ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request from the Advisory Commission on Human Resources (HRC) to APPROVE the 2019 CDBG PUBLIC SERVICE APPLICATION
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BACKGROUND: As approved by City Council on June 26th (Item # 18-202), the Advisory Commission on Human Resources (HRC) reviewed the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public service applications. For the 2019 funding year, fifteen eligible applications were received, requesting nearly $413,000. Applications were received in all priority funding areas adopted by Council:
* Child Care Services (under 13)
* Youth Services (ages 13 -19)
* Abused & Neglected Children
* Employment Training
* Substance Abuse Services
* Mental Health Services
* Health Services
Each Commissioner reviewed all eligible applications received. Applicants presented a short overview for the Commission, and the Commission had the opportunity to ask the applicants questions at a special meeting on November 2nd. Following the meeting, Commissioners independently submitted evaluation forms for each application. City staff compiled these scores and dropped the highest and lowest score for each application. Then, an average score was created from the remaining scores, taking into account any Commissioners who did not score an applicant due to a declared conflict of interest.
At the November 16th Commission meeting, the average scores were presented to the Commission along with some funding options as a starting point for discussion. After a detailed discussion, the Commission decided to fund all eligible applications. To comply with HUD underwriting standards, grant amounts were awarded based on an average score tied to a percentage of grant funds requested. A decreasing scale was used and some adjustments were made for rounding and to allocate all the funds. The draft minutes from the Commission meeting are included as an attachment.
The funding recommendations by pr...
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