This Annual Performance Report will be submitted to HUD by the City of Port St. Lucie on December 23, 2009 and covers the period from Oct. 1, 2008 through Sept. 30, 2009.

The Port St. Lucie Community Services office prepared this report. Please contact Pat Selmer at (772) 871-5283 or Tricia Swift-Pollard at (772) 871-5284, if you have any questions or require further information regarding this report.

The Annual Performance Reports include an Activity Summary, Grantee Performance Report, Summary of Consolidated Plan Projects, Summary of Community Development Accomplishments, and CDBG Financial Summary Report. These reports show all CDBG activities undertaken this past year, the amounts expended and balances available for each project. The final report is the Annual Performance Report Narrative. The narrative summarizes all CDBG activities planned compared to actions taken and includes the housing strategies funded through the SHIP (State Housing Initiatives Partnership) and HHR (Hurricane Housing Recovery) programs. The narrative report provides an opportunity to assess the performance of the city in relation to meeting overall five-year priorities of the Consolidated Plan and the one-year Action Plan.

The city received $675,638 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the period of Oct. 1, 2008 through Sept. 30, 2009. Of that, $135,127 was allocated for administration. The remaining $540,511 was orginally allocated to the Ravenswood Community Center Partnership project, but the remaining 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 funding was re-allocated to the following activities at the time the 2009/2010 Action Plan was approved.