PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
TITLE:
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FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO REQUEST BOARD APPROVAL FOR HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAM TO PROCEED WITH A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) APPLICATION FOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY (FDEO) FISCAL YEAR 2020/2021
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Two public hearings are required to ensure citizen input on any proposed CDBG application. This is the first public hearing on this subject to review the eligible activities for a Regular CDBG grant in FY 2020-2021.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Dawn Cobb
Title: Housing Program Coordinator
REQUESTED BY: Michelle Miller, Human Services Administrator
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Martin County is considering applying to FDEO for one or more Small Cities CDBG Grants for up to seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000.00) in the Regular (Neighborhood or Housing or Commercial) Category and in the Economic Development Category for up to one million five-hundred thousand ($1,500,000) or more. These funds must be used for one of the following purposes:
1. To benefit low-and-moderate income persons; or
2. To aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; or
3. To meet other community development needs of a particular urgency because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
To the extent this item contains legal issues, it has been reviewed for legal sufficiency; although this is primarily a matter of Board policy.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board direct Human Services Program to proceed with an application for the CDBG Grant for Housing Revitalization.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Move that the Board provide staff alternative direction regarding the CDBG grant.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
N/A
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☒Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☐Resolution
☐Other:
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