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DATE: December 10, 2020 PUBLIC HEARING
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE APPROVAL /AGREEMENT WITH HUD, GRANT# B-19-
MC-06-0561 IN THE AMOUNT OF $584,613; APPROVING A
SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2020-2025 CONSOLIDATED
PLAN AND 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) BUDGET BY
$584,613; AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF THE SUBSTANTIAL
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS.
FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager
BY: Community & Economic Development Department
SUMMARY
This is a request that the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution
(ATTACHMENT 1) to add $584,613 in Community Development Block Grant Corona
Virus Round 3 (CDBG-CV3) funds, and to reallocate $16,764 of Community
Development Block Grant Corona Virus (CDBG-CV) funds, as part of the 2020-2025
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Consolidated Plan and 2020-
2021 Annual Action Plan. The resolution also authorizes the City Manager to execute
all agreements with U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) as well
as the program sub-recipients.
RECOMMENDATION
1) Open the Public Hearing and receive public testimony regarding a Substantial
Amendment to the 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan
for the CDBG Program; and, after close of the public hearing; and
2) Adopt Resolution No. _____ , "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUT.HORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO EXECUTE THE APPROVAL /AGREEMENT WITH HUD, GRANT# B-19-MC-06-
0561 IN THE AMOUNT OF $584,613; APPROVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT
TO THE 2020-2025 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION
PLAN TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
2City Council Staff Report December 10, 2020 -Page 2 CDBG Budget Amendment BUDGET BY $584,613; AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS." BACKGROUND On November 12, 2020, the City Council reviewed funding levels for the City's CDBG ($449,050) and CDBG-CV ($264,161) programs and discussed potential uses for the additional allocation of CDBG-CV3 ($584,613) and reallocation of CDBG-CV ($16,764) funds. A copy of the November 12, 2020, staff report is provided as ATTACHMENT 2. After allocating 20% of the CDBG-CV3 funds for Administration ($116,923) the remaining amount to be allocated for programs is $467,690. These funds must be used to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Before the City can use new CDBG-CV3 funds it will be required to amend the City's 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan. HUD refers to this as a Substantial Amendment. Substantial Amendments are required when a program: A. Is increased in an amount greater than 100% of the activity allocation if the allocation is $50,000 or more as listed in a published Consolidated Plan; or B. Is increased greater than $50,000 of the activity allocation if the allocation is less than $50,000 as listed in a published Consolidated Plan, or as amended; or C. Is increased or decreased in an activity allocation greater than $300,000; or D. Is added that is not previously described in a published Consolidated Plan, or as amended Adding CDBG-CV3 funds in the amount of $584,613 would increase existing activities in an amount greater than $50,000. The Substantial Amendment will be submitted to HUD for its approval. The CARES Act included "flexibilities" to the requirements for use of CDBG-CV funds to help grantees quickly respond to the coronavirus pandemic. This includes: • Elimination of the 15% cap on Public Service activities for CDBG-CV funds. • Shorter public review period -reduced from 30 days to 5 days for CDBG-CV funds, 2019-2020 CDBG funds, and 2020-2021 CDBG funds. • Grantees may use virtual public hearings instE3ad of in-person public hearings. • Fair Housing services are still required. Furthermore, these flexibilities allowed the City to allocated 80% of CDBG-CV funds on Public Services with the remaining 20% used for program administration. According to HUD, grantees are required to use all CDBG-CV funds for CDBG-eligible activities that are carried out to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. CDBG-CV grants cannot be used for any other purpose.
3City Council Staff Report December 10, 2020 -Page 3 CDBG Budget Amendment STAFF ANALYSIS At the November 12 meeting, the Council identified several areas where the funds may be needed. This included: • Residential Rental Assistance • Residential Utility Assistance • Additional COVI D Prevention Sign age • COVID Prevention Ambassador • Business Assistance The Council also recommended focusing use of the funds on impactful, critically needed programs. While actions have been taken to protect residents from evictions, rent payments have not been forgiven. Under AB 3088, the Tenant, Homeowner and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020, a tenant cannot be evicted for unpaid rent during the period of March 1, 2020, through August 31, 2020, if the tenant provides the landlord with a declaration of hardship under penalty of perjury stating their finances have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, a tenant cannot be evicted for unpaid rent during the period of September 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021, if the tenant does the following: • The tenant must provide a declaration of COVI D-19-related financial distress to the landlord within 15 days after the landlord demands payment of rent. • By January 31, 2021, the tenant must pay an amount equal to at least 25 percent of all rental payments due during the period of September 1, 2020, through January 31, 2021. As long as the tenant with COVID-19 related hardship follows the bill's procedures, unpaid rent due between March 1, 2020, and January 31, 2021, is not a basis for eviction but is still owed to the landlord as a form of consumer debt and can only be pursued by the landlord through small claims court. A landlord cannot bring action to recover COVI D-19 rent debt before March 1 , 2021 . The program will help tenants pay the necessary amount of rent so that the entire amount paid by the assistance and the tenant is equal to at least 25 percent of rent due for September 2020 through January 2021. Once this amount is paid to the landlord, the tenant will be protected from eviction under AB 3088. However, the landlord may still pursue rent debt through small claims court. It is foreseeable, that Palm Springs residents with accumulated rent debt will need some form of rental assistance at that time. Furthermore, United Lift (a collaboration of Riverside County, Inland SoCal United Way and Lift to Rise) has dispersed all rental assistance funding available through the CARES Act and still has more than 200 unfunded applications from Palm Springs residents.
4City Council Staff Report December 10, 2020 -Page 4 CDBG Budget Amendment While additional CDBG funds were provided to United Lift by the County of Riverside they have proven to be difficult to administer given the Federal income and documentation requirements. As such, the County directed United Lift to prioritize providing rental assistance to non-entitlement communities which excludes the City of Palm Springs. Hence, there is a need to provide additional rental assistance funding for Palm Springs residents. Accordingly, staff recommends the following allocations for the CDBG-CV I CDBG-CV3 funds. CDBG-CV CDBG-CV3 Total LGBT Center of the Desert (16,764) 0 (16,764) COVID Prevention Ambassadors 16,764 8,236 25,000 Residential Rental Assistance 0 459,454 459,454 Administration 52,832 116,923 169,755 As noted in ATTACHMENT 2, CDBG-CV funds in the amount of $16,764 are being reprogrammed from the initial CDBG-CV allocation to the LGBT Center of the Desert to partially fund COVID Prevention Ambassadors. Two new Public Assistance activities are being proposed which focuses the CDBG-CV3 funds on critically needed programs without spreading the funds too thinly across several programs which could reduce their overall impact. These are: • COVID Prevention Ambassadors -This program would be funded with both CDBG-CV funds in the amount of $16,764 and CDBG-CV3 funds in the amount of $8,236, for a total amount of $25,000. It is envisioned the ambassadors will walk the downtown area, distribute face coverings, and provide information on COVID prevention. The ambassadors may be City staff, community organizations, or security personnel already providing security services for the City. • Residential Rental Assistance -This program would focus on households whose income does not exceed 80% of the Area Median Income in Riverside County. Renters in the City of Palm Springs who meet the eligibility requirements may receive one-time rental assistance of $3,500 per household to cover two (2) to three (3) months of rent. Payments will be made directly to the landlord. Applicants will be required to provide a lease agreement; are unable to make their rent payments; are able to provide documentation of a COVI D-19 related financial impact; and are not related to landlord. The proposed amendment allocates the full 20% allowance for program Administration to cover increasing program Administration costs. To the extent Administration costs can be reduced the savings would be utilized to provide more rental assistance.
5City Council Staff Report December 10, 2020 -Page 5 CDBG Budget Amendment It should be noted that utility assistance is currently provided by Jewish Family Services of the Desert and Community Action Partnership of Riverside County (CAP Riverside). CAP Riverside administers the federally-funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which provides utility payment assistance and weatherization services to low income customers in Riverside County. The City will utilize CARES Act funding received earlier this year for the cost of COVID Prevention Signage. If the CARES Act funding is exhausted, staff will seek reimbursement from FEMA for allowable costs. Unfortunately, it would have been infeasible to operate both a rental assistance program and business assistance program. Each would only have served half as many customers but require more Administrative resources to operate. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact to the General Fund. These dollars are the City's allocated federal annual entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program. SUBMITTED: JAY , Director ity & Economic Development ATTACHMENTS: 1 . Resolution 2. CDBG Discussion Staff Report
6ATTACHMENT 1 RESOLUTION
7RESOLUTION NO. __ _ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE APPROVAL /AGREEMENT WITH HUD, GRANT# B-19-MC-06-0561 IN THE AMOUNT OF $584,613; APPROVING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2020-2025 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND 2020-2021 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) BUDGET BY $584,613; AUTHORIZING SUBMITTAL OF THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS WHEREAS, as a Community Development Block Grant entitlement community, the City of Palm Springs has prepared and submitted a Five Year Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan for the use of the federal funds received; and WHEREAS, On March 27, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed HR 748, Public Law 116-136, commonly known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES ACT) which appropriated significant financial resources to local communities to meet urgent community needs; and WHEREAS, HUD requires recipient jurisdictions to execute a substantial amendment when allocating new funding to an existing Action Plan, to carry out a new activity using funds covered under the Consolidated Plan, to make a change in the City's allocation priorities or a change in its method of distributing funds,-to change the purpose, scope, location or beneficiaries of an activity, or other program changes activities; and WHEREAS, HUD has made certain waivers available to meet urgent community needs necessitated by the pandemic; and WHEREAS, HUD has made available supplemental formula grant funds under the CARES ACT to The City of Palm Springs including $584,613 in supplemental CDBG Round 3 formula grant funds (CDBG-CV3) that may be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus; and WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs, consistent with HUD's program rules on eligibility, and guidance about CDBG-CV3 funding, has chosen to allocate CDBG-CV3 funds to programs, in support of HUD's National Objective to primarily benefit low and moderate-income persons, as follows:
8Resolution No. __ _ Page 2 of 4 CDBG-CV3 COVID Prevention Ambassador Rental Assistance Administration Total 8,236 459,454 116,923 584,613 WHEREAS, the funds must be used for eligible activities which principally benefit low and moderate income persons; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on December 10, 2020, to receive public input on the allocation of these funds; THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan, and 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan are hereby amended by increasing the CBBG-CV3 Public Services. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to submit the Plans to the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development, which accurately reflects the 2020-2021 CDBG, CDBG-CV, and CDBG-CV3 budgets and projects approved by the City Council. SECTION 2. The total CDBG-CV and CDBG-CV3 community Development Block Grant funds available for 2020-2021, by authorized category of basic eligibility, are amended as follows: Initial 2020-2021 CDBG-CV Public Services TOTAL PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS ADMINISTRATION (includes Citizen Participation) TOTAL CDBG-CV FUNDING 2020-2021 CDBG-CV3 AMENDMENT {Increase) Public Services TOTAL PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS ADMINISTRATION (includes Citizen Participation) TOTAL CDBG-CV3 FUNDING $211,329 $211,329 $52,832 $264.161 $467,690 $467,690 $116,923 $584,613
9Resolution No. __ _ Page 3 of 4 Total Amended 2020-2021 CDBG-CV and CDBG-CV3 Public Services $679,019 TOTAL PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS $679,019 ADMINISTRATION (includes Citizen Participation) $169,755 TOTAL CDBG-CV AND CDBG-CV3 FUNDING $848,774 SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to submit the Substantial Amendment for 2020-21 CDBG-CV3 funding, and all other relevant documents and all understandings and assurances contained therein, accept and execute the Funding Approval/Agreement with HUD, grant B-19-MC-06-0561, for additional funding in the amount of $584,613, for the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 CDBG Program, 46th Program Year. SECTION 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute all attendant documents and agreements in a form approved by the City Attorney consistent with the City Council's designation and approval of the programs, activities and projects as designated in the City of Palm Springs FY 2020-21 Action Plan, and to act in connection with the submission and to provide such additional information as may be required. ADOPTED this_ day of December 2020. David H. Ready, City Manager ATTEST: Anthony J. Mejia, MMC, City Clerk
10Resolution No. __ _ Page 4 of 4 CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS) I, ANTHONY J. MEJIA, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. ___ is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on June _, 2020, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Anthony J. Mejia, MMC, City Clerk City of Palm Springs, California
11ATTACHMENT 2 CDBG DISCUSSION STAFF REPORT
12City Council Staff ReQort DATE: November 12, 2020 DISCUSSION SUBJECT: DISCUSS AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED PIAN AND ANNUAL ACTION PIAN FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, 45TH PROGRAM YEAR FOR ALLOCATING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT -CORONA VIRUS FUNDS FROM: David H. Ready, City Manager BY: Department of Community & Economic Development SUMMARY The City of Palm Springs has received an allocation of Community Development Block Grant Corona Virus Round 3 (CDBG-CV3) funds in the amount of $584,613. In addition, $16,764 of Community Development Block Grant Corona Virus (CDBG-CV) funds are also available for re-allocation. Staff is requesting direction from the City Council for use of these funds. A public hearing will be scheduled for a future City Council meeting to approve an amendment to the 2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan to incorporate City Council's recommendations for approval by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). RECOMMENDATION 1. Discuss an increase to the 2020-2021 Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan by $584,613 in Community Development Block Grant Corona Virus Round 3 funds, and re-allocate $16,764 of Community Development Block Grant Corona Virus funds for the 2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan for the City of Palm Springs. BACKGROUND Palm Springs is an "entitlement city," meaning that it is a direct recipient of CDBG funds from the federal government. The CDBG Program was adopted by Congress forty-six years ago to provide a flexible funding source for local governments to meet the community development needs of their low and moderate-income (Low/Mod) residents and was the first federal block grant. This direct grant from HUD enables entitlement ITeM N0. _ _.5C __ _
13City Council Staff Report November 12, 2020 -Page 2 of 5 CDBG 2021 Program Amendment Discussion units of governments to fund three National Objectives: benefiting Low/Mod persons; preventing or eliminating slums or blight; and, meeting urgent need. The federal statute also requires that at least 70% of CDBG expenditures must benefit Low/Mod persons. As an entitlement grantee, the City has and will continue to utilize these funds for neighborhood revitalization, preserving decent housing, expanding economic opportunities, and/or improving community facilities and services, principally to benefit Low/Mod persons. Cu"ent CDBG and CDBG-CV Allocations The "regular" allocation of CDBG funds were approved by City Council on May 14, 2020, when the City Council allocated $449,050 in CDBG funds as follows: Public Facilities and Improvements Public Services Rehabilitation Administration Total CDBG $305,552 43,688 10,000 89,810 $449,050 The allocations of CDBG funds are detailed in ATTACHMENT 1. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into Public Law 116-136 on March 27, 2020, to respond to the growing effects of COVID-19. The CARES Act made available $5 billion in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus funds. Of this amount, HUD initially allocated $2 billion based on the fiscal year 2019-2020 CDBG formula and made the first round of fund allocations earlier in 2020. On July 9, 2020, the City Council allocated $264,161 of CDBG-CV funds as follows: Public Services Administration Total CDBG-CV $211,329 52.832 $264,161 The allocations of CDBG-CV funds were made based on a pro rata share of awards provided through the City's Community Grant program and are detailed in ATTACHMENT 2. It should be noted that $16,764 of the CDBG-CV funds may be re-allocated as the LGBT Center of the Desert declined the CDBG-CV funds. CDBG-CV3 Allocation -HUD has now allocated the remaining $3 billion of the $5 billion the CARES Act made available in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus funds based on needs in the following tranches: $1 billion to states and insular areas, and $2 billion to states and local governments at the discretion of the HUD Secretary. The City of Palm Springs' allocation of CDBG-CV3 is $584,613. After allocating 20% for Administration in the amount of $116,922, the amount to be allocated for programs is $467,691. 2
14City Council Staff Report November 12, 2020 -Page 3 of 5 COBG 2021 Program Amendment Discussion Staff is seeking Council direction for use of the new $467,691 in CDBG-CV3 funds and the re-allocation of $16,764 in CBGG-CV funds. Total amount to be allocated I re-allocated is $484,455. These funds must be used to respond to and mitigate the effects of COVID-19. STAFF ANALYSIS Before the City can use any reallocated CDBG-CV and new CDBG-CV3 funds it will be required to amend the City's 2021 Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan. Formal amendments are required when a program: A. Is increased in an amount greater than 100% of the activity allocation if the allocation is $50,000 or more as listed in a published Consolidated Plan; or B. Is increased greater than $50,000 of the activity allocation if the allocation is less than $50,000 as listed in a published Consolidated Plan, or as amended; or C. Is increased or decreased in an activity allocation greater than $300,000; or D. Is added that is not previously described in a published Consolidated Plan, or as amended Adding CDBG-CV3 funds in the amount of $584,613 would increase existing activities in an amount greater than $50,000 and/or create new activities not previously described in a published Consolidated Plan. Council's recommendations will be incorporated into the amendment which will be submitted to HUD for its approval. The CARES Act included "flexibilities" to the requirements for use of CDBG-CV funds to help grantees quickly respond to the coronavirus pandemic. This includes: • Elimination of the 15% cap on Public Service activities for CDBG-CV funds. • Shorter public review period -reduced from 30 days to 5 days for CDBG-CV funds, 2019-2020 CDBG funds, and 2020-2021 CDBG funds. • Grantees may use virtual public hearings instead of in-person public hearings. • Fair Housing services are still required. These flexibilities allowed the City to allocated 80% of CDBG-CV funds on Public Services with the remaining 20% used for program administration. According to HUD, grantees are required to use all CDBG-CV funds for CDBG-eligible activities that are carried out to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. CDBG-CV grants cannot be used for any other purpose. Allocation of New CDBG-CV3 Funds Staff is seeking Council direction for use of the new $467,691 in CDBG-CV3 funds. The City Council has previously discussed options on how CDBG-CV funds should be allocated, including the following: 3
15City Council Staff Report November 12, 2020 -Page 4 of 5 CDBG 2021 Program Amendment Discussion 1. As noted above, the Council voted to allocate $264, 161 to non-profit organizations to provide services in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The Public Services include food assistance, financial assistance, expanding shelter capacity, meal delivery, mental health/ isolation virtual counseling, and operational support for COVID-19 testing and triage clinics. The Council may choose to increase the allocations to the organizations providing these services or utilize the additional funds for other types of services as described below. 2. Direct Rent/Mortgage Assistance -To help Low-Moderate Income (LMI) Households with rent and mortgage payments where heads of household have lost their job, been furloughed, or had their hours reduced because of the economic impact of COVID-19. Such payments would be provided as emergency grant payments for rent or mortgage but cannot be made for more than three consecutive months. Payments must also be directly given to the landlord or mortgagor on behalf of an individual or family. It should be noted, United Lift, a collaboration of Riverside County, Inland SoCal United Way and Lift to Rise, has provided $33 million of rental assistance throughout Riverside County. The number of applications for the City of Palm Springs from June through September was 424. However, according to the United Lift website, they have "dispersed all of the rental funding available through the CARES Act. Rental assistance funds from other sources are still available but include expanded eligibility requirements... The rental assistance application remains open, but new applications will be placed on a waiting list with applications reviewed on a rolling basis." 3. Assistance to Small Businesses -CDBG-CV and CDBG-CV3 funds can be used to assist small businesses by providing loans, grants, and technical assistance. Financial assistance typically ranges from $5,000 to $20,000 depending on the number of Full Time Equivalent Employees, and are used for operational needs (such as lease payments, mortgage, payroll, supplies, and services), or facility adaptations and equipment to continue operating while complying with State mandates. A survey conducted by the National Community Development Association, a National Community Development Association comprised of more than 400 local governments across the country that administer federally-supported community development, economic development, and affordable housing programs, polled their members in April 2020 on how they plan to utilize the CDBG-CV funds. • 53% of respondents planned to provide Direct Rent/Mortgage Assistance • 47% of respondents planned to provide assistance to Small Businesses. There were a total of 68 CDBG grantees from 32 states that responded to the survey. 4
16City Council Staff Report November 12, 2020 -Page 5 of 5 CDBG 2021 Program Amendment Discussion Reallocation of Available CDBG-CV Funds LGBT Center of the Desert requested funding and was allocated $16,764 of CDBG-CV funds. However, after reviewing the funds limited uses, they subsequently decided not to accept the funds. Therefore, staff is seeking direction from the City Council on how to reallocate $16,764 of CDBG-CV funds. As with the CDBG-CV3 funds, the CDBG-CV funds may be allocated to non-profits to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus; used for direct rental assistance; or utilized for direct small business assistance. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no direct fiscal impact to the General Fund. These dollars are the City's allocated federal annual entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program. SUBMITTED: , Director & Economic Development ATTACHMENTS: 1. CDBG Allocations 2. CDBG-CV Allocations MARCUS FULLER, P.E., M.P.A., P.L.S Assistant City Manager 5
17ATTACHMENT 1 CDBG ALLOCATIONS 2020-2021 CDBG FUNDS CDBG Public Facilities & lmp,:ovements: City of Palm Springs Department of Public Works & Engineering -Demuth Park Public Restrooms City of Palm Springs Department of Public Works & Engineering -Demuth Park Community Center Air Conditioning CDBG Public Services: Fair Housing Council of Riverside -Fair Housing Services $175,552 $130,000 $43,688 Under CDBG guidelines, the City is mandated to provide its residents a fair housing program. The Fair Housing Council will utilize these funds to provide comprehensive services which affirmatively address and promote fair housing (anti-discrimination) rights and landlord/tenant services to the City of Palm Springs. CDBG Rehabilitation: City of Palm Springs Department of Community & Economic Development -Home Repair Program $10,000 This program assists very low-income homeowners with minor routine maintenance, emergency repairs and accessibility modifications at nominal costs, including other related health and safety code work. CDBG Administration: City of Palm Springs Department of Community & Economic Development -Administration $89,810 Total $449,050 6
18ATTACHMENT 2 CDBG-CV ALLOCATION Organization Mizell Senior Center Social distancing / protective barriers, grocery delivery to seniors. Well in the Desert Expand social distancing, food bank services, cooling center, home delivery to seniors, mental health counseling, transportation assistance, and rental/utility assistance. FIND Food Bank Food bank services. Boys & Girls Club Dividers/repairs for social distancing, create virtual club house activities/equipment, and improve building ventilation (windows and cooler). LGBT Center of the Desert Food bank services. Increased demand. Establish virtual counseling. Desert Aids Project Dedicated COVID-19 triage clinic, COVID-19 testing, and respiratory treatments. Habitat For Humanity Rental Assistance. Jewish Family Services of the Desert Financial assistance (rent, utilities, food, medications). Transgender Health and Wellness Center Food boxes, home visits. Hidden Harvest Food bank services. Fiscal Year 21 (CDBG-CV Funds) 55,880 41,910 35,305 22,352 16,764 13,970 8,382 8,382 2,794 2,794 7
19Coachella Valley Housing Coalition Rental assistance (Palm Springs affordable housing project). Total 211,328 CDBG-CV Administration: City of Palm Springs Department of Community & Economic Development -Administration $52,832 CDBG-CV Total $264,161 8