TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Cindy Blot, Director, Economic and Community Development
FROM: Jay Reinstein, Assistant City Manager
DATE: September 24, 2018
RE:
Title
CDBG-DR Sub-Recipient Agreement between the NC Department of Commerce, NC Department of Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management and the City of Fayetteville
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
All
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Executive Summary:
The City of Fayetteville is currently a sub-sub recipient to Cumberland County for the CDBG-DR program through a grant executed on December 1, 2017. Cumberland County executed a sub-grant agreement with the City of Fayetteville on April 3, 2018 to award a portion of the County's grant ($15,325,000) to the City. The current arrangement for the City as a sub-sub recipient to the County has inadvertently slowed down both the reimbursement and rehabilitation process for our residents. Each reimbursement request must first be sent to the County for approval, and once approved, the County must reimburse the City prior to receiving a reimbursement from the State. It's a rather cumbersome process and the State agrees.
Cumberland County and the City of Fayetteville now wish to dissolve their April 3, 2018 sub-grant agreement, and the County wishes to dissolve its December 1, 2017 grant agreement with NCEM, and in place of these agreements, the City wishes to enter into this agreement directly with NCEM to allocate the City's portion of the County award.
Background:
Cumberland County has been awarded $34,945,328 in CDBG-DR funds over a three year period. The State of NC is only releasing to Cumberland County two-thirds of the funding for a two year period in the amount of $23,260,000. Of that amount the City will receive $15,325,000 during that period from Cumberland County as a sub-sub-recipient to carry out the various programs to include the follo...
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