CC MEETING: March 5, 2024
DATE: February 27, 2024
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Cory Heiple, Environmental Services Director
Marc Guy, Assistant City Manager
Title
Hold A Public Hearing And Consider A Resolution Adopting The Amended Program Year 2023 Community Development Block Grant One-Year Plan Of Action And Budget.
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BACKGROUND:
This agenda item is to hold a public hearing and consider a resolution to adopt the proposed Amended Program Year (PY) 2023 One-Year Plan of Action and Budget. A public hearing and a resolution adopting a PY 23 Action Plan and Budget was previously approved by City Council on July 11, 2023. This amended plan includes additional eligible projects that can be completed during this Program Year.
On October 1, 2023, the City of Carrollton received $727,587 in new funding for PY 2023 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). According to federal law, these funds must be used to benefit persons of low- to moderate-income in Carrollton to address housing and community development concerns. In addition to new funding, an additional $492,413 in unspent funding has been budgeted in this Action Plan for a total PY 2023 budget of $1,220,000.
Additional projects and budgets added to the Amended PY 23 Action Plan:
* $200,000 (16%) 2200 block of Bowie Drive, alley replacement;
* $50,000 (4%) McInnish Park, installation of a pedestrian dock on the pond;
* $25,000 (2%) Perry Homestead/Gravley Park, lights, benches and waste bins;
* $15,000 (1%) Thomas Park, benches, tables, grills and waste bins;
* $15,000 (1%) Francis Perry Park, installation of grills and waste bins;
* $5,000 (0.5%) Rhoton Park, installation of benches and grills;
* $5,000 (0.5%) Jimmy Porter Park, installation of benches and grills;
* $15,000 (1%) Additional funding for administration of the CDBG program.
The following items were previously approved and remain in t...
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