Res 2013-051/Substantial amendment to CDBG plan to combine three separate previously approved account funds for the SM Senior Center expansion

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Substantial Amendment Proposal San Marcos Senior Center BACKGROUND The San Marcos Senior Center is a city -owned facility that is leased on a long -term basis to Community Action, Inc. of Central Texas. The Center was constructed in 2004 using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program funding. The Center uses this public facility to serve the senior citizens of San Marcos with a variety of activities and serves a lunch meal five -days per week. The Center needs additional space for program use and the existing parking lot is inadequate and poorly designed. The City has designated CDBG funding for the expansion of the facility as follows: • From the 2010 Action Plan: (a) $35,,000 for Parking Improvements and (b) $46,000 for the design of the proposed improvements. • From the 2011 Action Plan: (a) $132,634 for the construction of the facility improvements. These three funding allocations were set up as separate projects in the City's financial system and in the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) IDIS reporting system. It has now been determined that the expansion of the building and the parking lot improvements will occur simultaneously once the design has been completed. HUD monitors projects to ensure the timely expenditure of funds and progress with the completion of funded activities. In order to most accurately show the progress being made on the Senior Center project, the City anticipates combining the three funds into one single account. In accordance with the Citizens Participation Plan, this action requires the City to complete a Substantial Amendment Process. PROPOSED CHANGE No funds have been expended from "Parking" and "Construction" activities; the funds originally allocated to these activities will be moved to the "Project Design" activity. Project Design will be renamed "SM Senior Center Expansion ". Project Name, Acct. #, IDIS Number Funding Amt Change New Fd. Amt, Project Design, #56188, IDIS # 329 $46.,000 +$167,634 $213,634 Parking Const., #56192, IDIS # 330 $35,000 -$35.,000 -0- Construction, #56196, IDIS # $132,634 - $132,634 -0- Proposed Beneficiaries: No Change. The Senior Center's activities are available to all area seniors.