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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04061993 - 1.63 �1�ewr U.S. Department foHousing and Urban Development ;0* San Francisco Regional Office, Region IX ,� IIIIIIII a 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California 94102.3448 +�Or�eaa�°ac MAR 2 4 1993 RECEIVE® ISR 2 5 W Mr. Tom Torlakson Chairperson, Board of Supervisors CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County of Contra Costa CONTRA COSTA CO. 651 Pine Street Martinez, CA 94553 Dear Mr. Torlakson: SUBJECT: Grant Award Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program Program Number: B-93-UC-06-0002 County of Contra Costa, CA I am pleased to transmit to you the Fiscal Year 1993 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the County of Contra Costa in the amount of $3,799,000. Also awarded at this time are additional reallocated funds in the amount of $1,000 in Fiscal Year 1992 . The program year for the County of Contra Costa begins April 1, 1993. As specified in the Grant Agreement, costs may be incurred as of April 1, 1993. We are forwarding copies of the Grant Agreement and Funding Approval (three copies of HUD-7082) , which constitutes the contract between the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the County of Contra Costa, to Harvey E. Bragdon, Director of Community Development, for execution as your designee. Any special conditions related to this grant are included in Item 11 of the Funding Approval. Any special instructions and other requirements for administering the grant are included in the enclosed "Attachment to CDBG Grant Award" . Please execute and return two copies of the Grant Agreement to this office. Failure to execute and return the Grant Agreement within 60 days of the date of this letter may be construed as a rejection of the grant. HUD may then determine that the funds are available for reallocation to other grantees. It is a national policy to award a fair share of contracts to small and. minority business firms'. Accordingly, affirmative steps must be taken to assure that small and minority businesses are utilized, when possible, as sources of supplies, equipment, construction and services. 0410 ?Y40c'7 ��► 2 If you have any questions or desire assistance in connection with this letter or other issues related to the CDBG program, please contact Mr. Gerald Burke, Community Planning and Development Representative, at (415) 556-8214 . Very sincerely yours, p.ohnWilson Regional Administrator Enclosures cc: Harvey E. Bragdon (w/enclosures) Director, Community Development Attachment to Grant Award Letter GRANTEE: County of Contra Costa, CA GRANT NO: B-93-UC-06-0002 In order to amend your Line of Credit for the Fiscal Year 1993 grant, it will be necessary for you to execute and return two copies of the Grant Agreement. Upon receipt of the executed Grant Agreement and other forms required to amend your Line of Credit, HUD will transmit to you the assigned Voice Response project number for this grant. If there is a need to delete or add individuals authorized to access the Voice Response System (VRS) , a VRS Security Access Authorization Form (HUD-27054 ) must be prepared, notarized, and returned to this office with the Grant Agreement. Also, if there is a need to establish or change the depository account to which these grant funds are to be wired, a Direct Deposit Sign-up Form (SF-1199A) must be completed by you and your financial institution and mailed to this office. CDBG Entitlement funds must be drawn down on a first- in-first-out (FIFO) basis. This means that when requesting CDBG Entitlement funds from you Line of Credit, you should draw down all the funds awarded in previous years' CDBG grants before drawing down funds awarded in this grant. All earlier grants must be "zeroed out" before you draw down funds awarded in this grant. Please note that the FIFO method only applies to CDBG Entitlement program funds. Certain activities are subject to the provisions of 24 CFR Part 58 (Environmental Review Procedures for the Community Development Block Grant program. ) Funds for such activities may not be obligated or expended unless the release of funds has been approved in writing by HUD. A request for the release of funds must be accompanied by an environmental certification. The special condition in your Grant Agreement and Funding Approval concerning the review procedures under Executive Order (E.O. ) 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs, and HUD's implementing regulations at 24 CFR Part 52 restricts the obligation or expenditure of funds for planning or construction of water or sewer facilities until the completion of the review process and HUD's removal of the condition and written notification of release of funds for such activities. Since you have not submitted 1 2 your final statement for review under E.O. 12372, we assume you do not propose to use funds for activities subject to review. However, the condition requires that in the event you amend or otherwise revise your final statement to use funds for planning or construction of water or sewer facilities, you must receive written notification of the removal of the condition and release of funds from HUD before obligating or expending funds for such activities. You are reminded that your Grantee Performance Report for the 1992 Program Year is due in this office no later than June 30, 1993.