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6.1 C Page 1 REP4RT To the Honorable Mayor and City Counc�l From the Ci Mana er October 12, 2009 SUBJECT Community Development Block Grant and HOME lnvestment Partnership Act Funding Agreements for Fiscal Year 2009 -10 RECOMMENDATION Authorize, by motion, approval of 12 operating agreements with '11 non-profit organizations to allow disbursement of Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Act funds for Fiscal Year 2009-2010. BACKGROUND Each year the City receives an entitlement of Community Development B(ock Grant (CDBG) and H�ME Investmen# Partnership Act (HOME) funds from the U.S. Depa�tment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). These funds pro�ide intervention and supportive programs to Redwood City citizens which include homeless services, senior and youth programs, job training, economic development assistance, minor home repair and energy conservation programs. CDBG funds are exclusively targeted to low and moderate income residents to meet certain housing, supportive programs, and non-housing community development needs. Approximately 20 programs that meet housing and homeless intervention criteria are currently funded through CDBG. These programs operated by non-profit organizations will collectively provide assistance to an estimated 1,500 Redwood City residents who are low income or have special needs. The City Council approved these programs and activities on April 27, 2009 in the 2009- 2010 Fifth Annual Action Plan (of the Ciiy's Five-year Consolidated Plan for 2005-2010). �ne of the new agencies being funded is Proje�t Sentinel, who wilf provide fair housing counseling services. Project Sentinel currently provides Fair Housing Counseling services to every Peninsula City except Redwood City. Fair Housing Counseling services is the only activity that HUD mandates as a result of receiving CDBG funds. The City has contracted with Project Sentinel in the past in a joint agreement with the Urban County and three entitlement cities in San Mateo County to conduct an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing. Historically, Redwood City residents were founding members along with representatives from Stanford University that formed the MidPeninsula Citizens for Fair Housing (MCFH) organization located in Palo Alto. Therefore, MCFH had provided services to Redwood City un#il June 30, 2009. In 2006, MCFH merged with Eden Council of Hope and Opportunity (ECNO} whose main offices are located in Hayward. Availability and accessibility of staff and institutional knowledge in the local Palo Alto office declined with the retirement of long term staff and the merger of the two organizations. MCFH was provided space to be T:ICDBG 2009•2o101CD8G Funding Agreemeni Staff Repo�t 2009.doc