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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 02241987 - FIN.1 i i TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS =tr FROM: Finance Committee Costa DATE: February 19, 1987 County SUBJECT: Further Consideration of Recommendations of the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee for Use of the County' s 1987-88 Community Development Block Grant Funds SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Approve the recommendation of the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee with the following additions: a. Antioch Babe Ruth Lighting $12,500 b. Project Seed - North Richmond $ 9,720 $22., 220 c. Legal Services Foundation Retain Funding at $15,000 In addition, direct staff to establish criteria for the North Richmond Land Acquisition project for affordable housing including submissions to be reviewed and negotiated by staff and the Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee. 2 . Supervisor Powers recommends funding the Antioch Senior Center Expansion for $28,900 matching a city contribution of a like amount. Supervisor Schroder does not recommend funding the Antioch Senior Center" Expansion because the City' s original decision to design the facility without additional restrooms was a conscious decision to proceed in that manner. 3 . Approve a reduction of up to 14% in funding for each project should Federal funds be reduced. 4. Adopt the Proposed Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds as the Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds. i CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: I RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATI F BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER P6SIGNATURE(S) Si rvi Powers viso Schroder ACTION OF BOARD ON ebruary 24 , 1987 APPRO AS-RECOMMENDED X OTHER X IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that all. recommendations are APPROVED except only Supervisor Powers ' recommendation on Recommendation 2 is APPROVED. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: Community. Development ATTESTED February 24 , 1987 County Administrator; PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF Auditor-Controller I THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Participating Agencies AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BYO ° DEPUTY df/fincomm.bos VI BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 February 19, 1987 5. Assure and certify thai the County will comply with the regulations, policies, guidelines and requirements with respect to the acceptance and use of federal funds for this federally assisted program and given assurances and certifyicompliance with the attached list of certifications. 6. Find the economic development activities are necessary and appropriate to carry out the County' s Community Development program. 7. Authorize the Chair the execute the appropriate documents and transmittal letter for submissionjto HUD by the Director of Community Development. I 8. Authorize Chair to sign letters to Congressional representatives requesting their support to avoid future budget cuts in the Community Development Block Grant Program. FINANCIAL IMPACT 1987-88 CDBG Contingency Fund would be reduced by up to $51,120 leaving approxi- mately $150, 000 on April 1, 1987. All federal funds. BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION On February 10, 1987 after considerable testimony requesting modifications in the Proposed Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds under the Community Development Block Grant Program for 1987-88, as recommended by the Housingland Community Development Advisory Committee, the Board of Supervisors referred the matter to the Finance Committee for review. The Finance Committee reviewed the testimony and further discussed these matters with staff and the requesting agencies on February 18, 1987. Antioch Senior Center Expansion - The City advised the Finance Committee that it would endeavor to provide half the funding $28,900 to match the County' s funds. Antioch Babe Ruth Fields Lighting - The City has indicated a willingness to provide $12, 500 and the Housing Authority $10,000 to match $12, 500 from the County. Project SEED - An allocation of one half that requested $9,720 would enable the project to continue until the Richmond School District can consider further permanent funding. Legal Services Foundation - The legal housing counseling including tenant eviction defense should be evaluated annually to determine its benefits. North Richmond Land Acquisition - Two agencies requested funding to develop affordable housing. Both proposals are premature given financing and planning considerations. Staff will prepare criteria for submittal of proposals from these agencies and any other interested developers. Congress has until March 15, 1987 to approve the President' s request to rescind $375 million. An approval would cost the County almost $400, 000. However, all information coming from Washington, D.C. at this time indicates that the chances of approval of the rescission are almost nil. In fact, HUD has advised us that submittal of our grant application for the full amount is acceptable. A few construction activities without other sources of funds would be unable to go forward if the cuts took place on an across-the-board basis. This is the Thirteenth year -of the Community Development Block Grant Program which is intended to primarily benefit low and moderate income persons in the urban County. The 1987-88 program provides that all funds will be utilized to benefit low and moderateiincome persons. I . I CERTIFICATION'S The grantee certifies that: (a) It possesses legal authority to make a grant submission and to execute a community developmeta4 and housing program; (b) Its governing body has duly adopted or passed as an official act a resolution, motion or similar action authorizing the person identified as the official representative of the grantee to submit the final statement and all understandings and assurances contained therein, and directing and authorizing the person identified as the offioiel representative of the grantee to act in connection with the submission of the final statement and to provide such additional information as may be required; (c) Prior to submission of its final statement to HUD, the grantee has: (1) met the citizen participation requirements of S 570.301(aX2) and has provided citizens with: (A) the estimate of the amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit persons of low and moderate income; and (B) its plan for minimizing displacement of persons as a result of activities assisted with CDBG funds and to assist persons actually displaced as a result of such activities; j (2) prepared its final statement of community development objectives and projected use of funds in accordance with S 570.301(aX3) and made the final statement available to the public; (d) The grant will be conducted and administered in compliance with: (1) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88-352; 42 U.S.C. S2000d et seg.); and (2) Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of.1968 (Pub. L. 90-284; 42 U.S.C. 53601 et seg.); (e) It will affirmatively further fair housing; (f) It has developed its final statement of projected use of funds so as to give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low and moderate income families or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; (the final statement of projected use of funds may also include activities which the grantee certifies are designed to meet other community development needs having a particularI urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community, and other financial resources are not available); except that the aggregate use of CDBG funds received under section 106 of the Act and, if applicable, under section 108 of the Act, during the � 1987 program year(s) (a period specified by the grantee consisting of 1, 2, or 3 program years, e.g., 1984 be 1985), shall Office of Blocik Grant Assistance December 19841 i principally benefit persons of low and moderate income in a manner that ensures that not less than 51 percent of such funds are used for activities that benefit such persons during such period; E (g) 1t has developed a comi munity development plan, for the period specified in paragraph (f) above, that identifies community development and housing needs and specifies both short and long-term community development objectives that have been developed in accordance with the primary objective and requirements i of the Act; (h) It is following a current housing assistance plan which has been approved by HUD pursuant to S 570.306; I (i) It will not attempt to recover any capital costs of public improvements assisted in whole or in part with funds provided under section 106 of the Act or with amounts resulting from a guarantee under section 108 of the Act by assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income, including any fee charged or assessment made as a condition of obtaining access to such public improvements, unless: (1) funds received under section 106 of the Act are used to pay the proportion of such fee or assessment that relates to the capital costs of such public improvements that are financed from revenue sources other than under Title I the Act; or (2) for purposes of assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied by persons of moderate income, the grantee certifies to the Secretary that it lacks sufficient funds received under section 106 of the Act to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (1); and (j) It will comply with the other provisions of the Act and with other applicable laws. i i i 0 II f p DecemgeoflYJ?ck Grant Assistance