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Communication

Office of the City Manager

 
 

Date

June 22, 2009

 

Agenda Item No.        23

Roll Call No.               09-

Communication No.   09-436

Submitted by: Larry Hulse, Community Development Director

 

 

AGENDA HEADING:

 

Resolution approving goals for the 2010-2014 U.S. Housing and Urban Development Consolidated Plan for Federal Entitlement Funds and Notices of Funding Availability for the 2010-2011 program years.

 

 

SYNOPSIS:

 

Approval of goals for the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan for Affordable Housing Strategy, submitted by the Neighborhood Revitalization Board (NRB); and authorization to issue Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) to receive proposals for projects and activities to address the goals in the plan.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

Annual allocation estimates for Program Year 2010 and Program Year 2011 funding for the three entitlement programs are: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - $4 million; Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) - $1 million; Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) - $190,000. The actual award amounts could vary significantly from the estimates, depending on congressional action.

 

Amount: $5,190,000

 

Funding Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 

The 2010-2014 HUD Consolidated Plan is a five-year strategy with annual action plans that identify low to moderate-income housing and community development needs.  The one-year action plans seek to fund proposals with specific outcomes that will implement and further the long-term goals of the five-year strategy.  The NRB is making the following recommendations for the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan:

The NRB will review proposals and hear agency presentations on September 22, 23, 24, 2009 and will finalize their recommendation to the City Council on September 26, 2009.

 

Beginning on September 28, 2009, the City Council is scheduled to set a 30-day public review period and public hearing and refer the funding recommendations to the City Manager.  The 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan and the funding for the 2010/2011 program years are scheduled for approval on November 9, 2009, and then will be forwarded to HUD 45 days before the start of the City’s program year on January 1, 2010.

 

Eleven NOFAs will be published on June 26, 2009, to request program proposals that will support the goals of the 2010- 2014 Consolidated Plan.  The notices are available for download from the City’s website or by request from the Community Development Department.  The NOFAs request proposals that will meet housing and community development needs are in the following areas:

 

Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs)

Activities that Support the Consolidated Plan Goals

Goal Categories:

Publish for Non-Profit or For-Profit Applications

Sole Source and City Services

Applications

Housing (HS) and

Community Development (CD)

Programs

·   HS/Housing Supportive Services

·   CD/Micro-Enterprise Assistance

·   CD/Neighborhood Organization Capacity Building

·      CD/Commercial Development (OED)

·      CD/Infrastructure (PW/NIRP)

·      CD/Code Enforcement
(CD-NID/NBSD)

HS & CD Public Service Support

Programs

·   HS/Emergency Solutions/Homeless Prevention Support Programs

·   HS/Homebuyer Education

·      HS/Community Action Agency (CD-CS)

·      CD/DART (MTA)

·      CD/SCRUB Program (PW)

 

 

PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION(S):

 

Date: May 21, 2007

 

Roll Call Number:  07-980

 

Action:              Schedule and Notices of Funding availability for the 2008-2009 Action Plans for the City’s 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan. (Council Communication No.07-308) Moved by Mahaffey to adopt. Motion Carried 7-0.

 

Date: May 17, 2004

 

Roll Call Number:  04-1025

 

Action:              Goals for 2005-2009 Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Consolidated Plan Affordable Housing Strategy.  (Council Communication No.  04-243

)  Moved by Hensley to adopt, and include Public Transit Assistance in the list of goals.  City Manager to report on the issue of housing in the City.  Motion Carried 7-0.

 

 

BOARD/COMMISSION ACTION(S): Neighborhood Revitalization Board

 

Date:  June 3, 2009

 

Action:              Recommended the 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan goals and Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs) for the period of January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2011.

 

 

ANTICIPATED ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE

 

 

 

For more information on this and other agenda items, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 515-283-4209 or visit the Clerk’s Office on the second floor of City Hall, 400 Robert D. Ray Drive.  Council agendas are available to the public at the City Clerk’s Office on Thursday afternoon preceding Monday’s Council meeting. Citizens can also request to receive meeting notices and agendas by email by calling the Clerk’s Office or sending their request via email to cityclerk@dmgov.org.