HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - CDBG Consolidated Plan & Annual Action Plan RESOLUTION NO.09-351
RESOLUTION APPROVING CDBG 2009/14 CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND
2009/10 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
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 five-year Consolidated Plan to the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development(HUD), and the Consolidated Plan is the planning document for the jurisdiction; and,
WHEREAS, this plan requires detailed background information on the community derived from
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 non-low- and
moderate-income persons; and,
WHEREAS,it must also contain an Annual Action Plan that outlines program activities that will be
undertaken to address or meet those goals and priorities,and this Plan can address one or all of the goals and
priorities of the identified housing and community development needs; and,
WHEREAS, the regulations require that the Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan be
submitted for HUD's approval within 45 days before the beginning of the program fiscal year,which is on or
before May 17,2009; and,
WHEREAS,in February 2009,the City requested and received a time extension to submit both plans
on or before July 31,2009; and,
WHEREAS,the regulations also require that the Proposed Plan be published for 30 days to allow for
citizen review of the proposed Consolidated Plan and Annual Plan projects for the utilization of the funds;and,
WHEREAS,staff hosted public forums to inform the public about the overall CDBG Program and to
solicit input regarding the proposed 2009/14 Consolidated Plan goals and priorities and the 2009/10 Annual
Action Plan Program activities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the
2009/14 proposed five-year Consolidated Plan and the 2009/10 Annual Action Plan Program Projects in
connection with the City's Community Development Block Grant Program are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 28 h day of July, 2009.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Rice
Seconded by: Mahayni
Voting aye: Doll, Larson,Mahayni,Popken,Rice
Voting nay: None Absent: Goodman
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28rh day of July, 2009.