2019 Substantial Amendment to AAP for CV3

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Should the County of Hawai'i receive any program income it will be applied to the Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program. If there are any cancelled or reprogramming of HOME funds it may be applied to any eligible HOME project. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS (CDBG-CV1), (CDBG-CV2) and (CDBG-CV3) FUNDING On April 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) informed the County that it would receive $1,543,033 of Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus (CDBG-CV1) allocation from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Along with the CDBG-CV1 funds, the CARES Act authorized grant waivers and alternative requirements of statutes and regulations pertaining to these funds. These waivers and alternative requirements are necessary to expedite and facilitate the use of these funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). On April 17, 2020, the County submitted its waivers to HUD to utilize a 5 -day comment period instead of the minimum 30 -day public comment period for Substantial Amendments to its Consolidated Plan, Citizen Participation Plan and Funding Allocation process. In anticipation of receiving the CDBG-CV1 funds, the County published a public notice on April 26, 2020 to announce a substantial amendment to its 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan (CP), Annual Action Plan (AAP) and Citizen Participation Plan (CPP). The amendments to the CP, AAP and CPP reflected the allowed waivers for the CDBG-CV1 funds, changes in the County's project selection and funding allocation process and the actual projects utilizing the CDBG-CV1 funds. The amendments to these plans were available for a 5 day comment period from April 27 -May 4, 2020 for a substantial amendment as allowed under the COVID-19 waiver. On May 11, 2020, the County was notified of a second round of CDBG-CV2 funding allocation of $978,184.00 from the CARES Act. The County utilized a Request For Proposal (RFP) to announce the availablility of the CDBG-CV2 funds. Projects were reviewed and selected from the RFP for the CDBG-CV2 funds. On September 11, 2020, the County was notified of a third round of CDBG-CV3 funding allocation of $1,077,958 for a total cumulative amount of $3,599,175 of Community Development Block Grant Coronavirus funds. The CDBG-CV3 funds were allocated to on-going selected projects from the CDBG-CV1 and CDBG-CV2. The projects selected and utilizing CDBG-CV1, CDBG-CV2 and CDBG-CV3 are contained in AP -35 section of the AAP. Annual Action Plan 2019 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)