Title
2020 Community Development Block Grant Reprogramming Request (Ordinance S-47076)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to reprogram $300,000 of available Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program income to continue to fund additional targeted code enforcement. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse the funds for the purpose of this ordinance.
Report
Summary
Each fiscal year, the Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) requests that program income from projects funded by CDBG allocation are reprogrammed to provided an additional year of continued funding for two Neighborhood Preservation Inspector I positions originally eliminated as part of the Feb. 3, 2009 General Fund budget reduction. Staff will continue to provide enforcement of the Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance in eligible, targeted low- and moderate-income census tracts, specifically in the City's targeted Neighborhood Initiative and Redevelopment areas, including the West Phoenix Revitalization Area through June 30, 2021.
Location
Targeted Neighborhood Initiative and Redevelopment areas citywide, including the West Phoenix Revitalization Area.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Inger Erickson and the Neighborhood Services Department.