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PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING AMENDMENTS AS SPECIFIED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) 2007; 2008; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; AND 2015 ACTION PLANS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DESIGNATING THE USE OF $225,395 RELINQUISHED BY FOOD AND SHELTER, INC., TO ALLOW FOR INCLUSION OF TWO NEIGHBORHOOD PROJECTS.
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BACKGROUND: On June 14, 2015, City Council approved Contract K-1516-127 with Food and Shelter, Inc. in the amount of $225,394. These Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds were to be used to assist with the construction costs associated with the administrative offices/day shelter being constructed at 201 South Reed. On July 19, 2016 April Heiple, Executive Director of Food and Shelter, Inc. notified the City of Norman that during the Food and Shelter Board of Director's meeting on July 18, 2016, the board voted to relinquish the funding that was awarded due to the increased costs that would be incurred by complying with the federal regulations that were associated with use of the CDBG funds. That correspondence is attached.
In addition to other Federal Regulations, the CDBG Program is required to follow an established Citizen Participation Plan. This Plan provides procedures for how recommendations to HUD are made by the City Council for the use of CDBG and HOME funds. The City of Norman Citizen Participation Plan requires that if there is a designated project on an approved Action Plan that is being cancelled, or if a new project that has not been previously approved is being added, a formal amendment must be requested by the Norman City Council to HUD. Action Plans were previously approved for the program years 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 and have funds remaining that are proposed to be reprogrammed for two neighborhood project activities. A listing of accounts is an attachment to this item. The previous Action Plans pertaining to these program years did ...
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