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CHC 03-10-05MINUTES OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CUPERTINO HOUSING COMMISSION AND THE CDBG STEERING COMMITTEE March 10, 2005 CALL TO ORDER The joint meeting of the Cupertino Housing Commission and CDBG Steering Committee was called to order at 6:35 p.m. by Vice-Chair Kim Mosleh 2. ROLL CALL Present: Housing Commissioners Richard Abdalah, Sarah Hathaway-Feit, Kim Mosleh, Planning Commissioner Taghi Saadati, CDBG Steering Committee members James Cai and John Wesley Absent: Frances Seward, Mahesh Nihalani Staff present: Vera Gil, Senior Planner 3. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS None 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None 5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval. of February 10, 2005 minutes Action: Item continued 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None 7. NEW BUSINESS Public hearing to consider use of third year pro am 2005-06) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Staff explained that the City of Cupertino will receive a CDBG entitlement of approximately $434,807 for fiscal year 2005-06, plus a reallocation of $40,000 in projected program income. This is Cupertino's third year as an entitlement jurisdiction receiving the CDBG grant directly from HUD. Of the $434,807 entitlement Cupertino will receive, $86,961 maybe used for administration of the program and fair housing services and $71,221 may be used to fund public service activities. Federal regulations do not allow the city to use more than 15% of the combined total of the entitlement and any projected program income ($40,000) for public service activities. Federal regulations also prohibit the use of more than 20% of the entitlement plus projected program income to be used for administration of the grant. Included in the program administration category are fair housing activities. Public service activities must benefit very low and low-income households and include activities such as childcare, placement services, senior legal services, etc. The remainder of the grant is available for activities such as the purchase of land for affordable housing, rehabilitation of qualifying units, construction of affordable units and public improvements in low and very-low income neighborhoods. Staff received two applications for this pool of CDBG funds. After presentations from all the applicants, except Support Network for Battered Women who was not present, the CDBG Steering Committee and the Housing Commission made the following recommendations to the City Council for funding: 2005-06 CDBG Allocation: Public Service Grants: $71,200.00 Catholic Charities -Long Term Care Ombudsman $0.00 CCS -Comprehensive Assistance Program $19,000.00 CCS- Rotating Shelter Program $24,750.00 Emergency Housing Consortium -Emergency Shelter $4,000.00 Live Oak Adult Day Services -Senior Adult Day Care $10,100.00 Outreach and Escort -Special Needs Transportation $0.00 Second Harvest Food Bank -Operation Brown Bag $0.00 Senior Adults Legal Assistance -Legal Assistance $11,500.00 Support Network for Battered Women -Domestic Violence $1,850.00 Construction/Acquisition/Rehab $268,625.00 Economic and Social Opportunities $45,000.00 Cleo Avenue Excess Land Purchase $223,625.00 Program Administration: $94,961.00 Administration $84,761.00 Mid-Peninsula Citizens for Fair Housing $10,200.00 2005-06 Affordable Housing Fund Allocation: $65,000.00 CCS- Affordable Placement Program $65,000.00 TOTAL: $499,786.00 Agencies receiving $0 funding and the Support Network for Battered Women were referred to the Human Service Grant Program for funding. 8. COMMITTEE MEMBER REPORTS None 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS None 10. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. to regular meeting on April 14, 2005. S MITTED BY: ~,~ Vera Gil, Staff liaison to the Cupertino Housing Commission