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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INCREASE OF $735 FY 2021 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM.
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CITY PROPOSAL:
RESOLVED, that the city council hereby increase the total expenditure of the 2021 CDBG Program by an amount of $735 due to an increase in the allocation to the city by HUD from the original estimate of $2,426,000 to the final HUD award of $2,426,735 and authorizes changes to contracts as set forth below:
2021 CDBG PROGRAM - FUND 262, AGENCY 020, OBJECT 5434, PROJECT CD21CD
Sub-Project-Activity Project Original New Difference
PFAC-2811 Spirit Valley Updates & $50,000 $50,037 $37
Efficiencies- Duluth YWCA
PFAC-PF01 Acq/Demolition/Preparation $88,900 $88,965 $65
City of Duluth
PFAC-1050 Niiwin Indigenous Foods $135,000 $135,099 $99
Market- AICHO
ECDV-1974 Futures Program- $50,000 $50,037 $37
Life House
ECDV-2412 High-demand, Living-wage, $190,000 $190,139 $139
Job Training- SOAR
ECDV-2264 Starting/Growing
Neighborhood Businesses- $64,000 $64,047 $47
Entrepreneur Fund
ECDV-9378 Cultural Spec Entrepreneur $75,000 $75,055 $55
Workshop- Family Rise
Together
PSVC-1291 Free Tax Site- Community $22,000 $22,010 $10
Action Duluth
PSVC-1244 Duluth Hunger Project- $81,250 $81,286 $36
CHUM
PSVC-2805 JET/COVID Response $39,000 $39,017 $17
Programming- NYS
PSVC-1974 Life House Basic Needs
Drop-In Shelter- Life House $31,000 $31,014 $14
PSVC-1244B Emergency Shelter-CHUM $42,000 $42,019 $19
PSVC-1226 Family Supportive Housing- $31,000 $31,014 $14
Center City Housing Corp
ADMC-AD01 CDBG Program $485,200 $485,346 $146
Administration
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution finalizes the 2021 CDBG Program portion of the Community Development program. The city budgeted $2,246,000 for the FY 2021 HUD award to the CDBG program in Resolution 21-0078R. The federal Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) officially notified the city of the FY 2021 CDBG allocation on February 25, 2021 for the program year that runs from April 1, 2021 through March 31, 2022. The award letter from HUD awarded $2,426,735 to the CDBG program, which is an increase of $735 from the anticipated amount. A public comment period was held from December 19, 2020 to January 18, 2021 and a public hearing on January 5, 2021. The committee’s recommendation and initial council resolution included a funding contingency plan that set the amounts included in this resolution.