Subject:
Title
Final Public Hearing and Approval of the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan for the Brevard County HOME Investment Partnerships Program Consortium
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Fiscal Impact:
Brevard County is estimated to receive approximately $1,350,422.00 in Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and approximately $1,075,702.31 in 2025-2026 Fiscal Year HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) grant funds that will be distributed to the Consortium Members (Brevard County, Titusville, Cocoa, Melbourne, and Palm Bay). There will be no impact to the General Fund.
Dept/Office:
Housing and Human Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners approve:
• the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan;
• the Chairman executing required certifications, assurances, and the Applications for Federal Assistance for the CDBG and HOME grants;
• the County Manager to sign the CDBG Program and HOME Program Grant Agreements and Disbursement Agreements with the four Brevard HOME Consortium member cities upon approval from HUD;
• the Housing and Human Services Department, as contract administrators, to use competitive procurement to secure contractors to complete proposed activities and projects;
• the Housing and Human Services Department Director to endorse agreements, amendments, and modifications for activities and projects identified in the Action Plan, and procured by the Housing and Human Services Department after approval from Risk Management and the County Attorney’s Office; and,
• the County Manager to execute any necessary budget change requests.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On May 6, 2025, the Board of County Commissioners conducted a Public Hearing, as required by HUD, for the purpose of and receiving public comments on the goals, priorities, and funding set forth in the one-year Annual Action Plan beginning October 1, 2025.
For Fiscal Year 2025-2026, HOME funds will be awarded to the County and disbursed to the cities through disbursement agreements utilizing a HUD approved formula. Funds are distributed on a reimbursement basis. The Consortium will receive a total of $1,075,702.31 in HOME funds for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 to begin on October 1, 2025. Brevard County will receive an estimated $425,907.12 and the member cities will receive an estimated $649,795.19 (Titusville- $115,286.24; Cocoa- $62,883.41; Melbourne- $251,553.62; and Palm Bay- $220,091.92).
For Fiscal Year 2025-2026, Brevard County will receive an estimated $1,350,422.00 in CDBG funds. Unlike HOME funding, each Consortium member city receives a direct CDBG allocation from HUD. The County and each member city formulate its own CDBG Annual Action Plan of how they will spend CDBG funds promoting safe neighborhoods, capital improvements, economic development, public services, improvements for public housing and the homeless, as well as providing other housing assistance programs.
As a HUD approved Consortium, Brevard County, as Lead Agency, is required to submit as one document the Annual Action Plan, and each of the cities CDBG Annual Action Plans.
In accordance with the Board of County Commissioner approved Citizen Participation Plan, public input was sought through a thirty-day Public Comment period (from June 3, 2025-July 3, 2025 at 5pm) advertised in Florida Today on May 22, 2025. Additionally, the proposed Action Plan was advertised in Ebony News, Al Dia, placed on the Housing and Human Services Department’s website, press released on Spectrum News 13, Brevard County website and social media, and comments were accepted electronically during the 30-day period. Housing & Human Services received 5 comments. The comments received are listed in the appendix of the Annual Action Plan.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
None