City Council
MEETING DATE: 6/13/2018
TITLE:
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Approve the Community Development Block Grant FY 2018 Annual Action Pan for submittal to HUD
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FROM:
John A. Corella, P.E. - City Engineer
Vincent Lopez - Senior Administrative Analyst
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Approve the FY 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan (AAP) for submittal to HUD and authorize the City Manager (or designee) to execute the new SF-424 application to receive entitlement funding.
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BACKGROUND:
Under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, the awarded funding 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. Grantees such as Cathedral City must give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low- and moderate-income persons. Grantees must also carry out activities which support in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight.
Additionally, 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 Annual Action Plan (AAP) outlines a summary of the actions, activities, and programs that will take place during the next fiscal year to address the priority needs and specific objectives identified in the 2017 -2021 Consolidated Plan. The AAP identifies the relationship between federal resources and the specific objectives created to address priority needs identified the strategic plan.
ADMINISTRATIVE ALLOWANCE:
Administrative CDBG funding will be used to manage the overall program processes and planning. The CDBG Progr...
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