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ANALYSIS Community Participation The Plan requires a Community Participation process to obtain public input on how CDBG and HOME funds are to be used within the community. The process is intended to engage the community, both in the process of developing and reviewing the proposed plan and as partners and stakeholders in implementing programs. By consulting and collaborating with other public and private entities, the City aligns and coordinates community development programs with a range of other plans, programs and resources to achieve greater impact. The Community Participation Plan process adopted by the City Council and implemented by the HHCC and staff involves holding several public meetings and publishing the proposed use of funds for public comment before seeking Council approval on the use of the funds. The process for the development, input, review, and recommendations to prepare the 2018-2022 Consolidated Plan and the 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan are summarized in the 2018- 2022 Consolidated Plan and 2018-2019 Action Plan Community Participation Meeting Schedule (Attachment 4). Community Needs Assessment The Community Needs Assessment is based on data provided by HUD and local data. Federal statute mandates that Consolidated Plan cite the U.S. Census as the required data set for income and ethnicity data. Census data for the special needs population is the official data to be used for HUD-funded programs to analyze needs (based on population, ethnicity, homeless count, housing inventory, substandard housing count, etc.) within Redwood City. Other local data considered in the Community Needs Assessment are the number of Redwood City residents served by non-profit organizations, the number of homeless served in shelters, point-in-time homeless counts, and local home sales and rent survey data. Special needs populations include, but are not limited to, the chronically homeless, extremely low income households, minority households, persons with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities, frail and elderly persons, persons overpaying for housing, persons living in substandard housing conditions, and persons living in overcrowded households. The Community Needs Assessment also addresses supportive services and non- housing needs including community facilities, parks, childcare, transportation, senior centers, etc. The assessments indicated that as housing costs have escalated dramatically, the need for affordable housing and economic development initiatives, 7.A. - Page 5