HomeMy WebLinkAboutCED Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) PPTCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
The Community Development Block Grant Program
Federal funding for:
•Affordable housing
•Infrastructure and public facility upgrades
•Support services
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Community Development Block Grant Funding in Marin County
San Rafael City Council
Countywide Priority
Setting Committee
Board of Supervisors
Decision Making Process
Planning Area Allocation
(rounded)
Prior Year
Funding
San Rafael 39%$475,000
Novato 24%$285,000
Countywide 37%$445,000
$1,205,000
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Objectives, Criteria, and Priorities
National Objectives:
•Benefit low- and moderate- income persons
•Prevent or eliminate blight
•Meet other community development needs for
low- and moderate-income persons
Local Priorities:
•Affirmatively Further Fair Housing
•Serve members of protected classes
•Serve low-income persons
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Criteria:
•Readiness
•Sustainability
•Effectiveness and
Accountability
•Impact
Local Priorities
Housing
•Family Housing
•Land trust model in eastern Marin providing
homeownership opportunities
Public Services
•Children, Youth, and Parent Support Services
•Housing Support Services
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
San Rafael Allocation Requirements
•Public Services maximum: $72, 515 (based on federal cap at 15%)
•Housing minimum: $200,500
•Remainder to be spent on either housing or capital projects: $208,525
•Minimum grant size per project per year: $15,000
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Affordable Housing
Project Request San Rafael Total
Canal Alliance – Marin Villas Rehab $400,000 $138,525 $138,525
Habitat for Humanity – Home
Rehab Program
$94,881 $13,000 $40,000
Habitat for Humanity – Redwood
Blvd
$1,000,000 $67,501 $424,401
Total San Rafael Allocation $219,026
Capital Improvements
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Project Request San Rafael Total
Ritter Center – Ritter Builds Hope
Capital Campaign
$150,000 $125,000 $125,000
Homeward Bound – New
Beginnings Shelter Repairs
$571,150 $65,000 $219,714
Total San Rafael Allocation $190,000
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
Public Services
Project Request San Rafael Total
Legal Aid of Marin – Keeping
Marginalized Marin Tenants
Housed
$135,000 $27,515 $78,956
Marin Center for Independent
Living – Residential Access
Modification Program (RAMP)
$45,000 $10,000 $15,000
Make It Home – One Cozy Bed $25,000 $15,000 $15,000
City of San Rafael – Pickleweed
Preschool
$27,991 $20,000 $20,000
Total San Rafael Allocation $72,515
City Council Options
1.Approve CDBG funding allocations as recommended.
2.Approve alternative allocations of CDBG funding.
3.Defer to the Priority Setting Committee.
4.Provide other direction to staff.
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
San Rafael City Council
April 21, 2025
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
Affordable Housing
Capital Improvements
Community Services