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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Rick Guzman, Manager, Neighborhood Redev. Division
DATE: March 6, 2018
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Approving the City of Aurora 3rd Program Year (2017) Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Act Programs (HOME).
PURPOSE:
Staff is requesting authorization to submit the 2017 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) and HOME Investment Partnership Act programs in the areas of accomplishments, populations served, and demographics, 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, 2018.
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 details accomplishments made during the Second Program Year (2017) of the City's 5-year Consolidated Plan (2015-2019) for federal funding. The CDBG and HOME programs assisted approximately 6,592 low to moderate income Aurorans in the 2017 program year.
Due to the unusual delay of the City's fall HUD funding approval, the City's beneficiary numbers were less because none of the City's six capital projects could not move forward until HUD approval was received in November of 2017. This impacted the implementation of the projects as the CDBG funded public facility and infrastructure projects were unable to proceed until 2018, and the City's housing projects could not proceed until December 2017. It is anticipated that...
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