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Department of City Manager's Office
Reference: CDBG IGA with Adams County
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Murphy Robinson III, Assistant City Manager- General Services
Date Prepared: 05/26/15
PURPOSE
URBAN COUNTY AND HOME REQUALIFICATIONS
Staff is recommending that the City renew its Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with Adams County and other participating jurisdictions (PJ) as they apply to the Urban County and HOME programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
BACKGROUND
HUD requires jurisdictions to re-qualify Urban County status every three years in order to maintain eligibility to receive and administer Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This requalification period is aligned with a required HOME Consortium requalification period to maintain eligibility to receive and administer HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds on behalf of the County. In 2015, because the County was still a designated Urban County and a participating jurisdiction in the HOME program, it received $1,625,647 in CDBG funds and $821,632 in HOME funds. HUD requires IGAs to be in place to govern program participation.
CRITERIA BY WHICH COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE ITEM
FINANCIAL IMPACT
URBAN COUNTY DESIGNATION:
· Participating Jurisdictions: Bennett, Brighton, Commerce City, Federal Heights, Northglenn, Unincorporated Adams County
· IGA HUD deadline: 7/24/15
· IGA:
o Effective 3/1/16 - 2/28/19
o Adams County retains 20% to administer CDBG program for administration and support
o Allocations: proportionate to percent of the County's HUD targeted census tracts and low/mod income levels. Funds awarded using an 80/20 split formula (80% on community's targeted census tracts; 20% on community's low/mod income levels)
§ Approximate Allocations:
· Unincorporated Adams County - $600,000
· Bennett - $15,000
· Brighton - $160,000
· Commerce City - $170,000
· Federal Heights - $97,000
· Northglenn - $239,000
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New Reallocation Language: "Should any one participating TOWN/CITY be unable for any reason to spend its allocated funds within the timeframes needed for reporting and timeliness, Urban County participants will be notified of the unspent allocation and allowed to propose a project or program that could use those funds quickly and efficiently. Proposals must demonstrate the ability of that project or program to use the funds in a timely manner, as deemed by the COUNTY. Such proposals would be considered and voted upon by the County and all participating jurisdictions. A majority vote would decide distribution of these unspent funds. A record of these distributions will be kept by the County for the County and all participating jurisdictions to review when deciding future allocations to ensure that no single member is receiving the greatest benefit of CDBG funding.
If, for any reason, the Participating TOWN/CITY cannot comply with any applicable Federal laws and regulations, the funds for which the Participating TOWN/CITY was eligible under this Agreement shall not be paid to that TOWN/CITY and shall be reallocated as described above."