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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 19-1423

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Amendments to the 2019 Annual Action Plan

[49 Pa.B. 5459]
[Saturday, September 21, 2019]

 The Commonwealth's 2019 Annual Action Plan will be amended to revise the 2019 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) allocation and to revise the method of distribution for the Commonwealth's administration and competitive Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. This action requires no public meeting or citizen comment as both actions are beneath the $1 million threshold for a substantial amendment and does not change the scope of either program.

 The proposed amendments for the 2019 Annual Action Plan are:

HOPWA—

 Changing the 2019 allocation from $3,546,141 to $3,519,385, a reduction of $26,756 in the amount of funds the Commonwealth administers for the Allentown Eligible Metropolitan Statistical Area.

CDBG Administration and Competitive—

 The Department of Community and Economic Development (Department) will administer the Small Cities CDBG Program by allocating the funds through a formula established by the act of October 11, 1984 (Act 179) (P.L. 906, No. 179) and the 2019-2020 State Fiscal Code enacted on July 1, 2019. An amount of 3%, as defined by the 2019-2020 State Fiscal Code, shall be used by the Department for administrative and technical assistance costs. An additional amount of up to 12% may be used by the Department for discretionary (competitive) projects in eligible municipalities. For the 2019 CDBG Program $3,766,348 will be made available for competitive projects meeting the requirements outlined further in the CDBG Method of Distribution. The 2019 CDBG award made by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was reduced by $1,007,900 to account for a voluntary CDBG grant reduction request made by the Commonwealth and approved by HUD to address a monitoring violation. This reduction is accounted for in the distribution of the discretionary funds so as not to reduce the entitlement formula allocations.

 The balance of funds which remain after subtracting the administrative and discretionary reservation shall be allocated by the formulas prescribed in Act 179. The Department will apply the formulas of Act 179 to determine the exact allocations for each of the 28 entitlement cities, 122 entitlement boroughs and townships and the 50 nonurban counties. There are three eligible townships that have chosen not to take their allocation, as they have no identified eligible and fundable projects. Appendix A lists all Act 179 entitlement entities and their populations.

2019 Formula CDBG Allocation Breakdown  $39,785,393

REVISED

85% Entitlements   = $34,825,484       no change

12% Competitive   = $4,164,202 − $397,854 = $3,766,348

3% State Admin   = $795,707 + $397,854 =  $1,193,561

Public Comment

 As an amendment, the changes need only be announced in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. The Department is allowing for a 7-day comment period to take any comments the public may have. Persons who would like to provide written comment on the draft amendments may send those comments electronically to RA-DCEDcdbghomequestions@pa.gov or mail to the attention of Megan Snyder, Department of Community and Economic Development, Center for Community and Housing Development, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Comments must be received before 4 p.m. on September 30, 2019. The amendments will be submitted to HUD by October 4, 2019.

 Persons with a disability or limited English proficiency who wish to comment should contact Megan L. Snyder, Department of Community and Economic Development, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0225, (717) 720-7404 or TDD (717) 346-0308 to discuss how the Department can accommodate their needs.

DENNIS M. DAVIN, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 19-1423. Filed for public inspection September 20, 2019, 9:00 a.m.]


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