DATE: April 2, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT Community Agency Funding: Fiscal Year 2025 Community Agency Funding Recommendations for Services, Arts & Music, and Economic Development and Infrastructure and Overview of the FY 2025 Annual Action Plan
RECOMMENDATION
That the Council:
1. Conducts a work session regarding the FY 2025 Community Agency Funding recommendations prepared by the Community Services Commission;
2. Reviews and comments on the draft funding recommendations; and
3. Reviews and comments on the overview of the FY 2025 Annual Action Plan
SUMMARY
This report provides an overview of the FY 2025 Community Agency Funding (CAF) process, the Application Review Committees’ (ARCs) proposed funding recommendations for consideration by the Community Services Commission (CSC), and next steps. Funding is allocated from two sources: Hayward’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual entitlement and the City’s General Fund. CDBG entitlement amounts will ideally be received by late March.
During this year’s CAF process, applicants requested close to $3.7 million dollars in program funding. The magnitude of requests shows that this continues to be a highly competitive process given that the City only has an estimated $1.8 million in available funds for FY 2025. Consequently, the ARCs were challenged to appropriately allocate funds with consideration for the CSC and City’s goals to provide resources and services for those most vulnerable. A summary of the funding recommendations by category is shown in Table 1 and in detail in Attachment II.
This report summarizes the funding recommendations for the City’s annual entitlement of CDBG funds (estimated $1,300,000) for economic development, infrastructure, and public services, and $554,950 in General Funds for social services, and arts and music programs. The report concludes with a high-level overview of the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) required FY 2025 Annual Action Plan, which specifies the City’s priority needs and goals for using CDBG entitlement funds in FY 2025.
Table 1. Summary of Recommended Funding Allocation by Category
|
Funding Source |
Category |
Amount |
|
General Fund |
Arts & Music |
$132,000 |
|
General Fund* |
Social Services |
$554,950 |
|
CDBG |
Public Services |
$346,756 |
|
CDBG |
Economic Development/Infrastructure |
$508,245 |
|
Total ARC Recommended Grants |
$1,518,996 |
|
CDBG |
HUD-Required Fair Housing Services |
$25,475 |
|
CDBG |
Home Rehabilitation & Infrastructure Project Management |
$325,000 |
|
Total Non-Competitive Grants |
$350,475 |
|
GRAND TOTAL FY 2025 RECOMMENDED FUNDING (ALL SOURCES) |
$1,869,471 |
|
*For FY25, General Fund includes Opioid Settlement funds, appropriated by Council on March 5, 2024 |
ATTACHMENT
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Funding Recommendations
Attachment II Public Comments on Recommendations