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PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF ELIZABETH
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
PUBLIC HEARING
FISCAL YEAR 2012 CONSOLIDATED PLAN
The City of Elizabeth Department of Planning & Community Development announces issuance
of Requests for Proposals for federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), to be considered for the Consolidated Plan submission to
the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development for Fiscal-Year 2012.
The City of Elizabeth Department of Planning and Community Development will prepare a
Consolidated Plan and an Action Plan for usage of federal funds to be furnished by the
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) for Fiscal-
Year 2012, commencing July 1, 2012. The Action Plan, containing a summary of activities to be
funded for public services and public facilities, economic development and housingprograms,
must be consistent with federal regulations. The strategies outlined in the Five-Year
ConsolidatedPlan, submitted to HUD on July 15, 2010, will be updated. (Copies of the Five-
Year Consolidated Plan Executive Summary are available in the offices of the Department of
Planning& Community Development, Rm. #114, City Hall). Priorities are reassessed during the
Citizen Participation Process.
Public Hearing: A Public Hearing to which the general public is invited to discuss and comment
on community development needs in the City of Elizabeth will be held on Wed., January 18th at
5:30 p.m.:
City Council Chambers
City Hall, 3rd Floor
50 Winfield Scott Plaza
Elizabeth, N.J. 07201
The comments made by groups and individuals present at this meeting will be considered in
funding decisions.
Pursuant to the governing regulations of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24, Part 570,
Section 570.200, CDBG funds must be used so as to give maximum feasible priority toactivities
which will carry out one of the three broad national objectives: (1) benefit to low and moderateincome
families; (2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; (3) or activities
designed to meet other community development needs having a particular urgency because
existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to the health or welfare of the community
and other financial resources are not available to meet such needs. At least 70% of the CDBG
funds aggregated over the certified period, not to exceed three years, must be used for activities
that benefit low and moderate-income persons, and at least 51% of the beneficiaries of individual
activities designed to benefit low and moderate-income persons must be shown to be of low and
moderate -income.
To receive a Request for Proposal package containing guidelines and instructions, please contact
JessicaM. Topolosky at the Department of Planning & Community Development, Room #114,
City Hall (908-820-4030). Proposal packages will also be available for distribution at the Public
Hearing.
William Reyes Jr., Director
J. Christian Bollwage, Mayor
Department of Planning & Community Development
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