AGENDA CAPTION:
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Receive a Staff presentation and hold a Public Hearing to receive comments for or against Resolution 2020-48R, approving Substantial Amendment No. 9 to the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan that modifies the eligibility criteria for Single Family Housing Assistance to include any qualifying flood damage home in the City, and changes the activity category of the Blanco Riverine Project from “Construction” to “Acquisition”; authorizing the City Manager to act as the Official Representative of the City in matters related to the CDBG-DR Program and Action Plan; and declaring an effective date; and consider approval of Resolution 2020-48R.
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Meeting date: March 3, 2020
Department: Planning and Development Services
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Background Information:
The City Council approved the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Action Plan on November 6, 2016, and the federal department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved the Plan in December, 2016. The following amendments to the CDBG-DR Action Plan have been approved by City Council:
• February 7, 2017, Non-Substantial Amendment #1 - Projections of Expenditures submission;
• September 26, 2017, Substantial Amendment #2 - Clarifying the terms of deferred loans;
• May 31, 2017, Substantial Amendment #3 - Changing the Method of Program Eligibility Determination;
• October 17, 2017, Substantial Amendment #4 - Identifying an additional infrastructure activity to be funded with 2nd Round funds;
• January 12, 2018, Non-Substantial Amendment #5 - Increasing the Cap for housing construction;
• May 2, 2018, Substantial Amendment #6 - Establishing the Reconstruction on City-Owned Lots Housing Program;
• October 19, 2018, Substantial Amendment #7 - Adding the San Marcos Public Housing Authority Reimbursement Activity to the CDBG-DR Action Plan; and
• June 4, 2019, Substantial Amendment #8 - adding the Owner Occupied Housing Reimbursement Activity to the CDBG-DR Action Plan and reallocating funds between certain activities and budgets.
The City of San Marcos was awarded $33,794,000 in HUD Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to address the impact of the floods of 2015. In response to HUD recommendations, Substantial Amendment No. 9 to the Action Plan proposes to modify eligibility criteria for all Single Family Housing Activities to be citywide instead of just the homes that were damaged within the 100-year floodplain. In addition, this amendment would change the activity category of the Blanco Riverine project to “acquisition”. These amendments do not impact the budgets in the CDBG-DR Action Plan.
Link to the Disaster Recovery website <http://www.smtxfloodrecovery.com/> - <http://www.smtxfloodrecovery.com/>
Please note, due to the length of the document, we have only included the pages that are being amended within the packet. If you wish to receive a complete copy of the document, please contact staff or visit the link to the Disaster Recovery Action Plan <http://www.smtxfloodrecovery.com/DocumentCenter/View/408/Action-Plan---Substantial-Amendment-No-9-version-1-12-12-2019?bidId=> with proposed Amendment #9.
<http://www.smtxfloodrecovery.com/DocumentCenter/View/408/Action-Plan---Substantial-Amendment-No-9-version-1-12-12-2019?bidId=>
The citizen review and comment period for this proposed amendment was from January 27, 2020, at 8:00am through February 26, 2020, at 9:00pm. A community meeting was held Wednesday, February 12, 2020 to provide information about the proposed amendment and seek public comment.
Public comments and City responses are attached, as is a presentation.
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City staff recommends approval of the resolution.