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2021 CDBG & HOME/HTF Pre-Proposal Meeting
Time: Feb 17, 2021
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Somerset County, New Jersey
2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment
Notice of Public Comment Period and Public Hearing
Background - The County of Somerset is the recipient of federal entitlement Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding for grants to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus (CDBG-CV grants). In order to receive, commit and spend these funds, the County will prepare and submit a Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 (CDBG-CV3) Action Plan Amendment to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Available Funds - The County has been advised by HUD that it will receive a grant allocation of $1,673,097 in CDBG-CV3 funds.
Range of Eligible Activities - Funds available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) must be used to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. The CARES Act provisions provide that grantees may use CDBG-CV3 grant funds to cover or reimburse costs to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus incurred by an eligible party, regardless of the date on which such costs were incurred, when those costs comply with CDBG requirements.
Program Limitations – The CDBG-CV3 funds have certain legislative and regulatory limitations which restrict the types of projects and activities which may be funded under these programs, including the requirement that funds must principally benefit persons of low or moderate-income. As a result, the range of eligible activities under these programs is subject to these legislative and regulatory limitations. The County has prepared a draft Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment as summarized below. Based on the activities proposed, the County anticipates that 100% of the CDBG-CV3 funds will be used in a manner which will benefit low and moderate income-persons as defined by federal regulations.
Proposed Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment – The County will submit to HUD its Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment. The projects included in the Amendment are as follows:
Municipality Proposed Use Funding
|
Bernards Township
|
Food Security and Wellness Program One Collyer Lane Basking Ridge, NJ |
$ 79,971.98 |
|
Bound Brook Borough |
COVID-related safety improvements at Library (402 E. High Street) and Codrington Park Complex (200 Thompson Avenue) Bound Brook, NJ |
$125,410.82 |
|
Bridgewater Township |
COVID-related safety improvements at Senior Center 455 Somerville Road Bridgewater, NJ |
$220,449.22 |
|
Green Brook Township |
COVID-related safety improvements at Senior Center (121 Rock Avenue) and funding for Regional Health Coordinator Green Brook, NJ |
$ 29,888.84 |
|
Hillsborough Township
|
Food Security and Wellness Program 379 South Branch Road Hillsborough, NJ |
$161,592.11 |
|
Manville Borough |
COVID-related safety improvements at the Manville Public Library 100 S. 10th Avenue Manville, NJ |
$114,979.66 |
|
Montgomery Township |
Food Security and Wellness Program 2261 Route 206 Belle Mead, NJ |
$ 71,639.06 |
|
North Plainfield Borough |
COVID-related safety improvements at the Vermeule Community Center (614 Greenbrook Rd), Memorial Library (6 Rockview Ave), and Vermeule Mansion (614 Greenbrook Rd) North Plainfield, NJ |
$237,663.13 |
|
Peapack & Gladstone Borough |
COVID-related safety improvements at St. Luke’s Village 197 Main Street Gladstone, NJ |
$ 12,331.83 |
|
Raritan Borough |
Food Security and Wellness Program 22 First Street Raritan, NJ |
$ 59,388.23 |
|
Rocky Hill Borough |
Food Security and Wellness Program PO Box 188 – 15 Montgomery Avenue Rocky Hill, NJ |
$ 10,000.00 |
|
Somerville Borough |
UV filtration system at Somerville Senior Housing (1 Mountain Ave) and safety improvements at Somerville Library (35 West End Ave) Somerville, NJ |
$109,562.34 |
|
South Bound Brook Borough |
Food Security and Wellness Program 12 Main Street South Bound Brook, NJ |
$ 45,630.91 |
|
Warren Township |
Funding for Vulnerable Population Outreach Coordinator 46 Mountain Blvd. Warren, NJ |
$ 59,092.51
|
|
Watchung Borough |
Funding for Regional Health Coordinator 15 Mountain Blvd. Watchung, NJ |
$ 33,679.11 |
|
Somerset County |
Future COVID-related projects |
$ 50,852.22 |
|
Somerset County |
Administrative Costs |
$250,965.03 |
|
|
TOTAL |
$1,673,097.00 |
Availability of Draft Amendment – Pursuant to the provisions of federal regulations and the County's Citizen Participation Plan, the County is providing notice that the Draft Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment is available for review on the Somerset County Website: https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/government/human-services/community-development/cdbg-and-home. Community Development staff can also be reached at 908-541-5756.
Citizen Comments – Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, HUD has made available waivers of the comment period and requirement for in-person public hearings. Persons wishing to comment on the Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment should respond to the County during the comment period which begins on January 21st and ends on February 3rd. All comments should be addressed to Jeremy Hirsch, Principal Planner, Somerset County Community Development Office, PO Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876-1262 or Hirsch@co.somerset.nj.us. Comments may also be presented at the virtual public hearing on the Program Year 2019 CDBG-CV Round 3 Action Plan Amendment to be held January 27th, 2021 at 11:30 AM. Details are available on the Somerset County website: https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/government/human-services/community-development/cdbg-and-home. All comments must include your name and municipality.
Shanel Y. Robinson, Commissioner Director