HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO7306RESOLUTION NO. 7306
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
APPROVING THE USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994-1995
WHEREAS, on December 13, 1993, the Palo Alto City Council
approved and adopted the 1994-1995 Community Development Plan
setting forth non -housing community development needs and the
objectives to meet those needs; and
WHEREAS, on Novemuer 15, 1993, the City Council approved
and adopted the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (the
"CHAS"), setting forth the housing needs of the City of Palo Alto
(the "City") and the objectives to meet those needs; and
WHEREAS, the 1994-95 federal Community Development Block
Grant ("CDBG") funds allocated to the City are proposed to
implement the following programs; and
WHEREAS, potential uses of CDBG funds have been evaluated
in light of the needs and objectives of the community as identified
in the Community Development Plan and the CHAS, and as reflected in
the recommendations and comments of the Citizens' Advisory
Committee and other interested citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Finance Committee and the City Council have
held advertised public hearings on the proposed use of the CDBG
funds for fiscal year 1994-95; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the CDBG program to give the
highest possible priority to activities which will benefit persons
with low and moderate incomes;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does
RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The use of CDBG funds for the 1994-95 fiscal
year is hereby approved and authorized for the following programs:
1. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County. Long Term Care Ombudsman
Program. Complaint investigation
and advocacy services to Palo Alto's
elderly residents living in nursing
and residential care facilities.
Citywide.
2. Emergency Housing Consortium.
Temporary shelter and supportive
services for homeless individuals and
families. Countywide.
$ 13,000
10,500
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3. Innovative Housing. Shared and
transitional housing programs and
supportive services primarily for very
low income single parents, individuals
or families. Citywide.
_4. Palo Alto Housing Corporation.
Information and referral services for
affordable housing options, assistance to
income -eligible purchasers in the City's
Below Market Rate program, and
development of an overall asset management
plan for the agency's portfolio of
affordable housing units. Citywide.
5. Urban Ministry. Homeless support
services and programs. Counseling,
payeeship program, provision of emergency
food, rotating church shelter, mail and
telephone services and general assistance
to the homeless population, Citywide.
6. Peninsula Center for the Blind and Visually
Impaired. Rehabilitation services for
blind or visually impaired Palo Alto
residents with low incomes, to increase their
independence and integration into the
community. Citywide.
7. Mi.d-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing.
Services to promote an environment of
fair housing including complaint.
investigation, counseling and advocacy.
Citywide.
8. City of Palo Alto. Department of Planning
and Community Environment. Overall CDBG
grant administration and capital improve-
ment project delivery costs associated
with federal funding. Citywide.
9. Senior Coordinating Council. Home
Repair Program. Subsidized minor home
repairs for lower income elderly
homeowners. Citywide.
10. Adlai E. Stevenson House. 120 -unit
residential facility provides affordable
housing to senior adults. Project to
improve the accessibility of the facility's
common area restrooms and elevators to
comply with the provisions of the
federal Americans with Disabilities Act
of 1990. 455 E. Charleston Road,
Palo Alto.
12,500
37,000
54,000
0,000
16,275
179,725
11,000
21,000
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11. Emergency Housing Consortium. Acquisition
of a building to be renovated to serve as a
regional emergency shelter for the Santa Clara
County's homeless population. 1020 Timothy
Drive, San Jose. 50,000
12. Social Advocates for Youth. Additional
funds to complete rehabilitation project,
originally approved in the 1992/93 fiscal
year, at the agency's "Casa SAY" runaway
and homeless youth residential facility.
509 View Street, Mountain View.
13. City of Palo Alto. Department of
Community Services. Accessibility
improvements, including surfaces and
playground equipment, in various City
parks to make them usable by persons with
disabilities. Citywide.
14. Palo Alto Housing Corporation. Acquisition
and rehabilitation of Arastradero Park
Apartments in order to retain the 66 -unit
complex as affordable housing for lower
income residents -through the federal Low
Income Housing Preservation and
Resident Homeownership Program.
574 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.
15.- City of Palo Alto. New -.Housing Development
Account. Funding for projects which would
preserve or increase the number of housing
units in the City affordable to person•:
with 1r:: a -d very low incomes. Citywide.
10,000
45,000
345,000
279,513
Total: $1,094,513
SECTION 2. The total amount set forth under Section 1
of this resolution hereby represents the proposed allocation from
the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"),
for fiscal year 1994-95, of $766,000 in CDBG funds, $100,000 in
anticipated program income for fiscal year 1994-95, $28,513 in
reallocated funds from prior program years and $200,000 in
unallocated program income from prior program years.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized to
expend the money in the $10,000 CDBG emergency contingency account,
created under Resolution No. 6897, on an emergency basis in her
discretion for existing or additional CDBG-eligible programs or
projects. The City Manager is further directed to report to the
City Council following any such expenditures.
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submit the
CDBG funds,
resolution,
City staff
application
funds.
SBcTION 4.. The City staff is hereby authorized to
appropriate application forms to HUD for the 1994-95
with such money to be spent as set forth in this
and the Mayor, City Manager and any other appropriate
or officials are hereby authorized to execute such
forms and any other necessary documents to secure the
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds that the
1994-95 CDBG program authorized under Section 1 of this resolution
will have no significant environmental effect for purposes of the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), as shown in the
negative declaration approved in connection with the adoption of
this resolution. However, the Council further authorizes and
directs City staff to conduct any further environmental review, and
prepare any additional environmental assessments and certificates
that may be required, under CEQA and the National Environmental
Policy Act for each project under the 1994-95 CDBG program prior to
the release of funds for any such project.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 16, 1994
AYES: ANDERSEN, FAZZINO, HUBER, KNISS, MCCOWN, ROSENBAUM, SCHNEIDER, SIMITIAN, WHEELER.
NOES:
ABSTENTIONS:
ABSENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Senior Asst.
City Attorney
APPROVED:
irector o Finance
Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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