OCEAN CITY,NJ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

OCEAN CITY,NJ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM

FY2022 OCEAN CITY,NJ ANNUAL ACTION PLAN

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AP-05 Executive Summary PR-05 Lead & Responsible Agencies AP-10 Consultation AP-12 Participation

Annual Action Plan AP-15 Expected Resources AP-20 Annual Goals and Objectives AP-35 Projects AP-50 Geographic Distribution AP-75 Barriers to affordable housing AP-85 Other Actions AP-90 Program Specific Requirements

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Executive Summary

AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b)

1. Introduction

Ocean City receives funding annually from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The Manager of Capital Planning is the City's staff responsible for the federal grant program. One of the requirements for receiving these funds is the development of a five-year Consolidated Plan (CP) for Housing and Community Development to provide policy direction for the five-year period funding decisions. In general, the CP is guided by three overarching goals that are applied according to a community's needs. The goals are: ? To provide decent housing by preserving the affordable housing stock, increasing the availability of affordable housing, reducing discriminatory barriers, increasing the supply of supportive housing for those with special needs and transitioning homeless persons and families into housing. ? To provide a suitable living environment through safer, more livable neighborhoods, greater integration of low and moderate-income residents throughout the City, increased housing opportunities and reinvestment in deteriorating neighborhoods. ? To expand economic opportunities through more jobs paying self-sufficient wages, homeownership opportunities, development activities that promote long-term community viability and the empowerment of low- and moderate-income persons to achieve self-sufficiency. The FY 2019-2023 CP corresponds to the five fiscal years, which began September 1, 2019, and will end August 31, 2023. The primary federal funding resource in the 2019-2023 Consolidated Plan is the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. The primary objective of this program is to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, principally for persons of low- and moderate- income levels. Funds can be used for a wide array of activities, including: housing rehabilitation, construction or rehabilitation of public facilities and infrastructure, removal of architectural barriers, public services, rehabilitation of commercial or industrial buildings and loans or grants to businesses. The City has received an allocation of $277,154 for FY 2022.

2. Summarize the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan

This could be a restatement of items or a table listed elsewhere in the plan or a reference to another location. It may also contain any essential items from the housing and homeless needs assessment, the housing market analysis or the strategic plan.

All projects in the plan will address key needs within Ocean City. There is a need to support the mental health of Housing Authority residents and a need for new ADA beach ramps to improve access for the City's senior and disabled populations.

3. Evaluation of past performance

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This is an evaluation of past performance that helped lead the grantee to choose its goals or projects. The following are highlights of past performance based on the 2020 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) submitted to HUD in November 2021. During the period from September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021, Ocean City received a $ 287,573 CDBG entitlement allocation and $284,843 in CDBG-CV funds. The FY 2020 grant was the second under the five-year (2019 to 2023) Consolidated Plan.

4. Summary of Citizen Participation Process and consultation process Summary from citizen participation section of plan. The Ocean City CDBG program includes outreach to local organizations on an annual basis to inform the local public organizations of the opportunity to apply for CDBG funding and to attend the public hearings. The process consists of the following: 1) A public notice was published in the Press of Atlantic City advertising the first public hearing. 2) The first public meeting was held on April 12, 2022. 3) A public notice for a second public hearing was published in the newspaper and a second hearing will be held on June 2, 2022. 5. Summary of public comments This could be a brief narrative summary or reference an attached document from the Citizen Participation section of the Con Plan. No public comments were received at the first public hearing. 6. Summary of comments or views not accepted and the reasons for not accepting them

7. Summary

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PR-05 Lead & Responsible Agencies ? 91.200(b)

1. Agency/entity responsible for preparing/administering the Consolidated Plan

Describe the agency/entity responsible for preparing the Consolidated Plan and those responsible for administration of each grant program and funding source.

Agency Role

Name

Department/Agency

CDBG Administrator

OCEAN CITY

Table 1 ? Responsible Agencies

Manager of Capital Planning

Narrative (optional)

The Manager of Capital Planning, under the direction of the City Chief Financial Officer is the lead agency responsible for the preparation of the Ocean City Annual Action Plan and administration of the annual CDBG program.

Consolidated Plan Public Contact Information

Christine Gundersen, Manager of Capital Planning City of Ocean City 861 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, NJ 08226 Phone: 609-525-9360 Email: CGundersen@ocnj.us

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AP-10 Consultation ? 91.100, 91.200(b), 91.215(l)

1. Introduction

The City of Ocean City actively consults with a variety of non-profits, social service providers, community citizens, and other governmental agencies on an on-going basis.

Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction's activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and governmental health, mental health and service agencies (91.215(l))

Coordination begins with communication and the City maintains open channels of communications among a varied network of service providers - including health and mental health providers - and the various representatives of low-mod income residents, including public and assisted housing.

Describe coordination with the Continuum of Care and efforts to address the needs of homeless persons (particularly chronically homeless individuals and families, families with children, veterans, and unaccompanied youth) and persons at risk of homelessness.

Cape May County takes the lead agency role with the Southern New Jersey Continuum of Care (COC). Ocean City participates in the process through its Neighborhood and Social Services Director. The City administers state funds to assist homeless individuals with emergency shelter, food and homeless prevention services. Homeless families must be referred to the County for assistance.

Describe consultation with the Continuum(s) of Care that serves the jurisdiction's area in determining how to allocate ESG funds, develop performance standards for and evaluate outcomes of projects and activities assisted by ESG funds, and develop funding, policies and procedures for the operation and administration of HMIS

See above.

2. Describe Agencies, groups, organizations and others who participated in the process and describe the jurisdiction's consultations with housing, social service agencies and other entities

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Table 2 ? Agencies, groups, organizations who participated

1 Agency/Group/Organization

Agency/Group/Organization Type

What section of the Plan was addressed by Consultation?

Briefly describe how the Agency/Group/Organization was consulted. What are the anticipated outcomes of the consultation or areas for improved coordination?

Ocean City Housing Authority

PHA

Public Housing Needs

The City and OCHA already have a very strong working relationship and share a desire to expand the supply of affordable housing.

Identify any Agency Types not consulted and provide rationale for not consulting All relevant agency types serving Ocean City were consulted.

Other local/regional/state/federal planning efforts considered when preparing the Plan

Name of Plan Continuum of Care

Fair Share Plan

Lead Organization

How do the goals of your Strategic Plan overlap with the goals of each plan?

South Jersey COC

The Cape May COC merged with other COCs in the region to form the Southern New Jersey COC. The five-year plan reflects the goals of the Cape May COC.

City of Ocean City

The Plan also sees supplying affordable housing as a goal. The Fair Share Plan indicates how Ocean City will meets its affordable housing obligations.

Table 3 ? Other local / regional / federal planning efforts

Narrative (optional)

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AP-12 Participation ? 91.105, 91.200(c)

1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting

Two public hearings will be held the first on April 12, 2022, and the second on June 7, 2022.

Citizen Participation Outreach

Sort Order Mode of Outreach Target of Outreach

Summary of

Summary of

Summary of comments URL (If

response/attendance comments received

not accepted

applicable)

and reasons

Table 4 ? Citizen Participation Outreach

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