SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT
to the
2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clarita (City) is an Entitlement Jurisdiction for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The City receives an annual allocation of CDBG Entitlement funds to provide programs and services to primarily low- and moderate-income residents of the City.
In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan (AAP), the City identified Entitlement funds and prior year savings totaling $666,848 to be allocated for the development of a new permanent, year-round homeless shelter (Shelter Project) to be owned and operated by the non -profit Bridge To Home. The Shelter Project was an eligible activity under the HUD Matrix Code 03C – Homeless Facilities. It met the National Objective of serving a Low/Mod Income Limited Clientele of Homeless Persons, who are presumed by HUD to be principally low/mod income. It met the City’s 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan Priority of Improve and Expand Facilities and Infrastructure.
In FY 2021 -2022 and in FY 2022 -2023, the City undertook Substantial Amendments of the FY 2020 -2021 AAP which allocated additional Entitlement funds and prior year savings to the Shelter Project. Over those three fiscal years, a total of $1,792,356 in CDBG funds were allocated to the Shelter Project as shown below.
Fiscal Year Annual Entitlement Funds Prior Year Savings 2020-2021 $250,000 $416,849
2021-2022 $583,872 $187,283
2022-2023 329,400 $24,952
Subtotal $1,163,272 $629,084
PROPOSED SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT
In 2023, the City determined that the Shelter Project does not meet the eligibility requirements under the CDBG Program.
The City now wishes to amend the FY 2020-2021 AAP to defund the Shelter Project , release all funds allocated to it ($1,792,356), and identify a new use for those funds.
The City has determined that the best use for the funds is the Park s Improvement Project (Park s Project). The Park s Project will make improvements to local parks to benefit low-moderate income / CDBG-eligible residents within the City.
The Parks Project is an eligible activity under the HUD Matrix Code 03F – Parks, Recreational Facilities. Each Activity undertaken will meet either the National Objective of Low/Mod Income Limited Clientele - Removal or Architectural Barriers, or the National Objective of Low/Mod Area. The Parks Project meets the City’s 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan Priority of Improve and Expand Facilities and Infrastructure.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
On April 9, 2023, the City published a notice of the proposed Substantial Amendment to the FY 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan informing the public of the 30-day public comment period and the Public Hearing to be held on May 23, 2023.