Title
Public Hearing to Consider a Substantial Amendment to the Program Year 2021 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Hold public hearing for a proposal to amend the Program Year (PY) 2021 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan to reallocate existing CDBG CV funds and prior program year entitlement funds.
Report
Issue:
Whether to hold a public hearing to consider an amendment to the CDBG PY2021 Annual Action Plan.
Staff Contact:
Darian Lightfoot, Housing Programs Manager, 360.280.8951
Anastasia Everett, CDBG Program Specialist, 360.280.6197
Presenter(s):
Darian Lightfoot, Housing Programs Manager, 360.280.8951
Background and Analysis:
The CDBG program has a public service activities allocation cap in written into the grant's regulations. Public service activities can only account for 15% of the total grant entitlement per program year. The City's 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) showed the City's 2020 allocations surpassed the 2020 public service allocation cap. The City is repaying $93,736.25 of entitlement funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and re-funding those activities with Community Development Block Grant CARES (CDBG-CV) funds.
CDBG-CV funds do not have the 15% public service cap, as these funds are meant to prepare for, prevent, or respond to COVID-19. By repaying the entitlement funds to HUD and repaying the activities with CDBG-CV funds, the City will be in compliance for the 2020 CAPER. A Substantial Amendment is being proposed to award the below activities funds in order to meet the national objective and support residents in Olympia.
Activity 1
The following PY2019 activities that were created to respond to COVID-19 will be paid back and repaid with CV funds: Meals on Wheels, Thurston County Food Bank, Homeless Coordinator, totaling $93...
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