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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFY 1998-99 Community Development Block Grant CDBG 14th Year CITY COUNT ,KCTION: 7� APPROVED _ DENIED RECEIVED OTHER Iv"::ETING DME /J-P/ I NTEROFF I CE MEMORANDUM Jc ' , '�J CITY OF PALM 'DESERT ABSENT: ✓�: ABSTAIN: -- - DATE : MARCH 10 , 1988 VERIFIED BY: Original on File with City Clerk's Off::. TO : CITY MANAGER , HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FROM : ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SUBJECT : 14TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM ( 1988- 1989) Recommendation: That the City Council receive requests and recommendations for use of the City' s 1988-89 Community Block Grant (CDBG) entitle- ment and refer to staff submittal of application for use of funds . Background: The City of Palm Desert , in conjunction with Riverside County, is a participant in the CDBG program . The City ' s 1988-89 entitlement is estimated at approximately $ 116 , 000 . The City Council has the authority to determine how the City' s entitlement will be used . CDBG regulations require that before a city formally determines how it will use the monies it must first invite interested community groups to express their opinions on how the funds should be used. The City has placed an ad in the local newspaper inviting the public to the meeting . In addition , community groups can request monies from the City to fund community activities . The Council can decide to fund such activities provided these are eligible under the program. The process of the hearing is to find out whether there are community groups that wish to ask the Council for these funds . In 1987-88 the City Council elected to provide funding for the Alternatives to Domestic Violence Program and the expansion of the Senior Center . Other projects that the City has funded using CDBG funds are : College of the Desert ' s Child Care Center , Drainage facilities , Original construction of the Senior Center , etc . The project ( s ) selected by the City Council will be included in Riverside County' s overall 1988/89 CDBG application. (i: G���� REV I ED & CONCUR: 11 Carlos L . Orte a 0* Assistant City Manager CITY MANAGER mh