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Staff Report for Community Development Block Grant, HOME, 2060, And Rental Rehabilitation Funds for 2010-2011 April 14, 2010 The Citizen's Committee for Housing and Community Development reviewed proposals for the expenditure of the City of Everett's Community Development Block Grant program and other available funding for housing. The deadline for application was December 14, 2009. During January and February the Committee studied each proposal and interviewed each proponent. Five meetings and approximately ten hours of interviews took place. The Committee spent approximately 30 hours in meetings and additional hours at home reviewing the Consolidated Plan and proposals for Community Development Block Grant spending. The City's 2010 Community Development Block Grant will be $1,002,301.00. The 2010 CDBG grant is more than the 2009 allocation of $928,452.00. In 2009, we also received $249,826.00 in CDBG-Recovery funds. CDBG-Recovery funding is not available this year. The Committee recommends funding public services at the maximum allowed by HUD, 15 percent of the grant. 15% of $1,002,301.00 is $150,345.00 for public services. The Committee recommends using the remaining 85% of the 2010 CDBG, $851,956.00 for eligible non-public service projects. There are also Housing Trust 2060, HOME, and CHIP rehabilitation funds available to fund non-public service projects. The Committee recommends using $162,084.76 in Housing Trust 2060 funds, $475,458.00 in HOME funds, $118,522.15 in reallocated CDBG funds, and $148,307.00 in CHIP Rental Rehabilitation funds to supplement 2010 CDBG funds for non- public service funding. Starting in 2009, at the request of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CHIP rehabilitation and administration funds have been combined into one fund (197) and are managed as a single source of revenue and budget. The total Amount proposed for non-public service projects is $1,738,549.76. If the Department of Housing and Urban Development reduces or increases this allocation, each item will be reduced or increased an equal percentage, including the Community Housing Improvement Program and Community Development Block Grant Administration. If a reduction is large enough to cause a burden, as determined by the staff, a new budget will be returned to the City Council for review and approval. The Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan were available for public comment for 30 days commencing March 1, 2010 and ending on March 31, 2010. The comment period was advertised in the Herald and mailed to the Community Development mailing list. Comments were received from the Everett Housing Authority, Snohomish County Domestic Violence Services and Tim Koss. The Committee voted to revise the Draft Consolidated Plan in accordance with the comments received. Those comments are reflected in the final version of the Consolidated Plan and were edits rather than comments on the proposed policy. The Everett Housing Authority and Snohomish County Domestic Violence Services both complemented the language related to the use of the Oswald Center for transitional housing. Each one of the members of the Committee provided a valuable contribution to this recommendation. This group was very dedicated while performing this difficult task. Staff congratulates the Committee for a job well done and thanks them for their time and effort.