City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/13/2016
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Substantial Amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Annual Action Plan
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council consider and approve a Substantial Amendment to the CDBG Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 - 2016 Annual Action Plan to reprogram project funds from the San Joaquin Drive Street Improvements Project to the Ortega Road Sidewalk Design Project and the ADA Ramp Improvements Project; and authorize the City Manager (or designee) to submit the Substantial Amendment to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for their review and record.
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BACKGROUND:
For FY 2014-2015, San Joaquin Drive was identified as needing rehabilitation and installation of sidewalk on its east side for better pedestrian circulation. CDBG funds were utilized to conduct an engineering study and complete a design to identify the challenges of relocating utilities, fences and mailboxes within the City's right-of-way to install a sidewalk along the east side of San Joaquin Drive. This study and the design have since been completed.
In FY 2015-2016, CDBG funds were programmed to construct the sidewalk along the east side of San Joaquin Drive. However, due to changes in HUD's database for qualifying low and moderate Census Tract Block Groups, the Dream Homes neighborhood where the San Joaquin Project is located, no longer qualifies to receive CDBG funding assistance. In order to allocate CDBG funding to a public improvement project, the Block Groups or areas must be at least 51% percent low and moderate income (LMI). With the new changes, Census Tract 447.02 (Dream Homes) is 48% LMI.
As a result of these new changes, City Staff has been in communication with the Los Angeles HUD Field Office and has met with HUD Staff to discuss how the information in their database was compiled and extrapolated. ...
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