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Huntington Park Community Development Department outlines $15.1 million working budget, plans to buy property with PLHA funds
Summary
City Community Development Director presented a working budget of $15,110,644 that leans on federal and state grants, including $1.4 million in PLHA funds to begin property purchases as part of housing authority planning and a nine-unit first-time-homebuyer project at Randolph and State.
The Community Development Department presented a working budget estimate of $15,110,644 and told the Huntington Park City Council on the record that much of that funding comes from federal and state programs including CDBG, HUD and PLHA.
Community Development Director (name not specified in the transcript) told the council the department currently has 13 employees across five divisions and several vacancies the city expects to fill. The director said the budget is “a working document” and described increases tied mainly to grant-funded programs and planned property purchases.
The director said the city plans to use $1,400,000 in State PLHA funds to begin acquiring property, naming parcels behind Pacific Boulevard along Brooklands and Ruby (near Rita) as potential buys. “In order to have a housing authority, you have to have property,” the director said, and added that the city is looking toward establishing a South Shore Housing Authority.
The department also described an imminent nine-unit development expected to break ground “over the next few weeks” at Randolph and State, and said staff will be “pretty aggressive” in pursuing CDBG-funded programs such as a first-time-homebuyers program, home repair, and a Commercial Site Improvement Program.
On rent-stabilization implementation, the director said the city is budgeting for staffing but initially expects to rely on consultants while the program’s property-registration process and fee structure are set. “Initially, we’re not looking at bringing in the amount of staff that we have budgeted,” the director said, adding city intent to make the program cost-neutral over time by offsetting staffing costs with registration and enforcement fees.
Council members and staff discussed the draft nature of the budget and the need for further meetings before final adoption. No final appropriation or ordinance was adopted during the session; the council voted to continue the agenda to the June 25 meeting for continued consideration.
The director and city manager said they will return with a final document and more detailed line items, and emphasized the schedule constraints that left the current presentation framed as preliminary.
