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Recommendation to approve the Fiscal Year 2012 Action Plan for the expenditure of Community Development Block Grant, Home Investment Partnership Grant, and Emergency Shelter Grant Funds. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires the City to develop and submit a five-year Consolidated Plan (Con Plan) and an annual Action Plan that furthers the goals established in the Con Plan, for use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership Grant (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds. The Con Plan was approved by the City Council and HUD in 2005; it was then extended for two years for the decennial census to be completed. The current Con Plan is valid from October 1, 2005, through September 30, 2012. The City Council must review and approve an annual Action Plan that describes how HUD funds will be used to support programs and services, which principally benefit low- and moderate-income residents, consistent with the Con Plan as amended. This Fiscal Year 2012 (FY 12) Action Plan will be the final Action Plan developed under the current Con Plan.
The following table describes the HUD funding proposed for the FY 12 Action Plan:
The FY 12 Action Plan describes, in detail, the proposed programs and services to be funded during the period of October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012 (Exhibit A). One challenge faced during the preparation of this FY 12 Action Plan resulted from a 16.5 percent funding cut to the CDBG entitlement and an 11 percent reduction to the HOME grant for FY 12. With a cumulative total of just over $2 million dollars, the impact of these reductions required a careful planning process in order to prioritize what could be funded. For HOME and the majority of CDBG-funded projects, carryover funding (savings from prior years) and strategic program elimination can be used to offset these reductions in FY 12; however, should entitlement reductions persist, add...
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