PUBLIC NOTICE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT RECOVERY (CDBG-R) PROGRAM
UNDER THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT (ARRA) OF 2009
Pursuant to the City and County of Honolulu’s Citizen Participation requirements for its U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs, the City proposes to amend its Final Fourteenth (14th) Year Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2009 (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2009). The City proposes to amend its Action Plan to undertake the following activities under the CDBG-R program funded under the ARRA of 2009.
CDBG
Eligibility and Acti-
National Objective vity Proposed
Project Title and Description Citation Code Funding Phase Amount ($) Location Proposed Accomplishment Subrecipient
Alternative Structures International – Ohana Ola O Kahumana Elig: 570.201(c) 14B CDBG-R Other 265,875 86-704 Lualualei Supports transitional housing for Alternative Structures
Transitional Housing Program for Homeless Families with Minor NO: 570.208(a)(2) Homestead Road homeless families with minor dependent International
Dependent Children Waianae, HI 96792 children.
Provision of funds to renovate 14 units in Kahumana Phase I and to add one
additional one-bedroom unit.
Central Oahu Youth Services Association Elig: 570.201(c) 03D CDBG-R Other 30,000 66-528 Haleiwa Road Supports health services for Central Oahu Youth
Boys Home Property Repairs NO: 570.208(a)(1) Haleiwa, HI 96712 persons of low- and moderate-income. Services Organization
Provision of funds for the maintenance and repair of Central Oahu Youth Services
Association (COYSA) leased properties from the City and County of Honolulu.
Gregory House – Gregory House Renovation Elig: 570.201(c) 03S CDBG-R Other 298,333 1653 Mott Smith Drive Additional housing and support Gregory House
Provision of funds to support renovation of the Gregory House transitional NO: 570.208(a)(2) Honolulu, HI 96822 services for persons with HIV/AIDS. Programs
housing facility.
Hawaii Family Law Clinic dba Ala Kuola Elig: 570.201(e) 05C CDBG-R Other 137,000 550 Halekauwila Street Supports victims of domestic violence. Hawaii Family Law Clinic
Provision of funds for staffing and overhead for a program that assists victims of domestic NO: 570.208(a)(2) Honolulu, HI 96813
abuse by helping them obtain temporary restraining orders (TROs) or protective orders
against their abusers in Family Court.
Kokua Kalihi Valley Elig: 570.201(c) 03P CDBG-R Other 800,000 2239 North School Street Supports health services for Kokua Kalihi Valley
P & P Renovation Project NO: 570.208(a)(2) Honolulu, HI 96819 persons of low- and moderate-income.
Provision of funds to support the reconstruction/rehabilitation of the Kokua Kalihi Valley
health center.
Legal Aid Society of Hawaii Elig: 570.201(e) 05C CDBG-R Other 100,000 924 Bethel Street Supports legal services to prevent Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
Home Preservation Project NO: 570.208(a)(2) Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 homelessness.
Provision of funds to establish a Home Preservation Project on Oahu to provide legal 47-773 Kamehameha Hwy.
services to prevent homelessness due to foreclosures, illegal mortgage scams and Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744
evictions. 85-670 Farrington Hwy.
Waianae, Hawaii 96792
Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center Elig: 570.201(c) 03P CDBG-R Other 732,817 86-260 Farrington Hwy. Supports health services for Waianae Coast
Waianae Water Effluent Reuse System Project NO: 570.208(a)(1) Waianae, HI 96792 persons of low- and moderate-income. Comprehensive
Provision of funds for the Waianae Water Effluent Reuse Health Center
System Project, that will reuse treated water for landscaping
and fire retardation at the health center.
City and County of Honolulu Elig: Not applicable 21A CDBG-R Oper 262,669 Not applicable Promotes effective administration of Not applicable
Administration of CDBG-R Program NO: Not applicable the CDBG-R program.
Provision of funds for administration of CDBG-R Program (10%).
TOTAL 2,626,694
Award amounts are contingent upon an agency’s expenditure of funds in a timely and appropriate manner. Agencies which cannot meet these conditions will have their funds reallocated to another project listed above.
Under the Recovery Act, 100% of the grant award must be expended by September 30, 2012. Any funds remaining must be returned to HUD. In order to avoid recapture, the funding awards and contracts will contain conditions to allow the City to remove funds from a
nonperforming agency and transfer its funds to other funded agencies if those agencies are expending their funds in a timely manner and need additional funds to complete the project.
The Revised Final Fourteenth (14th) Year Action Plan will be submitted to HUD on June 5, 2009. Copies of the Revised Final Fourteenth (14th) Year Action Plan are available for public review at the Municipal Reference
Library, City Hall Annex, 558 South King Street, Honolulu, and on the City’s website at: http://www.honolulu.gov/budget/cdbg.htm.
Persons wishing to provide comments on the City’s Revised Final Fourteenth (14th) Year Action Plan should submit their correspondence
by June 4, 2009 to:
Holly Kawano, Federal Grants Coordinator Rix Maurer III, Director
Department of Budget and Fiscal Services Department of Budget and Fiscal Services
530 South King Street, Room 208 By order of MUFI HANNEMANN, MAYOR
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 City and County of Honolulu
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