Agenda Date: 07/02/2019
Subject:
Title
Resolution 32-2019: Authorizing approval of the 2018 Arapahoe County Community Development Block Grant Program Subgrantee Agreement for the Littleton Sidewalk Improvements Program
Body
Prepared by:
Keith Reester, Public Works Director
PURPOSE:
Does city council support the 2018 Arapahoe County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Subgrantee Agreement for the Littleton Sidewalk Improvements Program?
PRESENTATIONS:
Staff Presenter(s): Keith Reester, Public Works Director
Additional Presenter(s): N/A
SUMMARY:
In 1992, the City of Littleton began participating with Arapahoe County in the Urban Counties Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. A summary is attached. The CDBG program provides "annual grants on a formula basis to entitled cities and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and moderate-income persons." The program is authorized under Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The city is required to utilize the funds within census tracts that meet certain average income thresholds, poverty, and housing needs.
Each year the city applies via Arapahoe County for pass through CDBG funds for the next federal fiscal year. The city population is not large enough to be an individual federal grantee. The grant year can be confusing with the federal fiscal offset to the city's year.
In 2016, the City of Littleton's annual set aside was reduced from $150,000 to $135,000.
The CDBG program requires 15% to be allocated to services county-wide. Over the past three years, the city has set aside funds for Doctor's Care to support the Connection to Coverage and Health Care project providing emergency mental health services in the community in coordination with human services agencies. In 2017, that amount was $20,250.
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