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Call to Order.
Roll Call.
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT STANDING
COMMITTEE
OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, 400 Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, California 94083
Meeting held at:
CITY HALL
CITY MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM
400 GRAND AVENUE
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2020
2:00 p.m.
AGENDA REVIEW
None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION
Time: 2:02 p.m.
PRESENT: Mayor Garbarino and
Councilmember Nicolas
Motion to approve the Minutes from the meeting of March 15, 2019.
Motion - Councilmember Nicolas / Second —Mayor Garbarino: to approve the minutes. The motion
carried unanimously.
2. Study Session to review Community Development Block Grant applications and fiscal year
2020-2021 budget allocation. (Kris Romasanta, Community Development Coordinator)
Coordinator Romasanta stated that the purpose of the study session was to review applications the City
received for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and determine funding priorities for
the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 CDBG budget. Following the Budget Standing Committee meeting, the City
Council will hold a public hearing to assess the needs of the community and hear presentations from
various organizations seeking funding from the CDBG program. The Budget Standing Committee's
preliminary review of applications along with the public hearing will form the City's CDBG Annual
Action Plan, which is an annual summary of actions and activities funded by CDBG funds. The final
adopted FY 2021 CDBG Annual Action Plan must be submitted to HUD by May 15, 2020.
Councilmember Nicolas inquired about the Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA) Safe
House Program and why the total cost per person was significantly higher in South San Francisco than
Redwood City and County of San Mateo. Coordinator Romasanta stated that Redwood City and County
of San Mateo had more leveraged funding therefore they had a reduced amount per person.
Mayor Garbarino inquired whether there would be enough housing funds available to grant the following
organizations what they were requesting:
Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County: $12,300
HIP Housing: $12,000
Samaritan House: $16,000
StarVista: $11,000
United Way of the Bay Area: $7,800
ECD Deputy Director Selander advised that there was sufficient funding and suggested funding
organizations that will create the most impact in the community.
Councilmember Nicolas recommended additional funding to Friends for Youth and Renaissance
Entrepreneurship. Coordinator Romasanta expressed her concern with the recommendation and indicated
that Friends for Youth and Renaissance Entrepreneurship focused most of their work in the mid -peninsula
region. Deputy Director Selander added that Friends for Youth did not meet the program guidelines for
CDBG funding.
Mayor Garbarino shared the benefits that Friends for Youth could provide to the community given their
funding request of $5,000. He recommended funding the program to help fund additional programs in the
north county. Mayor Garbarino recommended reducing the allocated amount from Life Moves to $20,000
and allocating $5,000 to Friends for Youth.
Coordinator Romasanta stated the Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities (CID)
program requested a funding reduction of $20,000 for this FY due to challenges they encountered in
identifying eligible households for their modification program. Coordinator Romasanta recommended
reducing allocations for El Concilio of San Mateo County by $9,500 based on their performance in the
last 18 months. She reported that last year they met 50% of their goal and met 40% of their goal the
previous year.
Coordinator Romasanta recommended moving forward with staff's recommendation of fully funding
Irish Town Green park project. Parks Manager Richardson provided an update on the park project.
Councilmember Nicolas inquired whether the amount requested would be the final amount to complete
the project. Parks and Recreation Deputy Director Mediati advised the requested amount would cover
phase 2 of the project and would make the park safe to open to the public. ECD Director Greenwood
projected phase 2 to be a three to six month project to be completed.
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Councilmember Nicolas inquired whether community meetings were required for the project. Parks and
Recreation Deputy Director Mediati believed community meetings would be beneficial when designing
the dog park.
Mayor Garbarino inquired which soccer fields were currently available for kids. Parks and Recreation
Deputy Director Mediati stated that Orange Park was the only soccer field owned by the City and
Terrabay which was owned by the School District but maintained by the City.
Councilmember Nicolas inquired whether there was a way to allocate additional funds to the Irish Town
Green park project to expedite the completion. Coordinator Romasanta suggested using the reduction of
funds from CID and El Concilio of San Mateo County amounting to $29,500.
Mayor Garbarino suggested temporarily earmarking the reductions from CID and El Concilio of San
Mateo County in the amount of $29,500 to fund the project following the program guidelines for the park
project.
ADJOURNMENT
Being no further business, Mayor Garbarino adjourned the meeting at 2:53 p.m.
Submitted by:
Gabriel Ro rigu Deputy City Clerk
City of South San Francisco
Approved by:
Ric rd Garbar4no, Mayor
City of South San Francisco
Approved by the CDBG Standing Committee: 0S / C)2 / ZOLU
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