Legislature(1993 - 1994)
02/16/1993 01:00 PM House CRA
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HOUSE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS
STANDING COMMITTEE
February 16, 1993
1:00 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Representative Harley Olberg, Chairman
Representative Jerry Sanders, Vice-Chairman
Representative Con Bunde
Representative Cynthia Toohey
Representative Ed Willis
Representative Bill Williams
MEMBERS ABSENT
Representative John Davies
COMMITTEE CALENDAR
Department of Community and Regional Affairs:
FY 93 Community Services Block Grant State Plan and
FY 93 Community Development Block Grant Final Statement
Public Hearing
WITNESS REGISTER
Bruce Geraghty, Deputy Commissioner
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
P.O. Box 112100
Juneau, AK 99811-2100
Phone: 465-4700
POSITION STATEMENT: Introduced other staff members of the
Department of Community and Regional
Affairs (DCRA)
Tony Nakazawa, Director
Community and Rural Development Division
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
333 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 220
Anchorage, AK 99501-2341
Phone: 269-4500
POSITION STATEMENT: Gave an overview of the CDBG and CSBG
programs
Jo Cooper, Block Grants Administrator
Community and Rural Development Division
Department of Community and Regional Affairs
1001 Noble, Suite 430
Fairbanks, AK 99701-4948
Phone: 451-2155
POSITION STATEMENT: Answered questions related to the CDBG
and CSBG programs
ACTION NARRATIVE
TAPE 93-5, SIDE A
Number 000
CHAIRMAN HARLEY OLBERG called the meeting to order at 1:03
p.m. He noted for the record that Representatives Sanders,
Toohey, Bunde, Williams, and Willis were present.
Number 047
BRUCE GERAGHTY, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY
AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS (DCRA), introduced Jo Cooper, Block
Grant Administrator, and Tony Nakazawa, Director, Community
and Rural Development Division, as the DCRA's program staff
for Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) and Community
Development Block Grants (CDBG). Ms. Cooper testified via
teleconference from the Fairbanks Legislative Information
Office (LIO), and Mr. Nakazawa testified via teleconference
from the Anchorage LIO.
Number 069
TONY NAKAZAWA, DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
DIVISION, DCRA, gave a brief overview of the CDBG and CSBG
programs. He referred to two documents he had provided to
the committee members: the CSBG State Plan for FY 93, and
the CDBG FY 93 Final Statement. (A copy of these documents
may be found in the House Community and Regional Affairs
Committee Room, Capitol #110, and after the adjournment of
the second session of the 18th Alaska State Legislature, in
the Legislative Reference Library.)
Regarding the CSBG, Mr. NAKAZAWA said, "The objectives of
the CSBG program is to impact the causes and conditions of
poverty. The CSBG State Plan describes how the state
administers the program and the activities which RurAL Cap
plans to undertake during Federal Fiscal Year 1993. There
are no major program changes from prior years in this CSBG
FY 93 state plan."
Regarding the CDBG, Mr. NAKAZAWA said, "The CDBG is funded
through the federal department of Housing and Urban
Development. The objective of this program is to benefit
low and moderate income persons by providing financial
resources through grants to local governments or economic
development, public facilities and planning activities which
encourage future economic development. The final statement
describes how the state administers the program. It
identifies the eligible activities which may be undertaken
as well as the process the Department uses to make grant
awards to municipalities."
MR. NAKAZAWA continued, "The department will accept written
comment on these documents if they are received by February
22, 1993, in our Fairbanks office...attention Jo Cooper."
Number 122
CHAIRMAN OLBERG asked if Jo Cooper would like to testify
from Fairbanks. She declined.
Number 132
MR. GERAGHTY volunteered to have the program staff answer
any questions or explain any program criteria. He commended
Jo Cooper on her work and said, "...resolving some of the
programmatic issues which had been left undone for quite
sometime."
Number 158
CHAIRMAN OLBERG asked if the committee was fulfilling the
federal public hearing requirement with only the two
teleconference sites on line.
MR. GERAGHTY indicated it was.
CHAIRMAN OLBERG clarified there were many other sites on
line but no one at these sites wished to testify at this
time.
Number 170
REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA TOOHEY asked to what extent these
DCRA programs were federally funded.
JO COOPER, BLOCK GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, COMMUNITY AND RURAL
DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, DCRA, replied that 100 percent of both
the CDBG and the CSBG programs were federally funded.
REPRESENTATIVE TOOHEY then asked what the costs were to the
state to administer these funds.
MS. COOPER said, "The state receives a maximum of five
percent from each of the federal allocations for
administrative costs."
Number 194
CHAIRMAN OLBERG asked if anyone had any further questions.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further questions Chairman Olberg adjourned
the meeting at 2:12 p.m.
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