§ 118.909 — Eastside Grants Program Funded Categories

Sec. 118.909. - Eastside Grants Program Funded Categories.

(a) Annual Recommendations. On or before March 1 of each year, the Committee shall assess the needs of the Eastside community and recommend to the City Council the percentage of funds appropriated by the City Council for the Eastside Grants Program to be allocated to each of the following Eastside Grants Program funded categories (individually, a "Funded Category" and collectively, the "Funded Categories"): (1) Affordable Housing; (2) Workforce Housing; (3) Economic development; (4) Mitigation of homelessness. The Committee shall also recommend whether the Committee shall award funding to requesting organizations under this Part via a Request for Proposal pursuant to Chapter 126, Ordinance Code, or through the grant application process outlined in this Part. For the initial year of Eastside Grants Program (funded through the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 appropriations), the allocation of funding to each Funded Category shall be: Affordable Housing - 25 percent, Workforce Housing - 25 percent, economic development - 25 percent and mitigation of homelessness - 25 percent. The services, programs, projects, and initiatives provided to each Funded Category should be evaluated through the grant application process outlined in this Part. (b) Annual Establishment. The City Council shall review the recommendations of the Committee and establish the percentage of funding allocation for each Funded Category on or before May 1 of each year with the exception that the allocations for funding appropriated in Fiscal Years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 shall be as established in Section 118.909(a) above. The grant recipients awarded under this Part shall provide programs, services, projects, and initiatives within the Eastside to the established Funded Categories. (c) Reallocation of Funds. Where a Funded Category contains more funding than applied for, the excess funding for that Funded Category may be applied to another Funded Category that contains less funding than applied for. Where more than one Funded Category has fewer funds than applied for, the excess funding shall be divided amongst the underfunded categories on a percentage basis where the total amount underfunded in all underfunded categories is the denominator and the amount underfunded in any one category is the numerator.

(Ord. 2026-36-E, § 1)