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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/21/2016 - Meeting Minutes MINUTES FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS BOARD MEETING (CDCIP) Monday, November 21, 2016 451 South State Street, Room 118 City& County Building Salt Lake City, Utah 5:30 p.m. 1. Board Members Mario Organista Jade Sarver Donald Butterfield Jennifer McGrath Mike Walton Pamela Silberman Julie Bjornstad Loree Hagen Sheila Walsh-McDonald Also Present Michael Akerlow Melissa Jensen Jen Schumann Rawleigh Greenhalgh Kalli Ruiz 2. Staff Updates Ms. Schumann gave an update on the public engagement. Staff will be doing another event on Dec. 9. Updates on application questions: Advantage Services will serve 300 clients and half will move on to hold jobs. The other half will opt out of the program. Asian Association: this program is very clear about not actively providing skills training, and is just opening pathways to employment. Under HUD regulations, this application is no longer eligible. Staff recommends that the CDCIP Board remove the application. Division of Transportation has been contacted about utilization rates, and staff have not heard back yet. Neighborhood House: this program runs on a calendar year, and has a lot of movement. Neighborhood House has the capacity of serving a maximum of 100 kids at a time. The funding source of the non-committed grant awards are from private and corporate donations. Odyssey House: Clients enter-treatment and as they complete treatment, they enter Vocational Rehab. It is a tiered program and 424 clients received job training in FYI 5-16. Odyssey House's funding source for the S120k is from private funders. 3. Approval of the minutes of the November 7, 2016 meeting. Ms. Silberman asked for a motion to approve the minutes. Ms. McGrath moved to approve the CDCIP Meeting Minutes (DATE) Page 2 minutes of November 7, 2016 as presented. Ms. Hagen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. 4. Business A. Welcome Ms. Silberman welcomed the CDCIP Members and opened the meeting on November 21, 2016 at 5:32PM. B. Application Review and Discussion 1) People Helping People: Mini Employment Program Series: Ms. Schumann stated that this application is not eligible under HUD's job training regulations. It is staff s recommendation that the application not move forward in the process. 2) Rape Recovery Center: Stabilization for Survivors of Sexual Violence: Ms. Schumann explained that the numbers provided are overstated. Rape Recovery stated they would help 150 Salt Lake City residents, 36 % of which are estimated to be homeless. Funds will be focused on these individuals. Ms. Silberman asked if the grant would be prorated, based on the amount of homeless people served. If Rape Recovery is asking for$40K for 150 people, how much would be needed for 54 people? Ms. Silberman questioned if the agency would be able to utilize $30K to support 54 people. Ms. Schumann agreed that the Board should consider that. 3) Salt Lake Community Action Program dba Utah Community Action Program: Utah Community Action's Head Start Kindergarten Ready Summer Program. Ms. Schumann asked if there were any questions. There were no questions. 4) Salt Lake Conmlunity Action Program dba Utah Community Action: Utah Community Action's Real Food Rising Program. Ms. Silberman asked about the budget because the numbers do not match. Ms. Schumann stated that they will go back to the agency and correct it. 5) Salt Lake Donated Dental Services: Community Dental Project. Ms. Silberman asked who Donated Dental is focused on serving; the community of Poplar Grove? Or is their office just located there? Ms. Schumann followed up stating that they will be serving the homeless population. The office is located in Poplar Grove. 6) The INN Between: Hospice for the Homeless. Ms. Jensen asked how old the organization was. Ms. Schumann said they originated in February of 2015. Ms. Silberman asked for clarification on why the agency has not listed any committed funds. Ms. Schumann stated staff would follow up with the agency. 7) The Road Home: CDBG The Road Home Slat Lake Community Shelter: Ms. Bjornstand asked about their budget stating that they have 4 million dollars of non committed funds. Ms. Schumann explained that this organization does a lot of fundraising, and the fundraising events are usually very large. CDCIP Meeting Minutes (DATE) Page 3 8) The Road Home: CDBG-St Vincent de Paul Winter Overflow Shelter. Ms. Silberman asked how this was funded in prior years. Ms. Schumann stated that when this applicant opened up a shelter in Midvale, the funding went to that shelter instead of the St Vincent de Paul building. 9) Utah Health and Human Rights Project: Torture and Severe Human Rights Abuses Treatment Program. Ms. Silberman expressed her concern in the fact that this organization stated that only a few homeless people they project to serve are Salt Lake City residents. 10)Utah Law Related Education: Salt Lake Peer Court. Ms. Schumann stated that based on regulations the agency's proposed use of grant funds are ineligible. HAND staff recommend this application not move forward. 11)Utahns Against Hunger: Double Up Food Bucks Farmers Market SNAP Incentive Program. Ms. Hagen asked what $10 could get an individual at a farmers market. Ms. Schumann stated that is a per/day market, so if the market is open two days, then the individual would get $20. The program is also leveraging SNAP benefits. 12)Wasatch Community Gardens: GREEN TEAM Farm Project. Ms. Silberman asked that since this program was launched in August, how has the program been funded since then? She also asked how this program would help women secure other jobs after completing the program? Ms. Jensen stated she would get clarity. 13)Wasatch Homeless Health Care, Inc. dba Forth Street Clinic: Medical Outreach Services Team. Staff recommends that this program not pursue both CDBG and ESG. Ms. Silberman would like clarification on how many people the program would be serving. She stated that this application served more people last year with same amount of funding. 14)YWCA Utah: Women in Jeopardy Program. Ms. Schumann asked if there were any questions. There were no questions. C. Other Business Ms. Schumann stated that at the next meeting, the Board would review all of ESG Part 1 and Part 2 on November 28, 2016. There was open discussion about the General Needs Hearing and the Nano Session to be held on December 5, 2016. 5. Adiournment There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:54PM CDCIP Meeting Minutes (DATE) Page 4 9 Pam Silberman, C airp This document along with the digital recording constitute the official minutes of the CDCIP Board meeting held November 21, 2016.