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City of Newark, OH-DRAFT t FY 2014 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan HUD Grantee Mayor Jeff Hall Director of Development Community Development Block Gran Mark Mauter 740-670-7533 [email protected] 40 West Main Street, Newark, OH 43055 0 City of Newark 2014 CDBG One Year Use of Funds Fifth Program Year Action Plan The CPMP Annual Action Plan includes the SF 424 and Narrative Responses to Action Plan questions that CDBG, HOME, HOPWA, and ESG grantees must respond to each year in order to be compliant with the Consolidated Planning Regulations. The Executive Summary narratives are optional. Narrative Responses GENERAL Executive Summary The Executive Summary is required. Include the objectives and outcomes identified in the plan and an evaluation of past performance. Program Year 5 Action Plan Executive Summary: The Executive Summary is required. Include the objectives and outcomes identified in the plan and an evaluation of past performance. Program Year 5 Action Plan Executive Summary: During 2009, the City of Newark Department of Development, developed a five-year Consolidated Plan. The Plan was submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on November 15, 2009. It is a planning document that profiles the housing and non-housing community development needs in the community and outlines a strategy to address those needs. It was developed in accordance with the Consolidated Plan Submission for Community Planning and Development Programs Final Rule published in Part 92 of Volume 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations for Community Planning and Development programs. For fiscal year (FY) 2014, the City of Newark CDBG program will undergo transitions both in areas served and in activities performed. The level of 2014 CDBG funding is undetermined. The City has estimated a 10% reduction from the 2013 allocation of $731,270. There will be an overall shift in the approach to planning and development by the City of Newark Department of Development. 1 City of Newark 2014 CDBG One Year Use of Funds During FY 2014, Newark will enter the fifth year of the five-year Consolidated Plan. The City of Newark Department of Development will administer the City's Community Development Block Grant allocation. The City estimates $658,143. and expects to re- program prior year’s funding ($365,600.). Total funding sources for FY 2013 are, therefore, estimated at $1,023,743. The City’s FY 2014 program year will begin on January 1, 2014, and end on December 31, 2014. Activities to be funded in FY2013 include: Housing Programs Implementation Support and technical assistance to area non-profits: Licking County Coalition of Care Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio, Inc. Salvation Army St. Vincent de Paul/St. Vincent Haven Subrecipient Technical Support Fair housing Landlord/Tenant Services Technical Support Landlord-tenant services Downtown Revitalization Fund - Buildings Downtown Revitalization Fund - Infrastructure Street Rehabilitation Technicl Support (Slum and Blight) Sidewalks City Street Light Improvements Economic Development Technical Support Newark Development Partners Community Improvement Corporation Small Business Financial Assistance Street Rehabilitation Technical Support Street Rehabilitation - Infrastructure Costs -construction of street improvements Parks Improvements Park Improvements Technical Support Denison University Garden of Hope Neighborhood revitalization demolition and clearance Technical Support-L/M benefit Emergency/Minor home repair General administration, planning and oversight Unprogrammed funds The total expenditures equal $1,023,743. less $131,120. for administration and planning, $527,023. is subject to the L/M calculation. The slum and blight expenditures total $29,000. The L/M benefiting expenditures total $498,023. The percentage of L/M benefit is 94%. 2 City of Newark 2014 CDBG One Year Use of Funds The following is a summary of each proposed activity and the associated objectives and outcomes. 2014 CDBG Activities Summary of Objectives and Outcomes Street Improvements The Street Rehabilitation activity objective is creating a suitable living environment. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($50,000.) The Street Rehabilitation Technical Support activity (Implementation) activity objective is creating a suitable living environment. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. The activity also involves the design and construction of multi-modal transportation improvements. These improvements will focus on improving safety and accessibility for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. ($9,535.) The Sidewalks activity objective is creating suitable living environments. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($10,000.) The City Street Light Improvements activity objective is creating a suitable living environment. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($2,000.) Downtown (See Economic Development for other Downtown related activities) Street Rehabilitation Technical Support (Implementation) Slum and Blight (S/B) activity objective is creating economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($14,000.) Transitional Housing The St. Vincent de Paul/St. Vincent Haven - Transitional Housing activity objective is providing decent housing. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($5,000.) Licking County Coalition of Care-Transitional Housing activity objective is providing decent housing. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($4,000.) 3 City of Newark 2014 CDBG One Year Use of Funds The Salvation Army - Homeless Shelter per diems activity objective is providing decent housing. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($5,000.00) Fair Housing The Landlord/Tenant Services activity objective is providing a suitable living environment. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($18,000.) The Landlord/Tenant Technical Support (Implementation) activity objective is providing a suitable living environment. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($4,205.) Social Service Agency Housing The Behavioral Healthcare Partners of Central Ohio, Inc. Prevention activity is to provide decent housing. The outcome category is availability/accessibility. ($5,000.) Subrecipients The Subrecipient Technical Support activity objectives are providing decent housing and creating economic opportunity. The outcome categories are availability/accessibility and sustainability. ($7,200.) Housing The Housing Programs (Implementation) activity objective is providing decent housing. The outcome category is affordability. ($113,678.) The Emergency/Minor Home Repair activity objective is providing decent housing. The outcome category is affordability. ($15,000.) Economic Development Small Business Financial Assistance is a loan/grant program that assists small businesses with startup and expansion costs. The objective is providing economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($10,000.) Downtown Revitalization Fund - Buildings activity will provide grants/loans to assist downtown businesses in efforts to revitalize their buildings. The objective is providing economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($10,000.) 4 City of Newark 2014 CDBG One Year Use of Funds Downtown Revitalization - Infrastructure activity will provide grants/loans to assist downtown businesses with infrastructure improvements. The objective is providing economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($5,000.) Economic Development (ED) Technical Support is an activity that involves the coordination and monitoring of programs designed to enhance and promote economic development. This includes economic related inquiries, leads, and retention and expansion programs, ED related incentives and initiatives such as TIF, JEDD/Z, CRA programs, Brownfields clean-up, and other economic development related efforts focused on assistance for locally based businesses. The objective is providing economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($103,855.) Newark Development Partners Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) - The non- profit organization with a ten member board of directors. The objective is providing economic opportunity. The outcome category is sustainability. ($60,000.) Section 1724.01 Community Improvement Corporations-Ohio Revised Code: (1) “Community Improvement Corporation” means an economic development corporation or a county land reutilization corporation. (2) “Economic development corporation” means a corporation organized for the purposes described in division (B)(1) of this section. (3) “County land reutilization corporation” means a corporation organized under section 1724.04 of the Revised Code for the purposes described in division (B)(2) of this section. (B) A corporation not for profit may be organized in the manner provided in section 1702.04 of the Revised Code, and as provided in sections 1724.01 to 1724.09 of the Revised Code, for the purposes of: (1) Advancing, encouraging, and promoting the industrial, economic, commercial, and civic development of a community or area; or (2)(a) Facilitating the reclamation, rehabilitation, and reutilization of vacant, abandoned, tax-foreclosed, or other real property within the county for whose benefit the corporation is being organized, but not limited to the purposes described in division (B)(2) of this section; (b) Efficiently holding and managing vacant, abandoned, or tax-foreclosed real property