...Title
Substantial Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
...Recommendations
(a) Hold a Public Hearing to allow for public comment.
(b) Adopt a resolution relating to the following actions regarding the spending plans for funds awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") to the City, including additional funds allocated to the City by HUD for COVID-related uses:
(1) Approve a Substantial Amendment to the City’s FY 2015-20 Consolidated Plan to add Job Retention as an eligible activity under the Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Community Development Investment ("CDI") category.
(2) Approve the following relating to Substantial Amendments to the FY 2019-20 Annual Action Plan to:
(i) Add Job Retention as an eligible activity under the CDBG CDI category;
(ii) Allocate CDBG CDI funding for emergency job creation and retention loans to microenterprises in the amount of $2,500,000 to the Opportunity Fund, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate terms and conditions and execute a Subrecipient Agreement with the Opportunity Fund;
(iii) Award $1,200,000 of CDBG Public Services funding for City food services to Loaves and Fishes, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute a sole source agreement with Loaves and Fishes;
(iv) Allocate $2,000,000 of CDBG Public Services category funding for emergency hotel/motel vouchers for families to LifeMoves, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current LifeMoves contract relating to these additional funds;
(v) Allocate $519,000 of CDBG CDI funding to fund operations costs for emergency shelters established by the City;
(vi) Reduce CDBG Public Services category funding to the San José Housing Rights Consortium ("Consortium") to provide Legal Services for Low-income Tenants by $125,000, from $500,000 to $375,000 and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current contract with the Consortium relating to this reduction in funding;
(vii) Increase CDBG CDI funding to Rebuilding Together Silicon Valley to provide the Emergency and Minor Repair Program for single family homes by $400,000, from $1,650,000 to $2,050,000, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current Rebuilding Together contract relating to these additional funds;
(viii) Reduce CDBG CDI funding for Code Enforcement to provide enhanced code enforcement services by $404,074, from $1,102,037 to $697,963;
(ix) Program and authorize $5,263,414 in CDBG funding made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES") to provide emergency shelter costs, hotel/motel vouchers, and COVID-related staffing costs;
(x) Program and authorize $2,683,479 in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funding made available by the CARES Act to provide
emergency shelter costs, rapid rehousing services including hotel/motel vouchers, homelessness prevention services, and COVID-related staffing costs;
(xi) Program and authorize $209,618 in Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") funding made available by the CARES Act to the Health Trust to provide additional housing assistance to people living with HIV/AIDS, and authorize the Director of Housing to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Health Trust’s current contract relating to these additional funds.
(3) Authorize the City’s Housing Department to submit the Substantial Amendments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
(c) Adopt the following Appropriation Ordinance and Funding Sources amendments in the Community Development Block Grant Fund:
(1) Increase the estimate for Revenue from the Federal Government by $5,263,414;
(2) Decrease the Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $5,695,926;
(3) Decrease the Code Enforcement Operations appropriation to the Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Department by $404,074;
(4) Increase the Housing Emergency and Minor Repair Program appropriation to the Housing Department by $400,000;
(5) Establish a CARES Act appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $5,263,414;
(6) Establish a City Food Services appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $1,200,000;
(7) Establish an Emergency Housing Vouchers appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $2,000,000; and
(8) Establish a Microenterprise Loans appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $2,500,000.
(d) Adopt the following Appropriation Ordinance and Funding Sources Resolution amendments in the Multi-Source Housing Fund:
(1) Increase the estimate for Revenue from Federal Government by $2,893,097;
(2) Establish a CARES Emergency Shelter Grants appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $2,683,479; and
(3) Establish a CARES HOPWA Grants appropriation to the Housing Department in the amount of $209,618.
CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-004, Government Funding Mechanism or Fiscal Activity with no commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (Housing)
[Rules Committee referral 4/15/20 - Item A.1.a]