Community Development and Housing 

Preliminary Statement of the City of Frisco 

Community Development Block Grant (2013) 

Proposed Use of Funds

The purpose of the Community Development Block Grant Program is to support and perform activities which primarily benefit low and moderate income persons and prevent or eliminate slums or blight.  The total amount of Community Development Block Grant funds will be used for program year 2013, from October 1, 2013, to September 30, 2014.   

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has not released the allocation of funds for Program Year 2013.  In lieu of a specific amount, the percentage of funds that will be allocated to each program.

Click here to view the Annual Action Plan for Program Year 2013.  Based on the goals and objectives of the Consolidated Plan, the Housing Trust Fund Board is proposing the following use of Community Development Block Grant funds for Program Year 2013.  Shown below are proposed projects and percentages of funding for the 2013 program year using two ranges of funding:  $316,760 to $346,768; and $346,769 and above. 

Public Service Funding Recommendations – by law, the City of Frisco can only use up to 15% of its CDBG funding for public services. 

Non Public Services or Construction Funding Recommendations

Administrative Costs – The City of Frisco will use up to 15% of their CDBG entitlement for the purpose of offsetting administrative costs of the CDBG program. 

Regulatory Citation:  24 CFR 570.206.

Comments may be submitted in writing through Monday, June 17, 2013 to Nell Lange, Assistant City Manager, City of Frisco, George A. Purefoy Municipal Center, 6101 Frisco Square, Frisco, Texas 75034 or via fax at (972)292-5122 or e-mail to: nlange@friscotexas.gov.

 It is estimated that at least 90% of all funds to be expended will benefit low and moderate income persons.  None of the proposed CDBG activities is expected to directly or indirectly result in displacement of persons or households.  Should any such displacement occur, the City has a plan to assist displaced persons with benefits equivalent to those described in the Federal Uniform Relocation Policies Act.

                                                                CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that the above notice of meeting was posted on the Community Bulletin Board and the outside Bulletin Board at Frisco City Hall, 6101 Frisco Square Blvd., Frisco, Texas by 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9, 2013, and remained so posted until Monday, June 17, 2013.

Stacy Brown, Housing and Grants Administrator

If during the course of the meeting covered by this notice, the Frisco Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board should determine that a closed or executive meeting or session of the Frisco Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board or a consultation with the attorney for the City should be held or is required, then such closed or executive meeting or session or consultation with attorney as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code § 551.001 et seq., will be held by the Frisco Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board at the date, hour and place given in this notice or as soon after the commencement of the meeting covered by this notice as the Frisco Affordable Housing Trust Fund Board may conveniently meet in such closed or executive meeting or session or consult with the attorney for the City concerning any and all subjects and for any and all purposes permitted by the Act, including, but not limited to, the following sanctions and purposes:

Texas Government Code Section:

§551.071 - Private consultation with the attorney for the City.

§551.072 - Discussing purchase, exchange, lease or value of real property.

§551.074 - Discussing personnel or to hear complaints against personnel.

§551.086 - Deliberation regarding commercial or financial information that the City has received from a business prospect and to deliberate the offer or other incentives to a business prospect.

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                                                    HOUSING REHABILITATIOn program The City of Frisco's Housing Rehabilitation Program is funded by the City of Frisco's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG).  These funds are awarded to the City of Frisco by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  Our goal is to preserve existing low and moderate income housing, to assist very low, low and moderate income owners/occupants in bringing their dwellings up to an acceptable standard, and to enhance and revitalize neighborhoods within the city.  The home must be a single-family dwelling and own-occupied by a family that meet guidelines.