Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2022-2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
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I. SUMMARY
Staff proposes to amend the City's 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan to reallocate previously-budgeted current year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to increase the available funding for the Neighborhood Pride (residential rehabilitation) Program.
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations, as well as the City's Citizen Participation Plan, require that public hearings be held by the City Council regarding proposed Substantial Amendments prior to their submission to HUD.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. OPEN the Public Hearing, TAKE public testimony, and CLOSE the Public Hearing.
2. APPROVE the submission of a Substantial Amendment to the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
3. AUTHORIZE the following reallocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds within the 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan: $220,000.00 from Anderson Park Improvements to the Neighborhood Pride Program.
4. WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 23-099, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Carson, California, Reallocating Current Year Community Development Block Grant Funds from Anderson Park Improvements to the Neighborhood Pride Program.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
Each year, the City receives from HUD an entitlement amount of CDBG funding based on the City's overall population, its proportion of low- and moderate-income residents, and other demographic factors. However, if not all those funds are expended in the program year in which they were allocated, the result is the accumulation of unexpended funds in the City's letter of credit balance with HUD.
The 2022-2023 Ann...
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