Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Special Orders of the Day
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018, AND DRAFT 2017-2018 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
Each year, the City Council conducts a public hearing on the City's Annual Action Plan (AAP), its application to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. In prior years, this timing has been based on a requirement to a) submit the AAP to HUD not less than 45 days prior to the July 1 start of the CDBG program year (generally by May 15 each year), and b) prior to that submission, subject the AAP to a period of public review and comment of not less than 30 days.
However, because of delays in the federal government's appropriation process, HUD was unable to inform grantee local governments what their CDBG funding allocations for the 2017 CDBG program year (which coincides with the City's 2017-2018 fiscal year) would be. HUD had issued guidance to grantee local governments advising them not to submit AAPs for program year (PY) 2017 until after the PY 2017 allocations have been announced (which finally occurred on June 12, 2017). Under that guidance, grantee local governments would have 60 days from the date of the allocation notifications (that is, until August 11, 2017) to submit their AAPs.
Based on guidance received from the HUD early in 2017 regarding the timing of Annual Action Plan approvals described above, at the April 4, 2017 Council meeting the City Council continued this matter to May 2, 2017 and at the May 2, 2017 continued this matter to June 20, 2017, and at the June 20 City Council meeting continued this matter to July 18, 2017. Therefore, the Public Hearing is open and continued from June 20.
Therefore, staff is requesting that the public hearing and consideration of the 20...
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