HomeMy WebLinkAbout09 - Amendment to CDBG One-Year Action PlanCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. 9
September 26, 2006
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Community & Economic Development, Planning Department
Daniel R. Trimble, Program Manager
9491644 -3230. email: dtrimble(cOcity.newport- beach.ca.us
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to the City's CDBG One -Year Action Plan for
FY2007
ISSUE
Earlier this year, the City was informed by Fish Harbor Area, Inc., that they would not to
be able to use the CDBG funds granted for the implementation of the Homeless and
Hunger Prevention Program. Under the approved 2006 -2007 One -Year Action Plan,
the program received $11,500 to pay for administrative costs associated with the
implementation of the program provided to City of Newport Beach residents. Due to the
lack of eligible participants from the City, the agency has decided to return the CDBG
funds granted. As a result, these funds are now available to reprogram to other
programs, including other public service programs.
RECOMMENDATION
After receiving public comments and recommendations, staff recommends Council
approve the Amendment to the City's One -Year Action Plan for fiscal year 2006 -2007,
which reallocates the funds to other public service programs.
BACKGROUND
Each year, the City of Newport Beach receives Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
These funds are to assist the City in meeting the affordable housing and community
development needs of its residents, particularly those persons and families considered
to have low or moderate levels of income. To ensure that these funds are used to meet
the greatest existing need within the community, the City undertakes a planning and
evaluation process that includes: 1) the Five -Year Consolidated Plan; 2) the One -Year
Action Plan; and, 3) the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
(CAPER).
On April 2006, the Newport Beach City Council approved the 2006 -2007 One -Year
Action Plan. The Action Plan delineates Newport Beach's plan for the use of its 2006-
2007 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. It describes the resources
available for program implementation; activities to be undertaken during the program
year it provides a monitoring plan for projects funded using CDBG funds; it addresses
the City's homeless and anti - poverty strategies; and it coordinates efforts that will be
undertaken in the implementation of the Action Plan. The Action Plan incorporates final
funding allocations made by the City Council after taking public comments through a
public hearing process.
The City of Newport Beach is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), and the Citizen Participation Plan, to publish a notice in a
newspaper of local circulation and to hold a public hearing whenever a substantial
change is made to an approved activity. "Substantial change" is defined as "(a)
carrying out an activity not previously described in the Action Plan; (b) canceling an
activity previously described in the Action Plan; (c) increasing or decreasing the amount
to be expended on a particular activity from the amount stated in the Action Plan by
more than 20 percent; or (d) substantially changing the purpose, scope, location, or
beneficiaries of an activity."
In accordance with the Citys Citizen Participation Plan, a notice was published in the
Daily Pilot newspaper. providing a thirty -day public review and comment period. The
comment period extends until September 17, 2006. In addition, the notice informed
concerned members of the public that the City Council would hold a public hearing for
the purpose of receiving public input to these proposed amendment on Tuesday,
September 12, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Written comments
received on the proposed substantial amendments to the One -Year Action Plan and the
Five -Year Consolidated Plan, if any, will be provided to the City Council at the public
hearing.
The purpose of this amendment is to reallocate funds that were originally granted to the
Hunger Prevention Program implemented by Fish Harbor Area, Inc. Staff has reviewed
the applications submitted by the public service agencies for the 2006 -2007 program
year and evaluated their performance for possible reallocation of these funds to these
agencies. Based on the evaluations, staff recommends that the 2006 -2007 One -Year
Action Plan be amended as noted in Table 1 below.
AMENDMENT TO FY 2006 -2007 ACTION PLAN
September 26, 2006
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Table 1:
Proposed Amendment To 2006 -2007 Action Plan
Program
Year Activity
FY 2006 -07 Fish Harbor Area, Inc. - Homeless and Hunger
Prevention Program
FY 2006 -07 Fish Harbor Area, Inc., Mobile Meals Program
FY 2006 -07 South County Sr. Services, Home Delivered Meal
Program
FY 2006 -07 WISE Place, Steps to Independence Program
FY 2006 -07 SPIN, Substance Abuse & Rehabilitation Program
Environmental Review:
Proposed
Amendment
-$11,500
+$5,000
+$5,000
+$500
+$1,000
Not subject to CEQA, as the activity is not a project, as defined in Section 15378(b)(4).
Public Notice:
Notice of the public hearing was published in the Daily Pilot on August 18, 2006.
Submitted by:
KIN�.... ±�.
SHARON OOD
Assistant City Manager
Prepared by:
DANIEL TRIMBLE
C & ED Program Manager
AMENDMENT TO FY 2006 -2007 ACTION PLAN
September 26, 2006
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