Title
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 2015 Action Plan Amendment and Program Year 2016 Action Plan
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Recommend specific amendments to the CDBG Program Year 2015 Action Plan and discuss opportunities for the CDBG Program Year 2016 Action Plan. Direct staff to conduct public comment process for Program Year 2015 Action Plan amendments and conduct further research on potential projects for Program Year 2016 Action Plan.
Report
Issue:
What strategic opportunities should be pursued with CDBG funding in Program Years 2015 September 2015 - August 2016) and 2016 (September 2016 - August 2017)?
Staff Contact:
M. Anna Schlecht, CDBG Program Manager, Community Planning & Development Department 360.753.8183
Presenter(s):
M. Anna Schlecht, CDBG Program Manager, Community Planning & Development Department
Background and Analysis:
CDBG Program Year 2015 Amendments:
The General Government Committee reviewed the initial Program Year (PY) 2016 Action Plan strategies at its October 2015 meeting, and directed staff to continue developing several options. Since that time, project opportunities to address some of the strategies have been developed, and may be able to be funded within PY2015. In addition, the City must increase its expenditures in PY 2015 to meet federal regulations requiring the timely expenditure of funds to ensure that tax monies are not "banked" indefinitely for the future. Due to receipt of greater-than-expected repayments of past loans and other unexpended projects, the City's CDBG program must expend at least $510,513 by June 30, 2016 to meet this requirement.
These two factors result in the city manager's recommendation to amend the existing PY 2015 Action Plan, shown in Attachment #1.
Two potential amendments would be to re-allocate additional funding to currently funded CDBG activities:
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