Res 2021-064/approving Substantial Amendment No. 10 to the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Action Plan

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All Community Development Block Grant- Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) grantees must go through a process of identifying and prioritizing critical unmet needs for long-term community recovery. Per the Federal Register Notice, at least 80% of the $25,080,000 allocated to San Marcos must address unmet needs within the HUD -identified "most impacted and distressed" areas. The assessment should take into account work already accomplished, community goals, and the grantee's capacity to plan for, manage, and implement a coordinated long-term recovery process. The following outlines HUD's suggested process for identifying needs within an affected community and how to prioritize based on capacity: Assessing the Current Situation Prior to estimating unmet needs and, ultimately, prioritizing these needs based on capacity and funding availability, grantees must assess critical components of their current, post -disaster setting by: • Collecting and Updating Pre -Disaster Baseline Data, Post -Disaster Market Conditions Data, and Data on Assistance Provided • Analyzing Data Collected in Light of the Impact of Short -Term Recovery Efforts • Identifying Existing, Anticipated, and Potentially Available Funding Sources Estimating Unmet Needs • Understand CDBG-DR definition of unmet needs - Unmet needs are needs that are not covered by other sources and can be covered by CDBG-DR funds. CDBG-DR funding should: o Addresses broad disaster impacts, not just damages o Covers needs not identified in other programs in the areas of housing, infrastructure and economic development Prioritizing Needs Given finite dollars to address disaster impacts and build a sustainable, resilient community, a grantee must prioritize the needs for long-term recovery and, in turn, the investment of CDBG-DR funds. Key questions that are helpful to consider when prioritizing need: • Does the project meet a post -disaster unmet need? • Is the project sustainable and feasible? • Can the project be executed in a timely manner? • Will the project trigger further reinvestment in the surrounding neighborhood? In the community at large? • Does the project/program exacerbate pre -disaster market vulnerabilities? For example, if the community had a soft housing market prior to the disaster and the community is choosing to rebuild an overabundance of housing projects, the recovery efforts could recreate the original pre -disaster market vulnerability.