Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 06-02-09 special — reading text

concerning general Recovery Act policy issues; provided, however, that such oral communications shall not extend to or touch upon particular projects, applications, or applicants for funding, and further that the official must contemporaneously or immediately thereafter document in writing; ( i) the date and time of the contact on policy issues; ii) the names of the registered lobbyists and the official(s) between whom the contact took place; and ( iii) a short description of the substance of the communication, This writing must be posted publicly by the executive department or agency on its recovery website within 3 business days of the communication. e) Upon the scheduling of, and again at the outset of, any oral communica- tions with any person or entity concerning general Recovery Act policy issues,an executive department or agency official shall inquire whether any of the individuals or parties appearing or communicating concerning such issues is a lobbyist registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. If so, the official shall comply with paragraph ( d) above. Sec, 4. General Provisions. ( a) The Director of OMB shall assist and, as appropriate, issue guidance to the heads of executive departments and agen- cies to carry out their responsibilities under this memorandum. Within 60 days of the date of this memorandum, the Director of OMB shall review the implementation of this memorandum by executive departments and agencies and shall forward to me any recommendations for modifications or revisions to this memorandum. b) This memorandum does not apply to tax -related provisions in Division B of the Recovery Act. c) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise i) authority granted by law or Executive Order to an executive depart- affect; ( ment, agency, or the head thereof; or ( ii) functions of the Director of OMB relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. d) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and all OMB implementing guidance, and shall be subject to the avail- ability of appropriations. 12534 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 56 / Wednesday, March 25, 2009 / Presidential Documents e) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. Sec. 5, Publication, The Director of OMB is hereby authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register, I -- Z C C, 6 1 THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, March 20, 2009 1FR Doc, Cg-- 6754 Filed 3- 24 --DO; 8: 45 am) Billing code 31io -oi -P  CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING June 2, 2009 Special Meeting Agenda Resolution waiving notice provision of Citizen' s Participation Plan in accordance with direction provided to CDBG under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009. Synopsis: HUD reduced notice required. 2. 2. 1 Agenda Item Number:  1 RESOLUTION 2009 -18 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT WALTON BEACH, 4 FLORIDA, WAIVING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CITY OF FORT 5 WALTON BEACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 6( CDBG) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IN ORDER TO ACCEPT 7 FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 38, 366. 00 FROM THE UNITED 8 STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 9( HUD) AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND 10 REINVESTMENT ACT 2009. 11 12 13 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 14 WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: 15 16 1. The City of Fort Walton Beach received notice on May 5, 2009, from the 17 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD) that the 18 City could receive additional funding through the Community Development Block 19 Grant Recovery ( CDBG -R) program. To receive this funding, the City Council 20 must amend its CDBG Annual Action Plan for fiscal year 2008 -09 and submit it to 21 HUD no later than June 5, 2009. To expedite the process and to ensure that 22 CDBG -R grants are awarded in a timely manner, while preserving reasonable 23 citizen participation process, HUD is waiving the requirements that a grantee 24 strictly follow its citizen participation plan for this amendment. HUD is shortening 25 the minimum time for citizen' s comments to seven ( 7) calendar days and is 26 requiring the substantial amendment materials to be posted on the City' s official 27 website as the materials are developed, published, and submitted to HUD; and 28 29 2. The expedited timeline provided by HUD allows a public notice period 30 shorter than the 30 -day public notice period set forth in the City of Fort Walton 31 Beach Citizen Participation Plan. 32 33 3. The Citizen' s Advisory Committee met on Wednesday, May 20, 2009, to 34 discuss and consider the allocation of additional funds through the American 35 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the expedited timeline. 36 37 4. Therefore, the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach hereby 38 waives the 30 -day notice provision of the City of Fort Walton Beach Citizen' s 39 Participation Plan in accordance with the direction provided in the Notice of 40 Program Requirements for Community Development Block Grant Program 41 Funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 42 43 5. This resolution shall become effective upon approval by the City Council 44 and signature by the Mayor. 45 46 , 2009  1 Adopted Date 2 3 4 Mike Anderson, Mayor 5 6 ATTEST: 7 8 9 10 Helen Spencer, City Clerk 11 Approved as to form and legal 12 sufficiency. 13 14 15 16 Toni L. Craig, City Attorney 17 18 19 DRAFTED BY: 20 21 Tim Bolduc, Building Official 22  Page 1 of 2 Tim Bolduc From: Toni Craig [tonicraig @cox. net] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9: 52 PM To: Tim Bolduc Cc: Michael Beedie; Robert Mearns Subject: CDBG -R Recovery Funds Reso/ Control # 090068 Tim Nicely done. Attached are the red -lined version of the resolution and a clean copy of the resolution. The clean copy is legally sufficient for presentation to the City Council. Thank you. Toni L. Craig Attorney at Law Fla Bar No 115444 850) 243 -6969 www. tonicraig. info From: Tim Bolduc [ mailto: tbolduc @fwb. org] Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4: 09 PM To: Toni Craig Cc: Michael Beedie Subject: CDBG -R Recovery funds reso and Annual Action plan Toni, Attached you will find the resolution, and the notice from HUD. As we discussed most of the text in the resolution comes from the test in the notice. I understand that you already have a copy of the revised action plan. Please review for legal sufficiency. Call me if you need anything, 585 -4644 Thanks Tim Bolduc Building Official City of Fort Walton Beach 850 -833 -9605 Please Note: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from City of Fort Walton Beach officials are public records available to the public and media upon request. Your e -mail address and communications may therefore be subject to public disclosure. Think Green - Please consider the environment before printing this e -mail. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www. avg. com 5/ 28/ 2009  CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING June 2, 2009 Special Meeting Agenda Resolution amending the CDBG budget to account for additional funds available for an additional rehab Synopsis: Stimulus funding has been made available and the plan has to be amended, approved and submitted to HUD by June 5 Agenda Item Number: 2. 2. 2  1 RESOLUTION NO. 2009- 17 2 3 4 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, 5 FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2008 THROUGH 6 SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 BUDGET TO MAKE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO 7 APPROPRIATIONS OF CITY FUNDS FOR HOUSING REHABILITATION; 8 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 9 10 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 11 WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT: 12 13 Section 1. Authority 14 Resolution 2008 -45, adopted on September 22, 2008, authorizes amendments to 15 the FY 2008 -09 budget by resolution. 16 17 Section 2. CDBG Fund Budget Amendment 18 The City has been awarded $ 38, 366 in Community Development Block Grant 19 Program funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. These 20 funds will be used for energy efficient rehabilitation of low /moderate income housing. 21 Therefore, there is appropriated $ 38, 366 from federal grant revenues increasing 22 the CDBG Fund budget from $141, 275 to $ 179, 641. 23 24 Section 3. Effective Date 25 This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council 26 and signature by the Mayor. 27 28 29 30 31 Adopted Mike Anderson, Mayor 32 33 34 35 Attest: Approved for Form and Legal Sufficiency: 36 37 38 39 Helen Spencer, City Clerk Toni L. Craig, City Attorney  Page 1 of 1 Charlotte Dunworth