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HomeMy WebLinkAbout75A - PH - CDBG PROGRAM 12-13REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: APRIL 2, 2012 TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FY 2012-2013 CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ? As Recommended ? As Amended ? Ordinance on 151 Reading ? Ordinance on 2nd Reading ? Implementing Resolution ? Set Public Hearing For_ CONTINUED TO 5- 7-/.Z FILE NUMBER 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. 75A-1 Public Hearing - CDBG Program FY 2012-2013 April 2, 2012 Page 2 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: 'h l (?? a"(-? Nancy T. wards Interim Ex utive Director, Community Development Agency Francisco Gutierrez Executive Director r Finance & Management Services Agency NTE/FH/mlr Exhibit: 1: Program Recommendations 75A-2 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 75A-3 75A-4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM CITY OF SANTA ANA CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM 75A-5 Q COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM CITY OF SANTA ANA CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM 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. 75A-6 z 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. 75A-7 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. 75A-8 z 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. 75A-9 d 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. 75A-10 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. 75A-11 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 fiords will be used for a referral and service coordinator. 75A-12 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM CITY OF SANTA ANA CITY AGENCY PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 PROGRAM AGENCY: Police Department PROJECT NAME: GRIP Program AMOUNT REQUESTED: $ 185,000 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. 75A-13 4 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 75A-14 Q 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. 75A-15 6 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. 75A-16 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 Walkway • Windsor Park Walkway • Centennial Park Rock Slope • Madison Park Community Garden 75A-17 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 75A-18 a 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. 75A-19 Q 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. 75A-20