HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - CDBG Consolidated Plan Update RESOLUTION NO.07-318
RESOLUTION APPROVING CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN UPDATE
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,one major requirement in receiving the Community Development Block Grant(CDBG)funds is
for the City to submit a Consolidated Plan to the Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD); and,
WHEREAS,the Consolidated Plan is the planning document for the jurisdiction,and this plan requires detailed
background information on the community derived from both census data and other comprehensive studies performed
by the community; and,
WHEREAS,the Plan must identify,over a five-year period,the goals and priorities to address the housing and
community development needs of both low- and moderate-income persons and of non-low- and moderate-income
persons,along with the development of an Annual Action Plan that outlines program activities that will be undertaken
to address or meet those goals and priorities; and,
WHEREAS,HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development has undertaken an initiative to make the
Consolidated Plan more results-oriented and useful to communities in assessing their own progress toward addressing
the problems of low-income areas; and,
WHEREAS, HUD issued a "Notice of Draft Outcome Performance Measurement System for Community
Planning and Development Formula Grant Programs",and the purpose of the notice was to establish a framework for
development of a performance measurement system for key Housing and Community Development Programs of HUD,
such as the CDBG and HOME Investment Partnership Programs; and,
WHEREAS,beginning October 1,2006,all entitlements(local and state)are required to incorporate into their
Consolidated Plan,Annual Action Plan, and Annual Performance, and Evaluation Report the status of the grantee's
efforts toward implementing outcome performance measurement system requirements described in the Federal Register
Notice dated March 7,2006; and,
WHEREAS,all ofthe above documents should provide a description ofhow the jurisdiction's or state's program
provided new or improved availability/accessibility, affordability, sustainability of decent housing, a suitable living
environment,and economic opportunity; and,
WHEREAS,for the City of Ames,the updated plan must be submitted for the beginning ofthe fiscal year along
with the 2007/08 Annual Action Plan.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the submittal of
the 2004-09 Consolidated Plan Update in connection with the Community Development Block Grant Program to the
Department of Housing and Urban Development is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 26 day of June,2007.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Rice
Voting aye: Doll,Goodman,Larson,Mahayni,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: Popken
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26'day of June,2007.