Executive Summary ap-05 Executive Summary 24 cfr 91. 200



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Executive Summary

AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b)


1. Introduction

The City of Bowling Green, Kentucky is a direct entitlement recipient of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding only.  The strategic plan addresses the priority needs for Year 15 of the program, covering Fiscal Year 2019 and Program Year 2018.  The City of Bowling Green is located in Warren County in South-Central Kentucky along Interstate 65, William Natcher Parkway, the Barren River, and CSX Railroad.  It is the regional center for the Barren River Area Development District.  According to the 2010 Census, the City had a population of 58,067 spread over 38.5 sq. miles.  It is the third most populated City in Kentucky, following Louisville and Lexington.  Bowling Green has been recognized by several publications for its economic development efforts and quality of life. 

The City of Bowling Green is a diverse community representing over 60 different languages currently spoken in the local school systems.  The diversity is driven by a local university and a refugee relocation center actively resettling individuals and families from all over the world.  In 1990, only 1.5% of the City population was born outside of the US; in 2010 that number had grown to 10.9%, representing a 627% increase. The growing diversity is causing the need for better integration and access of services to all citizens and recently the City adopted a Language Access Plan for all City departments. 

 The 2010 Census listed the  Median Household Income (MHI)  at $33,362, which represents an increase from previous years; however if you factor inflation rates for previous years, the City is almost equal to its 1990 MHI following a high water mark of $36,732 in 2000.    According to HUD Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) data, 53% of the households in Bowling Green are at or below 80% of Area Median Income limit and 75% of those households are renters.  Only 37% of the households in Bowling Green are above 100% of the AMI limit.  Additionally, the City saw its number of individuals in poverty increase from 9,568 in 2000 to 16,085 in 2010, representing a 68% increase over a ten year period.  The per capita income (PCI) amounts followed a similar trend as the Median Household Income.  In 1990 the inflation adjusted PCI was $19,620 and by 2010 it shrank to $19,302 a decrease of over $300 or -2% over twenty years.  A portion of the decline in income levels can be attributed to the recent economic recession.




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2. Summarize the objectives and outcomes identified in the Plan 

This could be a restatement of items or a table listed elsewhere in the plan or a reference to another location. It may also contain any essential items from the housing and homeless needs assessment, the housing market analysis or the strategic plan.

The Priority Needs identified in the plan are:

1. Quality Affordable Housing (Renter and Owner)

2. Neighborhood Improvements (Including Public Facilities & Improvements)

3. Economic Opportunity 

The priority needs address the three established objectives for the CDBG program (suitable living environment, decent housing, or economic opportunity) and will be measured through the positive impact of the outcomes of availability/accessibility, affordability or sustainability. 

3. Evaluation of past performance

This is an evaluation of past performance that helped lead the grantee to choose its goals or projects.

The first 10 years of the City’s CDBG entitlement, the city funded activities such as acquisition of property, residential rehabilitation, construction, homebuyer assistance, small business development, public infrastructure improvement, fair housing education, transit improvements, public services and administration.  At the conclusion of each program year, the City develops and submits to HUD a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) that outlines the uses of CDBG funding and measures the effectiveness of individual programs.  In Years 6-10, the City used an agency application process whereby local agencies would submit applications for CDBG funding annually.  This process yielded a competitive environment for reduced CDBG funding and provided organizations an opportunity to meet the housing and community development needs for the City of Bowling Green.  We saw an increased demand for public service funding with the reduction of State and Federal Funding for similar programs.  Housing programs took the largest hit over the past several years; only recently, any units were available for LMI families.  There are two main factors that caused the reduction in housing activities. 

            1. Uncertainty about the local housing market

            2. Influx of NSP funding

Directly following the start of the recession, we saw hesitancy for agencies to develop and market affordable housing opportunities.  With the lending environment eroding along with customers' willingness to spend, it created a situation where we saw limited activity in housing projects. 

The Housing Authority of Bowling Green received in excess of $3.14 million in NSP funds following the start of the economic recession; this inflow of additional federal dollars shifted their focus from using CDBG for affordable housing to meeting the demands and timelines of the NSP program.  The NSP program allowed them to purchase and re-sell 24 homes including 9 new constructions. 

Both of these factors seem to have stabilized over the past several years, with Habitat for Humanity starting to develop a green affordable housing neighborhood and the Housing Authority restarting the rental conversion program to buy existing vacant rental units, rehabbing them and selling them to LMI families. 

In Program Year 2016 the City was approved by HUD to designate the Bowling Green Reinvestment Area as Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy Area.  It is in this area of town where the City is implementing the Neighborhood Improvements Program (NIP), whereas long term investments will be made one neighborhood at a time, with the investments tailored to the specific needs of each individual neighborhood.  In the midst of completing improvements in the first neighborhood selected, Census Block 105.2, the City realized the need for neighborhood improvements is much greater than previously perceived.  Therefore the City's Consolidated Plan was amended in Program Year 2016 to retain 80% of the annual allocation of CDBG funding for neighborhood improvements in the Bowling Green Reinvestment Area. In 2017 the City started transitioning the NIP from Census Block Group 105.2 to Census Tract 112 with approximately $2,000,000 in improvements identified for implementation over a three year period. This annual action plan represents the second year of improvements slated for Census Tract 112.

4. Summary of Citizen Participation Process and consultation process

Summary from citizen participation section of plan.

The City attempted to involve citizens and agencies in the planning and development process of the Annual Action Plan through a variety of methods.  First, the City provided an initial public hearing and public comment period that was advertised and held at a regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting which  was broadcasted live and replayed on the local Channel 4 station and available on the City’s website.  Second, during Program Year 2017, staff held a public meeting for the neighborhood residents of Census Tract 112, the area selected for neighborhood improvements during Program Year 2017.  Third, City staff met with individual stakeholders from Census Tract 112 to further the consultation process during Program Year 2017.  Fourth, the City conducted a final public comment period and public hearing that was advertised and held at a regularly scheduled Board of Commissioners meeting which  was broadcasted live and replayed on the local Channel 4 station and available on the City’s website. 

5. Summary of public comments

This could be a brief narrative summary or reference an attached document from the Citizen Participation section of the Con Plan.

No comments were received during the public comment periods or at the public hearings for this Annual Action Plan.  However numerous comments were received at the public meeting with neighborhood residents and individual meetings with neighborhood stakeholders.  A summary of comments received from neighborhood residents and stakeholders is attached.

6. Summary of comments or views not accepted and the reasons for not accepting them

No public comments were received at the public hearings or during the public comment periods.  Public comments received from neighborhood residents and stakeholders were accepted and used for prioritization of activities for funding.



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