City Council
MEETING DATE: 12/10/2014
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CDBG Annual Action Plan Amendments
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FROM:
Pat Milos, Community Development Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and approve the substantial amendments to the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2013 - 2014 and 2014 - 2015 Annual Action Plans for submittal to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and authorize the City Manager or his designee the authority to submit the substantial amendments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for their review and record.
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BACKGROUND:
Each year, the City submits to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a One-Year Action Plan that describes the activities and the financial resources it will use to meet the City's affordable housing and community development needs.
When a substantial change (programmatic or financial) is proposed to any activity within the Annual Action Plan, HUD requires the City to conduct a public hearing to allow the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed substantial change.
DISCUSSION:
The City proposes to substantially amend its 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 Annual Action Plans to reprogram Community Development Block Grant funds in the following ways:
Fiscal Year 2013 - 2014
Include the South City Street Improvements project in the plan and reprogram $327,817 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Date Palm/Varner Road Improvements project to the South City Street Improvement Project. The Date Palm/Varner Road project was determined to be ineligible for CDBG funding due to its census tract not meeting income requirements.
Fiscal Year 2014-2015
Reprogram $322,488 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the South City Street Improvement Project to the Corregidor Drive and San Joaquin Drive Street Improvement Project.
These proposed substantial...
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