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Tampa officials briefed on proposed $709 million CDBG-DR allocation and next steps
Summary
City finance staff told Tampa City Council that a federal CDBG-DR allocation would route through Hillsborough County, that $709.3 million is the base allocation under discussion, and that a county action plan and summer public meetings will shape project-level spending and timing.
Tampa — City officials briefed the Tampa City Council on a proposed federal Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) allocation, explaining the scale, timetable and guardrails for spending and urging patience while the county completes an action plan and HUD review.
Chief Financial Officer Dennis Rojero told council members the allocation the city is planning around is $709,300,000, but stressed the program is moving rapidly at the federal level and the details are not yet final. “This is a completely different animal that just happens to share the 4 letter c d b g,” Rojero said, contrasting CDBG‑DR with the city’s routine CDBG program.
Rojero and mobility and planning staff said the money is routed to the county (Hillsborough County is the grantee to HUD), that the county will submit an action plan to HUD after local public meetings, and that project-level…
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