City of Olympia - File #: 13-0900

• File #: 13-0900
• Version: 2
• Type: decision
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/24/2013
• In control: City Council
• Agenda date: 11/12/2013
• Final action: 11/12/2013
• Title: Approval of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Report (CAPER) for Program Year 2012

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/12/2013	2	City Council	adopted	Pass
11/4/2013	1	City Council	discussed and continued

Title

Approval of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Report (CAPER) for Program Year 2012

Recommended Action

Committee Recommendation:

Not referred to a committee.

City Manager Recommendation:

Move to approve the CDBG Program's Annual Report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit it to HUD.

Report

Issue:

Approval of the CDBG Program's Program Year 2012 annual report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit it to HUD.

Staff Contact:

M. Anna Schlecht, Housing Program Manager, Community Development & Planning, 360.753.8183

Presenter(s):

M. Anna Schlecht, Housing Program Manager

Background and Analysis:

As required by HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development), the City produced the CDBG Program Year 2012 (9/1/12 - 8/31/13) annual report called the "Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER)."

The City held a 15-day public comment period that ran from October 28, 2013, through 5:00 p.m. on Monday, November 11, 2013.  This public comment period included a public hearing held on November 4, 2013.  No one testified at the public hearing.

Public comments will be presented to Council at the meeting. Staff will incorporate all public comments into the final CAPER to be approved by the City Council on November 12. The CAPER will then be submitted to the regional office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on November 15, 2013.

The CAPER is the annual report for the City of Olympia's Community Development Block Grant Program. It describes the year-end status of all activities by the City in the Program Year 2012 Action Plan, the third year of the three-year Consolidated Plan. It also evaluates accomplishments. The report covers activities between September 1, 2012 and August 31, 2013.

The draft report was made available at the following locations:

1)      Online at the City of Olympia's website, olympiawa.gov;

2)      At Olympia City Hall, 601 - 4^th Avenue, E, Community Planning & Development Department on the second floor;

3)      At the Olympia Timberland Library, 313 - 8^th Avenue, SE, Olympia, WA  98501; and

4)      Direct email copy upon request to Heather Reed, hreed@ci.olympia.wa.us

Neighborhood/Community Interests (if known):

All neighborhoods with low- and moderate-income residents and community groups that work with low- and moderate-income individuals are affected.

Options:

1)      Move to approve the CDBG Program's Annual Report (CAPER) and direct staff to submit it to HUD

Financial Impact:

Report presents federal CDBG expenditures totaling $537,818.