HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 2007/08 Annual Action Plan for CDBG Program RESOLUTION NO. 07-078
RESOLUTION APPROVING PURSUIT OF 2007/08 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROJECT(S)IN
CONNECTION WITH CDBG PROGRAM AGREEMENT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,in order to receive Community Development Block Grant(CDBG)funds,the City must
submit a Consolidated Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development,and this plan is the planning
document for the jurisdiction; and,
WHEREAS,the Consolidated Plan requires detailed background information on the community derived
from both census data and other comprehensive studies performed by the community; and,
WHEREAS, this Plan must identify, over a five-year period, the goals and priorities to address the
housing and community development needs of low- and moderate-income persons and the housing and
community needs of non-, low- and moderate-income persons in the community; and,
WHEREAS,five goals and priorities have been identified in the City's 2004/09 Consolidated Plan as
follows: 1) CDBG funds should be used for the construction/acquisition/rehabilitation of affordable housing
and support to homeowners, homebuyers, and renters to obtain and remain in affordable housing; 2) CDBG
funds should be used to support a continuum of new or expanded housing and services targeted for homeless,
transitional housing clients, and persons with special needs; 3) CDBG funds should be used to increase or
improve public facilities,infrastructure,and services;4)CDBG funds should be used to expand opportunities
by assisting with business development and by providing training and access to employment; and, 5) CDBG
funds should be used to support activities and services that meet the social,health,recreational,and educational
needs of low- and moderate-income residents; and,
WHEREAS,additionally,the Consolidated Plan requires that the City must develop an Annual Action
Plan that outlines the program activities that will be undertaken to address or meet those goals and priorities,
and the Annual Action Plan can address one or all of the goals and priorities of the housing and community
development needs to be identified in the Consolidation Plan; and,
WHEREAS, in order to meet HUD's specified time frame, it is time to begin the process for
determining the 2007/08 annual Action Plan Project(s) for the City's CDBG Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the
proposed 2007/08 Annual Action Plan Program Projects in connection with the City's Community Development
Block Grant Program are hereby approved, and the public hearing to consider same is set for May 8, 2007.
ADOPTED THIS 131h day of February, 2007.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, May
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Doll
Voting aye: Doll, Goodman,Larson, Mahayni,Popken,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 131h day of February, 2007.