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Lake Forest adopts FY 2024–25 CDBG CAPER; reports $1.1 million in expenditures
Summary
Council adopted the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for FY 2024–25 and authorized staff to submit it to HUD by the Sept. 28 deadline; the CAPER shows approximately $1.5 million allocated and $1.1 million expended for activities including affordable housing and rehabilitation loans.
The Lake Forest City Council on Sept. 16 adopted the Fiscal Year 2024–25 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and authorized staff to submit the report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by the Sept. 28 deadline.
Economic Development and Housing Manager Adrian Grijalva told the council the city has been a CDBG recipient since 1994 and has received over $14 million through FY 2024–25. For FY 2024–25, the CAPER shows about $1.5 million allocated; roughly $1.1 million was expended during the reporting period. Grijalva summarized expenditures: 42% of expenditures were for the purchase and sale of an affordable condominium (affordability covenant extended 30 years), 27% for housing rehabilitation loans and paint grants, 16% for accessible pedestrian signals, 9% for program administration and 6% for public services.
Specific accomplishments reported in the CAPER included partnerships with six nonprofit service providers to deliver food pantries, health care services and case management; 12 income-qualified homeowners received housing rehabilitation loans; three homeowners received neighborhood paint grants; completion of an accessible pedestrian signals project; and execution of a purchase-and-sale agreement with South County Outreach to preserve affordability for a condo unit for an additional 30 years.
There were no public speakers on the CAPER item. The council adopted the associated resolution by recorded vote; the meeting record shows the motion passed 3-0 with Council Member Cervo and Mayor Pro Tempequeno absent.
Staff said it would submit the CAPER to HUD by the required Sept. 28, 2025 deadline.
