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ITEM TITLE: Public Hearing: Block Grant Application for 1985-86 Program
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Resolution A-a-a/ /Approving Block Grant Application Documents for 1985-86 Program Year pplication and
SUBMITTED BY: Community Development Directory '/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
REVIEWED BY: City Manager
Under the Community Block Grant Program, the City is entitled to $1 ,009,000 in
FY 1985-86. A process has been undertaken to solicit proposals for projects
eligible for funding under the Block Grant regulations, and a 1985-86 Block
Grant program is recommended. Associated documents have also been compiled.
The public hearing must now be conducted in order to consider and approve the
application and the Statement of Community Development Objectives for the
1985-86 Block Grant program year.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council conduct the public hearing, accept
the attached report, and adopt the resolution approving the 1985-86 Block
Grant application and associated documents and approving their submittal to
HUD.
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Through the months of March and April ,
the Human Relations Commission met on an almost-weekly schedule to consider
and evaluate the proposals for Block Grant social service funding. Proposers
were invited to make presentations to the Commission. The Commission, at its
last meeting in the process, numerically evaluated the proposals using the
matrix developed last year. A copy of the Commission' s overall matrix,
providing a priority ranking of the social service proposals, appears in the
attached report.
The Commission on Aging held two meetings to evaluate those Block Grant social
service proposals which are predominantly senior-oriented. A summary of their
recommendation appears in the report.
DISCUSSION:
I. INTRODUCTION
The following documents, which appear in the attached report, are submitted
for approval at this public hearing:
1 . 1985-86 Program Year Block Grant Application. e'
2. Certifications
3. Program Year Statement of Community Development bje t'vs� tom(
4. Program Year Community Plan E+ �
5. Program Year Relocation Plan e
6. Project submittal
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With approval of these documents, the Block Grant application can be submitted
to HUD and be subjected to a 30-day evaluation period. If the application is
approved by HUD at the end of that period, the City could be eligible to draw
funds on July 1 , 1985. As a result of the required HUD evaluation period and
the desirability of being able to draw down funds on July 1 , the Block Grant
application is considered at this time, prior to the City budget process.
Appropriations for the approved projects will be made in the City budget
process.
II. COMPILING THE APPLICATION
Potential Block Grant projects were solicited from all City departments, from
numerous social service providers and from Chula Vista citizens through the
public notices and the public hearing. All social service organizations
having previously received community promotions funding were sent letters
informing them of the process for applying for Block Grant funding and
identifying the information necessary for application. Those organizations
were also apprised that ongoing funding for their projects was not to be
expected just as a result of having received previous Block Grant funding.
The same materials were provided to any social service organization inquiring
as a result of the public notice.
The public hearing provides citizens with the opportunity to directly voice
their opinions of the proposed spending plan and of program performance for
the two previous program years. On April 25, 1985, a quarter-page public
notice of this public hearing appeared in the Chula Vista Star News. The
notice included a proposed Statement of Community Development Objectives for
the 1985-86 program year and a listing and summary of all project proposals
received by the Community Development Department. The notice also listed the
categories of activities pursued in the previous program year (FY 1984-85) and
evaluated how those activities satisfied the Statements of Objectives for that
year. Citizens were encouraged to contact the Community Development
Department for further information.
The overall process has been effective in making the Chula Vista community
aware of Block Grant funding opportunities and activities.
III. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
The purpose of the Block Grant program is the "development of a viable urban
community, including decent housing and a suitable living environment and
expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate
income." To achieve this purpose, all projects must meet one of the following
three conditions:
1 . The project principally benefits low and moderate income persons. This
can mean that all of the direct beneficiaries are demonstrated to be low
and moderate income or that the activity is in a neighborhood which
contains a majority of low and moderate income residents.
2. The project aids in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight.
3. The project meets "urgent" community development needs. These projects
are of an emergency nature and must have prior specific authority from
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During any program year a minimum of 51% of the City's Block Grant funds must
be demonstrated to assist low and moderate income households.
IV. PROGRAM YEAR RECOMMENDATION
A. Budget:
The recommendation for the overall program year budget is as follows:
Revenues
1985-86 Entitlement 1 ,009,000.00
Prior Years' Surplus 99 574.85
TOTAL 1 ,108,574.85
Proposed Expenditures:
1985-86 Available BG Funds
Proposal Entitlement From Previous Years
Administration 90,000.00
Section 108 Payback 91 ,963.10
Economic Development:
Revolving Fund 60,000.00 8,248.90
Home Depot Utility
Undergrounding 175,000.00
Fair Housing Program 2,000.00
Social Services:
Del Rey Nutrition 4,000.00
Meals-on-Wheels 3,683.00
Shared Housing 20,000.00
Lutheran Project Hand 3,000.00
Older Adult Peer Advocacy
Program 4,333.00
South Bay Community
Services (Our House) 21 ,862.00
Adult Protective Services 8,400.00
Metro Food Project 5,364.00
Senior Information &
Referral Service 14,913.00 7,230.00
Slingerland 2,000.00
YMCA Family Stress Center 20,795.00
Kinesis South 5,280.00
N. C. Family Clinic e -' ? 5,660.00
Girls Club/Boys Club
Facility Construction 30,000.00
Capital Improvement Projects:
� C, Harborside Drainage Payback 109,842.85
Telegraph Canyon Drainage 330,904.05 84,095.95
TOTAL $1 ,009,000.00 $99,574.85
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B. Analysis:
In analysis, 14% of the program year funding would go to social services, 44%
would go to capital improvement projects, 23% would go to economic
development, .2% would go to housing programs, and 9% would go to program
administration. A mandatory Section 108 loan payback, on a loan used to buy
housing sites, would use 9% of the program year funding.
Surplus funds from previous program years would assist in paying for the
Senior Information and Referral Center, Economic Development Revolving Fund,
and Telegraph Canyon Creek Flood Control Project. The inclusion of prior
years' funds would make a total budget of $1 ,108,574.85 for the 1985-86 Block
Grant Program.
C. Housing Rehabilitation:
In prior Block Grant program years, the CHIP Housing and Mobilehome
Rehabilitation programs and code enforcement have been funded. On December
20, 1984, the Redevelopment Agency endorsed the concept of funding those
programs in FY 1985-86 out of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund,
thereby utilizing the significant surplus in that fund and making more Block
Grant Funds available for Economic Development and Capital Improvement
activities. Therefore, the appropriation of approximately $375,000 for CHIP
and Code enforcement programs will be recommended from the Agency's Housing
Fund, which has a balance of approximately $1 .7 million.
D. Social Services:
The selection of social service projects is most difficult, inasmuch as such
projects are seldom unworthy of consideration. Altruistic pursuit of public
good always deserves support. However, limited resources demand hard
choices. The funding size request of one project may make two or three
smaller but equally admirable projects impossible, and a difficult choice must
be made. It is felt that the recommended selection provides an optimum and
varied approach to the provision of social services in Chula Vista.
Although it is difficult to make quantitative evaluations of social service
projects, the application of the City's Social Service Funding Policy to
proposals to test their effectiveness in responding to Chula Vista's social
service needs can yield a quantified ranking. The attached report contains
the following items from the social service proposals evaluation process:
1 . The City's Social Service Funding Policy.
2. The matrix completed by the Human Relations Commission which ranks all
social service proposals on how they respond to individual policy
points, with overall rankings for each project.
3. A table of comparative benefit data on the various proposals.
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4. In the project summaries, summary descriptions of all proposals, along
with a narrative explanation of why each project was or was not
recommended. Considerations other than matrix rankings are explained in
those narratives.
5. In the report appendix, copies of the social service funding proposals
and agencies' financial information.
Requests for social service funding totaled $238,183. It should be noted that
HUD regulations restrict program year Block Grant social service funding to a
maximum of 15% of the entitlement amount for a given program year; in this
case, that would be $151 ,350 for 1985-86.
VII. CONCLUSION
With the completion of this public hearing and with City Council action, the
Block Grant application process will be complete and all necessary documents
will be submitted to HUD and to clearinghouse agencies for consideration and
approval . Chula Vista citizens will have had the opportunity to evaluate
program performance and to influence the choice of future Block Grant
activities. Amendment procedures exist to create flexibility in the program
year plan, while ensuring public input.
FISCAL IMPACT: Block Grant funds in the amount of $1 ,091 ,443.66 will
finance the approved projects, of which $1 ,009,000 is the 1985-86 entitlement
amount and $82,443.66 is excess or reprogramed funds from previous years.
These excess funds are listed below. No general funds will be involved.
It should be noted that the Administration' s pending Federal budget proposal
may reduce FY 1986-87 Block Grant entitlement amount by as much as 24%,
although some informed estimates have placed the likely cut as low as 10%.
Program Year Project Number Project Amount
1982-83 630-6300-BG145 Relocation of Greg Rogers House $52,000.00
1983-84 632-6320-BG134 Senior Information Center $ 230.00
1983-84 632-6320-BG139 Economic Feasibility Study $ 1 ,088.69
1983-84 632-6320-BG141 Fifth Avenue Cross Gutters $17,131 .19
1983-84 632-6320-BG143 Kinesis South $ 124.97
1984-85 633-6330-BG134 Senior Information Center $ 7,000.00
1984-85 633-6330-BG145 Greg Rogers Rehabilitation $22,000.00
TOTAL $99,574.85
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CITY OF CHULA VISTA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA will
hold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 7, 1985, at 4:00 p.m. in the Council
Chamber, 276 Fourth Avenue to consider the disposition of the 1985-86
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds.
The 1985-86 CDBG program for the City of Chula Vista incorporates the
following objectives to principally benefit persons of low and moderate income:
1. Assistance to low/moderate income senior citizens to find employment and
affordable housing, receive information on jobs, health and related
subjects and obtain adequate nutrition for good health.
2. Provision of counseling, career/guidance, educational , and nutrition
services to families and young persons of low/moderate income.
3. Construction of drainage facilities to alleviate flooding and health
hazards in predominantly low/moderate income neighborhoods.
4. Reconstruction of roadway to eliminate unsafe traffic conditions in
predominantly low/moderate income neighborhoods.
5. Repayment of loan used to purchase site for lower income housing.
6. Provision of fair housing counseling and information services.
7. Provision of economic development activities to create jobs/opportunities
for low/moderate income persons.
8. Rehabilitation of substandard housing to prevent blight.
The total CDBG entitlement grant for 1985-86 is $1 ,009,000, with additional
funding derived from approximately $90,000 of excess or available 1982-83,
1983-84 and 1984-85 CDBG funds and program income.
The Community Development Department has received the following proposals:
Section 108 Loan Payback: Repayment of a loan taken out to purchase a public
housing site at 1670-82 Melrose Avenue. $91 ,963.10
Economic Development: The fund will finance the evaluation of development
proposals for various sites in the City, planning/feasibility studies in the
Otay Valley area and the relocation/undergrounding of a utility line at the
proposed Home Depot site at I-805 and "H" Street. Development of the sites
will provide jobs and economic opportunities for persons of low and moderate
income. $225,000
YMCA Family Stress Center: The center, located at 571 Third Avenue in Chula
Vista, provides child abuse treatment services to families in San Diego
County. The funds will cover the cost of one counselor who will take
referrals from the Police Department. $20,795
South Bay Meals-on-Wheels: This program, operated by Senior Adult Services,
Inc. , prepares meals for persons who are unable to prepare such meals for
themselves, because of chronic or temporary illness, disability or age. $3,683
Shared Housing: This program matches homeowners with home seekers, who are
predominantly low to moderate income senior citizens. It is run by South
County Council on Aging, located at 430 Davidson, Suite E, in Chula Vista.
$20,000
Kinesis South: This organization, located at 315 Fourth Avenue, Suites I and
J, in Chula Vista, operates an adult psychiatric day treatment program and
runs a floral delivery business called "Thanks-a-Bunch." Funding will $8,64r
the rent of a facility for the floral business.
Del Rey Nutrition: The program provides restaurant training to students and
daily meals to approximately 120 senior citizens, who are predominantly low
and moderate income. It is located at Del Rey High School at 1034 $ourth
Avenue in Chula Vista.
South Bay Community Services (OUR HOUSE): This organization, ltd a and
Third Avenue in Chula Vista, provides juvenile delinquency prevention$21 , n
diversion services.
Senior Information and Referral Center: The Center, located at 380 Third
Avenue in Chula Vista, provides information on housing, jobs and services to
senior citizens in the South Bay area.
Girls/Boys Club of Chula Vista: The group, which provides youth programs and
is located at 1301 Oleander Avenue in Chula Vista, is seeking fuu3ds to
complete the building wings of its new center.
South Bay Filipino-American Community Association, Inc.: This non-profit
organization is seeking funds to acquire vacant land to build a neighborhood
center.
San Diego Head Injury Foundation: This group, which provides support,
information, activities for the head injured, is seeking to rent space l5o a
resource center.
Metro Food Project: This program, located at 810 "E" Street in Chula Vista,
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prove es sure us government commodities and food supplements to low/mod$erat4
income persons in the Supervisorial District 1 area.
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Community Congregational Preschool : This preschool , located at 276 "F" Street
in Chula Vista, is seeking tunds to refurbish/acquire playground equipment and
finish its interior walls. $2,500
Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce: The chamber, located at 233 Fourth Avenue in
Chula Vista, is seeking funds to create a statistical department to develop
data on the City and other South Bay communities to be provided to potential
industrial/commercial investors. $25,000
Adult Protective Services: This program, located at 2840 Adams Avenue, in San
Diego, provides employment for low-income seniors in community services.
Funds will be used for a half-time administrative assistant to oversee the
clients which include 28 senior aides in Chula Vista. $8,400
National City Family Clinic: The health clinic, located at 1136 "D" Avenue in
National City, is seeking funds for a half-time social worker to provide
health counseling and support services to clients. $5,660
Slingerland Educational Support Organization: This non-profit group is
seeking funds to pay for liability insurance, books, supplies, tuition support
for an after-school tutoring program for dyslexic children in Chula Vista.
$2,000
ARC-Hallelujah: This group, located at 8808 La Mesa Boulevard in La Mesa,
provides vocational training and placement services for developmentally
disabled adults. It is seeking funds to provide housekeeping training to ten
Chula Vista students at Days Inn Motel in Chula Vista. $24,406.22
Lutheran Social Services: The group's Project Hand office, at 1420 Third
Avenue in Chula Vista, provides emergency assistance to persons referred from
other agencies, and walk-ins. Funds are sought to purchase food, gasoline
vouchers and prescriptions. $3,000
10 over 60: This group, a member of the Older Adult Peer Resource Center, is
seeking funds to provide peer advocacy training to 38 seniors at Norman Park
Center in Chula Vista. $4,100
Fifth Avenue Cross Gutters: The project involves the reconstruction of
existing cross gutters at Fifth Avenue and "E" Street and at Fifth Avenue and
"D" Street, and the repaving/overlay of roadway as needed. $32,869
Harborside Drainage: Repayment for advance from Price Club to complete
construction of drainage facilities along Colorado Avenue from Naples Street
to Moss Avenue. $109,842.85
Telegraph Canyon Creek Flood Control Channel : This project, located along
Telegraph Canyon Creek from Fourth Avenue to San Diego Bay, involves the
construction of channel improvements to eliminate flooding and provide
adequate drainage. This project is a joint effort with the U. S. Corps of
Engineers, the State and San Diego County. $445,000
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Pavement Overlay: The construction of overlay on Landis Avenue from Davidson
Street to "F" Street; Shasta Street from Second Avenue to Third Avenue; Twin
Oaks Avenue from Shasta Street to "I" Street; and Whitney Street from Del Mar
Avenue to Third Avenue. $68,000
Alley Improvements: Installation of concrete paved travelway in alley between
Vance Street and Roosevelt Street from Broadway to Smith Avenue and in alley
between Glover Avenue and Garrett Avenue from "E" Street to Davidson Street.
$122,380
Wheelchair Ramps: Construction of ramps at various locations in the City.
$26,020
Central Drainage Basin: Installation of missing links of an existing drainage
system, west of Broadway, north of "H" Street and east of Oaklawn Avenue.
$304,720
Sierra Way Storm Drain: Construction of drainage system along Sierra Way,
from Broadway to Colorado Avenue. $274,556
Renovation of Eucalyptus Park: Renovation of the Chula Vista Little League
area, including elevation of bleachers, construction of parking lot,
installation of picnic tables, barbeques, ground cover, irrigation and
repainting, located at Fifth Avenue and "C" Street.
$44,417
I 2 Handicapped Parking Signs: Construction/installation of 150 handicapped
parking signs at various City locations. $5,940
Fair Housing: The City is required under Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act
to provide for fair housing and prohibit discrimination in the sale or rent of
housing, financing of housing, or provision of brokerage services. $5,000
Administration: This category provides for the salaries of the Community
Development staff who work on various Block Grant projects and for overhead
connected with the program. $90,000
During 1984-85 CDBG funds are being expended for the following activities:
1 . Housing rehabilitation of single-family dwellings, duplexes and mobile
homes (in predominantly low/moderate income neighborhoods) .
2. Provision of housing, nutrition, information services to the elderly.
3. Provision of fair housing services.
4. Construction of drainage facilities in low/moderate income areas.
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5. Economic development to create opportunities/jobs for low/moderate income
persons.
6. Counseling services to young persons and families of low/moderate income.
7. Vocational training to low/moderate income persons.
8. Repayment of Section 108 loan (public housing project at 1670-82 Melrose
Avenue).
9. Administration of the Block Grant program and the Housing Rehabilitation
program.
All of the activities listed above gave maximum feasible priority to
low/moderate income people and will meet the 1984-85 Community Development
Statement of Objectives of rehabilitating substandard housing, providing
nutrition, housing, information services to seniors, providing counseling
services to families and young persons of low/moderate income, constructing
drainage facilities, repaying a public housing loan and providing fair housing
service. The stated objective of removing architectural barriers to the
handicapped was achieved by using existing Emergency Jobs Bill funds to
construct wheelchair ramps in City neighborhoods. The objective of
rehabilitating a local historic structure was not achieved by the City due to
the infeasibility of giving the structure to a social service agency. The
house was turned over to Chula Vista residents who will rehabilitate it with
their own funds.
Any person or organization seeking additional information on the proposed
1985-86 CDBG projects or the activities from 1984-85 listed above may contact
the Community Development Department, 276 Fourth Avenue, at 691-5047.
Information on the Department's proposed relocation plan (relating to CDBG
funded activities) and the proposed Community Development plan is also
available at the Community Development Department.
Dated: April 22, 1985 72.G�
ennie M. Fulasz, C' y lerk
City of Chula Vista, Californi
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