HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-11-23 21-033 OrderTitle, Order
CITY COUNCIL ACTION 11/23/2020 21-033
Council Meeting Date: 11/23/2020
Item No: 21-033
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 2020
Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds
under the 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 $847,908 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 re
improvements, social service and n
activities, and historic preservation.
Committee Action
habilitation and homeownership assistance, street and sidewalk
on -profit funding, housing acquisition, demolition and clearance
Committee: Business & Economic Development Committee Meeting Date: 11/17/2020
Action: Recommend for passage For: 5 Against: 0
Staff Comments & Approvals
See attachments 1 (CATT #1) and 2 (CATT #2)
City Manager
Introduced for: New Business
City Solicitor
Finance Director
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
Date: 11/23/2020
Item No: 21-033
Assigned to Councilor: Fournier
11/23/2020 21-033
Authorization to Execute and File with the Department of Housing and Urban Development a Final 2020
Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds
under the 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.
CO 21-033
November 23, 2020
CITY OF BANGOR
2020-2021 Community Development Block Grant Program
Proposed Community Development Activities
Decemeber 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
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
Attachment #1
$ 847,908
250,000
$ 1,097,908
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 2021 program year (funded with Federal
FY 2020 funds) specific objectives and projected use of funds are:
Activity Name & Description Locations) Funding ($)
HISTORIC PRESERVATION City-wide
Downtown
Encourage preservation (rehabilitation or restoration) of historic $ 40,000
properties city wide to preserve history and promote economic
development
SOCIAL SERVICES / NON-PROFIT FUNDING
Non-profit funding program for service organizations City-wide $ 150,000
PROPERTY REHABILITATION /
HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE
Low interest and deferred payment loans for rehabilitation of City-wide $ 220,000
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.
NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION
Continued support to stablilize eligible neighborhoods that have City-wide $ 180,000
suffered from foreclosures and abandonment.
PROPERTY DISPOSITION
Legal fees, surveys, environmental remediation and other City-wide $ 2,000
costs associated with the disposition of CDBG-acquired
property
CATT #1 - CO CDBG-Budget & Activities FY2020
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Activity Name & Description Location(s) Funding ($)
ACQUISITION, DEMOLITION & CLEARANCE
Acquisition, demolition and clearance of City properties
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Street and sidewalk improvements in eligible neighborhoods
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Oversight, Management, Monitoring, and Coordinating of CDBG Program
activities and reimbursement to City departments for services provided in
support of Community Development Program activities
50,000
$ 236,327
$ 219,581
TOTAL PROPOSED CDBG FUNDED ACTIVITIES $ 1,097,908'
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Attachment #2
City of Bangor
2020-2024 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community
Development
and
2020 Annual Action Plan
The Bangor 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan
presents a coordinated approach to addressing Bangor's housing and community development
needs over the five-year period addressed by the 2020-2024 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 it's Community Development
Block Grant funding to address the needs of homeless and low- and moderate -income
households and persons in ways that promote community and individual stability.
The 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan integrates the application, planning
and citizen participation for Bangor's Community Development Block Grant 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 2020-2024 Bangor Consolidated Plan and 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 992-4280.
IN CITY COUNCIL
NOVEMBER 23,2020
CO 21-033
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Hawes,Nichols, Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague, Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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