COUNCIL PRIORITY
• Housing and Homelessness
• Infrastructure
• Community & Business Development
SUMMARY
HUD annually allocates grants such as CDBG and Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) to local jurisdictions for community development activities. San Leandro is one of nine entitlement jurisdictions in Alameda County. As a requirement to receive these entitlement grants, Title I of the National Affordable Housing Act mandates that jurisdictions prepare a five-year Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan, and a CAPER. The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan was adopted by City Council on June 15, 2020. The FY 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan was adopted by City Council on May 15, 2023.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council 1) hold a public hearing on the FY 2022-2023 CAPER; 2) adopt a resolution to approve the FY 2022-2023 CAPER; and 3) authorize the City Manager to execute all related documents and submit the CAPER to HUD.
BACKGROUND
The CAPER is an annual document that outlines the progress the jurisdiction has made in carrying out its strategic plan and its Annual Action Plan. The CAPER is an overview of major initiatives and highlights that were proposed and executed throughout the program year. The CAPER consists of specific program narratives, an assessment of annual performance, and an assessment of progress toward meeting goals and objectives contained in the Consolidated Plan. The FY 2022-2023 CAPER (Attachment Ex A1) covers the City’s CDBG accomplishments from July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023, and represents the third year of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. The final CAPER will be submitted to HUD by the September 28, 2023 deadline.
Analysis
FY 2022-2023 CDBG Funding
FY 2022-2023 CDBG funding allocations are noted in the table below. # Applicant Agency Funding
Amount
CDBG Public Services
1 CALICO- San Leandro Child Abuse Intervention Project $22,552 2 Davis Street Family Resource Center- Basic Needs Program $33,812 3 SOS / Meals on Wheels- Meal Delivery Service to Homebound Seniors $33,812
4 Spectrum Community Services- San Leandro Senior Nutrition Program $24,064
CDBG Public Facilities & Improvements, Housing Activities 5 Mandatory Section 108 Loan Repayment (Senior Leandro Senior Community Center) $173,257
6 Building Futures for Women & Children- San Leandro Shelter Rehabilitation (Phase II) $65,229
7 Lewelling Shelter & Drop-in Navigation Center $300,000 8 Rebuilding Together Oakland/East Bay (RTO)- Single-Family Housing Rehabilitation $100,000
CDBG General Administration
9 Eden Council for Hope & Opportunity Housing (ECHO)- Fair Housing Program $10,000
2022-23 CDBG Accomplishments
The City funded four CDBG Public Service grants for senior services, family support services, and emergency services and four Public Facilities and Improvements and Housing Activities for residential single-family rehabilitation and residential affordable multi-family renovation. In total, 6,299 persons were served through the City’s CDBG funded activities.
1. CALICO- San Leandro Child Abuse Intervention Project served 46 individuals (23 children and 23 adult caregivers).
2. Davis Street Family Resource Center- Basic Needs Program provided support to 5,531 total unduplicated San Leandro residents and provided grocery bags to clients with the food equivalent of 54,228 meals.
3. SOS / Meals on Wheels- Meal Delivery Service to Homebound Seniors provided meals to 341 homebound seniors.
4. Spectrum Community Services- San Leandro Senior Nutrition Program served hot and nutritious meals to 344 low-income San Leandro senior citizens.
5. Section 108 Loan mandatory repayment made for building of the San Leandro Senior Community Center. The loan term ends in 2029.
6. Building Futures for Women & Children- San Leandro Shelter Rehabilitation (Phase II) is one of two shelter facility improvement projects. The San Leandro Shelter is in the process of completing necessary modernization and code compliance including Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. The City supplemented CDBG funding for this project in FY 2022-2023 with unallocated federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Renovation work will begin and be completed in FY 2023-2024.
7. The Lewelling Shelter & Drop-in Navigation Center is the second of two shelter facility improvement projects. The City applied for State Project Homekey Program Round 3 funding in June 2023 and is still awaiting the grant funding decision from the State. The City is leveraging allocated federal CDBG and HOME funds, along with other State and local funding sources as part of its Homekey proposal.
8. RTO Minor Home Repair Program provided 11 housing rehabilitation grants to households with either extremely low-, very low- or low-income senior homeowners and/or disabled persons.
9. ECHO Fair Housing Program assisted 26 individuals with fair housing complaints in helping the City affirmatively further fair housing per federal mandate.
In FY 2021-2022, the City allocated $150,000 in CDBG funds to the non-profit RTO to ensure compliance with federal Lead-Safe Housing regulations as part of the City’s use of federal CDBG-CV funding (CARES Act funding for emergency purposes during the COVID-19 pandemic that began early 2020). The City allocated its CDBG-CV for emergency rental assistance to assist eligible lower income renters who were unable to earn income due to COVID-19. Rental units that received more than 3 months of ERAP assistance needed to be assessed for compliance with federal Lead Safe requirements.
Over the last two fiscal years, RTO completed this program by assessing and affirming compliance for over 85 rental units in 110 properties in San Leandro.
Summary of Public Outreach Efforts
Per HUD regulations, the City is required to make the CAPER available for public comment for a minimum of fifteen days. The 2022-2023 CAPER was made available on the City’s website (www.sanleandro/housing), at City Hall, the Main Library, the Marina Community Center, and the San Leandro Senior Community Center from August 18 - September 18, 2023.
A public notice was published in the East Bay Daily Review on August 18, 2023, and emailed to the City’s CDBG interest list. No public comments have been received.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Resolution_ FY 2022-2023 HUD CAPER
o Ex A1: Draft FY 2022-2023 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)
Attachment B: FY 2022-2023 HUD CAPER PowerPoint
PREPARED BY: Kimberly Anderson, Housing Specialist II, Community Development Department