C.
Priority Needs Analysis And Strategies
D.
Recommended Funding Allocation
The Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community
Development is a requirement of the 1990 National Affordable Housing Act and
the Community Development Plan, for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD). Such a plan is
required of entitlement communities, which receive Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds under HUD’s housing and service programs related to the needs
of low and moderate-income persons. The
development of the third City of Oak Ridge Consolidated Plan took place during
the nine-month period of July 2004 through March 2005 and will be utilized for
the three-year period of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2008 (CDBG Program Year
2005 through Program Year 2007).
Each Annual Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan
must be submitted to HUD at least forty-five days prior to the beginning of the
entitlement community’s fiscal year. A
citizen participation plan element requires that interested parties have a
30-day period in which to review and comment upon the funding proposals and
that at least one public hearing be held.
Any information received during the public comment period or at the
public hearing will be included with the submitted Annual Action Plan.
The 30-day comment period for the Program Year (PY)
2006 / Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Annual Action Plan will begin on Monday April 3,
2006 and end on Tuesday May 2, 2006. No
public comments were received during the 30-day comment period. A public hearing was held on Monday April
17, 2006 at 7:30 p.m. during the Oak Ridge City Council meeting at the Oak
Ridge Municipal Building with no comments received.
The objectives and outcomes utilizing the HUD
Outcome Framework identified in the PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan include
the following:
Objective
1: Suitable Living Environment Outcome 3:
Sustainability
Objective
2: Decent Housing Outcome 3: Sustainability
Objective
1: Suitable Living Environment Outcome 3:
Sustainability
Objective
1: Suitable Living Environment Outcome 1:
Availability/Accessibility
Copies of the City of Oak Ridge Consolidated Plan 2005 – 2007 including the Citizen Participation Plan and the PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan are available upon written request to:
City of Oak Ridge
Central Services Complex
Public Works Department
100 Woodbury Lane
Oak Ridge, TN
37830
Susan Fallon, Contracts/Grants Coordinator
or
Online at www.cortn.org, CDBG icon.
The City of Oak Ridge is an entitlement
jurisdiction, receiving an annual allocation of Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD). A requirement of CDBG
entitlement communities is the preparation and implementation of a Consolidated
Plan for Housing and Community Development and one-year Annual Action
Plan updates.
The City of Oak Ridge Consolidated Plan for the
period of July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2008 (PY2005-PY2007) was approved by
Oak Ridge City Council Resolution 5-48-05 on May 10, 2005 and establishes the
following priorities to address the community’s needs utilizing CDBG funding during
the three-year period:
1.
Assistance for the improvement of public facilities
2.
Code enforcement activities to address property
maintenance issues in the CDBG target areas
3.
Housing in the Highland View Redevelopment Area
The City of Oak Ridge
will utilize CDBG funds each year included in the Consolidated Plan for the
following strategies:
All programs funded by
the City of Oak Ridge with CDBG entitlement funds will be in accordance with
HUD regulations and meet the City’s strategies for monitoring, fair housing,
lead-based paint hazards and anti-poverty as stated in the three-year
Consolidated Plan.
The Annual Action Plan is a document that describes
the City of Oak Ridge HUD-funded projects and community development related
activities that will be conducted within the community in the upcoming fiscal
year and implements the strategies and priorities of the city’s three-year
Consolidated Plan.
In September of 2001, the Oak Ridge City Manager
established a staff committee to evaluate the process by which Community
Development Block Grant funds are awarded for projects. As a result of the staff review, an
evaluation model was developed that included a new application process and
points system for evaluating the applications.
Each year the CDBG Program Model and the proposed allocation of funds
are presented to City Council for approval, prior to receiving applications for
funding from subrecipients. This allows
the community to present any issue to City Council prior to funding decisions
being made. As a result of the
recommendation of the Consolidated Plan committee, the program model was
modified beginning with FY2006 to include an increase in the points awarded for
subrecipient projects located in the Highland View Redevelopment Area.
The CDBG staff committee is comprised of three staff
representatives from various departments, appointed by the City Manager, along
with the Contracts/Grants Coordinator and the Property Maintenance
Inspector. The committee for
PY2005/FY2006 consists of Susie Stooksbury, Operations Manager, Public Library;
Tim Ward, Division Manager, Community Development Department and Ron Boucher,
Investigations Division, Police Department.
Tim Cochran, Property Maintenance Inspector, Community Development
Department, is responsible for property inspections and other housing issues
within the CDBG Target Areas. Susan
Fallon, Contracts/Grants Coordinator, Public Works Department is responsible
for the coordination and documentation for the CDBG program and the preparation
of the Annual Action Plan.
The City of Oak Ridge allocates its CDBG funds
annually through a competitive process.
The projects funded must comply with the priorities, strategies and
objectives in the City of Oak Ridge PY2005-PY2007 Consolidated Plan. The FY2007 CDBG Program Model allows for a
diversity of projects, and sets the priorities for funding to be focused on
housing related issues. The City of Oak
Ridge FY2007 CDBG Program Model was approved by City Council on December 19,
2005 by resolution 12-124-05. Once the
model was approved, the staff committee distributed and received the
applications, evaluated projects and prepared the funding recommendation for
the City Manager.
The PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan is the second
installment of the City of Oak Ridge CDBG Consolidated Plan 2005 - 2007. As a result of the first public hearing on
October 20, 2005, a housing rehab working group was formed. Members of the working group include
representatives from Housing Development Corporation of the Clinch Valley
(HDC), Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC), Appalachia
Service Project (ASP), City of Oak Ridge Highland View Advisory Board (HVAB)
and the CDBG staff committee. Following
is an outline of the process utilized to develop the PY2006/FY2007 Annual
Action Plan.
|
October
20, 2005 |
CDBG
Public Hearing #1 – Needs Assessment and Proposed Projects |
|
November
7, 2005 |
City
Council Work Session for Presentation of the CDBG Program Model |
|
November
18, 2005 |
Housing
Rehab Working Group Meeting |
|
November
21, 2005 |
CDBG
Public Hearing #2 – CDBG Program Model |
|
December
19, 2005 |
City
Council Approval of the CDBG Program Model |
|
January
18, 2006 |
Subrecipient
Application Deadline |
|
January
26, 2006 |
Housing
Rehab Working Group Meeting |
|
April
3, 2006 |
30-Day
Public Comment Period Begins for the PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan |
|
April
17, 2006 |
CDBG
Public Hearing #3 – PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan |
|
April
18, 2006 |
Housing
Rehab Working Group Meeting |
|
May
2, 2006 |
30-Day
Public Comment Period Ends for the PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan |
|
May
8, 2006 |
City
Council Approval of the PY2006/FY2007 Annual Action Plan |
|
May
11, 2006 |
PY2006/FY2007
Annual Action Plan Submitted to HUD (45 Day Review Period) |
|
May
and June 2006 |
Subrecipient
Agreements Signed and Returned to the City |
|
July
1, 2006 |
CDBG
PY2006/FY2007 Begins |
The City of Oak Ridge FY2007 CDBG funding allocation
represents the 23rd year receiving the entitlement grant funds (see
history of funding). The amount of the
PY2006/FY2007 allocation is $266,461, a decrease of $27,462 (9.34%) from the
previous year’s allocation. The City of
Oak Ridge has CDBG carryover and unprogrammed funds from previous years
totaling $61,739 that is also available for allocation this year. The grand total of CDBG funds available for
FY2007 allocation is $328,200.
The CDBG funding allocation for FY2006 was reduced
by 6% from the amount allocated during FY2005.
During the first two years of the current three-year Consolidated Plan,
with the reductions for both FY2007 and FY2006, the City of Oak Ridge has
experienced a 15% reduction in CDBG funding, in the total amount of
$46,539. The reduction for FY2007 is
comparable to the reductions experienced by all CDBG entitlement cities in Tennessee
(see TN CDBG allocations).
CITY OF OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE
CDBG ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM
HISTORY OF FUNDING
|
Year # |
CDBG Program Year |
COR Fiscal Year |
Grant Amount |
|
1 |
1984 |
1985 |
$ 256,000 |
|
2 |
1985 |
1986 |
$ 253,000 |
|
3 |
1986 |
1987 |
$ 213,000 |
|
4 |
1987 |
1988 |
$ 214,000 |
|
5 |
1988 |
1989 |
$ 199,000 |
|
6 |
1989 |
1990 |
$ 207,000 |
|
7 |
1990 |
1991 |
$ 198,000 |
|
8 |
1991 |
1992 |
$ 222,000 |
|
9 |
1992 |
1993 |
$ 231,000 |
|
10 |
1993 |
1994 |
$ 260,000 |
|
11 |
1994 |
1995 |
$ 283,000 |
|
12 |
1995 |
1996 |