Title
Adopt City Council Resolution Approving a Funding Increase to Grant #17-CDBG-12020 of the State Community Development Block Grant Program
Summary
ISSUE:
The City was awarded a 2017 CDBG grant in July, 2018 in the amount of $3,038,896 for the Parents and Friends, Inc. (PFI) Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) project, known as the Cypress Street RCFE Project. On April 28, 2020, the City was notified by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), of the opportunity to request Supplemental Assistance for the Cypress Street RCFE Project due to changing market conditions that have caused construction costs to increase. A request for Supplemental Assistance will increase the grant award and would ensure that the project has enough available funds to implement the full project scope. Before the City can request CDBG Supplemental Assistance funds a Resolution authorizing the increase of funds must be adopted by City Council.
ANALYSIS:
The State CDBG program provides funding for a variety of housing, community development, and economic development activities. State CDBG funding is available for “non-entitlement” cities with fewer than 50,000 residents and counties with fewer than 200,000 residents. The City of Fort Bragg is a non-entitlement city and is generally eligible to apply for CDBG funding under the State CDBG program.
All CDBG activities must meet one of three National Objectives, including (1) benefit to low-and-moderate income persons; or (2) prevention of elimination of slums and blight; or (3) urgent need. The most commonly used National Objective is benefit to low- and moderate-income persons or households (LMI). The Cypress Street RCFE Project is a LMI activity under the CDBG program.
Project Scope & Funding
The Cypress Street RCFE Project is comprised of three, four-bedroom, three-bathroom residential units constructed to be fully accessible and equipped for aging and disabled clients. The facility’s three residentia...
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