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Community Development Block Grant Program - 2020 Amended Citizen Participation Plan - For the purpose of adopting an Amended Citizen Participation Plan as it relates to the administration of the Community Planning and Development programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Resolution R-34-20
Sponsored by: Mayor Buckley
Referred to:
PUBLIC HEARING
A RESOLUTION concerning
Community Development Block Grant Program -
2020 Amended Citizen Participation Plan
FOR the purpose of adopting an Amended Citizen Participation Plan as it relates to the administration of the Community Planning and Development programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan (CP) and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI) are documents required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for jurisdictions to continue to receive federal housing and community development funding; and
WHEREAS, the City of Annapolis receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding annually; and
WHEREAS, the CP examines the housing and community development needs of the City, sets priorities for the CDBG funds, establishes an Annual Action Plan for meeting current and future needs, and identifies the City’s performance in meeting its annual goals through the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER); and
WHEREAS, in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic and in accordance with the flexibility provided under the CARES Act, the City of Annapolis is amending its Citizen Participation Plan, to promote and support “social distancing” while continuing to offer the public an opportunity to provide valuable citizen input and insight into the policies, and procedures of its Community Development Block Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the CP , AAP and AI are also required to have a strategy for resident participation in the planning process; and
WHEREAS, the amended Citizen Participation Plan presents the City’s plan for providing for and encouraging all citizens to participate in the development, revision, amendment, adoption, and implementation of the: (1) Citizen Participation Plan (CPP), (2) Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing (AI), (3) Consolidated Plan (CP), (4) Annual Action Plan (AAP), (5) Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), and (6) Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Department Community Development Division is the lead agency for the administration of the CDBG Program; and
WHEREAS, local jurisdictions, which adopted a citizen participation plan prior to August 17, 2015, are required to amend their plans to comply with new provisions of 24 C.F.R. § 91.105 to include ways for citizens to participate in and comment on the City’s Fair Housing Assessment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the 2020 Amended Citizen Participation Plan as it relates to the administration of the Community Planning and Development programs funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is hereby adopted.
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