CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Accept the Program Year 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report
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DEPARTMENT: Community Services
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Broder, CDBG Administrator
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The CAPER reports on actions taken and CDBG funds spent during Program Year (PY) 2020 (April 1, 2020 - March 31, 2021).
DISCUSSION:
During PY 2020, the City of Naperville spent a total of $713,771.89 on CDBG projects. A total of $538,786.31 of these funds were annual CDBG entitlement grant funds and $174,985.58 were supplemental funds awarded by the CARES Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds were spent on the following projects:
Program Year 2018 Projects
A total of $112,237.40 in PY 2018 entitlement grant funds was spent on three 2018 activities during PY 2020:
1. Kids Above All (formerly ChildServ) - $14,470.40
Capital improvements to its group home for abused and neglected teen girls. The single-family home is located in downtown Naperville.
2. Naperville Elderly Homes - $92,667
Replace the canvas awning covering the entrance to Martin Avenue Apartments with a new metal awning. This project was part of the renovation and expansion of Martin Avenue's affordable apartments for low-income seniors.
3. Planning/Administration - $5,100.00
Compensate S.B. Friedman Development Advisors for the costs associated with preparing a study for, conducting a, City Council workshop on the Housing Needs Assessment/Affordable Housing Plan. This was done as part of the implementation of the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI).
Program Year 2019 Projects
A total of $235,959.52 was used to complete the following six PY 2019 activities during PY 2020:
1. Bridge Communities, Inc. - $85,000
Entitlement grant funds were used to tuckpoint and repair masonry at six apartment buildings providing 35 units of transitional housing...
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