DEPARTMENT: Physical Development Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
TITLE
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Approval Of Amendments To 2021 Dakota County HOME Consortium Program
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Approve substantial amendments to the 2021 HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program.
SUMMARY
The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the HOME Program on behalf of Dakota County and the Dakota County HOME Consortium, which includes the counties of Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington and the City of Woodbury. The HOME Program requires that 15 percent of a jurisdiction’s HOME allocation be used for eligible HOME activities by nonprofit organizations that qualify as Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO) and the Dakota County HOME Consortium has set aside these funds to be used by certified CHDOs.
There are three types of substantial amendments to the CDBG and HOME Programs permissible by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD): the creation of a new activity or cancellation of an activity; increase or decrease of an activity budget by $100,000 or more at one time; and change to the location and/or national objective of an activity.
The 2021 HOME CHDO funds for the Dakota County HOME Consortium were pooled and budgeted to be used for a rental project in Washington County by the Community Action Partnership Agency of Ramsey and Washington Counties (CAPRW), a certified CHDO. The 2021 CAPRW CHDO activity will not be moving forward, and the purpose of this amendment is to cancel the 2021 CAPRW CHDO activity and transfer $362,653 of 2021 CHDO funds to a newly created 2021 CHDO Rental activity for an unspecified rental project. Both Dakota County and Ramsey County are working with their respective Community Action Partnership Agencies to identify potential CHDO activities, but no commitments have been made at this time.
The CDA Citizen Participation Plan requires public notification of substantial amendments for the HOME Program. A public notice for the substantial amendments described above was placed in the Star Tribune on July 12, 2024, and also on the CDA and Dakota County websites. No comments were received.
RECOMMENDATION
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Dakota County and CDA staff recommend approval of the substantial amendments to the 2021 Dakota County HOME Consortium Program.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
☒ None ☐ Current budget ☐ Other
☐ Amendment Requested ☐ New FTE(s) requested
RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County is a Participating Jurisdiction for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program; and
WHEREAS, the counties of Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington and the City of Woodbury (referred to together as the “Dakota County HOME Consortium”) created a consortium under Title I of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (Act) for purposes of acting as a participating jurisdiction under the Act and HOME Investment Partnerships Program Final Rule 24 CFR Part 92, which, as amended, sets forth regulations governing the applicability and use of funds under Title II; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is designated as the Lead Agency for the Dakota County HOME Consortium, responsible for certain administrative and reporting functions of the HOME Program; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the HOME funds on behalf of Dakota County; and
WHEREAS, the HOME Program requires that 15 percent of a jurisdiction’s HOME allocation be used for eligible activities by nonprofit organizations that qualify as Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO); and
WHEREAS, three types of substantial amendments to the HOME Program are permissible by the US Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD): the creation of a new activity or cancellation of an activity; increase or decrease of an activity budget by $100,000 or more at one time; and change to the location and/or national objective of an activity; and
WHEREAS, CDA staff recommends substantial amendments to the 2021 Dakota County HOME Consortium 2021 Program to create the 2021 CHDO Rental activity and fund it with a budget of $362,653 and cancel the 2021 Community Action Partnership Agency of Ramsey and Washington Counties CHDO activity; and
WHEREAS, public notice of the substantial amendments was placed in the Star Tribune on July 12, 2024, and also on the CDA and Dakota County websites, in accordance with the approved Citizen Participation Plan process, and no public comments were received on the proposed amendments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby approves the substantial amendments to the 2021 Dakota County Consortium HOME Investment Partnerships Program.
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PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment: Affidavit of Publication and Public Notice
BOARD GOALS
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CONTACT
Department Head: Erin Stwora
Author: Emily Anderson and Maggie Dykes