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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 5, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - COMMUNITY <br />DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT <br />PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2016 -2017 <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 2,2; 2,4; 5, 4; 5, 6) <br />MANA21R <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1 a0 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 2016 -2017 Community Development Block Grant <br />Program. <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the <br />Council to execute memorandums of understanding with various City departments and <br />agreements with nonprofit agencies awarded funds as part of the approved program, subject <br />to non - substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />At its Regular Meeting on March 23, 2016, the Community Redevelopment and Housing <br />Commission (CRHC) recommended the approval of the 2016 -2017 Community Development <br />Block Grant public service programs to the City Council by a vote of 5 -0 (A. Garcia absent). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana (City) receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block <br />Grant (CDBG) funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />(HUD) to improve low to moderate - income neighborhoods, eliminate blight, and create a more <br />stable economic base. These funds have been used for a diverse range of programs including <br />housing, street improvements, parks and public facilities improvements, public services, <br />economic development and code enforcement. The City's CDBG allocation for Fiscal Year (FY) <br />2016 -2017 is $5,286,263, approximately 2.7 percent lower than the previous year allocation. <br />A maximum of fifteen percent of the CDBG allocation may be used for public services. On <br />October 6, 2015 City Council directed staff to allocate public service funds to current CDBG <br />funded programs for a second year. The public service programs selected for the FY 2015 -16 <br />cycle were awarded after a competitive application process and ranked from a total of 35 <br />7513-1 <br />