Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 03, 2022
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/23, AND ADOPTION OF THE 2022-2023 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
This item was continued from the April 19, 2022 hearing and is therefore on this agenda. Staff is requesting a further continuance for this item to allow additional time for U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide the City with notice of its Program Year (PY) 2022 CDBG entitlement allocation. This request is consistent with HUD’s request issued on April 1, 2022, advising grantee jurisdictions to not submit their Annual Action Plans until HUD had confirmed their funding allocations. HUD further provided the all jurisdictions with a 60-day window from the date of that eventual notification of entitlement allocation to prepare and submit their Annual Action plans. Therefore, staff is requesting that the public hearing be continued to a date to be determined after HUD has notified the City of its PY 2022 entitlement allocation. That hearing date will be re-noticed, and at the time of that hearing, City Council will be provided the opportunity to hear public testimony, including presentations from applicants for funding. City Council will also have the opportunity to discuss the CDBG expenditures for the next fiscal and program year.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
1. OPEN the public hearing, and CLOSE the public Hearing; and
2. CONTINUE the public hearing with new noticing to be issued for the future public hearing.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action that the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson annually receives CDBG funds under the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, due to its status as an “entitlement” jurisdiction (based on having a population above 50,000 and meeting certain other demographic criteria). CDBG funding can be used for a variety of projects and programs primarily benefiting low- and moderate-income persons (the focus of the aforementioned demographic criteria.)
The statutes and regulations governing the CDBG program set forth three basic objectives against which HUD will evaluate the AAP and the City’s performance in relation to its most recent Five-Year Consolidated Plan (covering the 2020/21 through 2024/25 fiscal and related CDBG program years). Each AAP must state how the jurisdiction intends to pursue these objectives. These statutory objectives are:
• Provision of decent housing; and
• Provision of a suitable living environment; and
• Provision of expanded economic opportunities.
Once HUD confirms the City’s 2022-2023 CDBG allocation, a revised draft Annual Action Plan can be prepared based on that confirmed amount, reissues for public review and comment, and a new date for the City Council public hearing can be noticed.
V. FISCAL IMPACT
None
VI. EXHIBITS
None
Prepared by: Keith Bennett, Community Development Department/Saied Naaseh, Community Development Director