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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG)
2023 TULSA COUNTY URBAN COUNTY
RESOLUTION 2023 -02
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 has been executed for the
purpose of participation in the Tulsa County Urban County Community Development Block Grant
Program for Federal Fiscal Years 2023 2025; and,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Owasso City Council 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 by the Owasso City Council 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 21st day of March, 2023, at a regularly scheduled meeting of the governing body, in
compliance with the Open Meeting Act, 25 O.S. §§ 301 -314 (2001).
Mavor Kellv Lewis
Name and Title of Chief Elected Official
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Signature of Elected Official
Attest:.
Subscribed and sworn to before meif�rch 21, 2023
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
DATE:
APPROVED BY COUNCIL
MAR 2 12023
The Honorable Mayor and City Council
Alexa Beemer, AICP
Planning Manager
Resolution 2023 -02, Project Application Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG 2023)
March 17, 2023
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;
• 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 February 6, 2023, the Indian Nation Council of Governments (INCOG) provided information
regarding the 2023 CDBG application. The completed application is due no later than April 10, 2023.
Owasso is a part of an Urban County and as such does not compete for the funding through the
State Department of Commerce. According to INCOG, Owasso will receive an estimated allocation
of $159,894.62 for the FY 2023 CDBG funding cycle. The grant does not require a local match.
HISTORY:
In the past, the City of 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. HUD's
formula used Census Tracts as the geography to determine if an area qualifies or does not. As a
result, Owasso lost most of its qualifying Census Tracts, with the exception of the Baptist Village area.
Due to the income limit change, communities were left to conduct door to door surveys to qualify
smaller geographic areas within the larger Census tracts.
In 2016, staff conducted a door to door survey in the Hale Acres neighborhood near North Garnett
Road and East 1 16th Street North. The data collected from this survey met the income requirement
thresholds and allowed the neighborhood to qualify for CDBG funds. The surveys are only good for
5-year periods, and therefore in the late winter of 2021, staff performed a second door to door survey
in the Hale Acres neighborhood. The survey results again met the income limit thresholds allowing
the area to be re- qualified for another 5 -year period. Since 2017, the City has used its CDBG
allocation to replace most of the sanitary sewer lines in this neighborhood.
With this allocation of funds, staff proposes to install a new 6" PVC water line along North 106th East
Avenue and a new 6" PVC water line along North 112th East Avenue. The project begins at the
western boundary of the subdivision and ends at North Garnett Road to the east and will improve
water pressure and fire flow in this area.
Resolution 2023 -02- CDBG
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PUBLIC HEARING:
Staff consulted with INCOG regarding the requirement of holding a separate Public Hearing and was
informed that "since the project is a continuation of the same activity that the City has been doing
for several years in the some location, then no separate Public Hearing is required ".
PROPOSED FY 2023 PROJECT:
In the second half of 2022, the City plans to begin work on replacing the first of many water lines
within said neighborhood, along East 112th Street North. With this 2023 allocation of funds, staff
proposes to install one thousand three hundred (1,300) linear feet of new 6" PVC water line along
North 106th East Avenue and eight hundred (800) linear feet of new 6" PVC water line along North
112th East Avenue. The project will involve the eastem -most and western -most streets within the
boundaries of the subdivision. These two new water lines will improve water pressure and fire flow in
the area.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of Resolution 2023 -02, requesting assistance from the Tulsa County CDBG
Urban County Program, approving an application identifying the installation of new water lines in the
Hale Acres subdivision as the preferred project for the FY 2023 funding cycle, and authorization to
execute all related documents.
ATTACHMENT:
CDBG Application with Resolution 2023-02 (exhibit E)