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a. Approve the Urban County Amended Consolidated Plan; and
b. Authorize the Director of Economic Development to submit the Amended Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve the Urban County Amended Consolidated Plan; and
b. Authorize the Director of Economic Development to submit the Amended Consolidated Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has re-qualified Monterey's Urban County for entitlement purposes for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-17 through FY 2018-19. Participants include past participating jurisdictions of unincorporated portions of Monterey County and Gonzales and new participating jurisdictions of Greenfield and Sand City. To receive its annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) grant allocation, the Urban County must revise the Consolidated Plan to reflect the new configuration.
DISCUSSION:
On April 6th, 7th and 9th, 2016, a Notice of a 30-Day Public Comment Period and the Adoption of the Community Development Block Grant Program FY 2016-17 Annual Action Plan & Revised Consolidated Plan was published in the following papers: Coast Weekly, Gonzales Tribune, Soledad Bee, Greenfield News and the King City Rustler, and El Sol newspapers.
The purpose of the Public Hearing, held May 10, 2016, was to receive final comments on the Amended Consolidated Plan and Draft Action Plan for the FY 2016-17 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Prior to the public hearing, updated data for the newly configured Urban County was not available from HUD. It was expected that the new data would not be significant such that it would change the conclusions. Therefor, the narrative sections of the Consolidated Plan were amended without the new data and the document was issued for the 30-Day Public Comment Period. J...
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