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COUNCIL ACTION `
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
AP RI L 2, 2012
TITLE: APPROVED
? As Recommended
PUBLIC HEARING - COMMUNITY ? As Amended
? Ordinance on 1st Reading
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading
PROGRAM FY 2012-2013 ? Implementing Resolution
? Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
CITY MANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Approve the proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Community Development Block Grant
Program.
2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the
Council to execute memorandums of understanding with city departments and agreements
with nonprofit agencies awarded funds as part of the approved program.
DISCUSSION
Since Fiscal Year 1974-1975, Santa Ana has received Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds to improve low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, eliminate blight and create a
more stable economic base. These funds have been used for a diverse range of programs
including housing, street improvements, parks and public facilities improvements, social services,
historic preservation and community services.
In past years, the City has used an application process to make public service funds available to
nonprofit organizations that meet one of the priorities identified in the City's Consolidated Plan (the
City's five-year strategic plan that identifies housing and community needs that are required by the
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]). Like communities throughout the
nation, the current economic climate continues to present serious budget challenges to Santa Ana.
These challenges include an increased demand for a variety of municipal services, the elimination
of redevelopment tax increment, the redirection of local revenues to the state, and an overall
decline in various tax revenues. To address these challenges, the City continues to make the
difficult decision to limit the amount of CDBG funds available for nonprofits for the 2012-2013
Fiscal Year to City-managed programs.
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Public Hearing - CDBG Program FY 2012-2013
April 2, 2012
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The proposed Fiscal Year 2012-2013 CDBG program and budget (Exhibit 1) consists of the staffs
funding recommendations for the program. The City Council public hearing will provide an
opportunity for public input and the completion of the process necessary to submit our locally
approved program to HUD.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the City Manager to submit the approved
program to HUD and to execute a grant agreement, which will result in the City's CDBG letter of
credit being augmented by an estimated $5,680,480.
APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS:
Nancy T. wards Francisco Gutierrez r
Interim Ex utive Director, Executive Director
Community Development Agency Finance & Management Services Agency
NTE/FH/mlr
Exhibit: 1: Program Recommendations
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Community Development Agency
CDBG FUNDING PLAN
PROPOSED PLAN
PROGRAM FY 12/13
ADMINISTRATION & PLANNING
Program Administration-CDBG $ 664,576
Program Administration-HOME $ 200,000
Neighborhood Improvement-Admin. $ 200,000
Fair Housing Council of Orange County $ 71,520
CODE ENFORCEMENT
Code Enforcement $ 1,250,000
Legal Services $ 50,000
SOCIAL SERVICES
PD-PAAL Program $ 144,000
PD-HEART Program $ 35,000
PD-GRIP Program $ 185,000
PRCSA-Library Tutors $ 258,072
PRCSA-Project Pride $ 150,000
PRCSA-Senior Meals $ 80,000
CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Public Facilities-Various Residential Streets $ 748,632
Public Facilities-Park-Maybury lighting $ 435,000
Public Facilities-Park-El Salvador Walkway $ 171,000
Public Facilities-Park-Windsor Walkway $ 134,400
Public Facilities-Park-Centennial Rock Slope $ 112,280
Public Facilities-Park-Madison Community Garden $ 376,000
HOUSING REHABILITATION
Single Family Rehab-Non Profit $ 90,000
Single Family Rehab-City $ 200,000
Multi Family Rehab Loans $ 125,000
TOTAL $ 5,680,480
CDBG ALLOCATION $ 5,680,480
SURPLUS/DEFICIT $ -
EXHIBIT 1
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COMAUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
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AGENCY: Community Development
PROJECT NAME: Program Administration-CDBG
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 664,576
The City is requesting funding for the administration and oversight of the CDBG program.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Community Development
PROJECT NAME: Program Administration-HOME
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 200,000
The City is requesting funding for the administration and oversight of the HOME program. Under the
CDBG regulations CDBG funds may be used for the administration of the HOME program.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Community Development
PROJECT NAME: Planning-Neighborhood Improvement
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 200,000
The City is requesting funding to provide information and other resources to residents and citizen
organizations participating in the planning, implementation, or assessment of activities being assisted with
CDBG funds.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Orange County Fair Housing
PROJECT NAME: Santa Ana Fair Housing Education, Counseling and
Enforcement
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 71,520
Orange County Fair Housing is requesting funding to provide fair housing education, counseling and
enforcement services to current or potential Santa Ana households. Additionally landlord/tenant
counseling will be provided to assist housing providers and consumers. The agency estimates that it will
serve 990 households.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Planning and Building/City Attorney's Office
PROJECT NAME: Code Enforcement
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 1,300,000
Community Development Block Grant funds will support the salaries and benefits of Community
Preservation personnel performing residential code enforcement activities in targeted areas of the city.
Funding will also be used for salaries and benefits of city attorneys for the prosecution of cases.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Police Department
PROJECT NAME: PAAL Program
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 144,000
The program takes a three-step approach. The first step is to provide safe haven where youths can gather
without the fear of violence or intimidation. At the haven, youths will be provided with an environment
that enables them to study, complete homework, and to work on school projects. Youths will have access
to computers, school supplies, educational materials, and private tutoring all at no cost. The focus is on
academic achievement. Second, youths will have the chance to participate in recreational and educational
field trips. These field trips concentrate on broadening the knowledge and social awareness of youths to
opportunities they might not be cognizant of due to their socioeconomic status. Finally, the sport and
athletic programs coached by police officers teach youths the importance of teamwork, sportsmanship, and
the fact that police officers are humans sincerely interested in their development. This aspect of the
program builds the bonds of trust and communication between youths and police officers.
The CDBG funds would be used to increase the programs positive involvement in the community by
adding services to approximately 1,100 aditional Santa Ana youth. This would be accomplished by
opening a second SAPAAL facility in the Villa Del Sol apartment complex. This facility would serve
approximatley 40 kids per day, Monday through Friday from 2:30 to 6:30 PM. Two part-time recreation
coordinators would be hired with the CDBG funds to work at this facility and would provide an
environment that enables them to study, complete homework, work on school projects and interact on a
daily basis with police officers in a positive manner.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Police Department
PROJECT NAME: HEART Program
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 35,000
The Santa Ana Police Department recognizes that criminalization of homeless individuals is not the
solution to this ever growing problem. While enforcement is definitely needed to maintain public safety,
cleanliness and order in the Civic Center and surrounding area, it must be coupled with alternatives that
will prevent the homeless person from having continuous contact with the police.
Taking from HUD's Continuum of Care philosophy, the Santa Ana Police Department, and specifically the
Civic Center Detail, seeks to create a program that will identify and determine individual needs, partner
with entities that provide assistance to the homeless population, and then unite the two thereby providing a
viable option for the homeless. The ultimate goal will be to provide a measureable program with its sight
set on self-sufficiency for those desiring to escape homelessness.
The Santa Ana Police Department's Homeless Evaluation/Assessment Response Team (HEART) will
achieve this goal. This program will be established to provide long-term solutions beyond the short-term
solutions offered through enforcement of laws and ordinances. This will occur by:
• Identification of the homeless and understanding of individual needs
• Identifying entities that can provide resources
• Creating partnerships and providing referrals.
• Program maintenance and management
The Civic Center Detail is best suited for implementation of this program for several reasons. The officers
provide service to this area seven days a week. The officers have been trained to treat each person with the
respect and dignity they deserve and as such have built a good rapport within the Civic Center.
Furthermore, the officers have the opportunity to contact the non-profit organizations that currently provide
services to the homeless population. Lastly, many relationships with outside entities that can provide
services already exist with the supervisors that oversee the Detail.
Additionally funds will be used for a referral and service coordinator.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
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AGENCY: Police Department
PROJECT NAME: GRIP Program
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 1851000
This project is designed to provide sustainability of a suitable living environment by expanding
intervention, prevention, and suppression programs aimed at reducing criminal activities of gangs. It
utilizes a combination of prevention, outreach, probation checks, and arrests to deter the criminal activities
of gangs and their members.
The GRIP has previously determined what areas in the entire City qualify as low-mod by census tract. The
neighborhood selected is one that is in a qualified census tract and one that the City constantly does
projects in with other funds to help eliminate blight and reduce criminal activity.
GRIP is a program that involves a collaboration of several agencies with the goal of preventing children
from joining a criminal street gang. GRIP does not work with gang members, but target students 4th -8th
grade students who are at-risk of joining a gang. There are many components of the GRIP program which
are all implemented with the goal of preventing Orange County children from joining a criminal street
gang. These components include educating parents, faculty and students about the negative impact of
criminal street gangs and the signs that a child may be at-risk of joining a gang.
GRIP also conducts curfew sweeps. These curfew sweeps are law enforcement operations which involve
police officers targeting juvenile curfew violators on school nights. GRIP also conducts Truancy Sweeps.
The Truancy Sweeps involve going to the home of chronically truant students and intervening with the
students and their parents GRIP conducts Intervention meetings called Strike Team meetings. These are
interventions with the minors and the parents of the minors that the GRIP schools have identified as being
at-risk of joining a criminal street gang. At these intervention meetings, the parents are informed of their
responsibilities under the law and parents and students are required to sign a behavior contract and are
given the necessary resources to make positive changes. The GRIP program has several positive incentive
programs in place to reward students who meet their goals set by the GRIP partners. The GRIP program
also initiates and leads community Gang Prevention programs, including parent greeter and neighborhood
watch programs.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency
PROJECT NAME: Library Tutor Program
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 258,072
The program provides free bilingual after-school homework help in all school subjects by providing
tutoring to all Santa Ana students in grades K-12 at the two library sites (Main Library and Newhope
Library) and Jerome Center. Tutors work with individual students to help them understand and complete
homework assignments, as well as assisting students who are having difficulties with basic reading and
math skills.
The program provides:
• Free homework help for all Santa Ana students (5-12)
• Qualified bilingual tutors;
• Access to computers and the Internet to fill the technological gap between schools and homes;
• Interactive academic enhancement through educational software;
• Computer workshops on various topics, creative writing workshops, Buddy Programs, college and career
guidance programs and mentoring opportunities
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency
PROJECT NAME: Project PRIDE
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 150,000
The program will provide positive alternatives for youths through family and teen recreation and volunteer
activities and provides opportunities for family member's to make meaningful contributions to their
communities and helps them earn respect. The Family PRIDE clubs will participate in recreational
excursions and four special events including a family picnic, family camp out, arts and crafts competitions
and holiday dinner.
During the grant year, Project PRIDE will coordinate Family PRIDE clubs at eight sites in Santa Ana. A
total of 900 Santa Ana residents are estimated to be served.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Agency
PROJECT NAME: Senior Meals
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 80,000
The program will provide the following.
Congregate Meals:
Participants in the Senior Lunch Program will be provided a daily (Monday-Friday) hot nutritional lunch at
3 nutrition sites in Santa Ana.
Locations:
Southwest Senior Center
Santa Ana Senior Center
Vietnamese Community Center
Participants will also be part of nutrition education on various senior health topics every quarter by our
Dietician.
Home Delivered Meals:
Participants in the Home Delivered Meals program will receive 3 meals per day 5 days per week and case
management services. Meals will be delivered by paid and volunteer drivers. Eligibility and case
management services will be provided by CSS Case Managers. Participants will also have access to other
services at no charge including in-home services, respite services, home safety equipment, and other
resources.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Public Works Agency/Parks, Recreation, and
Community Services Agency
PROJECT NAME: Public Facility Improvements
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 1,977,312
CDBG funding requested will be used to fund improvements of public facilities in CDBG eligible areas of
the City that receive the highest priority based on the City's needs.
Below is a list of the proposed projects for FY 12/13
• Neighborhood Streets
• Maybury Park Lighting
• El Salvador Park Wallcway
• Windsor Park Wallcway
• Centennial Park Rock Slope
• Madison Park Community Garden
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2011-12 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Paint Your Heart Out
PROJECT NAME: Paint Day Santa Ana
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 90,000
The purpose of Paint Day Santa Ana is to restore hope to low-income seniors and disabled homeowners by
completing repairs, restoring and painting their homes, at no cost to homeowners. The program counters
neighborhood blight and promotes community pride through volunteerism. PYHO's 500-member Paint
Day Santa Ana volunteer army completes the home refurbishing work. Hundreds of volunteers will be
recruited from the community to repair and refurbish 15 homes in the City of Santa Ana for low-income to
moderate-income senior and/or disabled homeowners. The restoration of hope and revitalization of
community takes place annually on Paint Day Santa Ana. Each home receives an average of $7,000 in
exterior and landscape improvements. Specific services provided during the year to execute Paint Day
Santa Ana include: 1) screening applicants on the waiting list, 2) outreach to the target neighborhoods for
additional applicants, 3) meeting with community leadership to accomplish project goals, 4) training
project volunteers, 5) securing resources to perform repairs, prep work and painting, 6) assessing all
selected homes and creating work plans for each, 7) completing the prep and painting of 15 homes, an 8)
recognizing volunteers and sponsors.
Santa Ana residents will receive home restoration services for Paint Day that may include:
1) repairs around the house
2) replacing broken windows & locks
3) landscaping/tree trimming
4) garage door replacement/repairs
5) stucco repair and wood replacement
6) referral to CAPOC
7) handrails if needed
8) lead paint abatement
9) prepping and exterior painting
10) waste removal
11) other needed repairs as discovered
Completed repairs will average $7,000 per house and will denote approximately $105,000 in Santa Ana
community improvements
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Community Development Agency
PROJECT NAME: Single-Family Rehabilitation Loans
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 200,000
Community Development Block Grant funds will support property owners in rehabilitating their personal
residence. The purpose of the program is to stabilize and improve single-family owner occupied housing
stock in the city.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITY OF SANTA ANA
CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL
FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM
AGENCY: Community Development Agency
PROJECT NAME: Multi-Family Rehabilitation Loans
AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 125,000
Community Development Block Grant funds will support property owners in rehabilitating their rental
property. The purpose of the program is to stabilize and improve multi-family rental housing stock in the
city. Property owners must agree to set aside a portion of the rehabilitated units at an affordable rental rate
for low-income households.
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