DEPARTMENT: Physical Development Administration
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Schedule Public Hearing For Dakota County Fiscal Year 2024 Action Plan For Community Development Block Grant, HOME Investment Partnerships, And Emergency Solutions Programs
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WHEREAS, Dakota County is an Entitlement County for funds through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program and a Participating Jurisdiction for the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program; and
WHEREAS, the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) administers the CDBG, ESG, and HOME programs on behalf of Dakota County, thereby requiring agreements between the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Dakota County for the CDBG, ESG, and HOME funds and between Dakota County and the Dakota County CDA for CDBG, ESG, and HOME program administration; and
WHEREAS, HUD further requires the development and submission of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 One-Year Action Plan that proposes allocation of the annual CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds to local governments and housing providers in the County; and
WHEREAS, CDA staff has worked with participating communities and agencies to identify CDBG, HOME, and ESG activities for FY 2024; and
WHEREAS, the proposed activities for HUD funds meet the housing and community development priorities identified in the approved 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, HUD has not released the grant amounts for the three entitlement programs for FY 2024, and the draft 2024 One-Year Action Plan uses the FY 2023 approved budgets for the three programs for planning purposes; and
WHEREAS, if there are changes to the budget amounts when HUD releases the final FY 2024 grant amount, the budgets will be amended as follows: the CDBG budget generally will be increased or decreased proportionally depending on any increase or decrease to the grant amount though funding for public service activities will not exceed 15 percent of the total grant per statute; the HOME budget generally will be increased or decreased proportionally depending on any increase or decrease to the grant amount except that the budget for the Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) activities will remain at 15 percent; and the HMIS and Administration activities will be increased if there is additional ESG funding, and the Emergency Shelter, Homelessness Prevention, and Rapid Rehousing activities rapid re-housing activity budget will be decreased if ESG funds are decreased; and
WHEREAS, the anticipated Dakota County FY 2024 CDBG allocation is $1,961,800 with $400,000 of anticipated program income; the anticipated Dakota County FY 2024 HOME allocation is $955,084, including program income (Consortium total of $3,093,076); and the anticipated Dakota County FY 2024 ESG allocation is $167,767; and
WHEREAS, CDA staff recommends allocating FY 2024 CDBG funds to 24 eligible activities for cities and townships, four Countywide activities, and two grant administration activities as follows: affordable housing rehab (64%), public services (15%), neighborhood revitalization (8%), planning (1%), and grant administration (12%); and
WHEREAS, CDA staff recommends allocating FY 2024 HOME funds to three eligible activities as follows: affordable rental housing (72%); Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) activities (14%), and grant administration (14%); and
WHEREAS, CDA staff recommends allocating FY 2024 ESG funds to five eligible activities as follows: emergency shelter operations (59%), rapid re-housing activities (31%), homelessness prevention activities (3%), Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) (0.5%), and grant administration (6.5%); and
WHEREAS, the requested public hearing is to receive comments and inform the public on the draft Dakota County 2024 One-Year Action Plan that outlines the strategies and objectives for the proposed allocation of FY 2024 CDBG, ESG, and HOME funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby schedules a public hearing for April 23, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. in the Boardroom, Administration Center, 1590 Highway 55, Hastings, MN, to receive comments on the Fiscal Year 2024 One-Year Action Plan, including proposed Community Development Block Grant Program activities funded with an anticipated budget of $1,961,800, HOME Investment Partnerships Program activities funded with an anticipated budget of $955,084, including program income (Consortium total of $3,093,076), and Emergency Solutions Grant Program activities with an anticipated budget of $167,767; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That Dakota County staff is hereby authorized and directed to work with the Dakota County Community Development Agency to publish the public hearing notice in the Dakota County Tribune and the Star Tribune, and to post said notice on the websites of the participating cities, the Dakota County Community Development Agency website at www.dakotacda.org <http://www.dakotacda.org>, and the Dakota County website at www.co.dakota.mn.us <http://www.co.dakota.mn.us>.
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