11-14-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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City of La Porte, Texas ❑ We do not have such a requirement. We will develop one. When will you do this? ❑ 2011 ❑ 2012 ❑ 2013 ❑ Not Applicable. (Explain) 9. Each jurisdiction applying for Community Development Block Grant funds or other federal housing and community development funds should submit a Fair Housing Activities Statement – Texas (FHAST) with their application, reviewing their infrastructure needs and housing needs and how the proposed activity promotes fair housing or results in more equitable treatment of protected classes. Projects with community -wide benefits should be accompanied by explicit commitments on the part of the local jurisdictions to undertake additional activities to affirmatively further fair housing along with a monitoring and reporting process. ® We submit a FHAST form. When will you begin to do this? [:12011 ® 2012 ❑ Not Applicable. (Explain) 10. As part of the non - housing disaster recovery program, jurisdictions should consider low - income areas and areas populated principally by members of protected classes to determine the potential for flooding and consider making infrastructure expenditures to help protect the impacted communities — including colonias. ® We have reviewed LMI areas and areas populated principally by members of protected classes, and prioritized infrastructure expenditures to help protect the impacted communities — including colonias. Our FHAST work group has reviewed a map of previous DRS project locations and a map of our demographic profile which identified areas with concentrations (65% or more) of protected classes and areas with high (61% or more) low- to moderate - income populations. Both maps are attached to this worksheet. Our DRS project locations are citywide, but have not unequally impacted protected classes and LMI populations. We will continue to prioritize improvements to help protect impacted communities. ❑ We have not done this in the past but will conduct such a review and consider these infrastructure projects in the future. When will you do this? ❑ 2011 ❑ 2012 ❑ Not Applicable. (Explain) 11, if applicable, all policies should be reviewed regarding denying applicants' access to disaster recovery CDBG funds if their residence is located in the flood plain. If the policy does not allow participation by restricting building in flood plains, then the policy should be assessed to see if alternative housing programs could be implemented for the residents. Local jurisdictions should analyze the results and see if protected classes are more frequently harmed by flood plain restrictions. This action does not apply to the GLO CDBG Disaster Relief Fund that limits property purchase "unless Page 6 of 16