Memorandum
City of Lawrence
Planning & Development Services
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TO: |
David L. Corliss, City Manager
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FROM: |
Margene K. Swarts, Assistant Director , Planning & Development Services
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CC: |
Scott McCullough, Director, Planning & Development Services
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Date: |
February 23, 2012
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RE: |
CDBG Weatherization 2011 Follow up
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In response to questions received from Commissioner Carter regarding the 2011 Weatherization Program highlighted on the February 21 City Manager’s report, staff conducted a brief analysis of the program for the previous five years. As noted below, the number of persons served and the amount of dollars spent on weatherization activities varied during the years. In the years where the expenditure exceeded the allocation, Weatherization program funds would have been supplemented from Contingency funds and/or the Emergency and Furnace Loan program or Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program.
Since grant funds allocated for the program exceeded expenditures in 2011, the excess funds will be held in reserve for the remainder of the 2011 program year and used to sustain the Emergency and Furnace loan programs or the Comprehensive Rehabilitation program if necessary. As a general practice, excess grant funds from one of these programs, or any other funded activities, are held in reserve through the grant year and then reallocated in a future grant year. Due to lowered grant allocations for the last several years and the fact that most projects and activities are being expended at the allocated amount, there was no reallocated funding for the 2012 program year.
After increasing for three years, it is unknown why the numbers of applications were down for 2011. Staff speculates that with the Efficiency Kansas program that was in effect at the time applications were taken, as well as the ARRA funded ECKAN Weatherization program, some applicants may have participated in those programs instead of the City’s Weatherization program.
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Program Year |
Applications |
Eligible Participants |
Funds Budgeted |
Funds Expended |
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2011 |
47 |
30 |
$71,987 |
$33,654 |
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2010 |
96 |
83 |
$80,000 |
$84,013 |
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2009 |
87 |
67 |
$40,000 |
$89,287 |
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2008 |
57 |
43 |
$40,000 |
$76,690 |
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2007 |
35 |
27 |
$40,000 |
$39,669 |