P57 CDBG-DR action plan amendment

2:31:10All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? And item P fifty seven.

2:31:16Yeah, but gentlemen

2:31:17standing.

2:31:21Uh thank you. Chuck Lane, Director of the Office of Disaster Recovery Resources. Um get a brief PowerPoint to present uh an amendment to our sub to our action plan. So this is the first substantial amendment to um our action plan for C D B G DR funds. Chuck, hang on just for a second. Okay,

2:31:37I apologize. I did not say the proof. Oh So item P fifty seven, thank you, Mr. Chair, was published in the Tampa Times. Um Oh, I'm sorry. It says proof of publication is not required for this item. So you were reading. There we go. I interrupted you for nothing. We're

2:31:52required to post on our website, which we've done.

2:31:54Here's the doc. Thank you.

2:31:55Um a substantial amendment uh with HUD requires three public meetings where the public has the opportunity to provide comments. Our first two public meetings were held on May 28th and June 8th, where we we are currently within a HUD-required 30-day public comment period, which ends on June eighteenth.

2:32:14We have two main objectives with the three public meetings, and that one is to help the board and the public understand the changes to our action plan, uh why we're proposing them and how they will impact our program. Secondly, uh to provide an opportunity for the public to provide comment on the changes we're proposing and changes we're not proposed, and prop changes that they would want us to propose.

2:32:36So there's very little in terms of programmatic changes that we're proposing. Uh this amendment is mostly to provide clarity and flexibility in managing our Better Future program. Uh when HUD comes to vi to audit us and and they will several times throughout the the the grant life, they not only audit us against HUD regulations, they audit us against the rules that we set for ourselves. So added flexibility and clarity is is very helpful to us.

2:33:02So these are the changes to our individual housing program. The first change you see on the screen is to provide clarity. We've been able to use these funds for this type of match under our mitigation program. This language change clarifies that we can do it within the individual housing program. The second change is also a clarification. Since the program opened, our maximum award for reconstruction has been $330,000, and we could add $100,000 if code requires that the home is elevated. We just felt that this language needed to be tightened up for when HUD comes to pull down the covers on

2:33:32us. The third one is the only financial change we're proposing with this amendment. It's an increase to our maximum award for a single wide manufactured home unit from 145,000 to 163,000. This is simply in response to market pricing we're seeing for these types of units. And lastly, we're adding the ability to provide down payment assistance loans for home buyers.

2:33:55For non-housing programs, we're clarifying that we can use these funds for federal required matches. We're clarifying that we can assist microenterprise business under our economic recovery program. And we're establishing the county leadership can directly allocate funds to projects under our infrastructure, mitigation, and public facilities programs. If you want to submit a comment, uh people wishing to submit a public comment can do so by commenting uh after my presentation today. If folks are uncomfortable speaking at the podium, Jessica Plasters with IEM

2:34:25is here today with me. Um We can take comments in a one-on-one setting. If that's what you prefer, we'll be in the back of the room following the meeting. People can also submit their comments online by going to mypasco.net and tapping on the better future icon. There's a form on that page that people can use to submit a comment online. People can also email us at better future at mypasco.com.net. I'm sorry, better future at mypasco.net, or they can call us at 727-228-4936 and they

2:34:55can uh submit a comment verbally. That concludes my presentation. I'd be happy to take questions.

2:35:00Great job.

2:35:01Any questions?

2:35:02No, just a great job.

2:35:04Jack, I just want to say I think you're doing a phenomenal job. Yeah, appreciate all the great work.

2:35:09Thank you.

2:35:11Anyone here from the public would like to address this item?

2:35:17Move

2:35:17approved.

2:35:18Second. And no one is online for this item.

2:35:21Okay. All right, close public comment. We have a motion of a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay.