DRAFT 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020-2021 Action Plan Public Hearing Presentation 3.26.2020 Community Development Block Grant
DRAFT City of Northampton Annual & Covid-19 Action Plans
and Five Year Consolidated Plan
Planning & Sustainability
Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Director (WFeiden@Northampton.gov)
Keith Benoit, Community Development Planner
Teresa Brockriede, Grants Administrator
DRAFT Action Plans and 5-Year Consolidated Plan
5:30 PM Thursday, 3/26/2020
Agenda
Welcome and introductions
Covid-19 needs and relief
CDBG overview and funding
Community development needs (Action & Consolidated Plan)
Draft Covid-19 and MA FY2021 (2020-2021) Action Plan
Next steps
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CDBG Overview
National Objectives
Benefit persons with low and moderate incomes (min 70%)
Prevent or eliminate slums and blight
Address a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community
Only certain projects meeting national objectives are eligible
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Social Equity
Distributional | Procedural | Substantive | Intergenerational
Typical (not Covid-19)
$700,000±
CDBG distribution
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CDBG MA FY2020
(2019-2020)
Action Plan
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Action Plan MA FY2020 (2019-2020)
Homeownership Center- First Time Homebuyers - Valley CDC
Housing Rehabilitation- Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Village Hill North Commons affordable rental housing-TCB
Handicap accessibility- Northampton Housing Authority
Sidewalk Wheelchair Ramps- City
Microenterprise Assistance- Valley Community Development
Public (Social) Services- various programs- 15% of CDBG
CDBG Administration and Planning- 20% of CDBG
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Funding (estimated)
Covid-19 and MA FY2021 (2020-2021) CDBG
CDBG 2019-2020 grant- formula
CDBG Covid-19 distributed by formula (estimate)
CDBG Covid-19 distributed by Covid-19 impacts (estimate)
CDBG MA FY2020 (2019-2020) program income
Carryover from MA FY2020 (in part Covid-19 shutdowns)
$682,340
$401,592
$100,000
$ 60,345
$950,000
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CDBG Public Participation- from related plans
Resilience and Regeneration Plan public process (2019-2020)
Community Resilience Building Workshop update (2020)
Other current plans: Walk/Bike Northampton, Open Space & Recreation Plan, age-friendly survey
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CDBG Public Participation
CDBG hearings (2/25/2020 and 3/26/2020)
Food policy focus groups (2019-2020)
Impediments Analysis Fair Housing- focus groups (fall 2019)
Panhandling/homelessness- survey, focus, interviews (2019)
Disabilities focus group and interviews (2019-2020)
Age Friendly Survey (2020)
Housing Partnership focus group (2020)
Covid-19 ad hoc working groups (2020)
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Needs Assessment
New affordable housing for all populations
Fair and affordable housing: housing rehabilitation, first time home-buyers, tenancy protection
Homeless housing, services, economic opportunities
Resilience hub and day program for frontline communities
Public (social) services: case management, food, substance abuse, youth, new Americans, literacy, etc.
Transportation
Microenterprise and employment low/moderate income residents
Public infrastructure
Public facilities
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Covid-19 additional need assessment
ALL of the usual needs magnified
New demands for all public services
Temporary homeless and day program services
Higher priority for resilience hub for frontline communities
Economic recovery: microenterprise, job retention, job creation
Covid-19 relief:
New funds
Lifts 15% public (social) service cap
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Draft Covid-19 and Action Plan 2020-2021
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