03 ATTACHMENTS - Laserfiche WebLink

The Human Services Commission also collaborates yearly with the City's Housing Commission to conduct a joint review as part of the annual process of allocating CDBG funds. This collaborative effort, begun in 1996, has helped to improve the coordination of assistance to housing and services in the area and has helped to simplify the process of allocating funds to local non profits, thereby improving service delivery. As discussed earlier, the City recently redesigned its grant programs into a single consolidated grant program called the Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG). The HHSG program was developed in 2009 as a refinement and consolidation of four separate grant programs: 1. Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds 2. Federal HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Funds 3. City Lower Income Housing Funds for Housing 4. City General Funds for Human Services (formerly "City Grant The consolidation of these four funding sources into a single streamlined grant program is expected to create greater efficiencies in the allocation of limited funding sources as well as the coordination and delivery of human services. While each source has specific priorities and requirements, there is an overarching priority for funding programs and services that benefit low income residents. The first HHSG grants will be allocated in spring 2010. The City will continue to monitor and refine the I-IHSG program to ensure that it fulfills the goal of fostering innovation in the design and delivery of services that meet the needs of low income and underserved populations. In 1998, the City of Pleasanton joined with the City of Livermore and with Allied Housing (a nonprofit housing developer) to implement the Tri- Valley Housing Scholarship Program discussed earlier. This program, which is now administered by Abode Services, is part of a series of collaborative efforts that have improved the delivery of housing and services to Tri- Valley residents. The City of Pleasanton has continued to take a lead role in the activities of the Tri- Val ley Affordable Housing Committee (TVAHC), which is made up of representatives of cities in the Livermore Amador Valley area (Pleasanton, Livermore, Dublin, San Ramon, and Danville). The TVAHC has actively participated in annual outreach activities promoting public awareness of affordable housing in the Tri- Valley area, working with the East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO). In addition, the TVAHC initiated the successful establishment of the Tri- Valley Housing Opportunity Center (TVHOC) which opened in 2005. The TVHOC serves as a "clearing house," initially for ownership programs and ultimately for a continuum of housing assistance of different types in the Tri Valley. PUBLIC HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS AND RESIDENT INITIATIVES The City currently administers two below market rent senior housing projects: 1) Ridge View Commons (200 units; owned by a private non profit), and 2) Kottinger Place (50 units of HUD subsidized Public Housing; owned by the Pleasanton Housing Authority). Ridge View Commons was opened in 1989, and the current operating budget (which includes an ample replacement reserve) Action Plan FY10 City of Pleasanton Page 38