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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 6, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM <br />FISCAL YEAR 2006-2007 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />�I <br />ifaUcat1ot15�. <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />U92ZM:W <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 t Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Approve the proposed fiscal year 2006-2007 Community Development <br />Block Grant Program. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to submit the approved program to the <br />United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for the <br />City's fiscal year 2006-2007 allocation of Community Development <br />Block Grant funds, and execute the grant agreement with the United <br />States Department of Housing and Urban Development. <br />3. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager <br />and the Clerk of the Council to execute agreements with nonprofit <br />agencies and/or subrecipients awarded funds as part of the approved <br />program. <br />HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />Direct staff to transmit the Human Relations Commission's funding <br />recommendations for fiscal year 2006-2007 Community Development Block <br />Grant Social Services Programs to the City Council. <br />By a vote of 7:0 (Hoa absent) at its Special Meeting of February 1, 2006. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Since fiscal year 1974-1975, Santa Ana has received Community Development <br />Block Grant (CDBG) funds to improve low- and moderate -income <br />neighborhoods, eliminate blight and create a more stable economic base. <br />These funds have been used for a diverse range of programs including <br />75A-1 <br />