CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Year 2024 Annual Action Plan allocating $535,000 (Item 2 of 2)
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DEPARTMENT: Community Services
SUBMITTED BY: Miranda Barfuss, Community Grants Coordinator
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
The Program Year 2024 Annual Action Plan represents the fifth year of the DuPage County Consortium 2020 - 2024 Consolidated Plan.
For Program Year 2024, the City of Naperville estimates that it will receive approximately $535,000 in CDBG funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). When the exact allocation amount is made available by Congress, the City will adjust the awards based on the Contingency Provisions discussed below.
The attached Annual Action Plan (AAP) outlines how CDBG funds will be spent in Program Year 2024 and how these projects meet the objectives of both the CDBG program and the Consolidated Plan.
DISCUSSION:
To distribute the CDBG funding, the City held a Call for Projects and received 14 applications requesting a total of $851,073.55. All applications were evaluated and scored by a multi-disciplinary team consisting of staff from the Community Services Department, commissioners from the Human Rights & Fair Housing Commission, and members of the Accessible Community Task Force and Senior Task Force.
Recommended Awards/Allocations:
Affordable Rental Housing - $117,000
1) Illinois Independent Living Center - $30,000
These funds will be used to rehabilitate the parking lot for safety, accessibility, and elimination of water pooling at Katharine Manor Apartments (1141 Iroquois Avenue, Naperville) a multi-unit apartment building providing affordable, accessible housing to low and moderate-income disabled homeowners and renters.
2) Naperville Elderly Homes - $87,000
These funds will be used to repair building masonry at Martin Avenue Apartments (310 West Martin Avenue, Naperville), a multi-unit apartment...
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