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Attachment 2 <br /> 7 <br /> ~ U.S. OF UUUU DEPARTMENT DEVELOPMENT <br /> . WASHINGTON,oczcw|o-7oou <br /> " <br /> OFFICE OF TH ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR <br /> COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT <br /> 1".1 4 <br /> ��[���[ll���I�Il\J�4F(]]�: All Community Planning� ' and Development Field Office <br /> Div' 'on <br /> FROM: CliffondtT uty Assistant Secretary, D <br /> SUBJECT: Waiver oF24CFRQ}.l05(b)(4) and 24 [FR9l.115(b)(4) <br /> for FY 2017 Action Plans for Community Planning and <br /> Development Program Funds <br /> With the enactment of a FY 2017 appropriations act, HUD is issuing revised procedures <br /> to govern the submission and review of action plans for FY 2017 funding. Pursuant to <br /> Community Planning and Development (CPD) Notice 16'18, any grantee with a program year <br /> start date prior to, or up to 60 days after, the Department's announcement of the FY 2017 <br /> formula program funding allocations was advised not to submit its consolidated plan or action <br /> plan until the FY 2017 formula allocations have been announced. Given the delay in the <br /> enactment of HUD's annual appropriations, implementation of this policy for FY 2017 may have <br /> negative consequences for CPD formula grantees: Community Development Block Grant <br /> (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and <br /> Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) grantees. Under 24 CFR 91.15(a)(2), <br /> HUD cannot accept a submission later than August 16, 2017. If HUD does not receive a <br /> consolidated plan or action plan by August 16, 2017, a grantee automatically loses its FY 2017 <br /> CDBG funding. <br /> Section 104(a)(2) of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended <br /> (the Act), requires that grantees implement a citizen participation process as a prelude to the <br /> allocation and expenditure of funds. A grantee's citizen participation plan and proposed allocation <br /> of funds to eligible activities are components of its consolidated plan required pursuant to 24 CFR <br /> Part 91. The regulations at 24 CFR 91.105 and 91.115 describe the standards for citizen <br /> participation plans applicable to the programs administered by the Office of Community Planning <br /> and Development. Of immediate concern are the provisions io24C1-]{ql.l05(u)(4) and <br /> 91.115(a)(4)requiring that grantees provide a period of not less than 30 days during which affected <br /> citizens may review and comment on the FY 2017 consolidated plan or action plan prior to its <br /> implementation. The timing of the enactment of the FY 2017 appropriations act leaves insufficient <br /> time for grantees to complete the pre-submission or pre-amendment citizen participation publication <br /> and comment process before the August 16, 2017, deadline. <br /> www.hud.gov espanol.hud.gov <br />