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Honorable Roy D. Buol
Mayor of Dubuque
City Hall
50 West 13`x' Street
Dubuque, IA 52001-4864
Dear Mayor Buol:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Omaha Field Office
Executive Tower Centre
10909 Mill Valley Road
Omaha, Nebraska 68154-3955
November 7, 2006
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Subject: Consolidated End-of-Year Review -Program Year 2006
HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development has sought to establish partnerships
with state and local governments. The focus of our partnership has been to work with communities to
ensure that our joint efforts result in housing and community development programs and policies that
benefit and serve low- and moderate-income persons. These efforts occur within the framework of the
statutes we administer and the regulations and emerging policies that are designed to improve program
performance.
The provisions of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and the
National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, require the annual submission of performance reports by grant
recipients receiving federal assistance through programs covered under these Acts. Additionally, these Acts
require that a determination be made by the Secretary, that the grant recipient is in compliance with the
statutes and has the continuing capacity to implement and administer the programs for which assistance is
received.
Traditionally, these determinations were made through the review of annual reports submitted by
grantees for each individual program receiving assistance. With the implementation of the Consolidated
Planning Regulations of January 5, 1995, the Department is required to conduct a comprehensive
performance review of your overall progress at least annually (24 CFR 91.525). The review consists of
analyzing your consolidated planning process; reviewing management of funds; determining the compliance
of funded activities with statutory and regulatory requirements; determining the accuracy of required
performance reports; as well as evaluating your accomplishments in meeting key Departmental objectives.
We congratulate you on your many accomplishments during program year 2006 on achieving
Departmental Objectives. Some of these accomplishments occurred in the area of housing. Seventeen
apartments were completed or in the process of rehabilitation. The city invested more than $399,600 for
homeowner improvement projects. In the success of the redevelopment of the former Dubuque Casket
Factory, 36 affordable apartments and offices were completed. The city's inspection staff inspected 2368
rental units including Section 8 units, performed 2436 re-inspections and inspected 335 units for lead-based
paint hazards. A total of $266,700 was expended on lead remediation. The city has partnered with Mid-
America Housing Partnership to construct 32 single family and duplex homes where six townhomes will be
sold to first-time buyers, with lower-income. The city provided affordable loans to DB&T to purchase four
abandoned and derelict houses. Since 1976 the city's goal has been to provide affordable rental assistance
to low-come persons, the city has accomplished this by providing subsidized rent to 1080 tenant households.
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Public service accomplishments included:
312 persons received services at the multicultural center
2271 persons were served at the Crescent Community Health Center
3937 families were assisted at the Information and Referral agency
4344 persons participated in the open gym and after school program
1034 referrals were issued by the Child Care Resource and Referral Agency
144 persons received dental and medical care thorough Community Partnership Program
446 preschool through second grade students and their families received help with literacy
802 senior citizens were assisted at the Senior Center
602 persons benefited from the Washington Tool Library
42 persons received training from the Dubuque Dispute Resolution Center
175 persons received classes to increase self-confidence and self-esteem
The city is working with Step by Step anon-profit to renovate a Bluff Street building for a residence
for persons with disabilities. The City has partnered with Project Concern, Maria House, Hillcrest Family
Services and Manasseh House to provide support services to homeless persons and families.
The city certified that it would provide overall benefit to LMI persons for program year 2006 of at
least 70 percent. The actual principal benefit for the year was 100 percent, which is in compliance with the
regulatory standard.
The city has continued to obligate and disburse its CDBG funds in a timely manner. The city had a
balance of 1.15 years of funds unexpended 60 days prior to the end of its 2006 program year. This meets
the statutory standard for timeliness at 24 CFR 570.902. The standard for timeliness requires that no more
than 1.5 years of funds remain unexpended 60 days prior to the end of the program year.
In addition, there have been no major findings in the city-wide audit reports concerning the CDBG
program, nor during any on-site reviews conducted by HUD staff. Again, we congratulate the city on its
continuing effort in carrying out Departmental objectives.
Recommendation/comments from our Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Division is as follows:
We commend the City on including efforts to reduce impediments identified in its most recent
Analysis of Impediments in this CAPER report. The addition of 36 housing units, including accessible
housing and the impeding renovation of seven more handicapped units is a plus for the City of Dubuque and
its citizens.
In the City's 2007 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) the city must
include the following information per 24 CFR 91.550(g). "The report will include a comparison of the
proposed versus actual outcomes for each outcome measure submitted with the consolidated plan and
explain, if applicable, why progress was not made toward meeting goals and objectives."
In conclusion, as a result of our analysis, we have determined that your overall progress in 2006 was
satisfactory. This determination is based upon the information available to this office and does not reflect a
comprehensive evaluation of specific activities.
Sincerely,
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Patricia M. McCauley ~'
Director
Community Planning and
Development Division
cc: Mr. David Harris