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During the organizational portion of the special meeting, a nomination was made for committee leadership and the committee conducted roll-call voting. The clerk announced the results and the chair declared the successful nominees. Committee members then voted to adopt the program-planning schedule staff presented, which lays out open houses, a December technical assistance meeting, an October in-person community meeting and a January 9, 2026 Zoom Grants application deadline.

Program-planning schedule details
Staff presented a timeline that starts with data analysis and community outreach in fall 2025, a September 17 virtual CDBG open house, an in-person community priorities meeting on Oct. 1 at the Adult Recreation Center, and a technical-assistance session for applicants on Dec. 8. The schedule calls for staff to publish the RFP mid-November (after council approval), accept proposals through Jan. 9, 2026, and schedule committee deliberations and interviews in February 2026. Staff also noted monitoring and HUD reporting timelines that accompany the action plan.

Formal actions (motions and outcomes)
- Motion: Elect committee chair for the term Sept. 2025–Sept. 2026.
- mover: nomination made from the floor (transcript record)
- second: recorded
- vote_record (roll call): Avadisian — yes; Annie — yes; Caribbean/Garibian — yes; Manoukian — yes; Quinones Gabrielian — yes.
- outcome: chair declared elected by roll call.
- Motion: Elect committee vice chair for the term Sept. 2025–Sept. 2026.
- mover/second: recorded on the record
- vote_record (roll call): Avadisian — yes; Annie — yes; Caribbean/Garibian — yes; Manoukian — yes; Quinones Gabrielian — yes.
- outcome: vice chair declared elected by roll call.
- Motion: Approve the program-planning schedule for FY2026–27 CDBG, ESG and HOME annual action plan.
- mover: committee member (recorded on the record)
- second: recorded
- outcome: motion carried on roll call (committee members voting yes).

Committee members asked procedural questions about applicant technical assistance and one-on-one staff support during the December workshop and how staff will present prior-year performance in the Zoom Grants packet. Staff explained the December session is mandatory for applicants and that one-on-one assistance occurs in staff follow-up after the workshop. Staff also said the committee asked previously that prior-year outcomes be made available in the application materials and that staff will include those summaries.

The committee will reconvene for further program-planning work, interviews and final funding recommendations in February 2026 under the approved schedule.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CDBG Advisory Committee Special Meeting - 9/8/25","oneSentenceSummary","At its Sept. 8 special meeting, the Glendale CDBG advisory committee elected a new chair and vice chair by roll call and approved the FY2026–27 program-planning schedule, including an October community meeting and a January 9, 2026 application deadline for Zoom Grants.","taxTitle","Glendale, Los Angeles County, California","taxId",4651,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6475719,"Glendale CDBG year-end report: 11 social-service partners meet or exceed goals; committee debates funding metrics",822,2210000,3032000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5731949-aaf993b3fd07cbe8cdf1a058c7c0650b&start=2210&end=3032","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5731949-aaf993b3fd07cbe8cdf1a058c7c0650b/thumbnail_2210000.jpg","/articles/6475719/Glendale/Los-Angeles-County/California/Glendale-CDBG-year-end-report-11-social-service-partners-meet-or-exceed-goals-committee-debates-funding-metrics","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6475719-ee3af96055ac2c120b7d83e97d159bc5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770551025&Signature=ToVPOGpKrUOfzh7MtWdKTJlm-JkdGMrJ9Nw9Qxq1DkLhcVAJJnWfhE2r0v1shl0Uhr5S-0Bbkj5gXIzSP8oaqBXzh6wP5aDKFiwVwWxOETB4yEcByyH3Orh2BfDTi2yEPpHLGo-Aqz-Z13n46QY0sU9pd~hMvvyVcp9eWUTPbU49OyS6wN1Pa6IZykYCMlshWUWqsFzVAM3T0xdD0UOMWqG0cqFRZNrqTDF6bLMAu6yw1nOpxhI5uQti~VeqXYG8uoxjonH42L6fMGTOGlJRY7ZSid42ek9aoApaY4Qguilk7f2IhoT48NJIzD1pGKXLYZ3vuKlB-WHV1uk3CgnvIw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At a Sept. 8 special meeting, the Glendale Community Development Block Grant advisory committee reviewed year-end performance reports showing all 11 partner social-service agencies met or exceeded the outcomes in their contracts for fiscal year 2024–25.

Tamar Khabangian, project manager for the CDBG program, presented quarterly and year-end data for agencies that receive social-service CDBG grants. \"All of our partner agencies have successfully reached their goals with some who have overachieved the goals,\" Khabangian said.

Performance highlights included:
- Home Again Los Angeles (Crisis Aid for Homeless Families): served 57 households compared with a proposed 30; CDBG award: $15,498.
- Armenian Bar Association (pro bono legal services): served 54 individuals compared with a proposed 25; CDBG award: $20,498.
- Catholic Charities (Loaves and Fishes program): served 37 households compared with a proposed 35; CDBG award: $28,898.
- Glendale Youth Alliance (youth employment): served 18 youths compared with a proposed 16; CDBG award: $15,498.
- Armenian Relief Society (community outreach): served 207 individuals compared with a proposed 200; CDBG award: $65,498.

Khabangian and staff provided agency-by-agency outcome tables, program expenditures, and noted that most agencies had drawn down their awards. Committee members praised the agencies’ results but raised questions about how to weigh past performance in future award decisions and how to set realistic deliverables when committee award amounts differ from agency requests.

Committee discussion: minimums, application parameters and monitoring
Several committee members suggested adding an explicit question in next year’s application asking agencies to state how many people they could serve at a proposed minimum funding level as well as at their requested level. Staff said the Zoom Grants application will include additional materials this year and that the committee will see prior-year performance data when reviewing proposals. Staff also said agencies often finalize their overall budgets in late spring when other funding sources are confirmed, which complicates setting fixed outcome numbers early in the application process.

HUD guidance and eligibility issues
Committee members asked staff whether recent federal guidance — specifically executive orders and HUD direction staff had been asked to include in Glendale’s consolidated plan — will change eligibility or contract language. Staff said the consolidated plan was submitted to HUD with requested edits and that legal staff was reviewing executive orders. Staff noted HUD told cities to remove certain terms (examples cited generically in the meeting included immigration- and DEI-related language) from CDBG contracts where HUD has directed that wording be excluded. Staff also said HUD reminded agencies that HUD-funded activities must meet federal eligibility requirements (including income-eligibility verification); staff said that HUD clarified CDBG-funded activities cannot use HUD funds to directly serve undocumented populations where HUD guidance precludes it.

What the committee will do next
Committee members asked staff to include prior performance summaries in the Zoom Grants packet and to consider adding a minimum-service parameter to the application. Staff said it would add an explicit question asking agencies to state how many people they could serve with a minimum award and would provide a report comparing requested versus funded amounts and the resulting goals.

Proper names and budgets noted in the presentation were provided in agency slides and are summarized in staff materials filed with the committee.","The CDBG advisory committee received a fiscal year 2024–25 year-end performance report showing all 11 funded social-service agencies met or exceeded service goals. Members debated how prior performance should shape future awards and discussed application minimums and monitoring.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6475723,"CDBG committee shifts about $1.33 million to Pacific Edison turf project to meet HUD spending deadlines",6331,813000,7144000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5731949-aaf993b3fd07cbe8cdf1a058c7c0650b&start=813&end=7144","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5731949-aaf993b3fd07cbe8cdf1a058c7c0650b/thumbnail_813000.jpg","/articles/6475723/Glendale/Los-Angeles-County/California/CDBG-committee-shifts-about-133-million-to-Pacific-Edison-turf-project-to-meet-HUD-spending-deadlines","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6475723-74097b50bcdc01dced54b61258f745bb/orig.mp4?Expires=1770551025&Signature=lA-WhAu84kNcGxt724vSq1eL5pPORDO5wDCVUxlKmZRUVOnxkfXH-b15B9M-wLwrHROBRHoE7lTSjC9OG0qwFTv1-OSIvG68zVN5ONIEfEMFHKZaofYbnYx4JnES4WKzgYECHi2HTo6k5I7sEJvnD6~ZfgLFqp0duBazihh4NOm8-mIvg1L9Qi~sgsJrD~yT9mZ5Ypn-EMPhSuoOmzhq8sWGhuM1HIKGw~~iIc11zJqn1eKVpUXqZIKqmiNE86RlQCAGZJ5IbZKHSLP48maWAov~~rmSUWkBLSW4b1iuyP0V41452zngJIbwFi3iFQ6b1hKsYVpu4VzDcWqTgw-hkA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Glendale Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Advisory Committee voted Sept. 8 to reprogram $1,328,171 from the Pacific Natural Grass project into the Pacific Edison artificial-turf replacement project and to interchange $96,587.38 in program-year funds with the completed Glendale Youth Center project.

Staff told the committee the moves are intended to protect federal CDBG money from being forfeited under HUD timeliness rules and U.S. Treasury requirements for period-of-performance expirations. Maggie Gavarian, CDBG staff, said Pacific Edison is ready to break ground and will draw down funds quickly, while the Pacific Natural Grass project remains in design and would take longer to expend allocated money.

The reprogramming motion passed on a recorded roll call. Committee members also discussed the turf decision for Edison Elementary: staff confirmed the existing artificial field will be replaced with artificial turf and that the city will move from crumb-rubber infill to organic infill to reduce heat-island effects. \"It will be turf. Yes... it won't be the crumb rubber that's currently used,\" Gavarian said.

Why it matters: HUD measures timeliness by comparing a jurisdiction's CDBG line-of-credit balance against an entitlement multiplier (staff cited a 1.5-times benchmark). Staff said Glendale failed the timeliness test in recent years and faces the risk of losing an estimated $150,000 if funds are not expended. Separately, the U.S. Treasury enforces a seven-year period of performance on certain program-year balances; staff flagged roughly $421,000 at risk as it approaches that deadline in 2026.

What was reprogrammed and why
- Pacific Natural Grass project: staff reported about $1.3 million in CDBG funds were allocated across program years for a large turf-and-drainage rebuild. The project is at about 60% of design and would not spend down quickly.
- Pacific Edison artificial-turf replacement: staff said the project has $500,000 in CDBG funding (with additional city general-fund dollars) and that design and permits are complete for phase 1. Staff reported an initial bid release received no bids; a second release in July produced five bids and an award is expected in October 2025, with Phase 1 construction anticipated to complete in 2026. Moving CDBG dollars to this shovel-ready project will allow faster invoicing and drawdown.

Staff also explained a smaller bookkeeping swap: $96,587.38 in undesignated program-year 2019 funds will be interchanged with the Glendale Youth Center project funds from program year 2021. The Youth Center construction is complete and invoices are ready, staff said; the swap creates available program-year funds the committee can reprogram later.

Committee discussion and context
Committee members asked whether the reallocation would change the city’s broader capital plan and who would approve non-CDBG general-fund transfers; staff said the council will authorize related city general-fund adjustments when the item goes to council for action. Committee members also pressed staff on how the city fell behind schedule and what measures are in place to avoid future untimely balances. Staff cited pandemic delays, design setbacks, consultant turnover, and earlier council direction (including a 2022 decision to keep one ballfield natural rather than convert it to turf) as reasons some projects lagged.

On turf materials, committee member Quinones Gabrielian asked whether Edison would be returned to natural grass or remain artificial turf. Staff responded the Edison field will remain artificial turf and that the change under consideration is the infill material: organic alternatives rather than recycled crumb rubber.

Formal actions (motions and outcomes)
- Motion: Reprogram $1,328,171 from Pacific Natural Grass projects (program years cited in staff materials) to the Pacific Edison artificial-turf project.
- mover: not specified in the public roll call
- second: not specified in the public roll call
- outcome: approved (roll call: Avadisian — yes; Annie — yes; Quinones Gabrielian — yes; Vice Chair Manoukian — yes; Chair Garibian — yes)
- Motion: Interchange $96,587.38 from undesignated fund balance (program year 2019) with Glendale Youth Center project funds (program year 2021).
- mover: not specified in the public roll call
- second: not specified in the public roll call
- outcome: approved (same roll-call yes votes)

Next steps
Staff will prepare the action-plan amendment for the City Council and submit necessary HUD amendments through HUD’s eConPlanning software to reflect the reprogramming. City staff said the city will request the council to authorize related general-fund transfers for the non-CDBG portion of the Pacific Edison project.

Sources and evidence: committee presentation and motions at the Sept. 8, 2025 special meeting of the Glendale CDBG Advisory Committee. Staff presentation included specific project budgets and schedules and identified HUD timeliness and U.S. Treasury period-of-performance deadlines as the drivers of the recommended reprogramming.","The Glendale CDBG advisory committee voted to reprogram roughly $1.33 million from a slower Pacific Natural Grass project into the Pacific Edison artificial-turf replacement and to swap $96,587.38 in program-year funds to preserve grant eligibility and meet HUD timeliness rules.","actionData","errors"]

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