Title
Approval of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 2019 Action Plan Amendment
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the CDBG Program Year 2019 Action Plan Amendment and direct staff to proceed with implementation of the amended Action Plan.
Staff Contact:
Anna Schlecht, Community Service Programs Manager, Community Planning and Development, (360) 753-8183
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The City has determined that Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds should be aligned with the Olympia Home Fund in housing development projects. The Council priority for housing development has guided this proposed amendment to the Program Year (PY) 2019 (September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020) Action Plan to include $550,000 for land acquisition.
The funds to be re-allocated come from the cancelled Salvation Army's Day Center / Community Kitchen project, which offered up $425,000 in PY 2018 and PY 2019 CDBG funds. Staff identified another $125,000 in unused prior-year funds. Together this Amendment will re-allocate a total of $550,000, which will increase the PY 2019 Annual Action Plan from the original $450,000 to a new total of $875,000.
Proposed PY 2019 Amendment Process: On September 25, 2019, staff presented a recommendation to the General Government Committee to re-allocate all of the Salvation Army funds ($425,000) for the purchase of land intended for the development of affordable/low cost housing. Since that meeting, staff identified an additional $125,000 in prior year unused funding. The City held a 30-day public comment period (December 3, 2019 - January 3, 2020), which included a public hearing on December 10, 2019, to receive public comments on the draft amendments.
Public Comments: Attached is one emailed comment received that included two previously submitted comments from Build a Bus Home (BABH), a...
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