For City Council Meeting [September 13, 2022]
TO: Honorable City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Cynthia Alvarado, Community Services Director
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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for City Council meeting of September 27, 2022, to Solicit Public Comments and to Consider and Approve the City’s 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
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BACKGROUND
In May 2020, the City Council approved the City’s Five-Year 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. A One-Year Action Plan and Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report are required for each fiscal year within the Five-Year 2020-2024 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 2021-2022 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 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. And finally, the CAPER discusses changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 2021-2022 annual performance.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2022, 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 2021-2022 One-Year Action plan. During Fiscal Year 2021-2022, the second year of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, the City received $1,266,458 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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 proposed 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) Organization or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
Complies with the following Rialto General Plan Guiding Principle:
Our Government will lead by example, and will operate in an open, transparent, and responsive manner that meets the needs of the citizens and is a good place to do business.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney has reviewed and supports this staff report.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
There are no financial impacts as a result of this agenda item.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council Set a Public Hearing for City Council meeting of September 27, 2022, to Solicit Public Comments and to Consider and Approve the City’s 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).