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CITY COUNCIL ACTION 05/14/2018 18-205
Council Meeting Date: 05/14/2018
Item No: 18-205
Responsible Dept: Community & Economic Development
Requested Action: Order Map/Lot: N/A
Authorization to Execute and File with the Department of Housing and Urban Development a Final
Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds
under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Summary
This Order will authorize the City's Community Development Block Grant Program for the coming year. The
City expects to receive $841,955 in Federal Community Development Block Grant funds. In addition, we
estimate that approximately $250,000 will be available in program income, primarily as a result of repayments
of outstanding property rehabilitation loans. Among the projects to be funded in the coming year are:
property rehabilitation; homeownership assistance; neighborhood & downtown public improvements;
non-profit funding; acquisition, demolition and clearance activities; and continuation of business development
assistance & facade improvements.
This items was reviewed and recommended for approval by the Business & Economic Development
Committee at its May 8, 2018 meeting.
Committee Action
Committee: Business & Economic Development Committee Meeting Date: 05/08/2018
Action: Recommend for passage For: Against:
Staff Comments & Approvals
See Attachment #1 Proposed Budget and Attachment #2 2018 Annual Action Plan
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Introduced for: New Business
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
Date: 05/14/2018
Item No: 18-205
Assigned to Councilor: Perry
05/14/2018 18-205
Authorization to Execute and File with the Department of Housing and Urban Development a Final
Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds
under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that,
the City Council, as the local governing body, hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager to submit and
file with the Department of Housing and Urban Development a Consolidated Housing and Community
Development Plan for Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Funds as provided for in Title I of the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the
City Clerk; to provide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary
for the entitlement grant to be received; and to execute and file requisitions for funds.
Be it further Ordered that,
the City Manager is hereby appointed as the authorized representative of the City of Bangor to act in
connection with such Plan of the City of Bangor for Federal Community Development Block Grant funds under
Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended
CITY OF BANGOR
2018 / 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program
Proposed Community Development Activities
July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019
CDBG FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE FOR USE
CDBG Entitlement Grant:
Projected Program Income from CDBG funded loan repayments:
TOTAL CDBG FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR USE
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS
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Attachment #1
$ 841,955
250,000
$ 1,091,955
The primary objective of the City of Bangor Community Development Program is the development of a viable
urban community by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for
persons of low- and moderate -income. Consistent with this primary objective, Bangor's FY 2019 program year (funded with Federal
FY 2018 funds) specific objectives and projected use of funds are:
Activity Name & Description Location(s)
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE &
FACADE GRANTS City-wide
Commercial, Industrial, Downtown Revitalization, Handicap Downtown
Access Loans and Assistance, and Facade Grants
SOCIAL SERVICES / NON-PROFIT FUNDING
Non-profit funding program for service organizations City-wide
PROPERTY REHABILITATION /
HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE
Low interest and deferred payment loans for rehabilitation of City-wide
lower-income, owner -occupied, single-family homes and
multi -family rental units. Also down payment and/or closing
costs assistance to increase single family homeowners.
Administrative expenses
Property Rehabilitation & Homeownership Assist. Subtotal
NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION
Continued purchase of foreclosed, vacant and abandoned City-wide
properties for rehabilitation to sell to first time homebuyers.
PROPERTY DISPOSITION
Legal fees, surveys, environmental remediation and other Downtown, Waterfront,
costs associated with the disposition of CDBG-acquired Low-income Neighborhoods
property
CATT - #1 CDBG-Budget & Activities FY2018
Fundinq ($)
$ 115,000
$ 122,500
$ 163,000
$ 35,349
$ 110,651
$ 309,000
$ 140,000
$ 7,000
Activity Name & Description Location(s) Funding M
ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION & CLEARANCE
Acquisition, demolition and clearance of City $ 90,000
properties (Low -Mod Income Neighborhoods)
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Neighborhood Public Improvements
Low -Mod Income Neighborhoods $ 103,214
Neighborhood Public Improvements Subtotal $ 103,214
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SUBTOTAL $ 103,214
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Oversight, Management, Monitoring, and Coordinating of CDBG Program $ 205,241
activities and reimbursement to City departments for services provided in
support of Community Development Program activities
TOTAL PROPOSED CDBG FUNDED ACTIVITIES $ 1,091,955'
CATT - #1 CDBG-Budget & Activities FY2018
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Attachment #2
City of Bangor
Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development
2018 Annual Action Plan
The Bangor 2018 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan presents a coordinated
approach to addressing Bangor's housing and community development needs over the five-year
period addressed by the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan. The goal of the plan is to integrate
economic, physical and human development in a comprehensive and coordinated fashion so
that families and communities can work together and thrive.
The Consolidated Plan describes the City's planned use of federal, state and local funds
and other housing resources to address the needs of homeless and low- and moderate -income
households and persons in ways that promote community and individual stability.
The 2018 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan integrates the application, planning and
citizen participation for Bangor's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
Ultimately, the Consolidated Plan allows the City of Bangor, its citizens, and housing and
related service providers, the opportunity to create a unified vision for community development
actions. The 2018 Bangor Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan, as required by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development must primarily benefit low- and moderate -
income persons in accordance with the following major goals:
* Provide decent housing. Assist homeless persons to obtain affordable
housing; retain the affordable housing stock, increase the availability of
permanent housing that is affordable to low-income households; and increase
supportive housing that includes structural features and services to enable
persons with special needs to live in dignity.
* Provide a suitable living environment. Improve the safety and livability of
neighborhoods; increase access to quality facilities and services; reduce the
isolation of income groups within areas by de -concentrating housing
opportunities and revitalizing deteriorating neighborhoods; restore and preserve
natural and physical features of special value for historic, architectural, or
aesthetic reasons; and conserving energy resources.
* Expand economic opportunities. Within this goal are creating jobs accessible
to low- and very low-income persons; providing funding for community
development that promotes long-term economic and social viability; and
empowering low- and very low-income persons in federally assisted and public
housing to achieve self-sufficiency.
For further information or a copy of the proposed plan contact: Tyler Collins, Community
& Economic Development Officer, 73 Harlow St. Bangor, ME 04401 or 992-4239
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