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Council approves city’s 2024–25 CDBG CAPER, allocates $190,000 to Galena Valley Community Center projects
Summary
The Goleta City Council accepted the 2024–25 Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and authorized staff to submit the final document to HUD.
The Goleta City Council accepted the City’s 2024–25 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and authorized staff to submit the final document to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Neighborhood Services Director Joanne Plummer and management analyst Cassie La Era presented the CAPER. Staff reported that Goleta’s 2024–25 CDBG allocation was $292,000; program rules limit how funds may be used. For program year 2024–25, staff reported that up to 20 percent of funds were used for program administration, up to 15 percent for public services and the remainder for public facilities and capital projects. About $190,000 was allocated for capital improvements at the Galena Valley Community Center in Old Town (the neighborhood with the highest concentration of low- and moderate‑income residents).
The city partnered with three nonprofit subrecipients for public services: LEAP Family Resource Center, People’s Self-Help Housing (supportive housing program) and New Beginnings (safe- parking and homeless outreach). Staff said the subrecipients together served more than 1,000 individuals in the program year, exceeding the original goal of 610 beneficiaries; roughly 99 percent of beneficiaries were verified as low- to moderate-income.
During the CAPER’s public-comment period (Sept. 4–22), staff received a comment expressing concern that the CAPER did not include rental-assistance programs or affordable‑housing construction. Staff explained that federal CDBG rules prioritize non‑housing community development (infrastructure, public facilities, public services, economic development) and that other HUD programs—HOME and Section 8 vouchers administered by the County Housing Authority—address direct rental assistance and affordable‑housing production.
Council discussion acknowledged housing affordability concerns and noted that the city also pursues complementary housing programs and policies; Councilmember Curiaco abstained from the vote because of a personal conflict (his wife serves uncompensated on a recipient’s board). The motion to accept the CAPER and authorize submission to HUD passed with one abstention.
Staff will finalize the CAPER incorporating any public comments and forward it to HUD.
