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Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)/HOME Partnership Investment Program Action Plan 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: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Community Development Block Grant/HOME Partnership Investment Program Action Plan and Authorize the Interim 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). CDBG funds support programs and activities that benefit low- and moderate-income persons and households and help prevent or eliminate slums and blight. Each year, entitlement cities must follow a proscribed process to receive public input, establish community goals, and prepare a budget for the coming year. Each city must also prepare and submit an Action Plan to HUD for formal approval. In the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 Action Plan period, the City will receive approximately $1,059,118 in CDBG Entitlement funds. In addition, as a member of the Alameda County HOME Partnership Investment Program (HOME) Consortium, the City of Alameda expects to receive a total of $156,659 in FY 2016-17 HOME funds. To receive CDBG/HOME funding, the City has to submit to HUD an Action Plan detailing the programs, activities and resources to address the housing and community development needs identified in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan. The FY 2016-17 CDBG/HOME Action Plan, describing the proposed use of CDBG/HOME funds in the coming year, must be approved by the City Council and submitted to HUD by May 15, 2016.
The citizen participation requirements have been met with respect to t...
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