For City Council Meeting [September 10, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Administrator
FROM: Perry Brents, Director of Community Services
Title
Request City Council Set a Public Hearing for September 24, 2019, to solicit public comments from interested citizens and to consider and approve the City’s 2018-2019 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
Body
BACKGROUND
In April 2015, the City Council approved the City’s Five-Year 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan. A One-Year Action Plan and Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report are required for each fiscal year within the Five-Year 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan period. The Consolidated Plan is a planning document that contains an assessment of the housing and community development needs of the community and a five-year strategy.
As required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Rialto is required to prepare a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for public review and comment prior to its submittal to HUD. The CAPER contains an assessment of the City’s performance in meeting Fiscal Year 2018-2019 housing and community development goals as outlined in the corresponding One-Year Action Plan. Additionally, the CAPER discusses its progress in meeting the five-year goals as outlined in the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan. And finally, the CAPER discusses changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 2018-2019 annual performance.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2019, provides a detailed description of how the City of Rialto has expended its federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, along with local funding, in addressing established Community Development and Housing priority needs as outlined in the City’s 2018-2019 One-Year Action plan. During Fiscal Year 2018-2019, the fourth year of the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, the City received $1,213,948 in funding.
HUD regulations require that citizens have an opportunity to review the CAPER, which measures the City's performance in relation to anticipated goals as set forth in the 2018-2019 One-Year Action Plan. The City must make the CAPER available to the public for review prior to the public hearing. The CAPER shows that FY 2018-2019 funds were spent in accordance with the allocations made in the approved Consolidated Plan and One Year-Action Plan. The availability for public review of and comment on the Draft FY 2018-2019 CAPER will be advertised as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and made available to the public for review and comment for a fifteen (15) day period.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The request is not a "Project" as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. According to Section 15378(b), a Project does not include: (5) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
Guiding Principle #4 of the City’s General Plan states:
Rialto is an Active Community. Our community will support the creation and maintenance of attractive parks, recreational facilities, and gathering places that meet the needs of our residents.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney has reviewed and support the staff report.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There are no financial impacts as a result of this agenda item.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
There is a potential for the City to use CDBG funding for Capital Improvement.
Licensing
There are no licensing fees associated with this Agenda Item.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council Set a Public Hearing for the City Council meeting of September 24, 2019, to solicit public comments from interested citizens and to consider and approve the City’s 2018-2019 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).