13B - COMMITTEE RPT - PREY MINUTES

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• also requested a list of deferred items to fix. Motion was approved by the committee. Councilmember Tinajero left the meeting at 6:15 pm. • FY 2013/14 CDBG FUNDING o Mr. Mouet indicated the City Council requested early discussions on the decision for the use of CDBG funding. Staff provided a summary chart of last year's funding and proposals for FY 2013/14 CDBG Programs and Capital Improvement request. o Councilmember Martinez indicated for several years the Social Services programs were dedicated to city programs. City programs needs to be part of the process and City Council needs to know about each of the Social Services programs. o Officer Tom Sarifin explained the need for the PAAL Program. This is the 5tn year of the PAAL program that provides services to 2,500 kids between the ages of 7 to 18 years old. PAAL partners with other organizations to provide the program free of charge to the children. o Councilmember Martinez indicated if the programs were to continue she would like to see evaluations on each of the programs. o Nancy Edwards indicated each program is evaluated quarterly in order to show progress to HUD. • o Ken Grominsky indicated the needs for the HEART Program (Homeless Evaluation Assessment Response Team). This program is partially funded by the Emergency Solutions Grant and matched with CDBG funds. o Chief Rojas indicated this wasn't a funded program. CDBG provides funding to work with agencies to be a solution to address homeless issues. o Councilmember Martinez asked if the programs are sustainable. Need to look at how CDBG funds are used to eventually make the programs sustainable. o Councilmember Sarmiento indicated City Council needs to assess each of the programs. Funding is limited and non-profit organizations are not being funded by CDBG. The County needs to step-up on some of these programs. o Mr. Mouet indicated if it is the council's desire to fund non-profit organizations we need to notify the non-profit organizations now. o Councilmember Sarmiento indicated city programs need to be explained to council so they can assess the benefits and success. o Nancy Edwards indicated her agency will be able to provide quarterly reports and information to City Council of the CDBG programs. o Councilmember Martinez asked about the Capital Programs and how are the Residential Streets identified. o Raul Godinez indicated the proposed request is to address the worst residential concrete streets in the southern part of the city. The concrete street would be removed and replaced with asphalt streets. These streets were not addressed last year, because they were concrete streets. PREY Regular Meeting - MINUTES 3 September 25, 2012 13B-3