Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving the 2016-2017 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Enhance Quality of Life in McKinney
MEETING DATE: August 1, 2016
DEPARTMENT: Housing & Community Development Department
CONTACT: Shirletta Best, Community Services Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Conduct a public hearing to approve the 2016-2017 Annual Action Plan for CDBG funding and approve the resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• The City of McKinney receives funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Housing and Community Development activities. The Consolidated Plan is designed to help local jurisdictions assess their affordable housing and community development needs and make investment quality of life impact through that funding. The consolidated planning process serves as the framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities that align and focus funding.
• The Consolidated Plan is carried out through Annual Action Plans, which provide a summary of the actions, activities, and the specific federal and non-federal resources that will be used each year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified by the Consolidated Plan. At the end of the program year, the city reports on accomplishments and progress toward Consolidated Plan goals in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
• The 2016-2017 Action plan is under year two of the five year 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan, a participatory process with the public. The Plan will be submitted to HUD after August 1 for review and final approval. The program period begins October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The City of McKinney has participated as a HUD Entitlement Community recipient since PY 2003. CDBG funded programs must provide community reinvestments through activities that provide and impact quality housing, viable community development, and expand economic opportunities, principally to benefit low-to-moderate income families and households.
• On May 11 and 12, 2016, the Community Grants Advisory Commission conducted public hearings to consider requests for funding from agencies and to hear proposed funding under city programs.
• Funding requests are reviewed and considered by the Commission in accordance with the Strategic Plan goals expressed under the Consolidated Plan; federal statutory and program requirements; service impacts to the community; past performance, as applicable; duplication of exact services from other agencies; other sources of agency funding, and presentation critique, as applicable.
• Citizen participation of public stakeholders under the Annual Action process includes one-to-one meetings, public hearings, P.R.I.D.E. (Promoting Resident Involvement, Development and Enthusiasm) community meetings, a 30-day public comment period, telephone conversations, and other forms of communication. A notice was published July 3, 2016, to begin the public comment period. The McKinney City Council will hold a public comment period on August 1, 2016, to hear public comments under the Plan. Comments received will be submitted with the Annual Action Plan after August 4 to HUD for review. HUD will determine final approval of the Plan for the program period that begins October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017.
• The City will report to the public on the performance of the activities in December, 2017. The public has opportunity to participate in activities and receive updates during the program year through periodic updates, community meetings, and direct interaction.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• The City anticipates receiving an estimated allocation of $692,482 for the program year. Federal regulation requires no more than 15% of the grant be used for public services funding, and a statutory cap of 20% of the grant allocated for grant administration and planning. The balance of the funding is used for housing, community development and CDBG economic development activities.
• Under the statutory requirements, the public services grant program will have a total allocation of $103,872 in available funding for agencies. The total grant administration budget is $138,496 and non-public services accounts for the remaining balance of $450,114 to fund Housing and Community Development activities.
• The city anticipates approximately up to $420,000 from carryover reallocated CDBG funds previously awarded to be used for Housing and Community Development activities. The Annual Action Plan also considers use of other community development resources: Leverage of non-federal city and state resources, City’s Community Support Grant, and the use of HOME Investment Partnerships funding from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA).
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• The Community Grants Advisory Commission met on June 16, 2016, to determine funding recommendations for the 2016-2017 program year.