY 2022-23 Action Plan, an annual planning report that HUD requires of jurisdictions receiving (a) Conduct a public hearing on the draft Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Action Plan for the use of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and
(b) Provide Housing Department staff with input on the draft Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Action Plan.
COUNCIL AGENDA: 4/26/2022
FILE: 22-568
ITEM: 8.2
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 11, 2022
Subject: Public Hearing on the Draft FY 2022-23 Annual Action Plan
federal funds via formula grants. This memorandum summarizes the strategies on the use of approximately $14 million in new funding that the City will receive in FY 2022-23. The report details an itemized description of the proposed activities and funding recommendations for each of the four federal funds. With City and Housing Department staff resources currently focused on programs and services related to COVID-19 pandemic relief and recovery, the FY 2022-23 funding priorities are based on stakeholder outreach conducted prior to the pandemic. The proposed activities are consistent with those approved by the City Council in the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan.
This memorandum summarizes the proposed uses for the funding received by the City for four federal programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG); HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME); Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA); and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding.
CDBG funding is focused on three funding categories: 1) Public Services (PS), including homeless services, neighborhood engagement/leadership development, senior services, fair housing, and other legal support services; 2) Community Development Investments (CDI), including enhanced code enforcement, minor home repairs, and community and infrastructure improvements; and 3) Administrative activities. HOME funds help create new affordable housing developments, including some apartments for formerly homeless residents, and time- limited rent subsidies to help low-income residents afford market-rate apartments. HOPWA funds are used for rent subsidies and supportive services. ESG funds are targeted to outreach to homeless residents in San José and for homelessness prevention programs.
BACKGROUND
As a HUD entitlement jurisdiction, the City receives federal formula grants each year from HUD for housing and community development activities. The funding is allocated to the City based on several factors including population, poverty, and housing statistics.
Every five years, HUD requires entitlement jurisdictions to develop a Five-Year Consolidated Plan (Consolidated Plan). The Consolidated Plan assesses San José’s current housing market, analyzes demographic, ethnic, and socio-economic conditions, and identifies populations within the City that have the greatest community and housing needs. It also defines the City's priority needs, strategies, and objectives for reducing the most prevalent barriers to housing and services in our community.
In August 2020, the City adopted the Consolidated Plan for the FY 2020-25 period. The City participated in a countywide collaboration to analyze data on housing needs and to develop this cycle's Consolidated Plan. The City then refined and prioritized the identified broad regional objectives to establish its four major goals, which meet both regional and local priorities:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
April 11, 2022
Subject: Public Hearing on the Draft FY 2022-23 Annual Action Plan
1. Prevent and Address Homelessness – Increase housing opportunities and self- sufficiency for homeless populations and assist in the prevention of homelessness for at- risk individuals and families.
2. Create and Preserve Affordable Housing – Create new affordable housing opportunities and preserve existing affordable housing.
3. Promote Fair Housing – Promote fair housing and lowered barriers to housing.
4. Strengthen and Stabilize Communities – Strengthen and stabilize communities’ conditions and help to improve residents’ opportunities such as the ability to increase their employment prospects and grow their assets.
The first three priorities are the same as for the previous Consolidated Plan cycle for FY 2015-20 as they continue to be of paramount importance for the City. While the fourth priority still allows for investment in community infrastructure as it did last cycle, it also allows for investments focused on improving residents’ economic opportunities and resilience. It is a people-focused plan. As the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequities in our society, it has become apparent that the City must do all it can to strengthen the opportunities for residents in San José.
The FY 2020-25 Consolidated Plan enables the City to pay for a range of services to help those who are unhoused, paying too much for housing, in need of legal assistance to keep their housing, and in need of support to improve their employment prospects.
In each of the five years in the Consolidated Plan, HUD requires entitlement jurisdictions to submit an Action Plan which identifies a one-year strategy for meeting the goals contained in the Consolidated Plan. While FY 2020-21 would have been the first annual plan under the new Consolidated Plan, priorities quickly shifted in early 2020 to address the growing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the City’s annual formula allocations of federal funds, the City received $48,160,981 in one-time CDBG and ESG CARES Act funding that the Housing Department is still contracting and monitoring. Also, the City received over $30 million in Rental Assistance funds directly from the U.S. Department of Treasury to address the effects and financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on City residents. Finally, the Housing Department has $22 million in the City’s American Rescue Plan funds for various homeless and eviction prevention programs that the Department is still contracting.
As City staff continues to implement new and complex programs and services responding to and recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, the capacity to conduct robust community outreach, release new requests for proposals and solicit feedback on potential new funding priorities is limited. Therefore, the City Administration proposes to continue funding the priorities consistent with the FY 2019-20 Action Plan, which was the last Action Plan to receive full community input and approval prior to the pandemic. The FY 2022-23 funding priorities are based on stakeholder outreach conducted prior to the pandemic in conjunction with the FY 2019-20 Action Plan. The proposed activities this fiscal year are consistent with those approved by the City Council for the FY 2019-20 Action Plan. While most contract renewals with grantees will be similar to those in previous years, some scopes of service may be altered to reflect current
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April 11, 2022
Subject: Public Hearing on the Draft FY 2022-23 Annual Action Plan
COVID-19 pandemic response and recovery priorities, and some performance measures may be changed to better demonstrate outcomes.
ANALYSIS
The City has not yet received notice of its formula allocation amounts for FY 2022-23. It is estimated that in FY 2022-23, the City will receive approximately $14.4 million in CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG entitlement grants. While the focus of this memorandum is the new annual federal allocations, the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan also provides a summary of anticipated carryover funding from previous years as well as program income from loan repayments. Table 1 below summarizes the estimated FY 2022-23 federal funding levels.
Table 1: FY 2022-23 Estimated Federal Funding Levels
Program Amount
CDBG $ 8,890,526
HOME $ 3,221,675
HOPWA $ 1,553,405
ESG $ 763,052
Total $14,428,658
FY 2022-23 Action Plan
The draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan contains a description of all activities recommended for funding. Each of the activities detailed in the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan are aligned with the four goals of the Consolidated Plan and contributes to the City’s five-year objectives. The draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan aligns the City’s available resources with the planned activities that will enable the City to meet its annual goals. Completing the required annual plan enables the City stay on target to meet its five-year plan goals. The expenditure plans for CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG are provided below. All activities will be described in greater detail in the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan below.
CDBG Program
CDBG is a flexible funding source that supports the development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing, encouraging a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities, principally for lower-income households.
As the largest and most flexible of the four federal grants, CDBG funds are divided into three categories of eligible uses. These include PS, CDI, and Administrative. The CDI category is further delineated into construction projects and non-construction projects. Construction projects consist of capital projects that directly fund physical improvements such as facility or infrastructure improvements. Non-construction projects include programs and other services, such as job training, provided to low- and moderate-income households.
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Table 2 below outlines the City’s planned CDBG expenditures for the coming year by category and activity. Additional detail on these activities is provided in subsequent tables in this memorandum.
Table 2: Proposed CDBG Activities for FY 2022-23
Category CDBG Activities Recommended
Funding
PS Senior Services $318,481
PS Neighborhood Engagement and Leadership Training $200,000 PS Services for Homeless and Unhoused Populations $399,983 PS Citywide Legal Services for Low-income Tenants and
Landlords
$475,115
CDI Place-based Street and Infrastructure Enhancements $3,948,549 CDI Targeted Code Enforcement $1,100,000
CDI Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Infrastructure
Improvements
$3,000,000
CDI Minor Home Repair $1,650,000
Administrative Fair Housing $200,000
Administrative Grants Management $1,658,105
Total Programmed Activities $12,950,233
Annual CDBG Award $8,890,526
Estimated Program Income $400,000
Prior Years’ Approx. Uncommitted / Unspent Fund Balance $3,659,707 Total Available to Program $12,950,233
CDBG – PS
CDBG funds can support a variety of services for low-income individuals. Program regulations require that funding for PS be capped at 15 percent of the annual allocation combined with the prior year’s program income. Program income is primarily comprised of repayments of loans made from federal funds. Services are generally funded on a three- to five-year funding cycle to provide predictability in service delivery and to support organizational capacity of service providers.
Table 3 below lists existing services and service providers currently under contract. Staff recommends extending those same services through FY 2022-23. Individual grantee funding levels will be comparable to their FY 2021-22 levels, but may vary slightly based on grant allocation and program income differences. The Housing Department will open up a competitive request for proposals to solicit new programs and proposals for FY 2023-24 AAP funding.
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Table 3: Existing Service Providers in CDBG Contract Funding Cycle Service Type Agency Program FY 2022-23
(recommended)
Senior
Services
The Health Trust Meals on Wheels –
Senior Services
$191,481
Senior
Services
Portuguese
Organization for Social
Services Opportunities
(POSSO)
Senior Access and
Health Support
$127,000
Legal
Services
San José Housing
Rights Consortium
Legal Services for
Low-Income Tenants
& Landlords
$475,115
Neighborhood
Engagement
SOMOS Mayfair Home Grown Talent
Project
$125,000
Neighborhood
Engagement
CommUniverCity Community
Leadership
Development
$75,000
Homeless
Services
HomeFirst Citywide Outreach &
Shelter
$399,983
Total $1,393,579
CDBG – CDI
CDI funds can be used to fund public infrastructure and other needs that serve low-income individuals. There is no limit on the amount of funding that may be dedicated to the CDI category. The proposed funding priorities in this category include the following CDI activities:
Priority Projects – Housing Department staff has coordinated with other City departments to identify infrastructure and other capital projects eligible for CDBG that benefit the City’s lower- income communities. Since 2012, CDBG resources have leveraged investments in the Santee/McKinley, Mayfair, and Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace neighborhoods to create clean and engaged neighborhoods. In FY 2018-19, the Housing Department broadened its neighborhood focus to link federal funds with City investments or programs to address underserved needs in a low-resourced neighborhood. Examples of this include providing infrastructure investments adjacent to the planned housing developments for formerly homeless residents at Evans Lane in FY 2021-22. The Department will continue to invest in neighborhoods where City programs are aligned and can be leveraged. Potential projects could include, but are not limited to, improvements to a City-owned swim center, community center, park, and/or nonprofit facilities; the purchase of fire station equipment serving eligible low- income areas; or new infrastructure investments such as street trees in low-income areas experiencing heat effects. The Housing Department will continue to coordinate with the City Manager’s Budget Office and other City departments to identify projects that meet all eligibility criteria and federal spending deadlines. Therefore, the FY 2022-23 Action Plan allocates a reserve amount of funds in FY 2022-23 for proposed City priority projects. In the coming weeks, the Housing Department and the City Manager’s Budget Office will prioritize projects for
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funding that meet HUD criteria and identify them through the FY 2022-23 City Budget process.
There will also be a final public hearing for the FY 2022-23 Annual Action Plan in June and some projects would also be identified then.
Table 4: CDI Place-based Projects
Project Description FY 2022-23
(recommended)
TBD Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Infrastructure for Affordable Housing Sites
and Public Facilities
$3,948,549
Total $3,948,549
Additionally, the Housing Department is continuing work on projects that have been funded in past grant years.
Nonprofit Facility Rehabilitation – Community-based organizations provide vital services for the residents of San José. They offer services that are often not feasible for public or private organizations to administer. Many community-based organizations struggle to raise the revenue needed to provide basic essential services for the City’s most at-risk residents. This ongoing lack of resources leaves many agencies with the inability to maintain or improve the facilities where their staff are located and where direct services to clients are provided. CDI funding for nonprofit facilities has been identified as a critical need by many of the nonprofit agencies in San José and has been listed as a priority by the Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits. Accordingly, the FY 2022-23 Action Plan identifies funds that will be allocated for the purposes listed in Table 5.
Table 5: CDI Nonprofit Facility Rehabilitation
Agency Program FY 2022-23
(recommended)
TBD Acquisition and Rehabilitation of Nonprofit
Facilities
$3,000,000
Total $3,000,000
The Housing Department has received a request from Sacred Heart Community Services for $2 million for the rehabilitation and renovation of its main service center. The Department received direction as part of the Mayor’s March Budget Message to return through the FY 2022-23 budget process with a Manager’s Budget Addendum analyzing whether CDBG or other funds are available to meet the Sacred Heart request. For the remaining CDI funds, the Department will release a formal solicitation to nonprofits for letters of interest in the funds and would return to Council in fall 2022 with results and recommendations.
CDI-Funded Non-Construction – Non-construction CDI projects include programs and other indirect services benefitting low- and moderate-income individuals and households. Enhanced code enforcement and job creation are two of the only “service” activities that can be funded with CDI funds. For enhanced code enforcement to be eligible, it must be linked with a special program such as the City’s Place-Based Neighborhood Initiative and Project Hope I and II. The
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City’s Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department (PBCE) will use CDBG resources in four specific neighborhoods that include Santee, Five Wounds/Brookwood Terrace, Cadillac/Project Hope, and Roundtable/Project Hope II. Table 6 provides a list of the programs to be funded under the CDI category:
Table 6: Proposed CDI Non-construction Projects
Agency Program FY 2022-23
(recommended)
PBCE Enhanced Code Enforcement in Targeted
Neighborhoods
$1,100,000
Rebuilding
Together Silicon
Valley
Minor Repair and Limited Rehab for Low-
Income Homeowners Program
$1,100,000
Habitat for
Humanity
Minor Repair and Limited Rehab for Low-
Income Homeowners Program
$550,000
Total $2,750,000
Administrative – Recognizing the significant requirements associated with managing CDBG funds, HUD allows funding of administrative planning and oversight using up to 20% of the sum of the annual allocation plus the current year’s program income. In addition to grant planning and oversight, fair housing is the sole service that can be paid from the Administrative category as well as the PS category. In FY 2022-23, some Administrative funds will go towards fair housing programs listed below and will pay other City departments’ staff’s work on CDBG- related activities. This includes the City Attorney’s Office work to perform legal reviews of all federal contracts, and PBCE’s work to provide required environmental review support for all federally funded projects. It also includes staff work on the Assessment of Fair Housing.
Table 7: Proposed FY 2022-23 CDBG Administrative Activities Agency Program FY 2022-23
(recommended)
Housing Department CDBG Administration $1,613,105
City Attorney’s Office Legal Staffing $20,000
PBCE Environmental Reviews $25,000
Law Foundation of Silicon
Valley - Four Agency
Consortium
Fair Housing $200,000
Total $1,858,105
HOME Program
The HOME program provides financial assistance to help increase the supply of affordable rental and homeownership housing for low-income households through the acquisition, rehabilitation, or construction of affordable housing and through the provision of tenant-based rental assistance.
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Table 8: Proposed FY 2022-23 HOME Activities
Project Allocated Amount
New Affordable Housing Development (including project delivery) $12,211,899 Program Administration $ 122,167
Fair Housing Services $ 200,000
Total HOME $12,534,066
New Affordable Housing Development –HOME rules require that new affordable housing developments must have all other financing obtained and be able to start construction within one year of committing the funds. For this reason, the Housing Department must sometimes hold a significant portion of funds until a project is almost ready to start construction. In December 2021, staff released a $150 million Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) and will request that the City Council commit available funding to one or more projects selected that are eligible both under the City’s NOFA and HOME criteria.
HOPWA Program
The HOPWA program provides local jurisdictions and nonprofits with resources and incentives to support long-term strategies for meeting the housing needs of low-income individuals living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
The Health Trust was selected though a previous federally funded services request for proposal to provide rental assistance and supportive housing services. Staff recommends continuing funding to The Health Trust to administer HOPWA activities at the following levels through FY 2022-23. Additionally, as the nearest metropolitan statistical area, the City administers the HOPWA grant funding for San Benito County. The Housing Department coordinates with San Benito County staff to administer approximately $73,000 in rental assistance in that County.
Table 9: Proposed FY 2022-23 HOPWA Activities
Proposed Activity Allocated Amount
Rental Assistance and Supportive Services $ 1,510,194
City Administration $ 43,211
Total HOPWA $1,553,405
ESG Program
The ESG program provides matching grants to help pay for shelter operating expenses and for other essential services to serve individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
In FY 2018-19, staff issued a request for proposals for outreach and homeless prevention services. Contracts were awarded to People Assisting the Homeless (PATH) and Bill Wilson Center. Staff recommends continued funding to PATH and Bill Wilson Center to administer ESG activities at the following levels through FY 2022-23. Activities and grantees proposed for FY 2022-23 include:
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Table 10: Proposed FY 2022-23 ESG Activities
Proposed Activity Agency Description FY 2022-23
(recommended)
Street Outreach
PATH
Street-based outreach, engagement,
and case management for the
unhoused population
$428,823
Homeless
Prevention Program
for Youth and
Families
Bill
Wilson
Center
Rental assistance and support for
households at risk of becoming
homeless, including victims of
intimate partner violence
$127,000
County Homeless
Management
Information System
County of
Santa
Clara
Operation of the Homeless
Management Information System
(secure web-based database) in
compliance with HUD
$150,000
City Administration
City
City grant administration, compliance
monitoring, environmental review,
legal service support, and planning
$57,229
Total $763,052
Meeting the Needs of Families
The proposed FY 2022-23 Action Plan provides $4.8 million in funding for nine programs serving families (see Table 11 below). The Housing Department holds regular meetings with the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) McKinney Vento staff to identify service gaps and needs. The Housing staff also has regular conversations with domestic violence service providers to identify their needs. The domestic violence service providers reported that levels of violence are escalating during the Covid-19 pandemic and there is a need for additional motel vouchers to safely shelter victims. As a result of the conversations with SCCOE and domestic violence service providers, the Housing Department has funded community wireless network and emergency motel vouchers for families.
For the coming year, the draft Action Plan proposes these family-serving programs:
Table 11: Proposed FY 2022-23 Annual Action Plan Family-serving Programs Grantee Purpose FY 2022-23
(recommended)
SOMOS Mayfair Home Grown Talent program, neighborhood
engagement
$125,000
CommUniversity Neighborhood engagement $75,000
San José Housing Rights
Consortium
Legal services for low-income tenants $475,115
Law Foundation Silicon
Valley
Fair housing services $400,000
PBCE Enhanced code enforcement in Project Hope
neighborhoods
$1,100,000
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Grantee Purpose FY 2022-23
(recommended)
Rebuilding Together &
Habitat for Humanity
Single family home repairs $1,650,000
Bill Wilson Center Family homeless prevention $127,000
HomeFirst Homeless outreach and engagement (citywide) $399,983 PATH Homeless outreach and engagement
(downtown)
$428,823
Total $4,780,921
FY 2022-23 Action Plan Implementation
Once the FY 2022-23 Action Plan is approved by the City Council, staff will work with service providers to develop or extend agreements that include finalized scopes of service, contract budgets, performance measures, goals, and outcomes. Upon approval of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan by HUD, staff will work with agencies identified in this plan to finalize service agreements in preparation for execution on or about July 1, 2022.
Additionally, capital projects identified in the FY 2022-23 Action Plan will require further development. Upon approval of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan by the City Council, staff – a collaborative effort led by the Housing Department in close coordination with the City Manager’s Budget Office – will work with stakeholders to develop the final project scopes and will take all necessary steps to ensure compliance with funding and project requirements. Staff will coordinate environmental reviews in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act clearances before final commitment of funds via contract.
CONCLUSION
This publicly noticed public hearing provides an opportunity to the City Council and the public to provide comment on the proposed funding priorities and the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan.
The feedback provided by the City Council on the funding priorities for the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan will inform the development of the City’s FY 2022-23 Action Plan. Final approval of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan will enable staff to submit the federally mandated document to HUD by the July 11, 2022 deadline. Meeting this deadline will enable the City to remain eligible to receive approximately $14.4 million in federal housing and community development funds in FY 2022-23. Upon City Council adoption of the final Action Plan at its second hearing, the Housing Department will submit the final document to HUD by its deadline, 60 days after it announces final formula allocation amounts.
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EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP
Staff will consider the public comments received as it develops the final draft of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan. Staff will also refine the FY 2022-23 Action Plan based on HUD’s final grant amounts for FY 2022-23, to be announced shortly. The revised FY 2022-23 Action Plan will be brought back to the City Council for final approval in June 2022. That revised plan will include further detail on the proposed City CDI projects. The Department will return through the FY 2022-23 budget process with a Manager’s Budget Addenda analyzing whether CDBG CDI or other funds are available to meet the Sacred Heart request mentioned earlier. For the remaining CDI funds, the Department will release a formal solicitation to nonprofits for letters of interest for the funds and would return to Council in the fall with results and recommendations.
The approved FY 2022-23 Action Plan must be submitted to HUD by its deadline, 60 days after it announces final formula allocation amounts. Once approved by HUD, the final Action Plan will be available on the Housing Department's website
(www.sanjoseca.gov/housingconplan),
or by U.S. mail at the public's request.
At the end of each Action Plan period, the City is required to submit its Consolidated Annual Plan Evaluation Report (CAPER) which summarizes the City’s progress in meeting its goals as indicated in the prior year Annual Action Plan. The Housing Department will present the FY 2022-23 CAPER in fall 2023.
The Housing Department will open up a competitive request for proposals to solicit new programs and proposals for FY 2023-24 Annual Action Plan funding.
CLIMATE SMART SAN JOSE
The recommendation in this memorandum has no effect on Climate Smart San José energy, water, or mobility goals.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
Federal regulations require that jurisdictions hold at least two public hearings to receive public comment for the FY2022-23 Action Plan and funding priorities. The City’s adopted Citizen Participation Plan requires three public hearings including one prior to the release of the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan. This year, the City will hold a total of five public hearings on the FY 2022-23 Action Plan. The first two public hearings were held before the Housing and Community Development Commission (Commission) on March 10, 2022 and the City Council on March 22, 2022, where the Housing Department presented the draft funding strategies and priorities to solicit feedback. The third hearing, on April 14, 2022, was also at the Commission and included the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan for comment. This action is the fourth public hearing considering the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan. The final public hearing is now tentatively scheduled for early June 2022, at which time the City Council will adopt the final
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FY 2022-23 Action Plan. The Housing Department then will submit the FY 2022-23 Action Plan to HUD in time to meet its deadline.
Staff published official notices required by HUD, in the Mercury News, of the public meetings. These notices were translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Tagalog and also were published in the El Observador, Vietnam Daily News, World Journal, and the Asian Journal newspapers. City staff also sent e-mail announcements of the public hearings on the draft FY 2022-23 Action Plan to over 2,600 organizations and individuals concerned about affordable housing and community development issues. The e-blasts were also posted on the Housing Department’s website at www.sjhousing.org
, and were turned into news briefs that
were automatically sent to media outlets.
All public comments provided to the City both verbally and in writing will be included in the appendices of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan together with staff's responses when the FY 2022- 23 Action Plan is submitted to HUD.
COORDINATION
This item has been coordinated with the City Manager’s Budget Office and City Attorney’s Office.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION/INPUT
This item is scheduled to be heard by the Commission at its meeting to be held virtually on April 14, 2022 at 5:45 p.m. A Supplemental Memorandum summarizing the Commission’s feedback will be included for this action on the April 26, 2022, City Council meeting agenda.
FISCAL/POLICY ALIGNMENT
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This action is consistent with the City's Consolidated Plan 2020-25, adopted by the City Council on August 11, 2020, and with the City's Adopted Housing Element 2014-2023, in that the action provides services to very low-income households. It also furthers the advancement of the Community Plan to End Homelessness approved by the City Council in August 2020. The timely submittal of the FY 2022-23 Action Plan to HUD will enable the City to receive and distribute more than $14 million in entitlement funds for the CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG programs for FY 2022-23.
COST SUMMARY/IMPLICATIONS
This report summarizes the expenditure plan for the City's federal funds received from HUD.
Commitments proposed in this FY 2022-23 Action Plan will be included as part of the development of the City’s FY 2022-23 Proposed Budget. Subject to City Council approval,
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some multi-year CDI expenditures will be included in the City's FY 2022-23 Proposed Budget or as part of a future budget process as specific projects are identified.
CEQA
Not a Project, File No. PP17-009, Staff Reports, Assessments, Annual Reports, and Informational Memos that involve no approvals of any City action. Specific development projects that are funded as a result of the Annual Action Plan are subject to project-specific CEQA clearance.
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JACKY MORALES FERRAND
Director of Housing
For questions, please contact Ragan Henninger, Deputy Director, at [email protected]
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