CC MEETING: December 5, 2023
DATE: November 28, 2022
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 To Adopt The Program Year 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance And Evaluation Report On The Use Of Community Development Block Grant Funds.
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BACKGROUND:
This item is to receive public comment and to consider a resolution adopting the City's Program Year 2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). Federal regulations require the City to submit an annual performance and evaluation report on the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds within 90 days of the close of the program year.
On October 1, 2022, the City of Carrollton was allocated $769,827 in CDBG funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In accordance with federal law, these funds have been programmed for activities that benefit persons of low- and moderate-income in Carrollton. In Program Year 2022, the funds were expended for the following programs:
* $200,000 for the Crosby Estates infrastructure project;
* $115,000 to Metrocrest Services for homeless response programs;
* $63,665 for the City's Housing Rehabilitation Programs (Minor Home Repair Grant, Emergency Repair Grant and People Helping People projects);
* $70,068 for enhanced code enforcement in the CDBG target areas; and
* $12,682 for training of the Community Development staff.
Staff has developed the required draft report which has been available for citizen review for over 30 days in the Community Development office. Staff anticipates submitting the final report to HUD in advance of the December 31, 2022, deadline.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The drafting and adoption of the CAPER is required for continued participation in the CDBG Program. To date, the program has utilized nearly $17 million in new resources for reinvestment in the oldest areas...
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