The City of San Marcos is asking for public input on proposed amendments to the Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Action Plan (CDBG-DR Action Plan). Residents are also encouraged to participate in a virtual public hearing addressing the proposed amendments.
The proposed amendments cover nearly $34 million in grant funding awarded to the city to address the impact of the 2015 floods. Proposed changes to the action plan developed in 2016 include moving the Clarewood/Barbara Infrastructure Project expenditure of $178,000 to the CDBG-DR Administration category. Grant rules require these expenses to be moved to the Administration category since the project was discontinued due to design inability to achieve stormwater control.
It also includes moving approximately $1 million originally held for planning purposes to the Blanco Gardens Infrastructure Project, clarifying a $196,000 cap on costs, which currently reference a housing maximum benefit amount. Instead, the $196,000 cap will reference reasonable hard construction costs described in 2 CFR 200.404.
