Title
Approval to Initiate the Process to Amend the PY2013 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan to Redirect Use of $25,650 for the Downtown Ambassador Program
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
The General Government Committee recommends:
1. Drafting an amendment to the PY2013 City of Olympia CDBG Action Plan to fund one staff position within the Downtown Ambassador/Clean Team
program for six months (March 1 - August 31, 2014), and
2. Scheduling a 30-day public comment period, including a public hearing, on the draft CDBG Action Plan amendment.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to direct staff to:
1. Draft an amendment to the PY2013 City of Olympia CDBG Action Plan to fund one staff position within the Downtown Ambassador/Clean Team program for six months (March 1 - August 31, 2014) and
2. Schedule a 30-day public comment period, including a public hearing, on the draft CDBG Action Plan amendment.
Report
Issue:
Should the City amend its PY2013 CDBG Action Plan to shift $25,650 from Isthmus Park Project to Downtown Ambassador program?
Staff Contact:
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development Department, 360.753.8206
Presenter(s):
Leonard Bauer, Deputy Director, Community Planning and Development Department
Background and Analysis:
The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. There are two basic sources of Community Development Block Grant funds.
Annual Entitlement Grants: The City receives CDBG funds as an entitlement grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds must be used in accordance with detailed regulations to benefit low- and moderate-income households or aid in the elimination of slum or blighted conditions. The CDBG grant in PY2013 is $357,000.
Program Income: In previous years, housing rehabilitation funding was distributed by the City in the form of loans....
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