City Council
MEETING DATE: 5/13/2015
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Action Plan
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FROM:
Vincent Lopez, Community Development Specialist
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and approve the FY 2015 Annual Action Plan (AAP) and authorize the City Manager to execute the new SF-424 application.
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BACKGROUND:
On July 1, 2015, Cathedral City will enter its fourth year as an entitlement community for Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This designation is possible because the 2010 Census confirmed that Cathedral City surpassed a population of 50,000. Under the entitlement communities program, the City will receive an allocation of $526,093 to use for capital improvement projects, public and social services, homelessness, and housing needs assessment.
The funding Cathedral City receives from HUD allows the City to carry out a wide range of community development activities directed toward revitalizing neighborhoods, economic development, and providing improved community facilities and services. Entitlement communities develop their own programs and funding priorities. However, grantees must give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low and moderate income persons. A grantee may also carry out activities which aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight. Furthermore, grantees may fund activities when the grantee certifies that the activities meet other community development needs having a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community where other financial resources are not available to meet such needs. CDBG funds may not be used for activities which do not meet these broad national objectives.
DISCUSSION:
The Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Action Plan will beg...
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