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8A-1 April 28, 2003 Subject Annual Action Plan to the Consolidated Plan for FY 2003 -2004 (i.e., CDBG Funding Recommendation) Recommendation Adopt the Annual Action Plan and authorize the City Manager to execute documents related to the Annual Action Plan to be submitted to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Background The City expects to receive $910,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds and, $462,873 in HOME Investment Partnership funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for FY 2003/2004. Technical assistance workshops were held by the City to assist interested organizations to prepare competitive proposals and several meetings were held by the Housing and Human Concerns Committee to review proposals submitted for funding. On March 6, 2003, the Housing and Human Concerns Committee approved funding recommendations for 29 programs and projects in the amount of $910,000 from CDBG Funds and $462,873 in HOME funds. The Consolidated Plan is a federal prerequisite for receiving various sources of entitlement funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Plan is made up of three components: (1) Market & Needs Analysis, (2) Strategic Plan, and (3) a One -Year Action Plan. The Consolidated Plan identifies priorities the City adopted to use over the five years to meet affordable housing goals and to improve the quality of life for residents who are low income and have special needs. This Fourth Annual Action Plan identifies activities to be funded during FY 2003/2004 to address the priorities adopted by Council in the Consolidated Plan. These priorities target federal funds for public facilities and improvements, affordable housing, and social and economic development programs. The term of the Consolidated Plan is from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005. The Action Plan is made up of funding recommendations from Community Development Block Grant funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds and Human Services Financial Assistance funds. The Human Service Financial Assistance recommendations will be brought to you in June as part of the City's budget review process. Other Funds • Council has authorized the HHCC to recommend an allocation of $80,000 per year to Shelter Network for the Redwood Family House. This budget amount may be a combination of CDBG funds and /or General funds. In FY 2002 -2003, $80,000 was allocated from the General Fund. For FY 2003 -04, the Committee has recommended the first $10,000 of this budget from CDBG and is recommending that the remaining $70,000 be allocated from the General Fund.