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Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to the Fiscal Years 2008-2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plans, and Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Related Documents, Agreements, and Modifications. (Housing 236)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Elizabeth D. Warmerdam, Interim City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider Amendments to the Fiscal Years 2008-2015 Community Development Block Grant Action Plans, and Authorize the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Related Documents, Agreements, and Modifications
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda is an entitlement recipient of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Each year, the City receives an allocation of approximately $1 million of CDBG funding. CDBG funds can be used to finance programs and activities that benefit low- and moderate-income households, and to help prevent or eliminate blight. To receive CDBG funding, the City must submit to HUD an annual Action Plan detailing the programs and activities that address the needs identified in the City's approved Five-Year Consolidated Plan. The Action Plan is approved by the City Council and includes programs, activities, and the associated funding amounts for the fiscal year. A public hearing is required for any amendment to the annual Action Plan if the City cancels an activity, adds an activity, or substantially changes the purpose, scope, location, or beneficiaries of an activity.
If a program or activity is cancelled or does not use the total funding allocation, the remaining funds are carried forward to the next fiscal year. Until these funds are specifically reprogrammed, the grant year remains open. This has been an ordinary part of the CDBG process since the program's inception in 1974. Recently, HUD has made additional efforts to ensure that uncommitted or unexpended federal funds are utilized ...
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