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CDBG Drafted
Action Plan and
4,b Consolidated Plan
April 1, 2025
City Council Public Hearing
1 • Administered by U.S. Department of Housing & Urban
Development (HUD)
• Local discretion / use of funds; primarily to benefit low-income persons
• City is entitlement jurisdiction; receives an annual grant directly from HUD
• Formal annual funding process based on the adopted " Citizen Participation Plan"
• Block Grants Advisory Committee (BGAC) makes funding
recommendations to City Council
3 1) Receive comments from the public regarding the CDBG program allocations
2) Consider the Block Grants Advisory Committee's Public Services and Capital funding recommendations
3) Each Councilmember will allocate set -aside funds towards Public Services programs
4) Review and approve the overall allocations and contingencies for the drafted CDBG Action Plan
5) Review the drafted five-year CDBG Consolidated Plan
2 Bl ock Grants
Advisory Committe e (BGAC)
IVO Smart City
Safe City
Chair Esther Acosta
First Vice -Chair Robert Doyle
Second Vice -Chair Mackenzie Greeley
Isaac Berumen
Tammie Castillo-Shiffer
Monica Gonzalez
Sally Lopez
Carla Marrel
Rosalie Marquez
Denise Martinez
Tim Seifert
Jason Tamura
V ISION S TATEME NT 'To provide for the development and support of pr ograms r acibli es. s eances , and opp ortuniti es that best build a stable economic envir onme nt, mai nt ain suitable ',mg condib ans expand the supply of de cent, affordable hou sing, and en hance the overall quauly of life for all Santa Marians particularly famihes in ne ed el -ask yet#n , .no mehm. es aYvunmpe¢ tdcrly. •ncras abfeC.n fhe ca mr ounry . 4 1
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Anticipated Entitlem ent Amount
2025-26 Entitlement Amount
Anticipated Program Income (PI/RL) (2024-25)
Repurposed CDBG Funding
To tal CDBG Re sources
$1,394,952
$25,000
$50,000
$1,469,952
Anticipated CDBG Allocations
Allocation for Public Services (15% cap)
Allocation for Capital Projects (65% + reprogramming)
Allocation for General Administration (20% + PI)
Fair Housing
$209,242
$956,720
$268,990
$10,000
5 ✓ Community Needs Assessment occurred on Monday, July 22, 2024
✓ Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) issued on Thursday, August 22, 2024
✓ Mandatory pre -application workshop on Thursday,
October 10, 2024
✓ Applications were due on Sunday, November 24, 2024
✓ Staff received 17 Public Services applications and one Capital application
• Prevent homelessness, address critical
needs, and assist at -risk youth, elderly, and
underserved populations
• Expand educational and development
opportunities
• Provide affordable housing
• Revitalize existing neighborhoods
6 Site Visit and Deliber ations
lakSmart City
Safe City
✓ The Committee divided into five teams
✓ Conducted in -person site visits with each applicant
✓ Teams prepared reports to share with the rest of the BGAC ✓ Deliberations were held Monday, February 10, 2025, and Wednesday, February 12, 2025
✓ BGAC prepared funding recommendations and contingencies ✓ City Council Public Hearing
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PUBLIC FACILITIES AND I MPROVE MENTS
City of Santa Maria I Community Sports Park
TBRA ADMINISTRATION
= $ 941,720
= $ 15,000
Recommended Allocation O verview
• Housing -Related Needs
✓ Public Improvements I
Revitalization of
Neighborhoods
9 Rec ommen de d FY 2025-26
Public Services Pro jects
Smart City
Safe City
BGAC
Rank
A gency
Activity
r—
BG AC
Recommendation
1 Foodbank of Santa Barbara County
Nu tritional Se cu rity
$15,000
2 Meals on Whee ls Santa Maria Valley
Me als fo r Seniors
S16,686
3 Good Samaritan Shelter
Ho meless Shelter
$15,000
4 Alliance for Pha rma ceutical Ac cess (APA)
Patie ntAdvocacy for
M edications
$16,686
5 The Salvation Army
Hot Lunch Pro gra m
$15,000
6 North County Rape Crisis & Child
Protection Center
SM Education /Services
$16,685
7 Good Samaritan Shelter
Freedom Warming Center
$15,000
8 Community Partners in Caring
VolunteerCa regiving
Program
$16,685
9 Domestic Violence Solu tions
Eme rgency Shelter
$15,000
10 Fighting Ba ck Santa M aria Va lle y
Program Funding
$15,000
11 Fa mily Service Agenc y (FSA)
Long -Term Care
Ombudsman
$15,000
11 Increase in funding:
• Should the City receive more funding than anticipated, it will be allocated to the City's Community Sports Park Project.
Decrease in funding:
• Should the City receive less funding than anticipated, funding will be removed from the City's Community Sp orts Park Project . * **The City's TBRA Administrati on allocation of $15,000 will not be affected. ** * 10 FY 2025-26 Rec ommended Allocation Overview
Critical Need
et Elderly
Unhoused
■ Youth
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Agencies NOT Re comm ended for
Public Services FY 2025-26 Funding
Op Smart City
Safe City
BGAC
Rankbe
Age ncy
A ctivity
Population to
Served
R equ ested
Amount
12 Child Abuse Listening
Medication (CALM)
Hom e Visitation Program
Youth
$21,000
13 Access Central Coast
(forme rly Independent
Living Resource Center)
Comm unity Based Living for
Older Adults and People with
Disabilities
Speci al Needs
$21,000
14 SMOOTH, Inc
Senior Dial A Ride
Elderly
$21,000
15 Catholic Cha ritie s
Santa Maria Community
Services
Critical Needs
S20,000
16 New Be ginnings
Safe Parking Shelter and Rapid
Rehousing
Unhoused
S20,000
17 Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Abu se (CADA)
Daniel Bryant Youth and Family
Center Tre atment Program
Youth
$21,000
13 • A total of $37,500 is set aside for Council distribution • Each Councilmember will allocate $7,500
• The minimum funding amount an agency can receive is
$15,000
• Councilmembers can allocate towards an agency(s) already recommended for funding, or combine their allocation with another Councilmember to fund an agency not
currently recommended for funding
15 Increase in funding:
• Should the City receive more CDBG funding than anticipated, and it is between $0 and $14,999, the fu nding will be distributed evenly to each agency with a recommendation under $20,000 (up to the funding cap).
• If the City recei ves more than $15,000 and under $30,000, the additional funding will be allocat ed to the next on the list ($15,000) and then evenly distributed to agencies rec eiving under $20,000 (up to the funding cap). • If more than $30,000 is received, funding will be allocated to the next agencies on the list, and the rest will be distributed evenly to all the agencies up to th e funding cap
D ecrea se in fu nding:
• Evenly r educe agencies (up to the minimum amount of $15,000) • If there is a d ecrease of more than $15,000, cut from th e bottom and evenly distribute to the rest
14 The Consolidated Plan Is design ed to assist l ocal jurisdictions in assessing their aff ordable housing and community developm ent needs and market conditions.
The consolidated planning process serves as th e framework for a community -wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align with the community's needs.
To achieve this goal, quantitative data and qu alitative input were obtained through robust community engagement efforts
A survey was condu cted in collabor ation with members of the CDBG Urban County Partnership and HO ME C onsortium to compl ement quantitative data with community input.
An in -person needs asses sment workshop took place on Wednesday, October 23 , 2024, for City of Santa Maria residents It was offered in English, Spanish, and Mixle c The City's " Citizen Participation Plan" is part of the updated Consolidated Plan and is also available for a 30 -day publi c revi ew period.
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• Open the public' hearing for both Capital and Public Services allocation recommendations, as well as the drafted Consolidated Plan ✓ City Council to discuss and approve the Public Services allocation recommendations, including the City Council's individual $7,5417 allocations
• City Council to discuss and approv e the Capital project allocation recommen dations
✓ City Council to approv e the contingencies far Public Services and Capital allocations
• Tonight's. Council recommendations for Capital and Public Services are anticipated to be back for final approval at the May 6, 2025. City Council meeting
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