NOTICE OF PLAN FOR FY 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
Notice is hereby given that the City of Erie has prepared its proposed Annual Action Plan for FY 2024. The City of Erie has not yet received notification from HUD of its annual allocation amounts for CDBG, HOME, and ESG programs. The Annual Plan for FY 2024 describes how the City intends to expend the proposed $3,040,237 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, $933,497 Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) funds, and $273,428 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In addition, the City expects to receive $5,000 in CDBG Program Income.
In order to obtain the views of citizens, public agencies, and other interested parties, the City has placed its proposed Annual Action Plan for FY 2024 on public display online at https://cityof.erie.pa.us and in the following locations during normal operational hours beginning on March 27, 2024 to April 26, 2024:
Booker T. Washington Center; 1720 Holland Street; Erie, PA
Martin Luther King Center; 312 Chestnut Street; Erie, PA
John F. Kennedy Center; 2021 East 20th Street; Erie, PA
Blasco Memorial Library; 160 East Front Street; Erie, PA
The proposed Annual Action Plan for FY 2024 will be available for public review for 30 days. Public comment on the proposed Annual Plan can be directed to the Department of Economic and Community Development; 626 State Street, Room 404, Erie, PA or to dsmith@erie.pa.us.
The FY 2024 Annual Action Plan contains the following major components:
1. Identification of housing and non-housing community development needs and priorities over the next one (1) year within the City.
2. Identification of federal and non-federal resources reasonably expected to be made available during the program year to undertake activities identified in the proposed Five-Year Consolidated Plan for FY 2020-2024.
3. A list of activities to be undertaken during the FY 2024 program year to address community development and housing needs including geographic distribution of activities to be completed.
4. Identification of homeless and special needs activities to be undertaken during the 2024 annual program period to address identified needs within the City.
The following CDBG activities are proposed for funding under the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan:
1. Public Services $728,900
•Summer Recreation- $10,000
•BTW Center– Summer Recreation- $24,850
•MLK Center – Summer Recreation- $10,000
•Trinity Center – Summer Recreation- $20,000
•UECDC – Summer Recreation- $52,305
•JFK Center – Summer Recreation- $16,161
•SSJNN – Summer Recreation- $10,000
•Boys and Girls Club- Human Resources- $50,000
•BTW Center- Human Resources- $72,345
•MLK Center- Human Resources- $50,000
•JFK Center- Human Resources- $50,000
•Trinity Center- Human Resources- $35,000
•UECDC- Human Resources- $55,000
•Erie City Mission- Human Resources- $50,000
•YMCA- Downtown Teen Center- $55,000
•GECAC- In-Home- $8,250
•St. Martin Center- Human Resources- $50,000
•Erie Refocused- Citizen Response- $10,000
•Police Athletic League- Youth Program- $21,109
•YMCA- Erie County Re-Entry Program- $43,880
•USCR Erie International Institute – Human Resources- $35,000
2. City of Erie Housing Rehab. $174,977.39
3. Public Facilities Improvements $818,931.61
• Park/Playground Improvements- $25,000
•Tree Removal/Replacement- $20,000
•Streets Reconstruction- $273,931.61
•Handicap Curb Cuts- $500,000
4. Special Economic Development $114,381.00
•Gannon University- SBDC- $54,381
•Christian Ministries Inc.- Incubator Program- $60,000
5. Economic Development $600,000.00
•1001 State Street OZ Operator, LLC
6. General Administration $608,047.00
Total FY 2024 CDBG Funds for Project Activities $3,045,237.00
The following HOME activities are proposed for funding under the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan:
1. Our West Bayfront- Rehab. Rental 649 Downing Court $142,702.00
2. City Homebuyer- Homebuyer/Rehab $277,061.00
3. City Housing Rehabilitation- Rehabilitation $277,061.00
4. Administration $93,349.00
5. HANDS- 1319 Parade Street- Rental Rehab $143,324.00
Total FY 2024 HOME Funds for Project Activities $933,497.00
The following ESG activities are proposed for funding under the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan:
1. Emergency Shelter $141,384.00
• Community Shelter Services- $41,588
•St. Patrick’s Haven- $12,091
•SafeNet (Hospitality House)- $18,145
•City Mission- $33,271
•The Refuge- $20,408
•Community of Caring- $15,881
2. Transitional Living $22,673.00
•Mercy Center for Women- $17,390
•SafeNet (Bridge House)- $4,528
•SafeNet (TLC)- $755
3. St. Martin Center Rapid Re-Housing $88,864.00
4. Administration $20,507.00
Total FY 2024 ESG Funds for Project Activities $273,428.00
The City will also be using CDBG Reprogramming funds in the amount of $1,148,717.12 (FY19 $86,452 FY21 $25,177.09; FY22 $985,014.84; FY23 $52,073.19) and Program Income in the amount of $25,119.27 (FY22 $25,119.27) for a total of $1,173,836.39:
CD19
Street Reconstruction $86,452.00
CD21
Street Reconstruction $25,177.09
CD22
Street Reconstruction $614,439.30
Downtown Streetscapes $395,694.81
CD23
Downtown Streetscapes $52,073.19
Total $1,173,836.39
City Council is expected to act on the proposed FY 2024 Annual Action Plan on May 1, 2024 at their regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall, 626 State Street, Erie, PA. In accordance with the Final Rule for consolidation of the CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs, 25 CFR Part 91, et. al., the FY 2024 Annual Action Plan will be submitted to HUD on or before May 13, 2024.
Joseph V. Schember, Mayor
City of Erie, Pennsylvania