HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 Annual Action Plan2008 Annual Action Plan
Update to the City of Auburn's Consolidated Plan for
Housing and Community Development
Fiscal Years 2005 - 2008
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2008 Annual Action Plan
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Each year the City of Auburn executes specific actions to implement the goals and strategies of
the Consolidated Plan for Years 2005 to 2008. Actions that will be undertaken in 2008 are
outlined in this "Annual Action Plan".
The City of Auburn anticipates the receipt of approximately $409,760 in Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in 2008. Auburn's 2008 CDBG entitlement will be
combined with $324,156 of re-appropriated funds from prior years to create a total 2008 CDBG
budget of $733,916. Auburn's CDBG funds will be combined with approximately $425,316 of
General Funds to create a total Human Services budget of approximately $1,159,232 in 2008.
Human Services is responsible for providing and managing financial resource to more than 30
non-profit agencies that serve the Auburn community, administering the local housing repair
program, and developing collaborations among community partners to strengthen the response to
residents in need.
The 2008 Action Plan proposes to allocate approximately $61,464 of CDBG funds to public
services. Most of the those funds ($51,464) will be used to provide dental and medical care to
uninsured, low income Auburn residents and $10,000 for employment training.
Approximately $81,952 of the CDBG funds will be allocated to program administration, which
includes planning. The 2008 Action Plan proposes a planning grant to develop written protocols
to assure collaboration among agencies that serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
($20,000). The remaining $590,500 will be allocated to housing repair ($250,000), purchase of
an emergencyltemporary use house ($250,000), economic development ($37,500), and
investment in a location for the City's Friendship Center ($53,000).
The City of Auburn is currently re-evaluating its funding criteria for evaluating human services
grant applications. At the same time, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
is implementing changes to the Consolidated Plan reporting requirements. The City of Auburn is
committed to focusing more on achieving solutions to recurring social problems and achieve
greater collaboration among service providers. HCTD is attempting to standardize the
performance measurements listed in the Consolidated Plan. The Year 2008 Action Plan
combines the changes that both the City of Auburn and HCTD are currently implementing.
Overall the implementation of the 2007 Action Plan is progressing as planned. Most of the
activities listed in the 2007 Action Plan are underway. The exceptions are listed in the 2008
Action Plan as funds of inactive projects to be re-appropriated. Amore detailed report of 2007
activities will be summarized in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
(CAPER) that will be drafted and released for public review before the end of the first quarter of
2008.
The development of the Annual Action Plan involves both citizen participation and consultation
with local service providers. Citizen participation in the planning process began at a joint
meeting between the Auburn City Council and Human Services Committee. At this meeting,
Council and Committee members identified a series of community results that they would like to
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The City consults with local service providers primarily through the solicitation of applications
for Human Services grants. Grant applications prepared by service providers furnishes the City
information regarding the goals of the agency, target populations, proposed services, gaps in the
delivery of services, linkages to poverty reduction strategies and collaboration with other service
providers. This information is reviewed by City staff and the Human Services Committee.
The Human Services Committee's recommendations were incorporated into the 2008 Action Plan
and presented to the City Council's Planning and Community Development (PCD) Committee on
October 8 & 22, 2007. A preliminary draft of the 2008 Action Plan was distributed to all the
grant applicants and local service providers. A public notice was issued and posted at City Hall,
the Auburn Senior's Center, and on the City of Auburn's website on October 1, 2007; this
information was also published in the Auburn Reporter on October 3, 2007 and in The Seattle
Times on October 4, 2007 announcing that copies of the proposed 2008 Action Plan were
available for public review. The City Council will schedule a public hearing to gather testimony
about the plan before it takes action to review and adopt it. The following outlines the remaining
steps regarding citizen participation and consultation for the Year 2008 Action Plan:
October 1, 2007: Start of Public Review Process
October 15, 2007: Public Hearing
October 3 1, 2007: End of Public Review Process
November 5, 2007: Council takes action to adopt the
Year 2007 Action Plan
November 15, 2007: Deadline to submit the plan to HUD
2008 CDBG ESTIMATED RESOURCES
In 2007 the City of Auburn received $412,701 of CDBG funds. In 2008 the City estimates that
its CDBG funds will decrease slightly from last year's CDBG entitlement. The 2008 Action Plan
includes a contingency plan in the event that CDBG funds increase or decrease.
CDBG ESTIMATED RESOURCES
$409,760 CDBG 2008 Entitlement (estimated)
$324,156 Recaptured from Prior Years-2006 and 2007 funds
X733,916 Total Estimated CDBG Funds Available in 2008
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Recaptured CDBG Funds from Prior fears
2006:
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A Revolving Loan Fund was proposed in 2006; this was determined to not be the best use of
these available funds and as a result $94,240 was reallocated for future use. In addition, a
neighborhood planning grant ($7,500) and an information development project ($2,500) were
deemed to be best accomplished through different means.
2007:
With a delay in funding, many projects were unable to be begun in a manner that would allow for
their completion. The planning grant for the establishment of DV Protocols ($20,000) was
determined to be best served with a full year's time in 2008. The planned spending for the
Housing Repair program ($100,000) was carried into the 2008 Action Plan. A decision by the
City's Public Works department not to use CDBG funds for a neighborhood revitilization effort
(Terminal Park, $100,000) allowed for reallocation as well.
OTHER RESOURCES
General Funds
The City of Auburn allocates up to one percent (1 %) of its general fund expenditures to provide
human services for Auburn residents through contracts with non-profit agencies. Assuming the
City will continue to receive the same amount of general fund revenues, the estimated allocation
from General Fund budget for human service grants is $425,316 in 2008.
TOTAL RESOURCES
Funding Source 2008
-- CDBG Funds $ 733,916
-- General Funds $ 425,316
Total Estimated Funds Available $1,159,232
The expressed goal of the City's Consolidated Plan is to reduce the number of people living in
poverty with the City of Auburn. Toward this end, the City will give funding priority to
programs that - in addition to complying with federal regulations and addressing a priority
outlined in the Consolidated Plan -are consistent with the following anti-poverty strategy for
resource allocation.
1. Each project must satisfy one of the three following overriding goals:
¦ The project must help people move out of poverty.
¦ The project must prevent people from entering poverty.
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¦ The project must address the basic needs of people living in poverty.
2. In making funding decisions, the City will give priority to programs that:
¦ Support, complement or are consistent with other current City plans;
¦ Are sustainable over time;
¦ Have demonstrated cooperation and collaboration among government, private
nonprofit agencies and the private sector to maximize impacts and reduce
administrative costs;
¦ Do not have a more appropriate source of funds.
3. The City will give priority to programs that provide services addressing the basic needs
of Auburn's most at-risk populations. A priority population for CDBG-funded services is
individuals who are denied, by poverty and historical institutional practices, the
opportunity to develop their full potential and to enjoy the benefits of community
participation.
4. CDBG funded services must, to the fullest extent possible, be appropriate and accessible
to people who may face special barriers in accessing services.
5. The CDBG program was built on a premise of citizen participation in the formation of
policies, including funding decisions, which address neighborhood and community needs.
The City will give priority to programs that promote community initiatives to identify
priority needs and to address those needs.
6. The City will give priority to programs that build and support the capacity of local
organizations to address the needs of Auburn residents.
7. The City will give priority to programs that support economic development and promote
access to quality jobs -positions that pay well enough to support an adequate standard of
living, allow the purchase of housing and other basic necessities, offer stability and
decent working conditions, and provide opportunities for advancement.
8. Funding priority will be given to agencies that provide direct services to Auburn residents
at locations within the city limits of Auburn.
The City of Auburn solicited proposals from local service providers to achieve the following
community results within the areas listed below. Population performance indicators will be
applied to assess the overall success of the effort and the value of ongoing support; these
indicators will be utilized to determine the effectiveness of individual programs.
Overall Result: One-Stop Center
The City of Auburn will fund human service providers who participate in the design,
development and operation of a One-Stop Center in Auburn and the efficient, collaborative and
integrated delivery of services it offers. Agencies who agree to participate in the design and
development of a One-Stop Center in Auburn may apply for funding to accomplish one or more
of the following community results:
¦ Abused and Neglected Children: The City of Auburn will fund human service providers
that increase supportive services to children who are neglected and abused, specifically the
number of children who are victims of on-going and repeated neglect and abuse, within the
city of Auburn by 15% over the next three (3) years.
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¦ Victims of Domestic and Sexual Assault: The City of Auburn will fund human service
providers that increase the number of Auburn residents, who are victims of domestic
violence, that make the transition to a safe environment and self determining lifestyle by 15%
within the next three (3) years.
¦ Poverty Reduction: The City of Auburn will fund human service providers who increase
the number of Auburn residents no longer living in poverty by 15% within the next three (3)
years.
¦ Substance Abuse: The City of Auburn will fund human service providers to develop
strategies that increase the successful completion of treatment programs by Auburn residents
who have serious behavioral and health problems due to substance abuse and chemical
dependency by 15% within a three (3) year period.
¦ Physically and Mentally Fit: The City of Auburn will fund human service providers that
increase the availability, accessibility and use of health care to its low income residents by
15% within a three (3) year period.
The City of Auburn requested proposals to achieve the following national objectives and
community results.
Create a Suitable Living Environment:
One-Stop Center:
-- Create a suitable living environment for Auburn's low income residents and people with
special needs by using its CDBG funds to make available float loans and Section 108
Loan Guarantees to leverage the funds necessary to develop aOne-Stop Center for the
collocation and integrated delivery of human services.
Abused and Neglected Children:
-- Create a suitable living environment by using a portion of its CDBG funds for program
administration to create a "Community Partnership Task Force" to develop and
implement services that will reduce the chronic abuse and neglect of children in Auburn.
-- The City of Auburn proposes to allocate approximately $170,000 of its General Funds, to
generate approximately 7,700 hours of services and 160 home visits that will benefit
1,657 Auburn adults and children, for the purpose of reducing chronic abuse and neglect
of children.
Victims of Domestic and Sexual Assault:
-- Create a suitable living environment by allocating $20,000 of CDBG funds for a planning
grant to the Auburn Police Department for the purpose of developing the collaborative
and integrated delivery of services necessary to efficiently serve approximately 600
victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
-- The City of Auburn proposes to allocate $91,500 of its Generate Funds to provide 1,500
referrals for assistance, 160 bednights shelter, 700 hours of case management and 550
hours of therapy to approximately 600 victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.
-- The City of Auburn proposes to purchase a house to be used for the purpose of temporary
use primarily by domestic violence victims who reside in Auburn. $250,000 from CDBG
Funds will be allocated to acquire the house which will serve to supplement present
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housing resources which presently exist. The City of Auburn will contract with a local
partner to manage the house and its use protocols.
Ph,, shy and Mentally Fit:
-- Create a suitable living environment by making health care available to 160 or more low-
income, uninsured Auburn residents by allocating $31,464 of CDBG funds and $8,536 of
General Funds to the Community Health Centers of King County for the operation of its
clinic in Auburn.
-- Create a suitable living environment by making dental care available to 75 or more low-
income, uninsured Auburn residents by allocating $20,000 of CDBG funds to the
Community Health Centers of King County for the operation of its clinic in Auburn.
-- The City proposes to allocate an additional $45,000 of its General Funds for the purpose
of creating access to health care to over 1,000 low-income Auburn residents and enabling
over 3,200 visits to qualified health care providers.
-- Create a resource center which will serve a predominantly low-income clientele with
limited language skills. Investment of $53,000 from CDBG funds will assist to
permanently locate and refurbish offices and meeting space for the Friendship Center.
The Center is presently providing referral, care, case management, and creating
employment opportunities for the Latino community in Auburn.
Poverty Reduction:
-- The City of Auburn proposes to allocate $45,000 of its General Funds to provide nearly
12,000 Auburn residents emergency assistance such as food, financial assistance, and
clothing.
-- The City of Auburn proposes to allocate $16,500 of its General Funds to provide over 60
Auburn senior citizens congregate meals and home-delivered meals and over 1,200
Auburn residents a weekly meal.
-- The City of Auburn proposes to allocate $40,780 of its General Funds to provide over
100 Auburn residents more than 3,900 bednights of emergency shelter and/or transitional
housing.
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-- The City of Auburn did not receive any proposals from local service providers for
activities specifically related to people with alcohol and/or chemical dependences.
Provide Decent Housing:
Maintain the affordability of decent housing for very low-income Auburn residents by
allocating $150,000 of CDBG funds to the City of Auburn's Housing Repair Program (plus a
$100,000 carry-over from 2007) for the purpose of providing repairs necessary to maintain
suitable housing for 50 Auburn homeowners, including 40 homeowners who are senior
citizens and 10 homeowners who lack safe access in or out of their homes due to physical
disabilities or impairment.
Expand Economic Opportunities:
Create economic opportunities by providing the availability and access to counseling and
training for approximately 40 Auburn residents who are either trying to sustain or create a
small business and, collectively generate 25 or more jobs by allocating $37,500 of CDBG
funds to the Green River Community College's Small Business Assistance Center.
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Create economic opportunities by providing the availability and access to train approximately
15 very-low income Auburn residents so that at least half of them can find and sustain a job
by allocating $10,000 of CDBG funds to the Multi-Service Center Employment Program.
CDBG Funds
Proposed CDBG Disbursements 2008
Public Services
-- Community Health Centers: Dental Care $20,000
-- Community Health Centers: Medical Care $31,464
--Multi-Service Center Employment Program $10,000
subtotal: Public Services $61,464
Capital Funds
--Affordable Housing
..... City of Auburn Housing Repair Program
(includes $100K Carr -over from `07)
$250,000
-- Economic Development
..... GRCC Small Business Assistance Center $37,500
--Suitable Living Environment
..... EmergencylTemporary Use House $250,000
.....City Friendship Center $53,000
subtotal: Capital Funds $490,500
Administration
-- Program Management
.... City of Auburn D.P.B.C. $61,952
-- Planning Grants
.... Auburn Police Dept.: DV Protocols $20,000
Subtotal: Administration $81,952
Total CDBG Funds: $733,916
Source of CDBG Funds: 2008
-- 2008 Estimated Entitlement: $409,760
-- Reallocation of 2006!2007 unspent funds $324,156
Total Estimated CDBG Funds $733,916
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General Funds
Child AbuselNeglect Programs FY2008
... ACAP APPLE Parenting $5,000
... ACAP Childcare Subsidies $25,000
... AYR Street Outreach Team $55,000
... Birth to Three Development Center $10,000
... Auburn Bo s & Girls Club $30,000
... CHS Famil Resource Center $25,000
... CHS Strengthening Families Program $10,000
... Children's Therap Center $10,000
... Communit In School $2,000
subtotal: $172,000
DV & Sexual Assault FY2008
... Crisis Clinic 2-1-1 Line $1,000
... Crisis Clinic 24 Hr Line $1,000
... Crisis Clinic Teen Link $1,000
... DAWN $9,000
... KSARC $22, 500
... YWCA DV Services $20, 000
... Jubilee Center: Latino Program $5,000
... SMH Behavioral Responsibility Program $7,500
... SMH: DV PROGRAM $10,000
... VCC Survivor Support/Therapy Program $12,000
... YWCA Children DV Services $5,000
subtotal: $94,000
Health Care Programs FY2008
... Auburn Respite $10,000
... Christ Communit Free Clinic $20,000
... Communit Health Centers: Medical $8,536
... Griefworks $10,000
... Senior Services Vol. Transportation $5,000
subtotal: $53,536
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General Funds
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-- Poverty Reduction Programs FY2008
... Auburn Food Bank $30,000
... CCS Emer enc Services $10,000
... Pre nanc Aid $5,000
... CCS CHORE Pro ram $3,500
... HOMEIARISE $15,000
... MSC: Emer & Transitional Housin $8,000
... YWCA Emergency Housing $3,780
... YWCA Transitional Housin $14,000
... Con re ate Meals $4, 500
... Meals on Wheels $7,000
... Communit Suppers $5,000
subtotal: $105,780
Total General Fund Human Services $425,316
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Total appropriations may not exceed actual revenues and no liability is to be incurred in excess of
appropriations. In the event that actual revenues are different than the revenues estimated by the
CDBG budget, the following actions shall be taken:
(a) CDBG Public Service Pro r? ains: In the event the City receives a lesser amount of CDBG
funding than budgeted for public services, then the reduction will be made as follows:
1. Reduce or eliminate the appropriation to the Multi-Service Center's Employment
Program by $10,000 or the amount of the funding reduction, which ever amount
is less.
2. Reduce the appropriation to Community Health Centers Medical Care Program
by $31,473 or the remaining balance of the reduction, which ever amount is less.
(b) CDBG Capital-Funds Programs: In the event of a reduction in CDBG capital funds, the
amount of reduction will be prorated evenly among the funded project.
(c) Unspent CDBG Capital Grants: The funds appropriated to subrecipients for capital
improvements must be expended within the term of the subrecipient's CDBG grant
agreement. CDBG funds appropriated for capital improvements will be considered
abandoned, and the funds will be re-appropriated, if any of the following conditions exist:
(a) The term of the grant agreement expires and the subrecipient fails to request an
extension in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
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(b) The subrecipient fails to submit a request for reimbursement or fails to submit an
activity report during the program year.
(c) The subrecipient fails to make the project "bid ready" within the first year after
the appropriation. "Bid ready" means that, at a minimum, the bid specifications
are drafted and the subrecipient is ready to solicit bids.
(d) General Fund Public Services:
1. Reduction of General Fund Revenues: In the event of a reduction in the general
fund appropriation for human services, the reductions will be applied in the
following order:
(a) Communities-In-School: the lesser of $2,000 or the amount of
the reduction.
(b) St. Matthew's Jubilee Center's Latino Program: the lesser of
$2,500 or the remaining amount of the reduction.
(c) CHORE Program: the lesser of $3,500 or the remaining amount
of the reduction.
(d) Griefworks: the lesser of $2,500 or the remaining amount of the
reduction.
(e) If the above reductions remain less than the total amount of the
general fund reduction, then the remaining amount of the
reduction will be applied evenly by a prorated amount among the
remaining appropriations.
2. Increase in Funding: In the event of an increase in funding, then previous reductions
in appropriated amounts, if any, will be restored to the amounts recommended for
2008 in the reverse order in which the above reductions were made. If funds remain
after all reductions have been restored, then the remaining funds will be distributed
according to the allocation recommended by the Planning and Community
Development Committee and approved by the City Council.
The City of Auburn continues to monitor compliance with the Fair Housing Act. Complaints are
referred to the Washington State Human Rights Commission for resolution. In 2006, the City
completed an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI) as required for CDBG
entitlement communities. The Fair Housing Consultant identified three impediments and made
three recommendations. The recommendations were:
• Expand current education and outreach efforts;
• Continue ongoing enforcement activities; and
• Target homeownership and lending marketing to African American and
Hispanic households.
The City is in the process of implementing these recommendations. Information about Fair
Housing will be put on the City of Auburn's website and made available at City Hall. The
information will include links pertaining to where residents can file a complaint in the event of
alleged discrimination. Information will be available in English and Spanish. Summary data
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regarding the number of fair housing complaints filed against landlords and realtors in Auburn
will be reported in the CAPER.
The City of Auburn continues to support public housing communities located within its city
limits. Many of the residents who receive the services provided by the City's human service
grants live in public housing communities. Two grant recipients are located within public
housing communities. In addition, the City of Auburn's Housing Repair program serves
approximately 10 - 12 residents per year who live at Tall Cedars Mobile Home Park, which is
owned by the King County Housing Authority. Home repairs include new roofs, furnaces, hot
water tanks, wheelchair ramps and other repairs necessary to keep the home habitable. The
following summarizes the grants provided to specific public housing communities:
Agency/Program Public Housing Community Amount
Auburn Boys & Girls Club Firwood Circle $30,000
Auburn Food Bank Burndale $30,000
Housing Repairs Tall Cedars Mobile Home Park $50,000
Total: Public Housing Community Programs $110,000
The City of Auburn will continue to provide funding to regional and local agencies that provide
assistance to homeless families. In 2008 the City will strive to maintain a continuum of care for
homeless families that includes emergency assistance, emergency shelters and transitional
housing. In addition, the City provides funds for the provision of medical care, childcare and
employment training to help prevent people from becoming homeless. The City of Auburn plans
to allocate approximately $49,780 of its General Funds to provide more than 4,000 bednights of
emergency shelter and/or transitional housing to approximately 120 Auburn residents. The
following summarizes the grants awarded with the intent to reduce chronic homelessness:
Agency I Program Award Residents Services
Provided
DAWN Confidential Shelter $9,000 15 160 bednights
Multi-Service Center $8,000 29 870 bednights
HOME/ARISE Emergency Shelter $15,000 30 1,650 bednights
YWCA Emergency & Transitional Housing $17,780 46 1,400 bednights
Total: $49,780 120 4,080 bednights
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CDBG funds spent on neighborhood revitalization and housing repairs for targeted
neighborhoods will occur within the Census Tract 306 and Census Tract 307. According to the
Census Bureau, these two census tracts are predominantly low income with median household
incomes less than 80% of the King County median household income. Public services funded
with CDBG funds and housing repairs in non-targeted neighborhoods will be offered to low
income or limited clientele residents citywide.
The City of Auburn will continue to implement U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HiJD) regulations to protect young children from lead-based paint hazards in
housing that is financially assisted by the federal government. The requirements apply only to
housing built before 1978, the year lead-based paint was banned nationwide for consumer use.
The following table summarizes actions required by these regulations.
Amount of Grant <$5,000 X5,000-X25,000 > X25,000
General A roach
pp Do No Harm Identify and control Identify and abate
lead hazards lead hazards
Notification Pamphlet pamphlet & Notice of Pamphlet & Notice of
Assessment Hazard Reduction
Evaluation Visual Paint Testing Risk Assessment
Repair surfaces Abatement and
Reduction Strategy disturbed during Interim Controls Interim Controls
rehab work
The City of Auburn will continue to look at policies that remove barriers to affordable housing.
The City of Auburn's Comprehensive Land Use includes several policies and objectives that will
guide the City toward achieving its affordable and fair housing goals. These policies include
maintaining flexibility in land use to achieve a balanced mix of affordable housing opportunities.
The City will continue to pursue mixed use developments that are consistent with the
transportation oriented developments located in Auburn's downtown. The City will look for
opportunities with public and private agencies to implement policies and offer programs that help
alleviate physical and economic distress, conserve energy resources, improve the quality and
quantity of community services, and eliminate conditions that are detrimental to health, safety
and public welfare.
Over the past three years approximately 88% of the clients served by programs funded with
CDBG funds earned low to moderate incomes. The beneficiaries of programs funded in 2008
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with CDBG funds are not expected to deviate from these past trends. The City of Auburn will
continue to distribute its funds for human services based on priority needs identified for people
with low-to-moderate incomes with a particular emphasis on people who live in poverty.
Agencies applying for CDBG funds are required to respond to general and program specific
polices in their applications. All projects are evaluated to determine if they are:
1. Eligible relative to federal guidelines;
2. Consistent with the program objectives and strategies;
3. Consistent with local, state and federal regulations;
4. Feasible within contract and timeline guidelines; and
5. Capable of developing and measuring outcomes.
These policies include, among others:
• Consistency with local codes and policies;
• Restrictions on the change of use of property and buildings which were acquired or
improved with CDBG funds;
• Minimization of displacement and the provision of relocation assistance;
• Adherence to federal wage rates;
• Compliance with federal audit requirements; and
• Adherence to and enforcement of lead-based paint abatement regulations, fair
housing laws and affirmative action.
Detailed records are maintained and reviewed to determine and assure agency compliance with its
contract and other applicable regulations. Deficiencies in record keeping are documented and
technical assistance to correct noted deficiencies is provided. The failure to comply with
contractual requirements and regulations could result in remedial actions and/or the termination
of funding.
The City conducts an internal audit to ensure that its records are complete and agencies are
complying with applicable rules and regulations. In addition, the City's records are subject to an
independent annual audit by the State Auditor. Both the City's internal audit and the State
Auditor test to determine the City's compliance with the following CDBG requirements:
¦ Political Activity;
¦ Davis-Bacon and Related Acts;
¦ Civil rights;
¦ Cash Management;
¦ Federal Financial Reports;
¦ Allowable Costs & Cost Principles;
¦ Drug-Free Workplace Act; and
¦ Various administrative
requirements.
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For more information and/or to get on the City's mailing list for Consolidated Plan
updates and grant applications, please contact:
Michael Hursh, Planner
Department of Planning, Building and Community
25 West Main Street, Auburn, WA 98001
Phone: 253-804-5029 email: mhursh@auburnwa.gov
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 2008 Community Development Block Grant Projects
2. Notice of Public Comment Period
3. Comments from the Public Hearing on October 2, 2007
4. Written comments provided during the public review period.
5. Resolution adopted by the City Council authorizing funding recommendations
and submittal of the 2008 Annual Action Plan to H.U.D.
6. Certificates
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