The City of Palm Bay, as a member of the Brevard County HOME Consortium, has adopted a Five-Year Consolidated Plan that is carried out through Annual Action Plans.  The Annual Action Plan provides a concise summary of the actions and activities that will be undertaken during that fiscal year to address the priority needs and specific goals identified in the Five-Year Consolidated Plan. In accordance with 24 CFR Part 91.105, Section (a)(3), the City is required to follow the Citizen Participation Plan (CPP), which was adopted by City Council on October 6, 2022.

The City of Palm Bay notified the public that a substantial amendment is being made to the Annual Action Plan for Program Year (PY) 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The amendment represented herein applies only to the City of Palm Bay’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and does not affect other elements of the Brevard County HOME Consortium’s Consolidated Plan.

These substantial amendments were brought before City Council on April 20, 2023, May 18, 2023, and September 7, 2023. After a review from the City’s new Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Representative, “It has been determined that the City’s public notice was not satisfactory.”  Specifically, the City needed to clearly identify the funding years and amounts transferred for each substantial amendment and clearly identify how much Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) 1 Program Income funds were being transferred into each activity while noting the specific census tracts to be served.

Below are the substantial amendments, staff is requesting to be presented:

AMENDMENT– FUNDING REDUCTION

Activity Name: PY2022 PUBLIC SERVICE: THE SOURCE

Original PY2022 Budget: $50,000

Reduction in PY2022 Funding: ($38,408)

Total Amended PY2022 Budget: $11,592

Agency requested to terminate their Agreement on 12/31/22 after expending $11,592.  This is a reallocation of the remaining $38,408 balance.

AMENDMENT– NEW ACTIVITY

Activity Name: PY2022 PUBLIC SERVICE: YOUTH CRIME PREVENTION SUMMER & COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM

New PY2022 Budget: $38,408

Youth crime prevention, read & feed, and summer youth programs serving Palm Bay low-income youth.

AMENDMENT – FUNDING REDUCTION

Activity Name: PY2019 GREATER PALM BAY SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS

Original PY2019, 2020, 2021 Budget: $601,340.00

Reduction in Funding:

PY2019 Funding Decrease: ($219,286.30)

PY2020 Funding Decrease: ($ 64,109.70)

PY2021 Funding Decrease: ($ 16,604.00)    

Total Amended Budget less PY2019, 2020, and 2021 funding decreases: $301,340.00

Reduction in funding due to 18- month delay in receiving HVAC/Chiller equipment.

AMENDMENT – NEW ACTIVITY

Activity Name: PY2020 LIFE SAVING EMERGENCY RESCUE EQUIPMENT

PY2019 Funding Increase: $219.286.30

PY2020 Funding Increase: $ 64,109.70

PY2021 Funding Increase:  $ 16,604.00

New PY2019, 2020, and 2021 Budget: $300,000.00

Funding for life saving emergency rescue equipment, including but not limited to an air trailer and air pack bottles, and emergency mobile fire truck radios to service the city’s low-income Census Tracts (CT) and Block Group (BG) areas are identified as: CT 065121/BG 2 & 4; CT 065122/BG 1 & 3; CT 065123/BG 1 & 2; CT 065201/BG 1, 2 & 3; CT 065202/ BG 2 & 4; CT 071322/BG 3; CT 071332/BG 1, 2 & 3; CT 071334/BG  3; CT 071336/BG  1; CT 071337/BG  4; CT 071339/BG  1; and CT 071340/BG  3; in accordance with 24 CFR 570.201(c) or 42 USC 5305(a)(2).

AMENDMENT – INCREASE IN PY2022 FUNDING

Activity Name: PY2022 Public Works Sidewalk & Street Light Installation in low-income target areas

EXISTING PY2022 BUDGET: $170,170

INCREASE FUNDING: $580,625.73 from PY2022 NSP 1 Program Income

NEW PY2022 BUDGET: $750,795.73

Funding for the installation of sidewalks and streetlights in low-income Census Tracts (CT) and Block Group (BG) areas are identified as: CT 065121/BG 2 & 4; CT 065122/BG 1 & 3; CT 065123/BG 1 & 2; CT 065201/BG 1, 2 & 3; CT 065202/ BG 2 & 4; CT 071322/BG 3; CT 071332/BG 1, 2 & 3; CT 071334/BG  3; CT 071336/BG  1; CT 071337/BG  4; CT 071339/BG  1; and CT 071340/BG  3.

AMENDMENT– INCREASE IN PY2022 FUNDING

Activity Name: PY2020 Community Housing Initiatives, Inc. Down Payment Assistance (DAP)

Existing PY2020 Budget: $249,161.13

Increase Funding: $140,000 from PY2022 NSP 1 Program Income

New PY2020 Amended Budget: $389,161.13

The 30-day public comment period began on November 6, 2023 and ends on December 7, 2023.