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File #: [21-0520]    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Status: Passed
File created: 5/20/2021 In control: Town Council
On agenda: 6/9/2021 Final action: 6/9/2021
Title: Amend the 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant Program Plan.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Amended 2021-22 CDBG Program Plan, 2. A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2021-22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM PLAN (2021-06-09/R-2), 3. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE 2021-2022 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE (2021-06-09/O-1)
Related files: [21-0054], [21-0137], [21-0299], [21-0377]


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Amend the 2021-2022 Community Development Block Grant Program Plan.
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Staff:
Department:
Loryn B. Clark, Executive Director
Housing and Community
Sarah Osmer Vi?as, Assistant Director

Nate Broman-Fulks, Affordable Housing Manager

Megan Culp, Community Development Program Manager


Overview: The purpose of this item is to amend the 2021-22 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program plan approved by the Council on May 5, 2021. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development notified the Town of a $6,074 increase in the CDBG award on May 14, 2021, giving the Town a total of $425,639 for eligible activities. The proposed amendment would allocate the $6,074 increase to the Neighborhood Revitalization affordable housing activity.


Recommendation(s):
That the Council:
1. Adopt the attached resolution approving the amended 2021-2022 Community Development Program Plan for use of $425,639;
2. Authorize the Town Manager to submit the Plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as part of the annual update to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan; and
3. Enact the attached project ordinance to amend the CDBG budget for the 2021-2022 program.


Summary of Proposed CDBG Program Amendment
* Staff propose amending the 2021-2022 CDBG Program to increase funding allocated to the Neighborhood Revitalization affordable housing activity by $6,074.
o The 2021-2022 CDBG Program plan developed by the CDBG Application Review Committee recommended allocating the remaining balance of CDBG funding to Neighborhood Revitalization after other outside agency applications and Town programs were funded.
o This activity provides a flexible source of funding not assigned to a specific activity at this time and allows us to be responsive to projects identified throughout the program year that serve lower income households.
o Examples of eligible projects include property acquisition or rehabilitation, water or sewer connections for low-income homeowners, pu...

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