As a participating member of the County of Contra Costa Home Consortia, the City of Antioch has assisted in the development and submission of the Consortia's Consolidated Plan. Each member jurisdiction produces its own Non-Housing Needs portion of the Consolidated Plan and its own One Year Action Plan which along with other participating jurisdictions is subsequently incorporated into the Consortia's 1995-99 Consolidated Plan (a summary is on the internet under County of Contra Costa).

Action Plan

The City of Antioch's 1995 Action Plan constitutes an application for $743,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funds. Other funding sources anticipated for 1995 program use include $34,500 in anticipated 1995-96 program income, $49,000 in 1994-95 program income, and $21,000 from un-allocated carryover funds.

Citizen Participation

Three public hearings were held prior to funding sub-recipients for the 1995-96 program year. The public hearings occurred on December 21, 1994; March 6, 1995, which was continued to March 16th and March 20th; and April 25, 1995. The primary purpose of the first public hearing, held on December 21, 1994, was to receive input on local housing and non-housing Community Development Needs. The March meetings were held to interview applicants for upcoming program year and all public hearings were open to the public.

The April 25th meeting was a regular meeting of the Antioch City Council during which the Plan was opened for public discussion. The City of Antioch also participated in the public hearings held by the Contra Costa Consortium.

Community Development Needs

The City of Antioch's General Plan includes specific goals and policies associated with Social Services - Seniors, Child Care/Youth Services, Economic Development, and the City's Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan identifies intended course of action in addressing capital needs including public facilities.

The City's adopted Public Facilities Objectives include:

1. Provide assistance in the development, expansion or rehabilitation of facilities serving lower income areas or persons including but not limited to senior centers, day care facilities for children and the elderly, emergency and transitional housing and shelters for the homeless, and special needs facilities.

2. Provide assistance for the development of day care facilities for children of lower income families and the frail elderly.

3. Provide recreational and public access improvements in areas of lower income persons in the City and along the waterfront area.

4. Construct or reconstruct infrastructure including replacement and/or construction of utilities and streets.

5. Provide or facilitate loans or grants for the rehabilitation of commercial buildings and the prevention or elimination of blighted conditions.

6. Continue land acquisition/disposition activities, and construction of public improvements in redevelopment areas and with Housing Set-aside funds in non-plan areas.

7. Identify properties which are of historic significance, determine their rehabilitation needs and the feasibility of their rehabilitation. Acquire and rehabilitate properties deemed to be appropriate for public use. Provide assistance in the rehabilitation of other properties where a National Objective would be met.

8. Provide assistance to public service organizations which address the social needs of lower income residents.

Description of Key Projects

The following objectives were developed by the City of Antioch to fulfill the local needs as identified in the Consolidated Plan for the 1995-96 Program Year:

1. Provide for the rehabilitation of substandard housing occupied by low and moderate income persons.

2. Provide assistance to the handicapped including: housing assistance, personal care referral, benefits and employment counseling.

3. Ensure the provision of fair housing opportunities; provide counseling and legal assistance to lower income residents with housing conflicts.

4. Provide assistance to battered spouses.

5. Provide assistance to low and moderate income residents in need of grief counseling and educational outreach regarding suicide prevention.

6. Provide assistance to low and moderate income residents who have been diagnosed with AIDS and/or HIV.

7. Provide meal service to low/moderate income residents under the age of 60, that are homebound.

8. Provide funds for acquisition of property for development of affordable housing opportunities for low/moderate income families.

9. Provide assistance to victims of rape.

10. Provide protective financial counseling and abuse prevention assistance to low income frail elderly.

11. Assist in the education of low and moderate income child care providers.

12. Provide homecare and medical assistance to terminally ill low/mod income residents.

13. Provide assistance to homeless and at-risk of homeless in the form of emergency shelter, counseling and transitional housing.

In order to achieve these stated objectives the City of Antioch proposes to utilize its 1995- 96 CDBG funds for 24 projects:

Maps

MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.

MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.

MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.

MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects; in addition, a table provides information about the project(s).