Exh 8DAGENDA ITEM SD
MARCH 25, 2002
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Revision to FY 2001-2001 Community Development Block Grant
Contract
SUBMITTED BY: .Sonya Doerr, AICP, Community Development Director 5~®
DATE: March 18, 2002
BACKGROUND: The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) contract submitted
in April of last yeaz contained a request for $96,000 to be used to purchase construction
materials for the Jordan Park Community Center reconstruction. Because volunteer labor was
used to make the improvements to the facility, the City has been advised that Davis Bacon
Wage Act provisions prohibit use of Federal CDBG funds for this project. (The City's original
CDBG application stated that volunteer labor would be used for this project; however, the final
executed contract prepazed by the City of Jacksonville did not include this provision.) Since
the Jordan Park Community Center improvements have .been determined not to be a
reimbursable expense, the current contract must be amended to use these funds for other
CDBG eligible activities. Staff has been advised by the City of Jacksonville's Community
Development Division that an administrative amendment can be made to our contract provided
that the funds are used for projects within the same activity category. City staff has met to
identify and discuss the most urgent needs in the CDBG area, which would be eligible projects
within the Public Facilities and Infrastructure category, and which can be completed during the
current CDBG contract yeaz. The Public Works and Utility Departments have recommended
the continuation of the sewer replacement and rehabilitation work that has been underway in
the Donner Road. Approximately $46,000 is proposed to be allocated for this work.
Additionally, several sections along Orchid Street and Rose Street have no sidewalks, and there
is a relatively high level of pedestrian activity in this area. The remaining $50,000 is proposed
to construct sidewalks to the extent funds will allow along these streets. Both of these
activities aze eligible uses of funds within the Public Facilities and Infrastructure category.
BUDGET: Mid-year budget amendment to eliminate CDBG operating budget amount of
$96,000 for Buildings (Acct. No. 110-1005-515.62-00) and add CDBG operating budget lines
of $46,000 for sewer replacement and $50,000 for sidewalk construction. (The $96,000 for the
Jordan Park Community Center was included in last year's general fund budget, and the work
was paid for from that fund. The $96,000 of CDBG funds were intended to be a
reimbursement to the General Revenue fund for the Jordan Park work, until the City was
advised that this was not an eligible CDBG activity.)
RECOMMENDATION: Motion to authorize Staff and Mayor to execute an amendment to
the Fiscal Year 2001-2002 CDBG...
ATTACHMENTS: None.
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