Agenda Item Name:
Title
Request for Release of Funds and Certification (CDBG) and Certification of Exemption for HUD funded projects.
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Presenter:
Candie Nixon -264-6738
Description:
There are two forms that need approval:
1. The Request for Release of Funds and Certification form is to be used by Responsible Entities and Recipients (as defined in 24 CFR 58.2) when requesting the release of funds, and requesting the authority to use such funds, for HUD programs identified by statutes that provide for the assumption of the environmental review responsibility by units of general local government and States.
2. The Certification of Exemption for HUD funded projects releases the funds for Environmental Review and Administrative & Management activities.
Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approve the Request for Release of Funds and Certification and Certification of Exemption for HUD funded projects in order to assist very low, low, and moderate-income households with their housing needs.
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Prior Board Motions:
CDBG Housing Rehabilitation Program Conflict of Interest Verification Form BoCC, 3-12-19
Environmental Review Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), 3-26-19
Fiscal Consideration:
Fiscal Consideration
$750,000.00 from CDBG Fund 204.29.2975.554 various accounts
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Background:
Alachua County was awarded $750,000.00 for the FFY 2016 Small Cities Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Rehabilitation Grant, Grant # 18DB-OM-03-11-01-H03, to rehabilitate at least eleven (11) homes throughout the unincorporated areas of Alachua County that are very low income, low income, or moderate income households. The homes are being rehabilitated by David Fox, Senior Project Manager of Fred Fox Enterprises, Inc. The Total CDBG Cost will be $750,000.00.
The activity proposed in Service Area #1 involves repairing or replacing a minimum of eleven (11) low to moderate income owner occupied housing units, all of which will be located within unincorporated Alachua County. The total household income of the occupants of two (2) of the eleven (11) housing units will be less than 30% of area median income. The total household income of the occupants of five (5) of the eleven (11) housing units will be between 30.01% and 50.00% of area median income. The household income of the occupants of the four (4) remaining housing units will be between 50.01% and 80% of area median income.