REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 19, 2015
FROM: MANUEL A. MOLLINEDO, Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
BY: IRMA YEPEZ-PEREZ, Grant Write
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Authorizing City's Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services (PARCS) Department to enter into an agreement with the California Department of Housing and Community Development to receive a Housing-Related Parks Program (Proposition 1C) Grant (DISTRICTS 3,4,and 5)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council adopt the attached Resolution authorizing PARCS to enter into an agreement with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for Housing-Related Parks Program (Proposition 1C) grant funds for rehabilitation and recreation improvements at the City's Vinland, Mosqueda, and Frank H. Ball Parks, and the California & Elm Gym.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The PARCS Department submitted a Housing-Related Parks Program grant application in response to the December 10, 2014, Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) provided for by the passage of Proposition 1C (Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act of 2006). The State of California Department of Housing and Community Development has awarded $1,311,400 in Housing-Related Parks Program funds to the City of Fresno. HCD requires the City pass a Resolution authorizing PARCS to enter into the state's standard agreement on the City's behalf.
BACKGROUND
The State's Housing-Related Parks Program is designed to encourage cities and counties to develop new low-income housing by rewarding those jurisdictions that create affordable housing with program funds. The Housing-Related Parks Program is a non-competitive no-match grant with funds available based on building permits for residential units, and substantial rehabilitation of affordable housing completed from January 1, 2...
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