CITY OF SAN MATEO
CITY OF SAN MATEO
Agenda Report
City Hall
330 W. 20th Avenue
San Mateo CA 94403
www.cityofsanmateo.org
Agenda Number: 10 Section Name: PUBLIC HEARING Account Number: 23-3133 File ID: 25-10102 TO: City Council
FROM: Alex Khojikian, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Community Development Department
MEETING DATE: September 15, 2025
SUBJECT:
Consolidated Annual Progress and Evaluation Report for the Community Development Block Grant 2024-25 — Adoption RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Progress and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
BACKGROUND:
Each year, the City is required to submit to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The primary focus of the CAPER is on the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, which the City receives on an annual basis from HUD. It also serves to document progress made towards the City’s housing and community development goals as identified in associated planning documents. These include the five-year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan, which outline where the annual CDBG funding will be spent and what goals the City would like to achieve with those activities. This year’s CAPER documents progress made on the 2024-25 Annual Acton Plan and the 2023-27 Consolidated Plan.
The City uses CDBG funds to assist the public in many categories, as defined by HUD. These include public services, economic development, community development, fair housing administration, and minor home rehabilitation. The CAPER responds to questions asked in a template provided by HUD and consists of narrative on the progress of San Mateo’s community development programs and accomplishments made possible by use of CDBG funds.
The CAPER in Attachment 1 is the narrative portion of the report, describing program activities and achievements. Much of this information is generated from the HUD computer system, Integrated Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), and from internal reporting systems.
Several areas are highlighted in this year’s CAPER, including:
1. Community Funding
The City funded several activities through its Community Funding program such as public services, minor home rehabilitation, and fair housing. A total of twelve programs were funded, all administered by local organizations who serve low- and moderate- income residents. In Program Year 2024-25, the City funded $310,700 in total to the following areas:
Seven public service grants totaling $98,700, which assisted 17,572 people. Each grantee received $14,100 each.
oCALL Primrose, is a drop-in food pantry for low-income residents and served 1,463 people. oCORA, provided victims and survivors of domestic and their children with a safety net of legal services, and served 157 people.
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oFriends for Youth, is a mentorship program for low-income students in San Mateo schools and served 39 students.
oLegal Aid Society of San Mateo County, provided legal services for tenants at-risk of evictions and served 177 people.
oLifeMoves’ First Step Shelter, is an emergency shelter for families and served 54 people. oRape Trauma Services, provided mental health services for children and youth to address the multiple healing needs of child survivors of sexual trauma, and served 89 people. oSamaritan House, provided a broad spectrum of assistance, including backpack drives, case management, emergency assistance - food, clothing, shelter, healthcare - as well as financial assistance and empowerment services, and served 15,593 people. Two minor home rehabilitation grant programs totaling $107,000, which assisted four households. oRebuilding Together Peninsula – Safe at Home Program, provided minor home repair and renovation services for low-income homeowners and served three households. oRebuilding Together Peninsula – National Rebuilding Day, a volunteer-driven home repair program, held twice per year, served one household.
Two economic development grants totaling $80,000, which assisted 64 people. oRenaissance Entrepreneurship Center, provided microenterprise services for low-income prospective business owners and served 49 people.
oUpwards, provided technical assistance for daycare businesses (prospective or established) and served 15 people.
One grant for fair housing services totaling $25,000, which assisted 12 people. oProject Sentinel, provided fair housing services for low-income tenants.
2. Public Facilities
Public facilities are another category of CBDG funding. The City uses these funds to support City street and sidewalk improvements and local non-profits that primarily serve low- and moderate-income households. The North Central and North Shoreview neighborhood areas are identified as San Mateo’s CDBG priority neighborhoods. In Program Year 2024-25, Public Works used CDBG funds for the street and sidewalk improvements in Third Avenue and Norfolk Street.
The Third Avenue/Norfolk Traffic Corridor Project was awarded on January 13, 2025. The first phase (civil improvements) and second phase (median wall modification, paving and striping) of construction have been complete.
The last phase of construction is scheduled for the end of 2025 and will include installation of new poles and signal heads, new signal cabinet, and new signal operations.
3. Other Accomplishments
In 2024-25, the City accomplished additional efforts that address affordable housing, homelessness, and poverty reduction. These accomplishments help support the goals listed in planning documents, including the 2023-27 Consolidated Plan, 2024-25 Annual Action Plan, and the 2023-2031 Housing Element:
Kiku Crossing, a 225-unit affordable housing development by MidPen Housing on City-owned land, completed construction in spring of 2024, received their Certificate of Occupancy in summer 2024, and was fully occupied by fall 2024.
Through the state-grant, Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) fund, the City funded a homeless shelter, rapid rehousing, and home-sharing, and supportive housing programs. A total of 212 San Mateo residents were supported through these programs.
An Emergency Rental Assistance Program was recently adopted in July 2025 to prevent homelessness and displacement among low-income San Mateo residents. Local funds will support the operations of the program, and 37 households are projected to be served in the Program Year 2025-26.
HUD requires that the CAPER be submitted no more than 90 days after the close of the Program Year, which was June 30, 2025. This year, the deadline for submittal is September 29, 2025. The submittal of the CAPER must be preceded by a public comment period, during which the time the draft CAPER must be available to the public. The draft 2024-25 CAPER was published and posted to the City’s website on August 29, 2025, with the public comment period closing on the date of this meeting, September 15, 2025. As of the date of agenda publication, a total of zero public comments were received.
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Any additional public comments received after agenda publication will be provided at the meeting.
During the public comment period, the Community Relations Commission (CRC) held a Special Meeting on September 11, 2025, to receive public comments and review the draft CAPER. Due to this agenda report being published prior to the CRC’s Special Meeting, any comments and the Commission recommendation will be presented to City Council during the Public Hearing.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There are no budget impacts involved in the presentation, approval, and submission of this report.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION:
This administrative review of the 2024-25 CAPER is not a project subject to CEQA, because it can be seen with certainty that it will not cause a physical change in the environment. (Public Resources Code Section 21065.)
NOTICE PROVIDED
All meeting noticing requirements were met. The draft CAPER was published on the City’s website on August 29, 2025. A notice was also published on August 29, 2025 in the San Mateo Daily Journal to inform the public of the public comment period form August 29, 2025 to September 15, 2025; this meets the required 15-day period as stated in the City’s Citizen Participation Plan. The same public notice provided information about the Community Relations Commission Special Meeting on September 11, 2025 and this Public Hearing on September 15, 2025.
ATTACHMENTS
Att 1 – Draft 2024-25 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER)
STAFF CONTACT
Jennifer Mora, Housing Specialist I
[email protected]
650-522-7230