City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
THROUGH: JAMES F. PARAJON, CITY MANAGER /s/
FROM: HELEN S. MCILVAINE, DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF HOUSING
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Consideration of Draft Citizen Participation Plan for Housing and Community Development Activities.
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ISSUE: Consideration of Draft Citizen Participation Plan ("Participation Plan" or "Plan") for Housing and Community Development Activities.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council:
1. Receive the Draft Citizen Participation Plan for Housing and Community Development Activities; and
2. Approve the Plan.
BACKGROUND: The Office of Housing prepares the Participation Plan in accordance with
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) regulations and guidance. The document is occasionally updated to better reflect the needs of the community, changing technologies used for public outreach, and updated HUD guidance. The last Participation Plan update was in 2021.
HUD requires the Participation Plan to describe how the City will provide residents with reasonable and timely access to local meetings, information, and records related to the City's proposed and actual use of funds; provide for public hearings to obtain citizen views and to respond to proposals and questions; provide for timely written answers to written complaints and grievances; and identify how the needs of non-English speaking residents will be met in the case of public hearings where a significant number of non-English speaking residents can be reasonably expected to participate.
The Participation Plan is being revised to include Community Development Block Grant Section 108 Guaranteed Loan Funds. It is anticipated that an application to use this funding source will be submitted in the Fall as part of the planned support for Housing Alexandria's Glebe-Mount Ve...
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