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APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE'S 2019-2020 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - $395,052.82 <br />WHEREAS, the City of Charlottesville has been advised of the approval by the U.S. <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the 2019-2020 fiscal year in the total amount of $395,052.82 that includes new entitlement from HUD amounting to $393,152, and previous entitlement made available through reprogramming of $1,900.82. <br />WHEREAS, City Council has received recommendations for the expenditure of funds from the CDBG Task Force, the SAT, the Belmont Priority Neighborhood Task and the City Planning Commission; and has conducted a public hearing thereon as provided by law; now, therefore; <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Charlottesville, Virginia, that the sums hereinafter set forth are hereby appropriated from funds received from the aforesaid grant to the following individual expenditure accounts in the Community Development Block Grant Fund for the respective purposes set forth; provided, however, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to <br />transfer funds between and among such individual accounts as circumstances may require, to the <br />extent permitted by applicable federal grant regulations. <br />PRIORITY NEIGHBORHOOD Belmont Priority Neighborhood $244,950.82 <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Community Investment Collaborative Scholarships $12,500 <br />PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS OED GO Utilities $20,498 TJACH – Coordinated Entry System $29,237 <br />Literacy Volunteers – Basic Literacy Instruction $9,237 <br />ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING: Admin and Planning $78,630 <br />TOTAL $395,052.82 <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appropriation is conditioned upon the receipt of <br />$395,052.82 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Should the total actual amount of entitlement received differ from the appropriated amount, all appropriated amounts may be administratively increased/reduced at the same pro-rated percentage of change between the estimated entitlement and the actual entitlement. The total appropriated amount will not to exceed <br />2.5% total change, nor will any agency or program increase more than their initial funding request, <br />without further action from City Council. <br />The amounts so appropriated as grants to other public agencies and private non-profit, charitable organizations (sub-recipients) are for the sole purpose stated. The City Manager is authorized to <br />enter into agreements with those agencies and organizations as he may deem advisable to ensure <br />that the grants are expended for the intended purposes, and in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and regulations; and