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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Date: 9/7/2016
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Item Creation Date: 7/29/2016
HCD16-75 Action Plan for Disaster Recovery - 2015
Agenda Item#: 9.
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
ORDINANCE approving and authorizing submission of the Action Plan for Disaster Recovery - 2015 Flood Events to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the application for Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Funds associated with 2015 Flood Events, in the amount of $66,560,000; acceptance of the aforementioned grant, if awarded |
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Major disasters due to severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding were declared on May 29, 2015 and on November 25, 2015 for the City of Houston. The Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) is requesting approval to submit an Action Plan for Disaster Recovery–2015 Flood Events to HUD. This Action Plan serves as an application for an estimated $66,560,000 in CDBG-DR15 funds. These funds may be used for necessary expenses related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, and/or economic revitalization related to the major disasters declared in 2015. All budgeted amounts are subject to change by HUD.
HCDD recommends that the City’s estimated allocation of $66,560,000 in CDBG-DR15 funds be distributed among the following categories:
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Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery 2015
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Public Facilities and Improvements (Infrastructure)
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$51,232,000
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Acquisition
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$10,000,000
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Planning
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$2,000,000
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Administration
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$3,328,000
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TOTAL
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$66,560,000
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Additionally, the ordinance adopts the Citizen Participation Plan for Disaster Recovery–2015 Flood Events. The Citizen Participation Plan describes the framework through which citizens can have input in the planning, implementation, coordination, and assessment of CDBG-DR15 projects and activities. The Citizen Participation Plan will be included in the finalized Action Plan.
As stipulated by federal regulations, residents must have 14 days to comment on the Draft Action Plan for Disaster Recovery–2015 Flood Events, prior to obtaining City Council approval. The 14-day public comment period extended from August 9, 2016 through August 23, 2016. The public notice for the public hearing was published in the Houston Chronicle on August 3, 2016, and summary of the Action Plan was published in the Houston Chronicle on August 9, 2016. HCDD solicited public input about the Action Plan through the public comment period and the public hearing (held on August 18, 2016). HCDD will also solicit feedback on the finalized Action Plan through a community meeting to be held on September 8, 2016.
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| | | | | | | | Amount of Funding:
$66,560,000 (to be received from HUD) - CDBG-DR Grant |
| | | | | | | | Contact Information:
Roxanne Lawson, HCD
Phone: (832) 394-6307 |
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