19F - CONSOLIDATED PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT

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III. GENERAL CAPER NARRATIVE CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG funds are provided to the City from HUD via its Community Planning and Development (CPD) division. As a recipient of these funds the City is required to prepare a CAPER at the end of each fiscal year. The City of Santa Ana has prepared this report for the recently completed 2008-2009 Program Year, which started July 1, 2008 and ended on June 30, 2009. This report also highlights the City's efforts to fulfill its community vision/strategy: "The City's purpose is to provide quality service to enhance the safety, livability, and prosperity of the community. To this end, the City will implement programs and activities aimed at establishing a dynamic urban center acclaimed for its investment in its youth, neighborhoods, cultural diversity, economic climate, and quality government services." A. Assessment of 5-Year Consolidated Plan Goals & Objectives The Consolidated Plan was developed through a citizen participatory process and identifies the City's housing and community needs, prioritized these needs, and established five-year objectives and annual goals aimed at addressing priority needs. The goal of the Consolidated Plan is to improve the quality of life for all Santa Ana residents with an emphasis on the City's lower income households. HUD defines a lower income household as a household earning no more than 80% of the county's median income, adjusted for family sizes EXHIBIT 3 provides a summary of the City's activities undertaken during th'e 2008-2009 report period to address priority housing and community development needs. 1. Activities Undertaken to Address Goals-and Obiectives EXHIBIT 4 also provides an overview of activities undertaken by the City during the 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan timeframe, including accomplishment information for the recently concluded 2008-2009 Program Year -the fourth year of this five-year cycle. In recent years HUD has implemented an outcomes performance management system that requires communities that receive HCD funds to link accomplishment data more directly to goals and objectives delineated in the Consolidated Plan. To this end, HUD has recommended that several tables be incorporated into the City's CAPER. These tables are incorporated into this performance report as EXHIBIT 5. Additionally, as part of implementing HUD's outcome measurements the City required HUD-fund recipients to identify additional program outcomes based on service and client type. These outcomes are summarized in Appendix A. s For 2009, Orange County's median income is set at $86,100 for a family of four -HUD's uncapped 80% income limit for a family of four is $68,900. 10 Draft 8/26/2009 19F-16