Fulton County Seeks Public Input on Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2014 Grant Programs

The Fulton County Housing and Human Services Department wants public input on the 2014 Annual Action Plan for FY 2014 grant programs.  Those programs include the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME), the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Neighborhood Stabilization (NSP) Programs.  The Citizen Review (Public Meetings) and Comment Period begins on October 4, 2013 and ends on November 3, 2013.  Submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must be made by November 15, 2013.

Fulton County annually receives over $2 million under three formula programs from HUD through the CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs. These funds can be used to provide improvements and services that benefit all Fulton County citizens, with the exception of those citizens residing within the city limits of Atlanta, Johns Creek, Roswell and Sandy Springs. The national objective of the funds is to improve the living conditions of low- and moderate-income people. As required by HUD, Fulton County must conduct citizen participation meetings and allow citizens to comment on the FY 2014 Annual Action Plan to the Five-Year 2010-2014 Consolidated Plan.  Self-Assessment Needs Survey forms will also be provided for citizen input.

Citizens are encouraged to attend and participate in the public meetings to assist the County in finalizing its FY 2014 Annual Action Plan. The comments will be provided to the Board of Commissioners, which will consider adoption of the FY 2014 Annual Action Plan at its scheduled meeting at 10 a.m. on November 6, 2013, at 141 Pryor Street Atlanta, GA 30303. Additionally, citizens will have the opportunity to comment during the Public Comment portion of the BOC meeting on November 6, 2013.

For citizens unable to attend and participate in the public hearings, written comments on the Fulton County Draft 2014 Annual Action Plan may be submitted in person or by mail to 137 Peachtree Street, SW, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia or faxed to 404-893-6620 by the deadline of 5:00 p.m., November 3, 2013.   Comments may also be emailed to Lolita.Collins@fultoncountyga.gov.  For more information, citizens may call 404-612-8067.

All Fulton County facilities as listed below meet ADA accessibility requirements.  Citizens in need of reasonable accommodations due to a disability including communications in an alternative format, please contact Nell Kapple in the Department of Housing and Human Services at (404) 613-7944.  For Georgia Relay Access: Dial 711.

For information concerning the Annual Action Plan and the public meetings, contact Lolita Collins in the Housing and Human Services Department at 404-612-8067 or housing.humanservices@fultoncountyga.gov.  Citizens may also contact Lolita.Collins@fultoncountyga.gov.

The public meetings are scheduled for the following dates and times:
     
 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION MEETINGS 
    
Helene Mills Senior Center
515 John Wesley Dobbs Avenue, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30312 
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 
3:00 PM     
    
Welcome All Park and Multipurpose Facility
4255 Will Lee Road
College Park, GA 30349
Thursday, October 17, 2013
6:00 PM     
    
Ed Isakson/Alpharetta Family YMCA Summit Room,
3655 Preston Ridge Road
Alpharetta, GA 30005
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
6:00 PM      

Copies of the Draft 2014 Annual Action Plan will be available for review.   The following locations are available for viewing the plan:

Fulton County Department of Housing and Human Services, 137 Peachtree Street, SW, Suite 300, Atlanta, GA 30303

Alpharetta Branch Library, 238 Canton Street Alpharetta, GA 30004

Atlanta-Fulton County Main Library, 1 Margaret Mitchell Square, S.W., Atlanta, GA
Crabapple Neighborhood Center, 12624 Broadwell Road, Alpharetta, GA 30004

College Park Library, 3647 Main Street, College Park 30337

East Point Library, 2757 Main Street, East Point, GA 30344

Fairburn Branch Library, 60 Valley View Drive, Fairburn, GA 30213

Fulton County Government Service Center, 5440 Fulton Industrial Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30336

Hapeville Branch, 525 King Arnold Street, Hapeville, GA 30354
H.J.C. Bowden Senior Center, 2885 Church Street, East Point, GA 30344

North Fulton Service Center, 7741 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30350

South Fulton County Service Center, 5600 Stonewall Tell Road, College Park, GA 30349

Southwest Regional Public Library, 3665 Cascade Road, S.W., Atlanta, GA 30331

Fulton County Government Website:  www.fultoncountyga.gov