PUBLIC NOTICE
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT – DECLARED DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
Pursuant to the City and County of Honolulu’s (City) Citizen Participation Plan, the proposed amendment to the City’s Twenty-Fifth (25th) Year Action Plan is provided for your information. The City desires to reprogram Community Development Block Grant – Declared Disaster Recovery Funds (CDBG–DDRF) to a project that can utilize the funds immediately, in order to achieve CDBG-DDRF program goals more efficiently and expediently. The proposed revisions to the CDBG-DDRF projects are provided for your information and use.
REDUCTION OF $980,000.00
Department of Design and Construction – Public Land and Resource Reconstruction and Hardening
Project Description: Citywide public flood and drainage improvements at locations which were impacted by the flooding in April 2018 to mitigate further or future storm impacts.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Funding Source: CDBG-DDRF
Proposed Amount: $0 (originally $980,000.00)
Location: Citywide
REDUCTION OF $795,000.00
City and County of Honolulu – Program Administration
Project Description: Administration of the City’s CDBG-DDRF funded projects.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Funding Source: CDBG-DDRF
Proposed Amount: $0 (originally $795,000.00)
Location: 650 South King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
636 South Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813
925 Dillingham Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
NEW AWARD OF $1,775,000.00
Department of Design and Construction – Remediation and Resilience Hardening
Project Description: Renovation of the Waimanalo District Park gym to repair damage caused by flooding in April 2018. The renovations, which will strengthen the gym in order to better withstand future disasters, may include roof replacement, installation of wind resistant windows and entryways, ADA improvements, and the installation of a photovoltaic system.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Funding Source: CDBG-DDRF
Proposed Amount: $3,975,000.00 (originally $2,200,000.00)
Location: 41-415 Hihimanu Street, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795
To expedite the expenditure of funds, HUD has provided a statutory suspension of the thirty (30) day citizen participation requirement of 24 CFR 91.105(c)(2) and (k) and reduced the public comment period to five (5) days.
Interested parties are invited to review the proposed amendments and submit written comments by
July 29, 2020, to the Department of Budget and Fiscal Services, Federal Grants Unit, 925 Dillingham Boulevard, Suite 240, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 or by email to bfscdbgmail@honolulu.gov.
Nelson H. Koyanagi, Jr., Director
Department of Budget and Fiscal Services
By order of KIRK CALDWELL, MAYOR
City and County of Honolulu
(SA1288829 7/24/20)
