The Fall River Community Development Agency (FRCDA) held its second public hearing on March 8, 2023, to gather comments on its proposed Year 4 Annual Action Plan. This plan, which is part of Fall River's five-year Consolidated Plan approved by HUD on June 10, 2020, outlines strategies and activities for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and HOME Investment Partnerships programs. The program year is scheduled to commence on July 1, 2023. Funding allocated for the upcoming year includes $2,631,721 for the CDBG program, $242,767 for the ESG program, and $1,164,759 for the HOME program. Residents were invited to submit comments on the draft plan until March 27, with copies available for review at the FRCDA office, the City Clerk's office, and the Fall River Main Public Library. The draft plan and related materials are slated for submission to the City Council by March 16. The City Council is expected to consider a resolution on April 25 to authorize Mayor Paul Coogan to file the plan with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development around May 3. During the public hearing, no residents or representatives expressed a desire to speak on the proposed plan. Consequently, the public hearing was closed without any public testimony.
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Council
good evening tonight is the second public hearing requesting comment on our proposed annual action plan tonight's date is March 8th 2023. tonight's public hearing is being held to provide residents of Fall River the opportunity to express their views on the draft of the year for annual action plan being prepared for submission to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development the city
0:28of fall River's five-year Consolidated plan was approved by hunt on June 10 2020 that document identified Community Development housing and homeless needs and a schedule of strategies to address them over a five-year period the ef4 annual action plan is incorporated into the Consolidated plan and addresses those strategies with activities to be undertaken through the cdbg home and ESG programs during the
0:57program year commencing July 1 2023 copies of the projected use of funds for each of the programs to be undertaken in the fourth action year available to you tonight a summary of the proposed year 4 annual action plan was published in The Herald news and on the city of Fall River website www.fallriverma.org and citizens were invited to submit comments also copies of the proposed plan are
1:28available for public review at the following locations at the Fall River Community Development agency at one government center the office of the city clerk at Government Center and the Fall River Maine public library at 104 North Main Street residents have until March 27th to submit comments all comments received during this review period and testimony statements letters and petitions submitted at tonight's hearing
1:56will be used in updating the year for annual action plan for the program year to start on July 1 2023.
2:04according to the submission timetable draft copies of the Year 4 annual action plan and print and related information and materials will be submitted to the city council honorable March 16th at its meeting on April 25th the city council will consider enactment of a resolution authorizing mayor Paulie Coogan to file the year for annual action plan with the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development honor
2:31about May 3rd year 49 of the Fall River Fall Rivers Community Development block grant program year 37 of the emergency Solutions grant program and year 32 of the home program are scheduled to begin July 1 2023.
2:48funding includes 2 million six hundred and thirty one thousand seven hundred and twenty one dollars for the cdbg program 242 767 dollars for the ESG program and one million one hundred and sixty four thousand seven hundred and fifty nine dollars for the home program the format of tonight's public hearing will be to allow participants the opportunity to express their views on the proposed efr annual action plan
3:17prepared statements to that effect will be accepted persons wishing to speak have been asked to sign a separate sign-in sheet and would be called to testify each speaker should State his or her name and address and if appropriate the agency or organization represented tonight we do not have anybody here that is willing wishing to speak concerning the year for annual action plan so at
3:42this time I'd like to close out the public hearing and uh thank you for having us tonight thank you