PINELLAS COUNTY CONSORTIUM AND URBAN COUNTY
2006-2010 CONSOLIDATED PLAN
AND ACTION PLAN

Community Development Block Grant,
Emergency Shelter Grant, HOME,
and American Dream Downpayment Initiative Programs

 

The Pinellas County Consortium has prepared a Five-Year (FY2006-FY2010) Consolidated Plan that identifies housing and community development needs, priorities, objectives, and strategies.  In addition, a one-year Action Plan has been prepared to address needs identified in the Five-Year Strategy.  This notice provides a summary of annual projects and funding, and gives locations for reviewing the 2006-2010 Consolidated Plan, including the Action Plan. 

The Pinellas County Consortium consists of the Urban County and the City of Largo, with Pinellas County serving as administrator of the HOME program.  Currently the Urban County includes all of the unincorporated areas and twenty cities cooperating in Pinellas County's CDBG program.  Funding sources of proposed projects are the Pinellas County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) programs, and the Consortium's HOME Investment Partnership, including American Dream Down-payment Initiative (ADDI) Programs. 

 

Funds expected to be available are as follows (the City of Largo is advertising their CDBG funding and proposed projects separately):

 

$3,493,162 CDBG Entitlement

$1,814,411 HOME Entitlement

$   425,000 CDBG Program Income

$   950,000 HOME Program & Recapture

$   135,371 ESG Entitlement

$     73,945 ADDI Entitlement

$ 6,891,889 Total

 

Another major funding source is the State Housing Initiative Partnership Program.  The $5,465,000 in State funds is included below to indicate how housing goals will be met.

 

 2005-06 Funds are proposed to be allocated as follows:

Dansville Neighborhood Revitalization Area
 Wall/Right-of-Way Landscaping.  $100,000 CDBG

 

Greater Ridgecrest Area (GRA) Neighborhood Strategy Area
(CDBG Funds)
119th Street and Gooden Crossing Sidewalks.  $138,000;
GRA Clean-up. $25,000;   
GRA Paint Program.  $15,000;
and YMCA of the Suncoast, Greater Ridgecrest Branch Operations and Services.  $318,512

 

Central Lealman Target Area (CDBG Funds)
Joe's Creek Greenway Park.  $585,245 Reprogrammed CDBG;
Neighborhood Clean-up.  $25,000;
Family Center Newsletter. $10,000;
andPark Improvements.  $85,000

 

High Point Neighborhood Strategy Area (CDBG Funds)
Community Pride Fence.  $20,000;
and YMCA of the Suncoast High Point Branch Rehabilitation.  $99,250

 

Cooperating Cities:  Public Facilities and Improvements (CDBG Funds)
City of Dunedin Streetscape.  $100,000;
City of Gulfport Streetscape.  $300,000;
City of Oldsmar Streetscape.  $200,000;
City of Pinellas Park Streetscape.  $152,000;
City of Safety Harbor Streetscape.  $75,000;
and City of Tarpon Springs Lemon Street Improvements.  $100,000

 

Other Public Facilities and Improvements
Personal Enrichment through Mental Health Services (PEHMS) Rehabilitation.   $17,135 CDBG;
Homeless Emergency Project Rehabilitation.  $75,000 ESG; and
Pinellas County Housing Authority Generator.  $50,000 CDBG

 

Demolition
Demolition and Clearance of deteriorated structures and vacant developable land.   $50,000 CDBGPublic Services
Pinellas Opportunity Council Chore Services.  $30,000 CDBG;
Homeless Emergency Project Operating Funds.  $28,602 ESG;
and Clearwater Homeless Intervention Project Operations.  $25,000 ESG

 

Housing Preservation
Rental Property Improvement.  $192,000 CDBG;
Largo Single Family Rehabilitation.  $175,008 HOME;
Rental Housing Development.  $1,531,480 including CHDO set aside  HOME   $1,359,800 SHIP;
Owner Housing Rehabilitation or Purchase/Rehabilitation.  $200,000 HOME $1,000,000 SHIP;
and Tarpon Springs Housing Authority Rehabilitation.  $1,005,372 CDBG

 

Housing Production
Owner Housing Development.  $612,265 SHIP;      
Model Homes/Remodeler Programs.  $813,000 SHIP;
Homeless Emergency Project, Supportive Housing Construction.  $100,000 HOME;
and Upper Pinellas Association for Retarded Citizens Acquisition.  $316,583 HOME

Housing Opportunities

        Direct Assistance Loans for Housing.
                $173,160 HOME
                $62,262 ADDI
                $507,235 SHIP

        Largo Down Payment Assistance. 
                $40,000 HOME
                $11,683 ADDI

 

Pinellas County Housing Finance Authority First Time Homebuyers Program. $350,000 SHIP

 

Housing Services
Housing Counseling Services.  $286,200 SHIP;
and Family Self-Sufficiency Program.  $75,000 SHIP

 

Contingency

        Reserved for Davis Bacon monitoring. $33,333 CDBG, HOME

 

Administration

        $1,045,842 Federal Grants;
        $461,500 State Grants

 

Alternates:  If additional funding becomes available, the following projects are proposed:

 

        Historic Preservation.; Haines Road Parking in Lealman;  Tenant-Based Rental Assistance; and Habitat for Humanity with the City of Tarpon Springs, Housing Development Support.

 

Approximately 78.4% of Pinellas County CDBG funds are allocated to activities which principally benefit low and moderate income households; the remainder will fund activities eliminating slum and blight.

 

No displacement is anticipated.  However, the Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan required under the CDBG program is available for viewing at the Pinellas County Community Development Department at the address listed below.

Availability for Viewing

A draft of the Pinellas County Consortium 2006-2010 Consolidated Plan and 2005-2006 Action Plan is available for viewing at the following locations May 26 to June 25, 2005.  Public comments on the Plans are invited during this period and should be sent to the Pinellas County Community Development Department at the address below.

 

• Pinellas County Community Development Department, 600 Cleveland Street, Suite 800, Clearwater, FL 33755

• City of Largo Community Development Department, 201 Highland Avenue, Largo, FL 33779
• North County Connection Center at the Pinellas County Utilities Department, 2431 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor, FL 34684

• Southeast County Connection Center at the EpiCenter, 13805 58th Street North Suite #1-200, Clearwater, FL 33760

• Southwest County Connection Center at the Pinellas County Utilities Service Center, 8202 113th Street Seminole, FL 33772

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