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Consider a resolution adopting an amendment to the CDBG 2014-2018 Consolidated Plan to include youth services (at risk youth) and health services (community clinic) as high priority needs and goals.
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The CDBG 2014-2018 Consolidated Plan was approved by City Council on July 24, 2014. The plan identified the following public services as goals and priorities for the next 5 CDBG program years: Food pantry, housing assistance, afterschool care, child advocacy and literacy. No public services other than those identified as a goal or priority can be funded in the 2018-2019 Action Plan without amending the 5 year consolidated plan to include the new goals and priorities. This amendment to the CDBG 2014-2018 Consolidated Plan include changes to the following goals and priorities in Section SP-05 Strategic Plan Overview, Section SP-25 Table 29 Priority Needs Summary and Section SP-45 Table 32 Goals and Summary to include Youth Services and Health Services as Goals and Priorities.
Federal regulations require that the public be notified in advance of the proposed changes, be given 30 days to comment and that a public hearing be conducted before City Council. The public comment period was from May 31, 2018 to July 5, 2018. The public notice was published in the Austin American Statesman on May 30, 2018, posted on the city bulletin, posted on City News section of the City website, posted at the Round Rock Housing Authority, Library and Alan R. Baca Senior Center. The Consolidated Plan sections and tables listed above with the proposed changes were made available to the public on the City of Round Rock CDBG webpage and the Office of Community Development. Any comments received will be taken into consideration. A copy of the original approved CDBG 2014-2018 Consolidated Plan and the proposed changes were posted on the City of Round Rock CDBG webpage.