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Consider public testimony regarding the proposed amendments to the City of Round Rock Citizen Participation Plan (CPP).
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The Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) is a document that prescribes the public input process related to required federal reports for the City of Round Rock's Offiice of Community Development CDBG program, such as the Annual Action Plan and the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding. The CPP must now be amended because HUD has changed fair housing regulations, which now require the City of Rouund Rock to complete an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) before the next 5-year Consolidated Plan is due. The AFH is an analysis that will identify fair housing issues in the city and region, discuss their contributing factors, and set meaningful goals to increase opportunity for protected classes in Round Rock. The AFH willl be completed in 2018. The proposed amendments to the CPP reflect the required community participation components for the AFH process.
Notice of this public hearing was advertised in the Round Rock Leader on November 18, 2017 and posted at City Hall on November 17, 2017. The proposed amendments to the CPP were posted on the City website and at various locations throughout the city. The public comment period was from November 20, 2017 to December 6, 2017. Any public comments received will be addressed. Adoption of the proposed amendments will be presented before City Council at the December 21, 2017 meeting.