CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Conduct the Public Hearing on the Program Year 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Comprehensive Annual performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER). (1 of 2)
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DEPARTMENT: City Clerk's Office
SUBMITTED BY: Ruth Broder, Community Grants Coordinator
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that the City develop a Comprehensive Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) at the end of each program year to assess the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. Furthermore, HUD requires that a public hearing be held to receive public comments on the report. The 2016 CAPER has been available for public view since June 6, 2017 and the public comment period will close on June 20, 2017.
DISCUSSION:
The Program Year (PY) 2016 CAPER provides a summary of actions taken and funds spent during the 2016 program year (April 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017). In PY 2016, the City of Naperville made the following expenditures:
* $445,108.00 in PY2015 CDBG funding to complete 12 PY2015 projects related to rental housing rehabilitation, handicapped accessibility improvements in public facilities, special needs housing rehabilitation, transitional housing rehabilitation project, homelessness prevention, the City's Fair Housing Report and CDBG administration.
* $128,065.00 in PY2015 repayment funds for past ineligible CDBG projects to complete one PY2015 project. Funds were transferred from the General Fund in PY2015 and HUD approved the payment in PY2016. This completes the City's repayment obligations to HUD.
* $22,629.00 in PY2016 CDBG Funds to complete the PY 2016 CDBG project of emergency financial assistance to prevent homelessness.
Another nine PY2016 projects have either been completed, or will be completed, by September 30, 2017.
This CAPER outlines the progress the City and its sub-grantees have made in the past ...
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