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SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard | 2008-04-01 | 1 | Social Service Human Relations Board Minutes of the Special Meeting, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL: President Wasko called the meeting to order at 7:41 p.m. Present were President Wasko, Vice-President Chen, Members Nielsen, Franz, Villareal, and Soglin along with staff members Jones and Wright. Member James arrived at 7:44 p.m. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The special meeting minutes from December 6, 2007 were approved. M/S Franz, Villareal and unanimous. 3-A. REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PUBLIC SERVICES FUNDING ALLOCATIONS: President Wasko explained that members Franz and Soglin will recuse themselves from this part of the meeting. Wasko introduced Community Development Program Manager Terri Wright. Wright presented the staff recommendation for FY 08-10 public service funding. She explained that this meeting was the Board's public hearing regarding CDBG public service funding recommendations. During this meeting, the Board should review the recommendation and provide their feedback to City Council in the form of a letter. Two board members should be identified to represent the Board at the City Council's April 15, 2008 public hearing regarding CDBG. Wright referred the Board to the overview of funding recommendations that were included in the Board packet. She provided a brief overview of the applicant pool and funding decisions. She explained that two staff people were tasked with rating each proposal. Proposal scoring rubrics were included in the packet. She further commented that the City received funding requests totaling approximately 2.5 times more than what is available. Wright explained that, in total, the City received 16 public service proposals. Three applicants were not eligible for funding because they did not comply with CDBG guidelines. She explained that staff had provided instruction regarding eligibility through a pre-proposal conference, and that the three ineligible applicants did not attend the pre-proposal conference. Eight of the nine recommended applicants currently receive CDBG funding. Wright explained that this program year has been very competitive in the youth services category and that City staff will attempt to collaborate with those agencies not be funded. Wright reminded the Board that program income received by June 20, 2008 will slightly increase the public service cap for program services. She anticipates $5,000 to $7,000 in addition funding for public services. In the previous years, additional mid year allocations have been made to BANANAS, Inc. child care voucher program and she recommends that the Board support this practice again because they can quickly use that money to enroll additional families in their childcare voucher program. Wright commented that CDBG funding continues to decline, and that a decrease in the number of home sales and refinances has a significant adverse impact on program income. She mentioned that after the 2010 Census additional reductions in CDBG may occur and that pre-planning will need to occur to help the City prepare for dwindling public service dollars. | SocialServiceHumanRelationsBoard/2008-04-01.pdf |