Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Leonard Vialpando
Department: Environmental Protection Division: Housing Finance & Comm. Redevelopment
Information
Requested Action
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A. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator to amend the Broward County Five Year Strategic Consolidated Plans for Fiscal Years 2015-2019 and Fiscal Years 2020-2024 and the accompanying Annual Action Plans for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") Community Planning and Development Grants; reprogramming funds and revising Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds and Home Investment Partnerships Program Grant (HOME) funds, based on the recommendations on Exhibit 1; authorizing the County Administrator to take all necessary administrative and budgetary actions for implementation of the changes, to submit a copy of the amendment to HUD, and to execute agreements, amendments, reinstatements and interlocal agreements with subrecipients of funding for the respective CDBG, CDBG-CV and HOME Programs, subject to approval as to form by the Office of the County Attorney.
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Sharief was not present during the vote.
ACTION: (T-11:22 AM) Commissioner Sharief requested being shown voting in the affirmative.
VOTE: 9-0.
B. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE County Administrator to execute Assignments of Mortgages and Assignments of Promissory Notes, each in substantially the form attached as Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3, as may be needed to correct mortgagees on certain Broward County federal and state funding single family mortgages and notes in order to reflect the appropriate funding municipality.
ACTION: (T-10:38 AM) Approved.
VOTE: 8-0. Commissioner Sharief was not present during the vote.
ACTION: (T-11:22 AM) Commissioner Sharief requested being shown voting in the affirmative.
VOTE: 9-0.
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Why Action is Necessary
A. Board action is required to amend Five Year Strategic Consolidated Plans and Annual Action Plans for HUD to add additional HUD funding allocations and implement substantial changes to program funding allocations and priorities.
B. Grants the County Administrator the authority to take corrective action on existing mortgages and promissory notes where the County is erroneously designated as mortgagee.
What Action Accomplishes
A. Approves changes to the Five Year Strategic Consolidated Plans and associated Annual Action Plans, and subsequent budgetary and administrative actions.
B. Allows for corrective action on mortgages and promissory notes mistakenly assigned to Broward County and Assigns the mortgages and promissory notes to reflect the appropriate funding municipality.
Is this Action Goal Related
No
Previous Action Taken
No Previous Action
Summary Explanation/Background
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE HOUSING FINANCE AND COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT DIVISION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTIONS.
This item supports the Board's value: Offering sustainable, compatible, innovative housing options for all income-levels, including integrated, permanent supportive housing, and the corresponding goal of increasing the availability of affordable housing of all types, countywide in every community using effective, uniform criteria, policies, and strategies.
A. Amendments to the five-year consolidated plans and annual action plans are needed to accommodate substantial changes requested by HUD, the participating small cities, the Consortium Entitlement municipalities and the Housing Finance and Community Redevelopment Division for projects funded with CDBG, CDBG-CV and HOME funds. This motion will authorize the County Administrator to perform the necessary administrative and budgetary actions to implement the Activities/Projects below. The requested changes summarized below and detailed on Exhibit 1 attached, effectively provide modifications to allow successful and timely implementation of these grant funds.
Changes requested by non-profit organizations and cities below detailed on Exhibit 1.
CDBG Grant
City of Dania Beach
City of Lauderdale Lakes
City of West Park
HOME Grant
BHP Community Land trust, Inc.
Oasis of Hope, Inc.
The following Cities have requested the changes detailed on Exhibit 1 and have requested that Broward County’s Housing Finance and Community Redevelopment Division (HFCRD) Implement these Projects/Activities. The HFCRD will receive direct service delivery for the Implementation of the proposed Projects/Activities on Exhibit 1.
CDBG Grant
City of Oakland Park
HOME Grant
City of Coral Springs (Fiscal Year 2016/2017 - Fiscal Year 2020/2021)
City of Sunrise (Fiscal Year 2017/2018 - Fiscal Year 2020/2021)
The following Cities and Non-profits have remaining balances form Fiscal Years 2016/2017 through 2019/2020. These projects have been completed and the funds will be reallocated to Broward County Countywide Housing Projects/Activities as detailed on Exhibit 1.
CDBG Grant
City of Oakland Park/women in Distress
City of Lighthouse Point
City of Lauderdale Lakes
Broward County
Cooper City
City of Hallandale Beach
City of Parkland
HOPE, Inc.
HOME Grant
City of Deerfield Beach
The following Entitlement Cities have requested the changes detailed on Exhibit 1. These Projects/Activities are implemented by the HFCRD.
CDBG/HOME Grants - Entitlement Cities
CDBG/HOME
City of Coconut Creek
On October 20, 2020 (Item No. 39), the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) authorized the County Administrator to take all budgetary and administrative actions to enter into Interlocal Agreements (ILA) to Implement the City of Coconut Creek’s CDBG Grants. Similarly, the BOCC approved the HFCRD’s implementation of the City’s HOME grants during the Yearly Consolidated and Annual Action Plan Agenda Items (December 8, 2020, Item No. 15) and (June 2, 2020, Item No. 20) for the HOME grants. The County’s Housing Finance and Community Redevelopment Division (HFCRD) subsequently entered into the ILA’s to implement the referenced grant programs. After further fiscal reconciliation, the City notified the County that there were some balance adjustments that needed to be made to the current ILA’s. In addition to those adjustments, the City has Fiscal Year 2016 HOME grant funding balance and program income (PI) that needs to be recognized and included in the current ILA in the form of an amendment. The HOME Fiscal Year 2016 and PI funds were not part of the above referenced Agenda Items.
CDBG
City of Weston
The following City has requested the changes detailed on Exhibit 1.
CARES Act/CDBG-CV
City of Hallandale Beach
The Broward County Board of County Commissioners approved the CARES Act Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV) funds allocation on June 2, 2020, Item No. 20. The City of Hallandale Beach requested the changes detailed on Exhibit 1.
B. In addition to the County’s state and federal grants, the Broward County Housing Finance and Community Redevelopment Division (HFCRD) administers and Implements various state and federal programs for other entitlement and non-entitlement municipalities. As such, Broward County provides the administration and implementation for various municipalities’ CDBG, HOME and SHIP grants, which includes Housing Rehabilitation and Down Payment/Purchase Assistance programs. The program’s mortgages and promissory notes sometimes erroneously named Broward County as the Mortgagee. The mortgages and promissory notes should name the funding municipality as the mortgagee. These assignments take corrective action in order to reflect the appropriate funding municipality. The Assignment of Mortgage and Note forms, Exhibit 2 and Exhibit 3, were created, and approved by the office of the County Attorney.
Source of Additional Information
Ralph Stone, Director, Housing Finance and Community Redevelopment Division, 954-357-5320
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
No Fiscal Impact