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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/16/2011 07 2011 Annual Action Plan Amendments re: CDBG & HOME Program Funding BUSINESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ® YAKIMA, WASHINGTON AGENDA STATEMENT Item No. 7 For Meeting of: August 16, 2011 ITEM TITLE: Final Public Hearing and consideration of a Resolution to amend the City of Yakima 2011 Annual Action Plan regarding the reduction of CDBG & HOME program funding. SUBMITTED BY: Joan Davenport, Acting Director of Community & Economic Development CONTACT PERSON / TELEPHONE: Archie Matthews, ONDS Manager (575 -6101) SUMMARY EXPLANATION: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has requested an amendment to the City of Yakima 2011 Annual Action Plan due to the pending federal budget reduction for the city's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME entitlement amounts. The budget reduction for 2011 will reduce the city's CDBG entitlement by an estimated 16.5 %. A reduction of 11.7% is expected for the HOME program. Federal regulations require an amendment and corresponding public process when the programs are reduced by more than 10 %. 4110 This is the second and final Public Hearing to allow citizens to comment on the proposed amendments to the City of Yakima 2011 Annual Action Plan. Adoption of the Resolution will amend the Annual Action Plan. Resolution X Ordinance Other (Specify) Funding Source APPROVED FOR SUBMITTAL: City Manager STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Hold the Public Hearing to consider amendments to the City of Yakima 2011 Annual Action Plan and adopt the Resolution. BOARD /COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: COUNCIL ACTION: 4110 ® RESOLUTION NO. R -2011- A RESOLUTION to amend the City of Yakima 2011 Annual Action plan regarding the reduction of CDBG and HOME program funding" WHEREAS, the City of Yakima is a recipient of Federal CDBG and HOME funds, which were reduced for the 2011 program year; and WHEREAS, HUD regulations require the City of Yakima to amend the Annual Action Ran if budget changes of more than 10% are proposed , and WHEREAS, HUD has given the City of Yakima notice of an estimated budget reduction to CDBG of approximately 16.5% and an estimated budget reduction of HOME funds of approximately 11.7 %, now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA: The Office of Neighborhood Development Services shall submit to HUD. the following amendment to the 2011 Annual Action Plan and implement within their CDBG and HOME programs the following policy concerning the estimated budget reductions: "The City of Yakima Neighborhood Development Services will amend its current 2011 Annual Action Plan, thereby reducing the estimated CDBG programs equally in the amount of 16.5% and the estimated HOME programs equally in the amount of 11.75 %, therefore not impacting ® any one program more dramatically than another." . ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 16 day of August, 2011. Micah Cawley, Mayor ATTEST . City Clerk