Orlando Standard

City of Orlando
Housing and Community Development Department

400 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, FL 32801

407.246.3413

On or after December 18, 2023, the City of Orlando will submit a request to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Program Office for the release of program funds under Title II of the Cranston Gonzales National Affordable Housing Act, as amended, and Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act (HCDC) of 1974, as amended, to undertake the project listed below with City of Orlando Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding (B-23-MC-12-0015) and HOME funding (M-21-MC120214, M-22-MC120214, M-23-MC120214).

Project:

Governor’s Manor is a 53-year-old affordable housing apartment complex with 120 units dedicated to those at low and very low incomes. CDBG funds of $462,200 will be used to rehabilitate the kitchen and bathrooms of 60 units in the 120-unit Governor's Manor apartment complex. Up to $623,000 of HOME funds will be used to expand the scope to rehabilitate one of the buildings in Governor’s Manor which includes 15 units, bringing each unit into code compliance targeting critical systems.

The activity proposed is categorically excluded under HUD regulations at 24 CFR Part 58 from National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirements. The Environmental Review Record (ERR) that documents the environmental determination for this project is on file at Orlando City Hall, 7th Floor, 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801, where it can be reviewed, examined or copied weekdays 8 A.M. to 5 P.M., or at: hudexchange.info/programs/environmental-review/environmental-review-records. 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Any individual, group, or agency may submit written comments on the ERR to the City of Orlando Housing and Community Development Department. All comments received by December 18, 2023, will be considered by the City of Orlando prior to authorizing submission of a request for release of funds.

ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION

The City of Orlando certifies to HUD that Buddy Dyer, Certifying Officer, in his capacity as Mayor consents to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to the environmental review process and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. HUD’s approval of the certification satisfies its responsibilities under NEPA and related laws and authorities and allows the City of Orlando to use HUD program funds.

OBJECTIONS TO RELEASE OF FUNDS

HUD will accept objections to its release of funds and the City of Orlando’s certification for a period of fifteen days following the anticipated submission date or its actual receipt of the request (whichever is later) only if they are on one of the following bases: (a) the certification was not executed by the Certifying Officer of the City of Orlando; (b) the City of Orlando has omitted a step or failed to make a decision or finding required by HUD regulations at 24 CFR part 58; (c) the grant recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by 24 CFR Part 58 before approval of a release of funds by HUD; or (d) another Federal agency acting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding that the project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmental quality. Objections must be prepared in accordance with the required procedures (24 CFR Part 58, Sec. 58.76) and shall be addressed with attention to Larry T. Hayes ( larry.t.hayes@hud.gov ), CPD Director, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Charles East Bennett Federal Building, 400 W. Bay Street, Suite 1015, Jacksonville, FL, 32202. Potential objectors should contact the HUD office via email at tonya.r.madison@hud.gov to verify the actual last day of the objection period.

Mayor Buddy Dyer, Certifying Officer 

Original source can be found here.