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RESOLUTION 2019 -10
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
2019 TULSA COUNTY URBAN COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended (24 U.S.C.
93 -383 et seq.), (the "Act"), provides that Community Development Block Grant, ( "CDBG "),
funds may be used for the support of activities that provide decent housing and suitable living
environments and expanded economic opportunities principally for persons of low- and
moderate - income; and,
WHEREAS, CDBG Regulations 24 CFR 570.307(a) allow counties having a total combined
population of 200,000 or more from the unincorporated areas and participating incorporated
areas to qualify as an urban county; and,
WHEREAS, Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-
383, as amended, authorized the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, as a
representative of the United States of America, to grant to Tulsa County funds and
administrative responsibility for the Tulsa County CDBG Urban County program; and
WHEREAS, a Cooperation Agreement between Tulsa County and the City of Owasso has been
executed for the purpose of participation in the Tulsa County Urban County Community
Development Block Grant Program for Federal Fiscal Years 2018 -2019; and,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Owasso desires to obtain assistance in
addressing community development needs and hereby requests the Tulsa County CDBG Urban
County program to provide assistance.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Owasso affirms its
commitment to take all action within its power to facilitate the receipt of the assistance of
community development funds, and upon receipt to administer said grant by the rules and
regulations established by the United States of America, the State of Oklahoma, Tulsa County
and all empowered agencies thereof.
ADOPTED this 19th day of March, 2019, at a regularl�scf%�du meeting of the governing
body, in compliance with the Open Meeting Act, 25 O.S. § 1 -3 2001),/
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Dr. Chris Kelley, Mayor
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Karl Fritschen, MRCP, AICP, RLA
Planning Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution 2019 -10, Project Application
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG FY 2019)
DATE: March 15, 2019
BACKGROUND:
The primary objective of the national Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program is the
"development of viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living
environment, particularly for persons of low and moderate incomes." All project proposals
submitted for funding through the CDBG Program must document the achievement of at least one
(1) of the following national objectives:
Provide benefit to low and moderate income persons;
D Aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; and
Meet other community development needs having particular urgency or posing a serious or
immediate threat to the health or welfare of a community.
ANTICIPATED FUNDING:
On January 28, 2019, the Indian Nation Council of Governments ( INCOG), provided information
regarding the FY 2019 CDBG application cycle. A completed application, which includes a public
hearing, resolution, and cooperation agreement, is due no later than April 5, 2019. Owasso will
receive an allocation of approximately $138,377 for the FY 2019 CDBG funding cycle, which does
not require local matching funds from the City. INCOG has also given staff permission to combine
the FY 2018 allocation of $138,377 with the remaining balance from the FY 2017 allocation of
approximately $5,200, providing a total available amount of $281,954 for the selected project. Staff
believes that combining the funds into one larger project will result in better bids received.
PAST CDBG PROJECTS:
In the past, Owasso has utilized CDBG monies for sidewalk, sanitary sewer, street, and park
improvements. In 2014, Housing of Urban Development (HUD) changed the income limits that
determined if individuals and families qualified as a low to moderate income household. As a
result, Owasso lost much of its former qualifying area in and around the original town, leaving only a
small area around the Baptist Village neighborhood. Owasso staff performed income surveys for
smaller targeted geographic areas in the summer of 2015, qualifying the Hale Acres neighborhood
near North Garnett Road and East 116 +h Street North for a five (5) year period. Since the Hale Acres
neighborhood qualified for funding under the revised HUD income limits, the City has utilized CDBG
funds from the FY 2016, 2017, and 2018 allocations for replacement of sanitary sewer lines in this
neighborhood.
PUBLIC HEARING:
During the application phase for the CDBG grant, a public input meeting is required to solicit
comments on possible projects. A public hearing was held on March 5, 2019, one citizen spoke in
favor of continuing to use the funds in Hale Acres.
PROPOSED FY 2019 PROJECT:
The proposed project for FY 2019 CDBG funding cycle is for continued replacement of the
sanitary sewer lines in the Hale Acres neighborhood. Continuing the sewer line replacement
work is a priority in this neighborhood to address the many infrastructure issues from below
ground level upwards. The project will be designed in -house by the Engineering Division of Public
Works.
The proposed FY 2019 Owasso CDBG project is continuation of the replacement of the
deteriorated 8" clay tile sanitary sewer pipe between North 106th East Avenue and North I I 21
East Avenue (approx.1 643 LF) and replacing it with a new 8" HDPE pipe. This work, which will be
considered Phase II, will involve pipe bursting and replacement of the old clay pipe. Depending
on how the bids come in, the work may include a partial replacement of the pipe running along
North 1061h East Avenue This section, considered the first section of Phase III, will involve removal
of the 8" clay pipe and replacing it with a new 12" HDPE pipe (approx. 500 LF). The work will
continue to remedy many years of inflow and infiltration in this area of Owasso's collection
system that was originally placed there in the 1960's.
Staff has been told by INCOG that this survey used to qualify this neighborhood will expire in July
2020. This should allow the City to use two more allocations (FY 2019 and FY 2020) in this
neighborhood before having to perform another survey in the fall of 2020.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2019 -10, requesting assistance from the Tulsa County
CDBG Urban County Program, approving an application identifying the installation of new sanitary
sewer lines in the Hale Acres subdivision as the preferred project for the FY 2019 funding cycle, and
authorizing the Mayor to execute all related documents.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution 2019 -10
CDBG Application