20-2367ORDNANCE NO.20-2367
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON APPROVING A SUBSTANTLAL
AMENDMENT TO THE CITY’S 2020 ACTION PLAN FOR HOUSING AND CONavfUNIW
DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN AND SUBMIT SUCH
SUBSTANTLAL AMENDMENT; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in July 2020 the City of Denton (“City”), as a Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Entitlement City and a Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Participating
Jurisdiction, submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) an
action plan for Housing and Community Development for allocating the City’s 2020-year, August
1, 2020 through July 3 1, 2021, entitlement funds, program income, and reallocated funding from
previous years (the “2020 Action Plan”) as authorized by the City pursuant to Ordinance No. 20-
1265 and
WHEREAS, prior to the submission of the 2020 Action Plan, the City was the recipient of
an initial round of Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus funding in the amount of
$618,736 (“CDBG-CVI Funds“) authorized by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security Act of 2020 (“CARES Act”) to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the
COVID- 19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the City’s 2020 Action Plan included the CDBG-CVI Funds as
unprogrammed, reserving the use of the CDBG-CVI Funds to be identified in the future; and
WHEREAS, in September 2020 the City was allocated a subsequent round of Community
Development Block Grant-Coronavirus funding in the amount of $866,704 (“CDBG-CV3 Funds“)
authorized by the CARES Act to be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID-19
pandemic, which funds are also currently unprogrammed; and
WHEREAS, the City has now developed and is seeking approval of, and authorization for
the City Manager, or his designee, to sign and submit to HUD the certifications required by the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the CARES Act (the
“Certifications”) and a “substantial amendment” pursuant to 24 C.F.R. §91.505 (2020) to the
City’s 2020 Action Plan for Housing and Community Development identifying the use of
$800,000 of the previously unprogrammed total of $1,485,440 in CDBG-CVI Funds and CDBG-
CV3 Funds for the Hotel Voucher Program and reserving the use of the remaining unprogrammed
$685,440 funds to be identified in the future, which substantial amendment and Certifications are
attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Citizen Participation Plan process and requirements have been met in
connection with the Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan and via approved HUD
waivers allowing use of a 5-day virtual public comment period intended to permit communities to
quickly respond to the growing spread and effects of COVID-19 and to facilitate assistance to
those experiencing homelessness or who are otherwise economically impacted by COVID-19;
NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this Ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan is hereby approved.
SECTION 3. The City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to sign and submit
to HUD the Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan, including the Certifications.
SECTION 4. The City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to handle all fiscal
and administrative matters related to the Substantial Amendment to the 2020 Action Plan.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
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approved by the following vote U - a:
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Gerard Hudspeth, Mayor:/
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Birdia Johnson, District 1 :
Connie Baker, District 2:
Jesse Davis, District 3 :
John Ryan, District 4:
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5:
Paul Meltzu, At Large Place 6:
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ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
AARON LEAL. CITY ATTORNEY