Title
Approval of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 2016 Action Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Move to approve CDBG Program Year (PY) 2016 Action Plan.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the recommendation from the General Government Committee to approve the CDBG Program Year 2016 Action Plan.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the proposed CDBG Program Year 2016 Action Plan.
Staff Contact:
M. Anna Schlecht, CDBG Program Manager, Community Planning & Development Department 360.753.8183
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Item
Background and Analysis:
Each year the General Government Committee reviews options and develops goals for the upcoming CDBG Program Year. As identified in the attached CDBG Annual Cycle, this process starts in October or November of the prior program year and concludes with the CDBG Annual Action Plan that is submitted to the federal Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regional office by July 15 of the subject year. CDBG Program Year 2016 runs from September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017.
The City's CDBG allocation for Program Year 2016 will be $340,892 with an estimated $150,000 in program income from prior year projects for a total of $490,892 in CDBG funds. Of this amount, staff estimates that there will be approximately $392,714 available for programs and projects during PY 2016.
CDBG Regulatory Guidelines: Federal regulations limit flexibility in project spending in several primary ways:
1. CDBG funds must be allocated for clearly identified, specific projects (i.e., the Isthmus Park Building Demolition in 2015) or for defined programs with clear guidelines for activities (i.e., the CPTED Program).
2. Federal regulations require the timely expenditure of funds to ensure that tax monies are not "banked" indefinitely for the future so that no more than 1.5 times the annual allocation can remain unspent.
3. Funds for direct social services are capped at 15% of to...
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