REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning & Development Department
PHILIP SKEI, Assistant Director
Planning & Development Department
BY: VANESSA NAVARRO, Senior Management Analyst
Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting and approving submission of Substantial Amendment 2019-09 to the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to reprogram $1,017,841.96 in Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), and authorizing the City Manager or their designee to sign all necessary implementing documents. (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a resolution adopting Substantial Amendment 2019-09 to reprogram $1,017,841.96 of CDBG-CV funds from Program Administration and Compliance to Homeless Facilities.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
To fully expend the CDBG-CV allocation by the grant expenditure deadline of April 2027, staff identified $1,017,841.96 in CDBG-CV funds allocated to Program Administration and Compliance that can be reprogrammed and used to aid in the acquisition, conversion, and/or rehabilitation of facilities to be used as temporary shelters and/or transitional housing for the homeless.
BACKGROUND
The City of Fresno (City) is a federal entitlement community that receives annual allocations of
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). The City is required to prepare an Annual Action Plan detailing the uses of
entitlement funds to meet its affordable housing and community development goals as outlined in its
Consolidated Plan.
On February 18, 2021, City Council approved Substantial Amendment 2019-06 to the Program Year 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan accepting and allocating CDBG-CV funds including the allocation of $1,115,9...
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