REPORT TO THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
March 13, 2019
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management Department
THROUGH: KELLI FURTADO, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management Department
KAREN JENKS, Administrative Manager
Housing and Community Development Division
BY: ALDI DODDS, Senior Management Analyst
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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Fiscal Year 2019-2020 (FY 2020), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS/HIV (HOPWA), and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Applicant Presentations, Ranking of Applications by Commissioners, and Approval of a Recommendation to the Mayor and City Council for allocating federal entitlement funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) related to the FY 2020 Annual Action Plan.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Housing and Community Development Commission (HCDC) hear applicant presentations related to FY 2020 ESG, HOPWA, and CDBG funding requests. Staff further recommends that the HCDC:
1. Determine the overall application funding and ranking recommendations; and
2. Approve staff's submission of HCDC's recommended ESG, HOPWA, and CDBG activities/projects and funding recommendations to the Mayor and City Council for consideration, and for inclusion in the FY 2020 Draft Annual Action Plan.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Fresno (City) is the annual recipient of federal entitlement program funds from HUD. As a condition of receiving these funds, the City is required to prepare an Annual Action Plan detailing program expenditures and the benefit to low- and moderate- income persons.
One of the steps in developing the Annual Action Plan is for HCDC to: 1) review applications submitted for funding, and 2) provide funding recommendations to the Mayor and City Council.
BACKGROUND
The City is the annual recipien...
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