Item Coversheet

CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 12/5/2017
District B, District D, District H
Item Creation Date: 9/11/2017

HCD17-93 CDBG-DR Hurricane Ike Round 2 Multifamily Contract Amendment 5 MUST PASS B/4 HCD17-92

Agenda Item#: 15.


 
                               
Summary:

ORDINANCE approving and authorizing fifth amendment to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program Rental Housing Projects Round 2 Subrecipient Grant Agreement between the City of Houston and the General Land Office of the State of Texas, to reduce the amount of the grant award by $1,254,264.96, which is being transferred to the Round 2 Non-Rental Housing Grant, and to revise the rental housing budget - DISTRICTS B - DAVIS; D - BOYKINS and H - CISNEROS

Background:

The Housing and Community Development Department is proposing that City Council approve the 6th Amendment of the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Hurricane Ike Round 2 (CDBG-DR2) Program to be used for single family housing activities.  The Texas General Land Office (GLO) awarded the City of Houston (City) Hurricane Ike Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program for Hurricane Ike Round 2, Phase 2.  GLO awarded a contract to the Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) for Multifamily activity (13-181-000-7294), which has been amended four times. 

 

HCDD proposes the movement of $1,254,264.96 from the Multifamily Project Delivery line item to the Project Delivery line item for the Single-Family contract (13-182-000-7295).  The total amount awarded to the City for housing activities is not changing.  The changes can be seen in the chart below.

 

Categories

Activity Code

Current Funding

5th Change#

Amendment #5 Funding

Multi-Family Rental Housing Units (Formerly Rehab, Reconstruct, New Const.)

R-LMI-MULTI

$57,020,167.00

$57,020,167.00

Subsidized Housing Assistance

R-LMI-SUBSIDIZE

$32,555,163.00

$32,555,163.00

Project Delivery

4-PD

$ 2,776,420.96

$(1,254,264.96)

$ 1,522,156.00

Administration

206-GA

$ 304,431.00

$ 304,431.00

Total Multifamily

$92,656,181.96

$(1,254,264.96)

$91,401,917.00

 

Public Notice was published on 9/20/2017 and the public comment period ended 10/5/2017.  No comments were received to date.  This item went to the Housing and Community Affairs Committee at its 9/19/2017 meeting.

 

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Tom McCasland, Director


Contract dates:  01/02/2013 – 12/31/2018

Prior Council Action:

12/7/2011, (O) 2011-1084

12/8/2016, (O) 2016-0731


Amount and Source of Funding:

Contact Information:

Roxanne Lawson

(832)394-6307

ATTACHMENTS:
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RCA (revised)Signed Cover sheet