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SR-300-002-01 (66) 3bo ...- CJo-z-o/ CjED:CNS:bs CIty CouncIl MeetIng 5/28/85 7-(!, MIf 2 8 1185 Santa MonIca, CalIfornIa TO: Mayor and CIty Council FROM: CIty Staff SUBJECT: Request to Hold a PublIC HearIng and to Hear PublIC Comment on the Proposed 1985-86 Community Development Plan and to Approve a Resolution ApprovIng the 1985-86 Communlty Development Plan and AuthorizIng SubmIssion of the "Proposed Statement of CommunIty Development ObJectIves and ProJected Use of Funds" to the U.S. De- partment of HousIng and Urban Development IntroductIon ThIS report requests that the CIty CouncIl hold a publIC hearIng and adopt the attached ResolutIon (1) approvIng the Proposed 1985-86 CommunIty Development Plan, (2) authorIzing the CIty Man- ager to negotiate contracts wIth all grantees specIfIed In the Plan and (3) authorIzIng the submIttal of all documents requIred for the ImplementatIon of the 1985-86 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to the U.s. Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment (HUD). One of these documents, the "Proposed Statement of CommunIty Development ObJectIves and ProJected Use DE Funds," IS also attached to thIS report for CounCIl reVIew. Background On AprIl 22, 1985, the CIty Council receIved the InitIal draft of the Proposed 1985-86 ConmlUnlty Development Plan, contaInIng ten- tatIve staff recommendatIons for all projects to be funded under 7"e, NAY 2 8 rta5 - 1 - the Community Development Program In 1985-86. This plan conforms to reqUIred formats of the local CDBG OrdInance and of federal HUD regulatIons. On May 6th, the CIty Manager held a public hearIng for the purpose of accepting corrments on the draft Plan. WhIle a range of helpful conmlents was receIved, staff dId not change Its InItial fundIng reconmlendatlons in lIght of the con- straInt that fundIng deCISIons were to be made WIthIn the current year's level of fundIng. Therefore, the fInal Proposed Plan at- tached to thIS report does not contaIn substantIal changes from the draft transmItted earlIer. On May 13th, CouncIl also receIved a workIng document on the pro- posed Conmmnl ty Development Program WhICh further explaIned the 1985-86 fundIng strategy and fundIng reconm~ndatlons. ThIS docu- ment Was prepared tor use by the CouncIl In preparIng tor the Con~unlty Development Program PublIC HearIng scheduled for the May 28th CouncIl meetIng (WIth a carryover meeting scheduled for May 29th to contInue consIderatIon of thIS Issue). After hearing publIC comments, CouncIl IS schedUled to adopt, through the ap- proval of the attached resolutIon, the final 1985-86 Community Development Plan and to authorIze the CIty Manager to begIn con- tract negotiations WIth approved grantees. All contracts, In- cludIng workplans and lIne Item budgets, WIll he transmItted to CouncIl for reVIew and approval prIor to executIon. In addItIon to approvIng the Plan, the attached resolutIon also requests approval of the "Proposed Statement of Corr~unity Development Objectives and ProJected Use of Funds." This docu- ment IS reqUIred by HUD and represents the Clty'S applIcatIon for - 2 - receIpt of Its 1985-86 CDBG entItlement, along WIth a number of standard certIfIcatIons to be sIgned by the CIty Manager. ThIS document, as requIred by Federal regulatIons, has been publIshed In the Evenln9 Outlook and has been made avaIlable to the publIC for reVIew and conn~nt. FInanCIal/Budgetary In~act All necessary approprIatIons for recommended CommunIty Develop- ment ProJects have been Included In the CIty Manager's Proposed CIty Budget for 1985-86. Any changes to the proposed fundIng levels Included In the proposed CommunIty Development Plan WIll neceSSItate correspondIng changes In the City's budget prIor to Its adoptIon In June of 1985. RecommendatIons CIty staff recommends that the CounCIl close the public hearIng at the conclusion of the meetIng on May 28th and adopt the at- tached resolutIon regardIng the approval and submIttal of the 1985-86 COmnlUnl.ty Development Plan durIng the contInuatIon meet- Ing on May 29th. Prepared by: Barbara StInchfIeld, ComnlUnlty Development Manager Department of Con~unlty and EconomIC Development Attachments - 3 - G(, CIty of Santa Moruca '\VCommunity Developm.ent Program. PROPOSED 1985-86 co~mUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN Prepared by c~ty of Santa Mon~ca Department of Commun~ty and EconOffilC Development May 14, 1985 I. The CommunIty Develo~n~nt Program The CI ty of Santa MonIca' S 1985-86 CommunI ty Development Program wIll utIlIze $4.1 mIllIon In Federal and local funds to support a varIety of communIty development proJects benefIting low and moderate Income resIdents and other sIgnIfIcant segments of the communI ty In need of communI ty serVIces. These proJects are dIVIded Into two maJor components: CommunIty and NeIghborhood Improvement ProJects - Capl tal proJects benefI tIng low and nloderate Income reSIdents and neIghborhoods. Con~unlty SerVIce ProJects - OperatIng grants to local, non profIt conmillnIty serVIce agenCIes for the prOVIsion of a range of SOCIal and communIty serVIces. The program outlIned In thIS document IS the result of over SIX months of plannIng and reVIew by the CIty CounCIl, CIty staff, CIty adVIsory commISSIons, and IntE::tested reSIdents. CItIzen Input was receIved through a COnlITlUnlty Needs WorkshOp held In the Fall of 1984 by the SOCIal SerVIces ComnllsSlon, through varIOUS needs reports by CommISSIons and Task Forces ap- pOInted by the CI ty CounCIl to advI se the CI ty on related com- munIty development Issues, and through the scheduled budget hear- Ings In the sprIng of 1985. The result IS a 1985-86 ComITlunity Development Program WhICh IS deSIgned to address the most crItI- cal communIty development needs IdentIfIed by thIS process. II. Fund AvaIlabIlity Con~unlty development funds avaIlable to support the 1985- 86 CommunIty Development Program include: T8iit!.. ;:C.E~ "",:,,,-,;: .... i ::;.l.lp~'" i ::;:;5 I =uC'::. ~ I I I I I I I - --':-'L'-"'-J::-Y ~ ~E:G-I~ L. :.!=~::o,1E~'E"'J~3 ":3 ~J - s--:::; ~o i-I""' ,GC:) 351 - ~'I -J- E ~:)::: - . _~.i.! -~- . - I i I :':':';;T:TY 3EP~lI::~.s 1 1:~3 ~~- I -- .': c:~ -~- ::'.tt:;' -- ?-:5 ~..:....- Q'- ~.:::-~I':) -". _:l"" / .-.,. I I I f f '1:J :23 ~" \1, -E2 ~521 ...4 -:' :00 100,000 gE."'"! ,-- .JOL l54 , O:'-..J.... , ...:......;. - --- " i ;;e"'1ta:' ! ~~J.t21-e: I , ~e'-er~~ ?""P It IS Important to note that these proJects are based on the assumptIon that General Revenue Sharlng funds WIll be avaIl- able at 1984-85 levels. Depend Ing upon the fInal ou tcorne of Federa 1 budget dell berat Ions, th IS TIlay be reduced In 1985-86 by 25% to 75%. In that event, the CIty'S General Fund would be used to nlltIgate these cuts to the 1985-86 program, contIngent upon avaIlabIlIty of funds. However, because future years' programs may face total elImInatIon of General Revenue Sharing Funds and a - 1 - 23% reductIon In CDBG funds, the 1985-86 program has been devel- oped wIth these proJected revenue decreases clearly In mInd. Consequently, 1985-86 proJects have been selected based on theIr cost effectIveness and abIlIty to leverage funds from other sources. In addItIon, all 1985-86 CommunIty and NeIghborhood Im- provement ProJects are eI ther one-tIme proJ ec ts that WIll not rely on contInuIng fundIng In future years or are programs funded In the preVIOUS year and are beIng sustaIned at the same levels of serVI ce. ComITlun 1 ty ServI ce Pro ]ects are be 1 ng susta 1 oed at the 1984-85 levels wIth a 4% cost-of-llvIng Increase for contInu- Ing programs meetIng specIfIed fundralslng obJectIves. Any In- creases 1 n communI ty serVI ce progranls have resul ted 1 n a cor- respondIng decrease In eXIstIng programs that dId not successful- ly compete for these funds. Because thIS CommunIty Development Plan not only serves as a plannIng document for the entI re ConmlunI ty Development Program but also as the document detaIlIng speCIfIC uses of CDBG funds reqUIred by the U.S. Departn~nt of HOUSIng and Urban Development, addItIonal detaIl on the avaIlabIlIty of CDBG funds for 1985-86 IS Included In thIS Plan as Attachment A. I II. CommunIty Development Program Goals RepresentIng a substantIal annual Investment of finanCIal resources, the CIty'S CommunIty Development Program prOVIdes the opportunIty for CIty government and community agenCIes to act In concert to achIeve the follOWIng broad goals: o to maIntaIn and Improve affordable hOUSIng opportunItIes for low and moderate Income persons o to stabIlIze and enhance low and moderate Income neIghborhoods through neIghborhood reVItalIzatIon and other comnlunI ty development efforts o to prOVIde essentIal con~unIty serVIces to reSIdents most In need of these serVIces IV. CommunI ty Developnlent Program Areas In furtherance of the above program goals, the 1985-86 Com- munity Development Program focuses on the follOWIng program areas: Houslng, NeIghborhood ReVItalIzatIon, and CommunIty Ser- VI ces. Thi s sectIon summar I zes community needs I n each program area, ou tllnes the strategy be Ing employed to meet these needs, and presents those speCIfIC proJects to be Implemented In 1985- 86. - 2 - HOUSING HOUSln9 Needs o There IS a need for rehabIlItatIon of eXIstIng rental unIts and sIngle famIly homes occupIed by low and moderate Income resIdents. o There IS a need to alleVIate overcrowdIng In eXIstIng unIts In order to prevent the dIsplacement of Santa MonIca's low Income famIlies from the communIty. o There 15 a need to prOVIde new affordable hOUSIng opportunItIes for Santa Monica's low income famIlIes and senIor CItIzens. o There IS a need to assist low Income reSIdents paYIng more than 25% of theIr Income on hOUSIng. o There 15 a need for accessIble, affordable hOUSIng opportunitIes for dIsabled reSIdents. o There is a need to maIntaIn and expand hOUSIng opportunItIes In the PICO neIghborhood due to the deterIoratIon of the hOUSIng stock avaIlable to low and moderate Income neIghborhood reSIdents. o There IS a need to ensure faIr housing opportunItIes for all programs. HOUSIng Strategy ConSIstent WIth the CIty'S HOUSIng Element adopted In 1983, a maJor thrust of the Community Development Program IS to ensure and Increase long-term access to affordable hOUSIng opportunItIes for low and moderate Income residents. In coordInation WI th other CI ty housing proJects funded pr Htlar Ily WI th Redevelopment Agency funds, prIorIty IS gIven to proJects that can effectIvely leverage prIvate capItal and funds from other governmental hous- Ing sources. The 1985-86 CommunI ty Development Program hOUSIng strategy targets the greatest portIon of avaIlable funds to support ongo- ing hOUSIng acquiSItIon and r:ehabl11atlon efforts In the PICO NeIghborhood. In addI tIon to continuIng the PICO NeIghborhood HOUSIng Trust Fund, the 1985-86 Program Introduces a restructured PICa NeIghborhood ReSIdentIal RehabIlItation Program, WhICh com- bIoes ConmLunity Development Block Grant and Rental Rehabllltatlon funds to prOVIde grants and loans for repaIrs to rental unIts and SIngle-famIly homes. The Program also contInues to prOVIde operatIng support to non-profIt organIzations responSIble for lItlplementlng these programs. - 3 - SpecIal attentIon IS also gIven to the housing needs of senIor cItizens through shared housIng opportunitIes, and of dIS- abled residents through accessIbIII ty Improvements to prIvate resIdences and publIcly-assIsted housIng. 1985-86 HousIn9 Programs CD Funds AcceSSIbility Improvements to Assisted Housing 35,104 CIty ResIdentIal SecurIty Program 28,759 Con@unIty CorporatIon of Santa MonIca 202,500 PICO NeIghborhood HousIng Trust Fund 583,00'0' PICO NeIghborhood RehabIlitatIon Grant Program 378,961 PICa NeIghborhood RehabIlItatIon Loan Program SenIor Shared HousIng (WISE) 15,627 NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION NeIghborhood RevItalIzatIon Needs o There IS a need for safe and secure parks, recrea- tIonal faCIlItIes and conll11Unity centers In low and moderate Income neIghborhoods o There 15 a need to Improve the delIvery of socIal and COnaTlUnI ty serVIces to residents of low Income neIghbor- hoods o There IS a need to provIde adequate faCIlIties for neIghborhood-based and neIghborhood-servIng con~unIty organIzatIons o There IS a need to support publIC works Improvements benefItIng low and moderate Income persons NeI9hborhood RevItalIzatIon Strate9Y The CommunIty Development Program IS desIgned to contrIbute to the Improvement of low and moderate Income neIghborhoods prImarIly through the InItIatIon of one-tIme capItal Improvement proJects In areas IdentifIed by communIty groups and neIghborhood associatIons. CommunIty Development funds are used for proJects that WIll have a sustaIned impact on the neIghborhood and ~mprove the quality of the physlcal enVlronment for the largest number of area resIdents. - 4 - ASIde from contInuance of an ongoIng publIC works assess- ment program and securIty lIghtIng for VIrgInIa Avenue Park, the strategy for use of 1985-86 CommunI ty Development funds for neIghborhood reVI talIza tIon focuses on the PICO NeIghborhood's need for communIty serVIce faCIlitIes In that neIghborhood. A substantial amount of funds has been earmarked for a NeIghborhood ServIces Center to house non-profit organIzatIons prImarIly serv- Ing that ne ighborhood. ThI s proJect, WI th the ass i stance from other CI ty or spec Ial grant funds I f necessary, 1 s Intended to provIde a focal pOInt for human serVIce delIvery In the neIghbor- hood. It IS hoped that the facilIty can be located near recre- atIonal and neIghborhood retaIl serVIces Into order to create a "mlxed-use't proJect that provIdes for the range of corrmlUnlty needs IdentIfIed by PICO neIghborhood resIdents. 1985-86 NeI9hborhood RevitalIzatIon ProJects CD Funds PI co NeIghborhood ServIces Center 650,000 PublIC Works Assessment AssIstance 4,fHJ0 VIrgInIa Avenue Park SecurIty LIghtIng 6,000 COMMUNITY SERVICES CommunIty SerVIce Needs o There IS a need to support a comprehensIve community serVIce delIvery system avaIlable to all reSIdents In need of these serVIces o There IS a need to increase access to communIty serVIces for those residents who have traditIonally been under- served because of language and cultural barrIers o There IS a need to prOVIde emergency serVIces to those IndIvIduals In the conmunity affected by econOmIC receSSIons or decreases In governmental support for essentIal SOCIal serVIces o There IS a need to Improve and enhance communIty serVIces for youth and familIes o There is a need to decrease the IsolatIon of the communIty's fraIl, elderly reSIdents and to better coordInate eXIstIng services to thls populatIon o There IS a need to encourage citIzen partIcIpatIon In the communIty and to foster neIghborhood Involvement by Its residents - 5 _ CommunIty SerVIce Strate9~ It IS the long-term goal of the CommunIty Development Pro- gram to sustain Important communIty serVIces through partIal sup- port of a broad-based, multI-funded communIty serVIce system that affords access for all Santa MonIca reSIdents In need of these serv ices. It 1 s the Intent of the program to prov Ide fi nanc 1 a1 resources and technIcal support to agenCIes serving a range of target groups IncludIng lOW/Income and mInorIty residents, youth and famIlIes, senIor CItIzens, dIsabled Individuals, and the homeless. Through its substantIal annual Investment of operatIng grants to these agenCIes, the Program has the opportunity to Im- prove the overall quality of human serVIces prOVided In the com- muni ty. The Program promotes serv Ices that bUild upon ex I sting governmental funding and prIvate fundIng sources as well as en- courages I nnova tl ve prog rams created In response to Iden tl fled community needs. The 1985-86 strategy 1 s to continue thl s suppor t to the network of effective and InnovatIve communIty agencies. However, given the pOSSIbilities of decreased Federal fundIng and the In- creased demands on the CI ty to fund local conUlLun I ty serv Ices, particular attention IS gIven to those programs that are cost effective, leverage other funds, share resources WIth other agen- cies, and whose CIty contributIon is proportionate to the benefIt derived by the Santa Monica community. The 1985-86 Program makes an "Incremental" move toward the reductIon of duplication of services and toward decreaSIng sup- port to agencies who have adequate fundIng from other sources. AS well as maIntaInIng current serVIces to those target groups mentIoned above, the 1985-86 Program Includes service enhance- ments In the follOWIng targeted areas: (1) Youth and FamIlIes - Add I tlon of soc lal work sta ff to work WI th bilIngual, b lcul tural chIldren and familIes; add I tlon of a new youth employment program and an Increase in day care scholar- ships for low income famIlIes. (2) Frail Elderly - Addltlon of a case management and resplte care proJect; Increase In paratranslt serVIces WIth a youth es- cort component prOVIded by youth employment programs funded by the City; addItIon of a senIor CItIzen proJect In the PICO Neighborhood. (3) Homeless - Add I tlon 0 f a new day center for the homeless; addition of new health care proJect; expansion of eX1stlng food serVIces; one-time grant for homeless proJect of an eXIstIng cen- ter to mItigate the effects of a fire at that faCility. (4) Latino ReSidents - ExpanSion of work capacI ty for Latino youth and on Improved outreach by all funded pIlne" to assist LatIno reSidents 1n bIlIngual, bIcultural SOCial famIl ies; continued emphaSIS agenCIes; addItion of "hel- USIng services. - 6 - 1985-86 Community SerVIce ProJects CD Funds CounselIng/Mental Health: FamIly ServIces of Santa Monica HHJ,454 LIEU-CAP 59,494 New Start (Youth) 85,247 New Start (Adult) 32,477 OPeC - Camplon CounselIng 15,536 ProJect Heavy West - Truancy ReductIon Program 24,191 Senior Health & Peer CounselIng Center 13,371 Independent Llvlng SerVlces: LIEU-CAP - Senlor Program 22,882 WEC - Meals on Wheels 20,560 WCIL - Houslng Assistance for the Dlsabled 26,537 WISE - Case Management/Respite Care 45,583 WISE - General Support/Olive Stone Center 131,371 WISE - Paratranslt 184,747 Legal SerVIces: CIty Landlord Legal AssIstance Voucher Program 4,000 LAFLA Tenant/Landlord Legal ASsIstance Program 59,509 Neighborhood JustIce Center 43,00'4 WestsIde Legal SerVIces 10'9,659 Employment/Chlldcare: ADEPT 33,746 CYO - Youth Employment 55,0'00' Connectlons for Chlldren 117,014 PNA - Youth Employment/Advocacy 44,829 - 7 - Health SerVIces: SenIor Health & Peer CounselIng Center 53,485 VenIce FamIly ClInic - Primary Health Care 22,280 VenIce FamIly ClInIC - Homeless Health Care 15,000 Emergency SerVIces: CLARE - Sober Inn 63,802 LIED-CAP - Emergency Food and Shelter 6,000 OPCC - SOJ ourn 33,1341 OPCC - SteppIng Stone 64,511 opec - TurnIng POInt Enlergency SerVIces 111,279 OPCC - Turning POInt Shelter 64,896 St. Joseph's Center 50,000 SalvatIon Army 7,914 West SIde Food Bank 60,815 CItIzen PartICIpatIon/CommunIty OrganIzatIon: LatIno Resource OrganIzatIon 98,123 RadIO KCRW 48,369 Ocean Park CommunIty OrganIzatIon 98,641 PICO NeIghborhood ASSOCIatIon 101,851 Santa Monica MId-CIty NeIghbors 90,032 AddItIonal fundIng Informatlon on all 1985-86 CommunIty Develop- ment ProJects 15 included In Attachment B of this Plan. ThIS attachment detaIls, by proJect, the 1984-85 level of fundIng, requested fundIng for 1985-86, recommended 1985-86 level, and identIfIcatIon of the partIcular revenue source for the proJect. In add 1 tlon, Attachment B lIsts those proposalS submI tted for 1985-86 fundIng which have not been Included In the Communi ty Development Program. Those proJects to be funded from other CIty sources are also IdentIfIed. _ 8 _ Attachment A 1985-86 CommunIty Development Program AvaIlabIlIty of CDBG Funds Sources PrIor Year Funds AvaIlable for ReprogrammIng to New 1985-86 proJects* 80'7,472 1985-86 EntItlement 1,190',599 ProJected Program Income 10,000 $2,008,0'71 Uses CommunIty and NeIghborhood Impr. 1,575,952 ProJects CommunIty Service ProJects 187,000 1,762,952 Project ContIngencIes 5,130'0 Program AdmInIstratIon and FaIr HOUSIng Program 240,119 $2,0'08,0'71 *Inc1udes $505,7131 In MultiserVIce Center Funds; $251,500 In Rental RehabIlltatlon Loan Program Funds to be reprogrammed to restructured programs; and $50,271 In 84-85 ContIngency Funds and balances from completed proJects.