STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: April 12, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Budget and Management Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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A public hearing to receive comments on the Proposed 2022 Amended Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Budget and draft Action Plan to accept additional CDBG-DR funds in the amount of $15,967,000, increasing the total amount to be received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from $24,433,000 to $40,400,000; and, at the close of the public hearing, authorize final adoption of the 2022 Amended CDBG-DR Budget and Action Plan - Financing: This action has no cost consideration to the City (see Fiscal Information)
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BACKGROUND
In late April 2022, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that approximately $24.4 million of Community Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding has been allocated to the City of Dallas under the second tranche of funds released from the Disaster Relief and Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022. This funding was allocated to the City as a result of the winter and ice storm that occurred in February 2021.
The City of Dallas received a direct allocation of CDBG-DR. These funds are typically awarded to the State, and the City of Dallas had never received CDBG-DR Funds from the State or a direct allocation. the CDBG-DR Funds must only be spent for necessary activities related to disaster recovery, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation in the "most impacted and distressed (MID)" areas of qualifying disasters. The entire City of Dallas is included in the MID.
On December 14, 2022, the City Council authorized final adoption of the 2022 CDBG-DR Budget and Action Plan. The Action Plan including the approved budget along with details of the City's plans for th...
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