File #: WS 23-011   
Section: Work Session Status: Agenda Ready
Meeting Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 4/11/2023 Final action:
Subject: Community Agency Funding: Fiscal Year 2024 Community Agency Funding Recommendations for Services, Arts & Music, Special Events, and Economic Development and Infrastructure and Overview of the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan
Attachments: 1. Attachment I Staff Report, 2. Attachment II Funding Recommendations
DATE: April 11, 2023

TO: Mayor and City Council

FROM: Assistant City Manager

SUBJECT

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Community Agency Funding: Fiscal Year 2024 Community Agency Funding Recommendations for Services, Arts & Music, Special Events, and Economic Development and Infrastructure and Overview of the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan

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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation

That the Council:
1. Conducts a work session regarding the FY 2024 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 2024 Annual Action Plan

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SUMMARY

This report provides an overview of the FY 2024 Community Agency Funding process, the Community Services Commission (CSC) Application Review Committees' (ARCs) proposed funding recommendations for consideration by the CSC, and next steps in the funding process. Funding is allocated from two sources: Hayward's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual entitlement and the City's General Fund.

The amount of funding requested for FY 2024 continues to increase compared to previous years. The continual increase in requested funds resulted in a highly competitive funding allocation process for the FY 2024 cycle. Consequently, the ARCs were faced with challenging decisions about how to appropriately allocate funds with consideration for the CSC and City's goals to provide resources and services for those in the community who need it the most. The proposed funding is summarized by category in Table 1 on the following page and in detail in Attachment II. CDBG funds are based on the FY 2024 actual entitlement award, received in March.

This report summarizes the funding recommendations for the City's annual entitlement of CDBG funds ($1,527,801) for economic development, infrastructure, and public services, and $686,950 in General Funds for social services, arts and ...

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