23758421 - Florida Administrative Rules, Law, Code, Register

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Notice: 23758421
Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing

Department:	DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


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	The Division of Community Development announces the availability of the state of Florida 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and announces a hearing to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME:	October 20, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Eastern Time (E.T.); and October 28, 2020, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., E.T.

PLACE:	Hearings will be held via GoToMeeting. Join by computer/tablet/smartphone: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/715575629 or dial by phone at (571) 317-3122; Access Code: 715-575-629.

Subject:	The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO), in cooperation with other agencies, plans to file the 2020-2024 Five-Year Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development (“2020-2024 Consolidated Plan”) with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on November 14, 2020. The 2020 Annual Action Plan, a subset of the full Consolidated Plan, will also be filed at that time. The HUD-funded programs covered in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and the 2020 Annual Action Plan are the Florida Small Cities Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) administered by DEO, the Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG) administered by the Florida Department of Children and Families, the Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program (HOPWA) administered by the Florida Department of Health, the Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) and Housing Trust Fund (HTF) administered by the Florida Housing Finance Corporation. The 2020 Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan will be available for public review and comment prior to submission of the plans to HUD. The 30-day comment period will begin on October 14, 2020, at 8:00 a.m., E.T. and will end on November 13, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., E.T. The draft of the Consolidated Plan and Action Plan will also be posted on DEO’s website: www.floridajobs.org/FloridaHUDConsolidatedPlan. Written comments on the drafted Consolidated Plan and Action Plan are encouraged and may be made at the public meeting, emailed to cdbg@deo.myflorida.com or mailed to Florida Small Cities CDBG Program, 107 East Madison Street, MSC-400, Tallahassee, Florida 32399. Two public hearings will be conducted virtually to accept and review public comments on the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan on October 20 and October 28, 2020 (details above).


	A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: The Florida Small Cities CDBG Program at cdbg@deo.myflorida.com or by calling 850-717-8478. A copy is also available at www.floridajobs.org/FloridaHUDConsolidatedPlan.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:	10/13/2020 Vol. 46/200


REFERENCE MATERIALS:	No reference(s).

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