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PH CDBG Funds
[Council Communication]
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Council Communication
| Title: |
Public Hearing and Determination on the reallocation of
unexpended Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. |
| Dept: |
Community Development |
| Date: |
September 16, 2003 |
| Submitted By: |
Brandon Goldman, Assistant Planner
John McLaughlin, Director of Community Development |
Approved
By:
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Gino Grimaldi, City Administrator |
| Synopsis: |
Recent concern has been raised regarding carryover of unexpended
CDBG funds, and the potential for the City to lose future allocations. Staff
has suggested starting the process of reallocating past CDBG awards that
have not been expended. The reallocation of past awards requires modification
of past years CDBG Action Plans through a public hearing process. The intent
of this hearing and evaluation is to allow the Council to review the progress
of outstanding projects, and to provide direction to Staff as to how to proceed
with the modification of past action plans.
On September 3, 2003, the Council held a study session where the issue of
carryover funds was discussed. At that time, the direction of the Council
was to retain the commitment to the Ashland Community Land Trust (ACLT) for
their award of $120,000, but requested that the Rogue Valley Community
Development Corporation (RVCDC) (which had received awards in 2002 and 2003)
show substantial progress towards the acquisition of land on Siskiyou Boulevard.
At the Housing Commission meeting of September 10, 2003, The RVCDC presented
a signed option for the purchase of the Siskiyou property, and a report from
ACLT indicated substantial progress on their project.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that this process
for determining reallocation be conducted as public hearing. |
| Recommendation: |
The Housing Commission recommended modifying the past CDBG
Action Plans to allow the Rogue Valley Community Development Corporation
to combine the 2002 and 2003 CDBG awards (cumulative total $354,550) to be
applied to the purchase of the property located at 2001 Siskiyou Blvd for
the construction of 8-11 affordable housing units. The commission further
recommended that RVCDC have until January 30th 2004 to expend the funds or
that they be recaptured and made available through a new request for proposals.
The Housing Commission recommended that the Ashland Community Land Trust
(ACLT) retain their $120,000 given confidence that their project to develop
three affordable housing units has made sufficient progress in recent months.
Further, the Commission recommended that past unused allocations for other
uses (such as small ADA accessibility projects) be recaptured and allocated
as part of next year's funding cycle. This would add approximately $97,000
to the projected $190,000 available for grants next year.
Staff recommends that the Council direct Staff to start the necessary process
for the modification of past action plans to implement the recommendations
of the Housing Commission. |
| Fiscal Impact: |
No fiscal impact at this time. If no projects are completed
prior to November 2004 the amount of potential reduction of future CDBG
allocations will be approximately $465,000 |
| Background: |
The City Council reviewed the CDBG program and the issue of accumulated
carry-over on September 3rd, 2003 at a study session. The Housing Commission
held a special meeting on September 10th, 2003 to address the accumulated
CDBG funds and to receive project updates from the subrecipients, the Ashland
Community Land Trust and the Rogue Valley Community Development Corporation.
No additional written information has been provided by the subrecipients
for inclusion in this update. |
| Attachments: |
City Council Study Session minutes of 9/03/03
Staff Memo of 9/03/03
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