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The Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, on behalf of the Erie County Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Consortia, has prepared a draft 2010 Action Plan Component and a Consolidated Plan (CP) for 2010-2014. The document outlines the Consortia's goals and objectives relative to housing, economic development, community development and homeless issues with specific attention given to the needs of low/moderate households residing in the Consortia communities. The following municipalities comprise the CDBG Consortium: Cities of Lackawanna and Tonawanda; Towns of Alden, Aurora, Boston, Brant, Clarence, Colden, Collins, Concord, Eden, Elma, Evans, Grand Island, Holland, Lancaster, Marilla, Newstead, North Collins, Orchard Park, Sardinia, Wales and West Seneca; Villages of Akron, Alden, Angola, Depew, East Aurora, Farnham, Gowanda, Lancaster, North Collins, Orchard Park and Springville. The HOME Consortium includes the above communities, as well as the Town of Hamburg and the Villages of Blasdell and Hamburg.
The Five-Year CP serves the following functions: a planning document for the jurisdiction developed through a public participation process beginning at the citizen level, an action plan for 2010 that provides a basis for assessing performance against the CP, and a combined application for federal funds under three (3) of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) formula grant programs, including CDBG, HOME and ESG.
The following HUD entitlement grants are anticipated: Erie County CDBG of $3,317,838 plus estimated program income of $860,001; Town of Hamburg CDBG of $450,000 plus estimated program income of $200,000; Erie County/Town of Hamburg HOME Grant of $1,195,159 plus estimated program income of $165,000; and Erie County Emergency Shelter Grant of $129,631.
A public comment period on the draft CP will be held from January 11 to February 10, 2010. Hard copies of the draft CP are available at the following locations: Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, Edward A. Rath Building, 95 Franklin Street – Room 1053, Buffalo; Public Libraries in the Villages of Akron, Angola, Depew, Gowanda, Hamburg and the cities of Lackawanna and Tonawanda, the Town of Concord; Lackawanna City Hall; Tonawanda Municipal Building; Hamburg Town Hall; and the community-based organization FISH, 1000 East Main Street, East Aurora. You can also view the draft CP on Erie County's web site at www.erie.gov.
Three (3) public hearings have been scheduled to discuss the draft CP mentioned above. The public is encouraged to attend these hearings, which will be held on Monday, January 25 at 7:00 p.m., Lancaster Town Hall, Board Room, 21 Central Avenue, Lancaster; on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 p.m., Hamburg Town Hall, Conference Room #3, S-6100 South Park Avenue, Hamburg; and on Thursday, January 28 at 6:30 p.m., Lackawanna Public Library, Community Room, 560 Ridge Road, Lackawanna. Meeting rooms are fully accessible. Persons with special needs should contact the Community Development Program at 858-8390 or write to the address listed below by January 18, 2010. Written comments on the draft Action Plan will be accepted through February 10, 2010 by Thomas J. Dearing, Community Planning Coordinator, Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, Edward A. Rath County Office Building, 95 Franklin Street – 10th Floor, Buffalo, NY 14202. Fax number, 858-7248 and e-mail address Thomas.dearing@erie.gov.
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