CITY OF DALLAS

CITY OF DALLAS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN

FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANTS

Prepared by: City of Dallas Office of Financial Services Community Development Division

Approved: Revised: Revised: Revised: Revised: Revised: Revised: Revised: Revised:

January 11, 1995 February 28, 1996 January 2, 2004 August 10, 2005 June 27, 2007 August 14, 2008 December 30, 2008 September 23, 2009 December 14, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Purpose

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II. Citizen Participation Goal

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III. Process for Approving the Citizen Participation Plan

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IV. Process for Developing the Assessment of Fair

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Housing and the Consolidated Plan

V. Other Procedures

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VI. Post Application Actions

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VII. Information

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Appendix

Relocation Plan Citizen Participation Plan Revisions

CITY OF DALLAS CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN

I. Purpose

The purpose of the City of Dallas Citizen Participation Plan is to inform the public of the proposed ways in which persons may participate in determining how specific future grant funds to the City of Dallas from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will be used. The funds include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program (HOPWA).

The City of Dallas Citizen Participation Plan will also set for the proposed ways in which the community will be engaged in fair housing planning to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) through the Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) process.

II. Citizen Participation Goal

It is the basic goal of the City of Dallas to continue its good faith efforts to provide reasonable citizen participation opportunities in a manner consistent with local requirements and federal government regulations.

More specifically, it is the goal of the City of Dallas to provide for and encourage:

All citizens to participate in the development of the AFH, any revisions to the AFH, the Consolidated Plan including a five-year strategic plan and a one-year budget (Action Plan), amendments to the adopted Consolidated Plan, and the program performance report;

Participation by low and moderate income persons, especially those living in slum or blighted areas or in areas where CDBG funds are proposed to be used, and by residents of predominately low and moderate income neighborhoods as defined by the City;

Participation by minorities and non-English speaking persons, and persons with disabilities;

Participation of local and regional institutions, Continuums of Care, and other organizations (including businesses, developers, nonprofit organizations, philanthropic organizations, and community-based and faith-based organizations) in the process of developing and implementing the AFH and the Consolidated Plan;

In conjunction with consultation with public housing authorities, the participation of residents of public and assisted housing developments (including any resident advisory boards, resident councils, and resident management corporations) in the process of developing and implementing the AFH and the Consolidated Plan, along 3

with other low- income residents of target revitalization areas in which the developments are located;

Efforts to provide information to public housing authorities about the AFH, AFFH strategy and Consolidated Plan activities related to the agency's developments and surrounding communities available at the annual public hearing required for the public housing authority's plan;

Alternate public involvement techniques and quantitative ways to measure efforts that encourage citizen participation in a shared vision for change in communities and neighborhoods, and the review of program performance; e.g.., use of focus groups and the Internet.

III. Process for Approving the Citizen Participation Plan

A. A draft of the Citizen Participation Plan will be developed to meet HUD regulations.

B. The City Council will be briefed and comments incorporated into the Proposed Citizen Participation Plan.

C. A Proposed Citizen Participation Plan summary will be published in the newspaper of general circulation (i.e. Dallas Morning News) and the entire Plan will be made available at specific locations.

D. A 30-day citizen comment period will be provided, enabling the Community Development Commission (CDC) and citizens to express their views on the Proposed Citizen Participation Plan.

E. The City Council will be briefed on the CDC and citizen comments regarding the Proposed Citizen Participation Plan and will consider any modifications.

F. The City Council will approve the Citizen Participation Plan as amended.

G. The City of Dallas shall follow the Citizen Participation Plan as adopted by the City Council.

H. The approved Citizen Participation Plan will be made available at all Dallas public libraries and the Office of Financial Services, Community Development Division, located at Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla, Room 4FS in a format accessible to persons with disabilities upon request.

I. Reasonable steps will be taken to provide language assistance to ensure meaningful access to participation by non-English-speaking residents of the community.

IV. Process for Developing AFH and the Consolidated Plan

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A. 1. At or as soon as feasible after the start of the citizen participation process, the City

will make the HUD-provided data (and any other supplemental information) that is planned to be incorporated into the AFH, available to its residents, public agencies, and other interested parties. Access to the HUD-provided date may include crossreferencing to data on HUD's website.

2. Role of the Community Development Commission (CDC) (or its successor).

The duties of the City Council-appointed advisory board will include review and recommendations for the HOME, HOPWA, and ESG Programs in a similar manner to CDBG. The CDC in consultation with the staff will establish numbers, dates, times, subjects and locations for a series of public hearings. The public hearings will be held to solicit citizen comments and suggestions on the priority needs of low and moderate-income persons and proposed uses of Consolidated Plan funds.

B. Public Hearings

1. Number and type of hearings

Before the City adopts the AFH and Consolidated Plan, at least six (6) public hearings will be held to afford reasonable opportunity to examine each document's content, receive citizen input on community development needs and strategies for meeting those needs and to respond to proposals and questions. Public notice will be given to citizens of each hearing, with sufficient information published about the subject of the hearing to permit informed comment. Advance notice of the hearings will be published in the Dallas Morning News two weeks prior to the hearings, when the specified dates, times, subjects and locations are determined. The hearings will be held at a minimum of two different stages of the program year, at the beginning during the development phase and at the end prior to submission of the performance report to HUD. Together, the hearings will address housing and community development needs, development of proposed activities, proposed strategies and actions for affirmatively furthering fair housing consistent with the AFH, and review of program performance. To obtain the views of citizens on housing and community development needs, including priority non-housing community development needs and affirmatively furthering fair housing, at least one of these hearings will be held before the proposed Consolidated Plan is published for comment. To obtain the views of the community on AFH-related data and affirmatively furthering fair housing in the City's housing and community development programs, at least one public hearing will be held before the proposed AFH is published for comment.

A minimum of Six (6) neighborhood public hearings will be held.

A minimum of Five (5) public hearings will be held throughout the City of Dallas (to include one meeting at City Hall and one in each quadrant of the city) to receive comments from citizens, public and private non-profit and for- profit agencies on all

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