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CDBG 2020 Program Meeting Update

Get insights from the CDBG 2020 Program Year meeting on grants, application changes, and future updates. Stay informed and prepared for the upcoming year.

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CDBG 2020 Program Meeting Update

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  1. CDBG Public Meeting 2020 Program Year August 27, 2019

  2. Program Staff • Community and Rural Development Staff • Brooxie Carlton, Deputy Assistant Commissioner • Kent Archer, CDBG Director • Lynn Tutor, Grants Coordinator • Tracey Davis, Grants Coordinator • Rice Pritchard, Grants Analyst • Lee Peterson, Grants Analyst • Max Dotson, Grants Analyst • Lindsay Gainous, ARC Program Coordinator

  3. Program Staff • Fiscal Staff • Stephanie Burnette • Ed Brumbach • Reem Halasa • Meseid Mikheil • Contract Staff • Julia Eschbach • Grants Coordinator (invoice templates) • Tiffany Pennington

  4. CDBG Overview • Funding from HUD of approximately $27M last year • Looks like federal spending caps will be raised again • Hopefully similar funding or a slight increase next year • Primary Objective is to develop viable communities by providing for decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities principally for persons of low- and moderate-income • Created by Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974

  5. CDBG Update • Current Status - 157 open grants • 118 Regular Round • 2 Disaster • 10 NDR • 18 Commercial Façade • 7 Other • 2019 Regular Rounds announcements coming soon • Approximately 65 awards • Commercial Façade program has moved to State funding

  6. Expectations for 2019-2020 • Will continue to be highly competitive • Reduction in applications received last year (115) • Still will fund less than 60% • Fewer applications than previous year • Fewer requests for Community Livability – Small Pop. • Fewer requests for Sewer System – Plant • TA calls for unfunded applications will be open once awards are announced • All Environmental Reviews submitted before year end

  7. Schedule for 2020 Applications • Public Meetings held by January 10, 2020 • Final change orders due January 24, 2020 • Final RFPs due February 7, 2020 • Closeouts due February 14, 2020 • Applications due February 28, 2020 • Account for holidays • January 20: Martin Luther King Jr. Day • February 17: President’s Day

  8. Application Process Flow • Public Meeting • Professional Services Procurement • Engineering document and cost estimate • Execution of resolution • Submission of application

  9. 2019 Changes • Sewer System Project Need Scoring • More in-line with water system scoring (no SRF basis) • 90 base points / 10 bonus points • Water System Project Need Scoring • 90 base points / 10 bonus points • Project Specific Target Area Survey Forms • Basic Survey • Water Line Extension Survey • Sewer Line Extension Survey • Owners Survey

  10. Will not change for 2020 • National Objective • Eligible and Ineligible expenses • Entitlement Communities • Application Process • Excel Workbooks • Budget Template • Awards will balanced with number and types of applications received • ThreeStar incentives

  11. Proposed for 2020 • Application Form • Login, with start and stop capabilities • Huge upload limit (should eliminate SFTP) • Target Area Surveys • Dynamic form based on the county of the respondent • Maintain project specific forms • Combine Sewer System Plant and Collection • The new scoring created more scoring equity • Minimums for line extension applications • Take rates • Failures / Contamination

  12. Proposed for 2020 • Split Water and Sewer System based on population • Create small and large population pools (like Community Livability) • Make small system more competitive • Cut line has not yet been determined – Thoughts? • We will continue to test different data points for future applications • Replace PER with Technical Document • Allows more flexibility in structure and required content • Will still contain a lot of the same information • Working with TDEC now on adjustments from last year

  13. Proposed for 2020 • Ability-to-Pay (ATP) will be updated • Will update annually going forward • Match rate will be inverted to show community match percentage • Increase Maximum Grant Requests? • $600,000 for Water and Sewer • $400,000 for Community Livability

  14. Additional Updates • New CDBG manual coming • Two years since last manual release • CDBG Compliance webinar will take place in mid-October • Application workshop take place in mid-to-late October • May hold Target Area Survey workshop/webinar • I will be taking leave again from November 1 through the end of year

  15. Kent Archer (615) 354-3591 kent.archer@tn.gov

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