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Council straw‑poll moves $33,366 from Odyssey House bus passes to Wasatch Community Gardens green team
Summary
Councilmembers held a straw poll at the April 8 work session to reallocate $33,366 in CDBG public‑services funding from an Odyssey House bus‑pass application to Wasatch Community Gardens’ Green Team program; staff answered follow‑up questions about each program and about HUD funding streams including HOPWA.
At a work session discussion on April 8, Salt Lake City councilmembers ran a straw poll to reallocate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public‑services funding: $33,366 that had been tentatively set for Odyssey House’s bus‑pass program was proposed to be reappropriated to Wasatch Community Gardens’ Green Team program.
Housing Stability staff provided information requested by councilmembers before the straw poll. The staff memo said Odyssey House had proposed to provide 3,000 bus passes if fully funded (2,000 monthly passes for residential and outpatient clients and 1,000 day passes for outreach clients), but that in the first two quarters of the current program year Odyssey House had distributed passes to 27 low‑ or extremely‑low‑income individuals. Staff also noted that Odyssey House’s application scored higher than Wasatch Community Gardens in six of nine CDCIP scoring categories, though overall the two applications scored closely and the board had recommended other allocations as well.
Council Member Lopez Chavez moved the reallocation in a straw poll; councilmembers consented and staff recorded the switch. Staff also highlighted that HUD‑administered programs under discussion elsewhere in the meeting — including HOME and HOPWA — remain subject to HUD guidance. A HUD representative’s guidance, staff said, indicated HOPWA funding allocation is expected this year but longer‑term federal program structure is uncertain.
The straw poll is a council direction recorded during the work session and not a formal appropriation. The council’s preliminary direction will be reflected in the April 15 consent or adoption materials where final CDBG funding allocations and the one‑year action plan are scheduled for consideration.
Next steps: Housing Stability staff will reflect the straw‑poll reallocation in the draft one‑year action plan and include the council’s direction in the package that is tentatively scheduled for council action on April 15.
