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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Jason E. Brown; County Administrator <br />THROUGH: Stan Boling, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />THROUGH: Sasan Rohani, AICP <br />Chief, Long -Range Planning <br />FROM: Bill Schutt, AICP <br />Senior Economic Development Planner, Long Range Planning <br />DATE: July 2, 2018 <br />RE: Request for Authorization for the Community Development Director to Make <br />Application for a Community Development Block Grant in the Housing <br />Rehabilitation Category and Request to Approve the Indian River County <br />Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) <br />for Housing Rehabilitation (Legislative) <br />It is requested that the following information be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of July 10, 2018. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application <br />cycle for the Florida Small Cities CDBG program closes on August 13, 2018. To submit a <br />competitive grant application, the County must undertake several activities, including holding a <br />Citizens Advisory Task Force (CATF) meeting, conducting a Fair Housing Workshop/Training, <br />holding two public hearings, and choosing a CDBG application category. Several of these <br />activities have been completed. <br />On June 8, 2018, at a publicly advertised meeting, the County's CATF held a Fair Housing <br />Training/Workshop, discussed applying for a CDBG during the FFY 2017 application cycle, took <br />public comment, considered all potential CDBG categories, discussed potential <br />projects/community needs, and recommended that the County apply for a CDBG in the Housing <br />Rehabilitation Category (Attachment #1). <br />On June 19, 2018, the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) held the first of two required public <br />40 <br />