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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Chris Ragona, Community Dev. Manager, Neighborhood Redev. Division
DATE: March 8, 2019
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving the City of Aurora 4th Program Year (2018) Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs
PURPOSE:
Staff is requesting authorization to submit the 2018 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER reviews the past program year's performance of the City's federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act, and Emergency Solutions Grant programs in the areas of accomplishments, populations served, demographics, and funding expenditures, and reports these findings to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assist with the federal appropriations process. The CAPER is due for submittal to the HUD by March 30, 2019.
BACKGROUND:
As a HUD entitlement community, the City of Aurora is required to comply with the various aspects of the Consolidated Planning process - including submittal of an Annual Action Plan prior to each program year, and a retrospective CAPER detailing the accomplishments achieved in the past program year. The attached draft CAPER report ("Exhibit A") details accomplishments and expenditures made during the Fourth Program Year (2018) of the City's 5-year Consolidated Plan (2015-2019) for federal funding.
In 2018, the City's CDBG program assisted approximately 15,947 low to moderate income Aurorans. During 2018, the City also moved forward on committing HOME funds to the Aurora Arts Centre's 76-unit affordable rental housing (38 units preserved; 38 units created) development project. 2018 also marked the City's first-time ESG allocation; however, as a result of the City's delayed receipt of HUD's funding approval agreements, the City was unable to move fo...
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