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PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING APPROVAL OF CONTRACT K-1415-108 BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (ODOC) FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RELIEF (CDBG-DR) PROGRAM FOR 2014 IN THE AMOUNT OF $731,712.
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BACKGROUND: In June 2014 the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) released its allocations and program requirements for the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Relief 2014 (CDBG-DR 14) Program, based on its estimate of critical unmet needs for repairing and rebuilding housing and infrastructure and economic revitalization in the most impacted areas, primarily using data provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Within these eligible areas, the Federal Register Notice required that a minimum of $41.2 million of the total State CDBG-DR funding must be expended in Cleveland and Creek Counties (exclusive of funds directly provided to the City of Moore).
In July 2014 the City of Norman and Cleveland County submitted a joint preliminary scope of projects totaling over $49,000,000. Subsequently, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce (ODOC) provided a list of preliminary approved projects to be processed that amounted to $21,711,500 and were to be applied for jointly by the City of Norman and Cleveland County. During the application period, however, ODOC revised their position regarding a joint application and requested that the City of Norman and Cleveland County each submit an application for the projects within their geographic jurisdiction. In addition, Cleveland County was to submit a sponsored application for each of five rural fire districts for their equipment requests. These applications were compiled and submitted in the OKGrants system as follows:
City of Norman - $13,702,500
Cleveland County - $6,125,250
Cleveland County - Cedar Creek FD - $74,400
Cleveland County - Lexington FD - $290,000
Cleveland County - Little Axe FD - $578,40...
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