HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 2010-11 Annual Action Plan Program RESOLUTION NO. 10-032
RESOLUTION APPROVING 2010/11 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROJECTS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE City'S CDBG PROGRAM
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,in order to receive federal Community Development Block Grant(CDBG)funds,the City must
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 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 low-and moderate-income persons and the housing and community development
needs of non-low-and moderate-income persons; and,
WHEREAS, the following goals and priorities were identified in its 2009-14 Consolidated Plan, and was
submitted to and approved by HUD in October 2009,with funds being used for: 1) strengthening neighborhoods by
implementing affordable housing program and services through acquisition/demolition/rehabilitation of housing units
that support homeowners, homebuyers, and renters to obtain and remain in affordable housing; 2) promoting one
community by implementing programs that support a continuum of new or expanded housing services targeted for
homeless, transitional housing clients, and persons with special needs; and, 3) strengthening neighborhoods by
implementing programs that will increase or improve public facilities,infrastructure,and services,and 4)removal of
slum and blight in non-low and moderate income areas to assist in redevelopment projects to decrease the number of
substandard housing units through acquisition, demolition, and new construction to the maximum limit that CDBG
funds are allowed; and,
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan requires that the City develop an Annual Action Plan that outlines the
program activities that will be undertaken to address or meet those goals and priorities,and the Action Plan can address
one or all of the goals and priorities of the housing and community development needs to be identified in the
Consolidated Plan; and,
WHEREAS,the City has not yet received notification of the amount of CDBG funds that it would be receiving
for FY 2010; and,
WHEREAS,the attached table shows the proposed 2010-11 Annual Action Plan program activities; and,
WHEREAS, if the Council is in agreement with the 2010-11 proposed Action Plan Projects,the next steps
would be to conduct a public forum to gain input from citizens on the proposed projects and then to prepare the Action
Plan document; and,
WHEREAS, the Plan will be made available for citizen review during a 15-day comment period prior to a
public hearing before the Ames City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,that the 2010-11
proposed Annual Action Plan Program in connection with the City's Community Development Block Grant Program
is hereby approved,and May 11,2010, is set as the date of public hearing.
ADOPTED THIS 26`"day of January, 2010.
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Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Wacha
Voting aye: Davis,Goodman,Larson,Mahayni, Orazem,Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26"'day of January,2010.