Item 8AAGENDA ITEM # 8A
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION MEETING
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA ITEM: Request to approve proposed projects for Fiscal Year 2010-2011
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application.
SUBMITTED BY: Sonya Doerr, AICP
Community Development Director
DATE: January 28, 2010
BACKGROUND: In accordance with the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Jacksonville, the
COAB receives a yearly allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds based on a
population formula. Federal HUD has not yet announced funding for the 2010-2011 fiscal year, but
we anticipate receiving around $105,000. Applications are now due to be submitted to the City of
Jacksonville. (While we are technically not "applying" for these funds, we follow the same
established application procedure as all entities seeking CDBG funding.)
CDBG funds may be used for several categories of activities including public infrastructure
improvements but must serve low and moderate-income residents within the City's designated
CDBG neighborhoods. Late last year, the City Manager, Public Works, Public Utilities, Public
Safety, Parks and Recreation and Planning staff coordinated to develop a 5-year plan focused on the
best use of CDBG funds with priority given to projects needed to serve community needs where
other sources of funding are not available with an emphasis on Strategic Plan objectives. Staff
proposes the following projects for the upcoming 2010-2011 CDBG Fiscal Year. Each project meets
the Federal HUD eligibility requirements as well as the criteria used by the City in allocating these
funds over past years.
• Pave Stewart Street -This section at the western end of Stewart Street is the only remaining
unpaved street in developed areas of the City. It is dusty, rough, unsightly and a negative
influence on the quality of the residential neighborhood located on the north side of Stewart
Street.
• Complete work on Donner Park including lighting for basketball, security lighting, sod the
baseball field, grade and sod southern end of soccer field, and add paved parking
Improvements within Donner Park and to the parking and sidewalks connecting to the Park have
been a continuing CDBG project phased over the past several years. These projects will
substantially complete work to Donner Park needed and envisioned at this time. Public Works is
working to develop cost estimates for these projects, which may well exceed next year's funds, but
for the purpose of the application, we need to identify the range of activities we propose to
accomplish so that they can be programmed as required by HUD. Cost estimates will be refined
prior to execution of our CDBG contract in the fall.
BUDGET: $105,000, General Government Fund 1.10-1005-515.63-00, Fiscal Year 2010-2011 or that
amount allocated by HUD pursuant to the Interlocal Agreement.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve projects as described above authorizing the City Manager to submit the
request to the City of Jacksonville and sign documents as necessary to execute the contract.
ATTACHMENTS: None. `` ~:
REVIEWED BY CITY MANAGF.R~
February 08, 2010 regular meeting