CDAC draft minutes 11.20.2025
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D R A F T MINUTES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE GLENDALE CIVIC CENTER SAPPHIRE ROOM 5750 W. GLENN DR. GLENDALE, ARIZONA 85301 NOVEMBER 20, 2025 5:30 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL Present: Moises Gallegos, Vice Chair Kelly Carbello, Committee Member Kirstin Flores, Committee Member David Giles, Committee Member Theodora Hackenberg, Committee Member Carlos Vargas, Committee Member Absent: Lisa Baker, Chair Jamon Fifer, Committee Member Brandon Hiller, Committee Member Also Present: Matthew Hess, Deputy Director Community Services Trilese DiLeo, Human Services Grants Administrator Candace Schulte, CAP Administrator Cindy Schreiber, Interim Housing Finance Supervisor Yolanda Poole, Management Assistant, Community Services Attendees: 3. CITIZEN COMMENTS None. 4. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES a. Community Development Advisory Committee Minutes of September 18, 2025. Motioned by Committee Member David Giles, seconded by Committee Member Kirstin Flores AYE: Committee Member Kelly Carbello Committee Member Kirstin Flores Committee Member David Giles Committee Member Theodora Hackenberg Committee Member Carlos Vargas Other: Vice Chair Moises Gallegos (ABSENT) Passed 5. OLD BUSINESS None. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Community Services Department Financial Update Ms. Schreiber explained that the City of Glendale administers multiple federally and state-funded programs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH), the Department of Economic Security (DES), and other funding sources. These programs provide critical housing, community development, and human services resources to low- and moderate-income residents. Most funding is received through the entitlement grant process. However, the City has also received special allocations, such as funds from Arizona’s Opioid Settlement. All funding is subject to strict compliance requirements to ensure timely expenditure, program effectiveness, and avoidance of recapture. Overall, across all programs below is the state of the current funding, not including libraries: Carryover from FY 2024–2025: $15.9 million New Funding Received: $13.0 million Program Income: $15,000 Total Spent: $6.7 million Remaining Balance: $22.67 million The Committee discussed the report focusing on the Neighborhood Stabilization Plan (NSP) funding, Veterans Community Project (VCP) and the Opioid funding. b. Glendale Community Action Program FY25 Year-End Client Satisfaction Survey Review & Programmatic Update Ms. Schulte explained that the Glendale Community Action Program (CAP) provides financial assistance to income-eligible residents of Glendale who are experiencing a temporary crisis that impacts their ability to pay housing or utility costs. The Community Action Program (CAP) is held to performance standards established by the Department of Economic Security (DES) called Organizational Standards. The purpose of the Organizational Standards is to ensure that all agencies have appropriate organizational capacity, in both critical financial and administrative areas, as well as areas of priority to the mission of the Community Action Network. The programmatic updates satisfy Organizational Standard 1.3, which requires the Community Action Agency (Glendale CAP) to develop a systematic approach for collecting, analyzing, and reporting customer satisfaction data to the tripartite advisory board, and Organizational Standard 5.9, which requires regular programmatic updates to the board. The survey results were shared from 80 respondents to the CAP satisfaction survey for services provided from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, as well as an update on the FY2025-2026 budget for rental and utility voucher assistance. Assistance Type Program Source Total Rental-DES Community Services Block Grant $71,105.00 Rental-DES Temporary Assistance to Needy Families $127,500.00 Rental-DES Eviction Prevention $119,700.00 Rental-HUD Community Development Block Grant $8,386.00 Rental-HUD Emergency Solutions Grant $191,171.60 Utility-DES Neighbors Helping Neighbors $1,678.00 Utility-COG City of Glendale Water $50,252.00 Utility-WILDFIREAPS Bill Assistance $32,600.00 Utility-WILDFIRESRP Bill Assistance $118,158.33 Utility-WILDFIRESWG Share Bill Assistance $3,945.45 Utility-WILDFIRESouthwest Gas (LIEC) CY25 $2,873.00 Utility-WILDFIRESouthwest Gas (LIEC) CY26 $2,507.00 Utility-WILDFIREUtility Repair Replacement Deposit-CAP $4,000.00 Total $733,876.38 Commissioner Vargas commented that he would like to see benchmarks from other cities and also more data about the clients, including zip codes, education levels, employment status, and language spoken. c. FY 2025-26 CDAC Chair and Vice Chair Recommendations The CDAC committee discussed Chair and Vice Chair recommendations for 2026. The committee recommended Chair Lisa Baker to serve as Chair and Commissioner Theodora Hackenberg to serve as Vice-Chair for 2026. Motioned by Committee Member Kirstin Flores, seconded by Committee Member David Giles AYE: Vice Chair Moises Gallegos Committee Member Kelly Carbello Committee Member Kirstin Flores Committee Member David Giles Committee Member Theodora Hackenberg Committee Member Carlos Vargas Passed 7. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Mr. Hess provided the Director's report. He stated that during the preceding federal government shutdown, the City had been working closely with the Glendale Education School District (GESD) and community partners to distribute information and food to those in need and that all Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits had been reinstated. He also reported that a Workforce Development Strategy is being developed in Community Services and a draft of that plan will be shared in the next few months. 8. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS Commissioner Vargas requested information about the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP). Commissioner Carbello inquired about the Continuum of Care (COC) grant and whether the city planned to apply for it. She also thanked Vice Chair Gallegos for serving as Vice Chair and wished him luck. Commissioner Hackenberg thanked the staff for preparing the reports and keeping the committee informed and agreed with Commissioner Vargas about wanting more comparative information about neighboring communities. 9. NEXT MEETING The next regular meeting of the Community Development Advisory Committee will be held on December 18th at 5:30 p.m., in the Sapphire Room of the Glendale Civic Center, located at 5750 W. Glenn Dr., Glendale, Arizona, 85301. 10. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Hackenberg adjourned the meeting at 6:22 p.m. The Community Development Advisory Committee meeting minutes of November 20, 2025, were submitted and approved on this 18th day of December 2025. ____________________________________ Yolanda Poole Recording Secretary