Fiscal Note
Federal, State and other dollars are available to cover the project costs and were approved by the Common Council at various times during 2011. No new City dollars are included in this Resolution.
Title
Authorizing the carry-over of CDBG, HOME and other funds, and the extension of previously authorized projects within the Community Development program budget.
Body
The CDBG Committee has traditionally identified certain projects for Council approval to "carry-over" their funds approved in the previous years. Typically, the Committee has recommended carry-over of selected capital projects and programs that have encountered some difficulty beyond their control or which face unusual circumstances. The Community Development Division (CDD) normally continues those projects or programs that have been approved by the Council since April, or capital projects that have entered into subcontracts for implementation by December 15th of each year.
Action
WHEREAS, the CDBG program, as amended, and it implementing regulations located at 24 CFR 570.200 ff, permit the City of Madison to help community agencies which benefit low and moderate income persons; and,
WHEREAS, The CDBG Committee and CDD staff have reviewed these recommendations, find that they further the goals of the CDBG program expressed in the Five-Year Community and Neighborhood Development Plan and recommend Council adoption,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the carry-over of the following previously approved projects, to be completed by December 31, 2012, because they were either:
A. Projects that were financed with special funding that carries a longer-term commitment, or that were otherwise approved for a longer-term contract; including:
1. Federal ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) "stimulus" funded projects including:
· Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) funding projects including:
o CDD Energy Grant Unit, Business Energy Efficiency Incentive (BEEP) Program
o Urban League of Greater Madison; ULGM Weatherization Education/Training and Employment
o CDD Energy Grant Unit; Residential Energy Efficiency Incentive (REEP) Program
· Homelessness Prevention and Rapid RE-Housing Program (HPRP) funded projects, including:
o Community Action Coalition of South Central of South Central Wisconsin; Dane County Housing Stabilization Program
2. State Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded projects, including:
· Habitat for Humanity of Dane County; Habitat NSP Homeownership
3. Habitat for Humanity of Dane County; Northport Commons Homeownership (HOME/City HOME Match funds)
B. New projects that were approved since April 2011, including;
1. Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funded projects, including:
· CACSCW Case Management
· CACSCW Rentable Payments
· DCPC Hope House CM
· Legal Action of WI Legal Advocacy
· Porchlight STABLE & SRO Support Services
· SVdP Seton House CM
· Tellurian Job Coach
· Tenant Resource Center TRC Mediation
· The Road Home Shelter CM
· The Salvation Army Family Medical Vouchers
· YSOSW CM for Homeless Youth
· YWCA Second Chance Workshops
2. Goodwill Industries, 3 rehabilitation projects (Stein Apts., Elaine Meyer Apts. and Sunfish Apts.) (HOME funds)
3. Quaker Housing, facility rehab. project (CDBG funds)
C. Projects that have been delayed or other project-specific reasons, as identified below:
1. Porchlight, Safe Haven Relocation (HOME funds), due to delayed HUD and DOD approval of Truman Olson redevelopment plan.
2. The Road Home Dane County, TRH Housing and Hope Phase II (HOME funds), due to delay in finding property
3. Goodwill Industries, acquisition project (HOME funds), due to delay in finding property
4. Community Ground Works, Green carts project (CDBG), due to change in program design
5. Operation Fresh Start, Graduate Crew (CDBG), due to change in operational structure
6. Operation Fresh Start, Employment and Training program (CDBG), due to project delays
7. Northport-Warner Park-Sherman neighborhood revitalization projects (CDBG funds), due to delay in implementation
8. Movin' Out, 2011 MO Homeownership (HOME funds), due to delayed closings
9. Movin' Out, 2008-2011 MO Rental Acquisition (HOME, HOME Match funds), due to delays in pending approval of other Federal funds for two projects
10. Madison Area Community Land Trust, 2011 Homeownership (CDBG funds), due to delayed closing
11. Project Home, MECC program (City funds), due to change in program design
12. CDA, Burr Oaks (HOME funds), due to project delays
13. Independent Living, Cherokee Senior Housing (HOME funds), due to project delays
14. Meadowood Neighborhood Center, rehab. project (CDBG funds), due to project delays
15. Northside Planning Council, FEED (kitchen incubator) project (CDBG funds), due to project delays
16. Leopold neighborhood revitalization projects (CDBG funds), pending completion of the Leopold Concentration Neighborhood Plan development process
17. Common Wealth Development, CWD Jenifer-Cantwell-Thornton rental acquisition and rehab. project (HOME, City HOME Match funds), due to purchase of an additional foreclosed property