HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1985/04/02 Item 16 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 16
Meeting Date 4-2-85
ITEM TITLE: Resolution /i97? Approving an Agreement between the City
of Chula Vista and the County of San Diego to provide Senior
Information and Referral Services to the South Bay area during
fiscal year 1985-86.
SUBMITTED BY: Acting Director of Parks and Recreation _-
REVIEWED BY: City Manager 7 - (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
The South Bay Information and Referral Center is a Senior Information and
Referral Program serving clients sixty (60) years of age and above. The
Center provides bilingual (English and Spanish) information, agency referrals,
resource development, linkage, follow-up and outreach to the elderly citizens
of the South Bay area.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council authorize Mayor to execute Agreement between
the City and County for funds to operate the South Bay Senior Information and
Referral Center.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
The Human Services Coordinator appeared before the Human Relations Commission
on March 20, 1985 to respond to their inquiries regarding the proposal for
funding submitted to the Community Development Block Grant Program. The Human
Relations Commission has recommended approval .
DISCUSSION
The City of Chula Vista has operated the South Bay Senior Information and
Referral Center for the past seven years. Partial funding ($27,937) for the
Center is provided by a grant from the County Area Agency on Aging (AAA). The
Triple "A" is pleased with the services provided by the Center and has
proposed the Agreement to operate the Center be extended for another year
beginning July 1 , 1985. (A copy of the Agreement is included as an exhibit. )
A budget of $55,260 was approved for FY 1984-85. The City Council
appropriated $7,000 of Community Development Block Grant funds to supplement
carry-over CDBG funds from previous years and Triple "A" grant of $27,937
funded the Center's operations.
One additional part-time I&R Specialist has been requested for FY 1985-86.
The new I&R Specialist will work twenty hours a week and perform the duties of
the City's Fair Housing Officer. This enables the City to comply with the HUD
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Fair Housing Regulation without having to hire a full-time employee. Since
August 1984, a Senior Aide, from the Adult Protective Service project, has
been fulfilling this role. However, Senior Aides are only allowed to work two
years with APS. The incumbent aide is scheduled to be released. The Center
proposes to hire the incumbent aide as an I&R Specialist to avoid disruption
to HUD's Fair Housing Regulation.
The grant amount provided by Triple "A" will remain the same for the next four
years according to the Director of Triple "A". Title III-B projects, i .e. I&R
programs, have a "national priority" and are not affected by reductions in
general revenue sharing.
The City's matching contribution has steadily increased each year for the
operation of the Senior I&R Center. Initially, the City's matching
contribution was 33%; however, inflation and a reduction of Triple "A" grant
contribute to the increase. FY 1985-86 will require an approximate matching
contribution of 53% if proposed budget is approved. The City's contributions
since 1980-81 are:
1980-81 81-82 82-83 83-84 84-85
AAA Grant 28,937 28,937 28,937 27,937 27,937
City Funding 14,843 19,253 25,256 19,063 27,323
(CDBG)
43,770 48,190 54,193 47,000 55,260
A detailed budget for the Center will be part of the Parks and Recreation
Department's 1985-86 annual budget request. The estimated budget is $58,920.
Revenue to support the program is proposed from the following sources:
AAA Grant $27,937
CDBG 30,983
$58,920
FISCAL IMPACT: A grant of $27,937 from Triple "A" will be forthcoming.
$30,983 will be requested from Community Development Block Grant Funds.
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