REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
May 24, 2018
FROM: JENNIFER CLARK, Director
Development and Resource Management
THROUGH: KELLI FURTADO, Assistant Director
Development and Resource Management
BY: THOMAS MORGAN, Housing Manager
Housing and Community Development Division
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Adopting the 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan; approving submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for application of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons With Aids/HIV (HOPWA) Program Funds; and providing for subrecipient agreements.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends Council adopt the Fiscal Year 2018-2019 Annual Action Plan (FY19 Action Plan) and authorize the City Manager to sign all implementing documents and subrecipient agreements required by HUD as approved to form by the City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City staff initiated a comprehensive citizen engagement and action planning process in January 2018 on a schedule allowing the City to meet its original May 15, 2018, HUD submission deadline. However, HUD announced allocations on May 1, 2018. The City's revised deadline to submit the FY19 Action Plan is now 60 days after the date allocations were announced (June 29, 2018). Once submitted, HUD may take up to 45 days to review the FY19 Action Plan.
This is the second consecutive year that HUD allocation announcements delayed submission of the City's the Action Plan. The City remains accountable to timely document and draw funds by May 1st of each year. As such, staff recommends approval of the FY19 Action Plan to ensure expedient submission to HUD prior to the City's revised June 29th deadline. This will ideally result in HUD's issuance of award documents in a timely manner, and allow implementation of program activities in the FY19 Action Plan to begin as soon as possible.
BACKGROUND
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