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El Centro council allocates CDBG funds to senior nutrition, homeless center and helpline; approves Fraser Field improvements
Summary
At Tuesday's meeting the El Centro City Council allocated Community Development Block Grant funds to the Senior Nutrition Program, the Homeless Day Center at Catholic Charities and the SURE Helpline Center, and voted to direct CDBG money to improvements at Fraser Field; Gomez Park construction is scheduled to begin before summer.
El Centro City Council on Tuesday allocated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to support the Senior Nutrition Program, the Homeless Day Center operated by Catholic Charities, and the SURE Helpline Center, and voted to allocate CDBG funds for further improvements at Fraser Field.
Council members and the mayor highlighted the allocations as continuing support for seniors, addressing the city’s homeless population and assisting victims of domestic violence. The mayor’s recap also noted that construction at Gomez Park is scheduled to begin before the summer and that Fraser Field has already received several enhancements and will receive more following the council’s vote to direct CDBG money to the site.
The council’s actions described at the meeting did not include specific dollar amounts or vote tallies in the recap provided. The meeting record states only that the council “allocated Community Development Block Grant funds” to the three service providers and that the council “voted to allocate CDBG funds” for Fraser Field improvements; details on the amounts, the motion language, and individual council votes were not specified in the remarks excerpted in the meeting recap.
The items cited in the recap affect programs and facilities that serve older residents, people experiencing homelessness and survivors of domestic violence, and involve updates to two city parks. The recap did not provide a timeline for the Fraser Field work or a fund source breakdown beyond the reference to CDBG funds. Gomez Park construction was described as starting before summer but no firm start date or contractor information was supplied in the remarks.
The mayor’s remarks summarized council action and project status; the mayor did not provide additional procedural details such as motion makers, seconds or vote counts in the excerpted recap.
