CDBG 2008 CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH
Community Improvement Division
AGENDA
Community Development Block Grant
Public Participation Meeting
February 27, 2008 6:00 p.m.
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I. Opening
A. Call to order - Octavio S. SherrodSCAr' NEn
II. Overview of CDBG Program FEB 0 6 2012
A. History City Clerk's Office
B. National Objectives
C. Eligible Activities
III. Using Sub-recipients
A. Application Workshop Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
9:00 - 11 :00 a.m. (Commission Chambers)
IV. Public Audience
V. Adjournment
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Define Entitlement Status
Status, as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, "whereby a Metropolitan City is guaranteed, as determined by formula
set forth by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, certain sums of
money to assist states, counties, cities, and towns in devising innovative approaches to
improve the physical, economic, and social conditions in low-income areas".
Eligible Programs as an Entitlement City
City activities that are taken on by a municipality must meet three (3) national
objectives:
• Benefit low and moderate-income persons
• Address slum and blight
• A particular urgent community development need
The following is a list of types of eligible activities:
• Acquisition and disposition
• Clearance and,demolition
• Interim assistance to arrest severe deterioration or alleviate emergency conditions e.g.;
hurricane, earthquakes, flooding
• Completion of urban renewal projects
• Relocation assistance
■ Loss of rental income (related to relocation)
• Code Enforcement
• Construction of Housing
• 'Historic Preservation
• Housing Rehabilitation
• Public Facilities and Improvements
• Public Services
■ Relocation
• Removal of Architectural Barriers
• Homeownership assistance (e.g., down payment assistance, interest subsidies)
• Technical assistance to public or nonprofit entities to increase the capacity of such entities to
carry out eligible neighborhood revitalization or economic development activities
• Lead-based paint testing and abatement
Public Facilities and Improvements
• Acquisition, installation, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructure (e.g., water/sewer
lines,streets and sidewalks
• Acquisition, construction or rehab of neighborhood facilities and facilities for persons with
special needs (e.g., homeless shelters, group homes and halfway houses)
Public Services
• Job training and employment services
• Health care and substance abuse services
• Child care . .
• Crime Prevention
• Fair housing counseling,