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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.09.18 - 273314 REPORT September 18, 2003 BY: Finance Committee, Chuck Moss, Chairperson IN RE: MR #03239 - COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - COMMUNITY AND HOME IMPROVEMENT DIVISION - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ALLOCATION METHODS To: The Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above-referenced resolution, reports with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted with amendments as follows. 1) Amend Ninth WHEREAS WHEREAS the Citizens Advisory Council accepted and apppaved recommended to the Planning and Building Committee the review committee's appr-oigiatioa recommendations on August 13, 2003 by a roll call vote of 9 yeas and 1 nay; and 2) Amend Tenth WHEREAS WHEREAS the C.itiz9ps-AcivisePi-C.44m4pittee Planning and Building Committee recommends the Board of Commissioners approval of the GA1:141:RittE44 proposed CDBG apiar494atioa allocation modifications which a.) deduct administrative funds up to twenty percent from the grant and appai=tieRs allocates focty 33.3% percent of the grant balance to the Oakland County Home Improvement Program and episty 66.7% percent of the balance to participating communities, b.) allocate community funding by a formula expressed as (Population of Community R) + 3 (Low/mod Income Households in Community R) + 4 = Allocation Percentile and c.) grant a minimum of $8,000 to any participating community that generates less than $8,000 under the formula; and 3) Strike the Eleventh WHEREAS Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move acceptance of the foregoing report. FINANCE COMMITTEE ai`?ti,e FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Moffitt and Gregory absent. .011b' .11 11: -#1.14r.VG AND BUILDING COMMITTEE September 4, 2003 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #03239 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES PALMER, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT — COMMUNITY AND HOME IMPROVEMENT DIVISION —COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ALLOCATION METHODS To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, the County of Oakland by Miscellaneous Resolution #6961 of January 23, 1975, declared its intention to become designated as an Urban County under the Federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; and WHEREAS, the County of Oakland receives U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds; and WHEREAS, the County has allocated CDBG funds based on an appropriation methodology since the program's inception which deducts administrative funds up to twenty percent from the grant and apportions one- third of the grant balance to the Oakland County Home Improvement Program and two-thirds of the balance to participating communities; and WHEREAS, the County distributes CDBG funds among its participating communities by an allocation formula designed to benefit low and moderate income residents in compliance with federal directives; and WHEREAS, the current allocation formula is expressed as (Population of Community R) + 2 (Low/mod Income Households in Community R) + (Overcrowded Households in Community R) + 4 = Percentile for Allocation of the Applicable Funds to the Participating Communities; and WHEREAS, a minimum community allocation of $8,000 is granted to any participating community that generates less than $8,000 based on the formula; and WHEREAS, the CDBG appropriation methodology and CDBG formula are reviewed every ten years when new U.S. Census information becomes available; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Community and Home Improvement Citizens Advisory Council (CAC) established a review committee to assess the existing allocation methodology, formula and minimum allocation amount; and WHEREAS, the Citizens Advisory Council accepted and approved the review committee's appropriation recommendations on August 13, 2003 by a roll call vote of 9 yeas and 1 nay; and WHEREAS, the Citizens Advisory Committee recommends approval of the committee's proposed CDBG appropriation modifications which a.) deduct administrative funds up to twenty percent from the grant and apportions forty percent of the grant balance to the Oakland County Home Improvement Program and sixty percent of the balance to participating communities, b.) allocate community funding by a formula expressed as (Population of Community R) + 3 (Low/mod Income Households in Community R) + 4 = Allocation Percentile and c.) grant a minimum of $8,000 to any participating community that generates less than $8,000 under the formula; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Building Committee has reviewed the proposed CDBG allocation methods. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Community and Home Improvement Division to administer the Community Development Block Grant funding using the recommended allocation methods beginning with the 2004 CDBG Program Year as follows: a.) deduct administrative funds up to twenty percent from the grant and apportions one-third of the grant balance to the Oakland County Home Improvement Program and two-thirds of the balance to participating communities, b.) allocate community funding by a formula expressed as (Population of Community R) + 3 (Low/mod Income Households in Community R) — 4 = Allocation Percentile, and c.) grant a minimum of $8,000 to any participating community that generates less than $8,000 under the formula. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any future changes in the allocation methods would require approval of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Buildinjf—ortlinittee. I move t_he adoption of the foregoing resolution. Planning & Building Committee Vote: Motion carried on unanimous roll call vote Resolution #03239 September 4, 2003 The Chairperson referred the resolution to the Finance Committee. There were no objections. FISCAL NOTE (M.R. #03239) September 18, 2003 BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, CHUCK MOSS, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - COMMUNITY AND HOME IMPROVEMENT DIVISION - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ALLOCATION METHODS TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the above referenced resolution and finds: 1. The resolution authorizes the Community & Home Improvement Division to administer Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding using recommended allocation methods beginning with the 2004 CDBG Program Year. 2. CDBG appropriation methodology and CDBG formula are reviewed every ten years when new U.S. Census information becomes available. 3. The recommended allocation methodology and formula will not affect current or future CDBG funding allocated to Oakland County by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 4. No budget amendment is required. FINANCE COMMITTEE FINANCE COMMITTEE Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote with Moffitt and Gregory absent. G. William Caddell, County Clerk • Resolution #03239 September 18, 2003 Moved by Palmer supported by Rogers the resolution be adopted. Moved by Palmer supported by Rogers the Finance Committee Report be accepted. A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the report was accepted. Moved by Palmer supported by Wilson the resolution be amended to coincide with the recommendation in the Finance Committee Report. A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the motion carried. Vote on resolution, as amended: AYES: Jamian, Knollenberg, KowaII, Law, Long, McMillin, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Suarez, Webster, Wilson, Zack, Bullard, Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gregory, Hatchett. (25) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted, therefore, the resolution, as amended, was adopted. 0011•• I IRBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on September 18, 2003, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of tl)e County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 18th day of September, 2003.