HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 2011/12 Annual Action Plan for CDBG Program RESOLUTION NO. 11-236
RESOLUTION APPROVING 2011/12 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN IN CONNECTION
WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 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 this
Consolidated Plan is the planning document or Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy for Ames;and,
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan requires detailed background information on the community
derived both from census data and other comprehensive studies, and it must identify,over a five-year period,
the City's goals and priorities to address the housing and community development needs of low-and moderate-
income persons, as well as of non-,low-and moderate-income persons in the community; and,
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan also 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
identified in the Consolidated Plan; and,
WHEREAS,on April 25,2011,the City received notification from HUD that preliminary estimates
indicate that the City will receive approximately$445,361 in CDBG funds for fiscal year 2011/12,a decrease
of$89,000 compared to the 2010/11 allocation; and,
WHEREAS, of this amount, $356,288 is available for programming and$89,073 is available to pay
for administrative costs; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to the$445,361 of newly allocated funding, it is anticipated that there will
be approximately$675,000 in rollover funds from 2010/11,along with approximately$107,870 of anticipated
program income in 2011/12, for a total budget of$1,228,231; and,
WHEREAS, the proposed 2011/12 Action Plan expenditures are as follows: Neighborhood
Sustainability Program- $100,000; Neighborhood Housing Improvement Program- $139,158; Homebuyer
Assistance Program-$100,000;Neighborhood Infrastructure Improvements Program-$300,000;Flood Buy-
out Assistance Program-$500,000; and,2011/12 Program Administration-$89,073; and,
WHEREAS,on February 15, 16,and 17,2011,staff hosted public forums to inform the public about
the overall CDBG Program and to solicit input regarding the proposed 2011/12 program activities, and all
attendees were receptive to the proposed Action Plan projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that
submittal ofthe City's 2011/12 Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 10'day of May,2011.
Diane R.Voss, Ci Cle Ann H. Campbell,Mayor
Introduced by: Wacha
Seconded by: Mahayni
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman,Larson,Mahayni, Orazem,Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 10'day of May, 2011.