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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 2012-2013 Proposal Annual Action Plan Projects for CDBG RESOLUTION NO. 12-035 RESOLUTION APPROVING 2012-13 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROGRAM IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM AND SETTING DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA 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 July 2010, 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, HUD recently published the 2012 CDBG funding allocations for entitlement cities, and the City of Ames' allocation is listed at $511,276 for FY 2012; although the City only recently received approval of our 2011-12 Amended Action Plan,it is time to begin the process for determining the 2012-13 Annual Action Plan projects; and, WHEREAS, the attached table shows the proposed 2012-13 Annual Action Plan program activities; and, WHEREAS, if the Council is in agreement with the 202-13 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 30-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 2012-13 proposed Annual Action Plan Program in connection with the City's Community Development Block Grant Program is hereby approved,and May 8,2012,is set as the date of public hearing. ADOPTED THIS 24th day of January, 2012. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor Introduced by: Davis Seconded by: Szopinski Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Larson, Orazem, Szopinski Voting nay: None Absent: Wacha Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 24th day of January, 2012. ATTACHMENT 2 PROPOSED 2012-13 AMENDED ANNUAL ACTION PLAN PROGRAM ACTIVITIES Priority CDBG Project Activities Program Description Goal National Objective The Neighborhood Sustainability The overall goal of the Neighborhood Sustainability Program is comprised of the following program is to increase the availability of housing to subcomponent programs: low- and moderate-income families and to maintain 1. Home Improvement Rehabilitation and sustain decent, safe, and sanitary housing stock Program in existing neighborhoods by providing home repair Low- & 2. Homebuyer Assistance grants for owner-occupied housing units, and repair 1 2 Moderate- ,3. Dangerous Buildings Program assistance to property owners of single-familyIncome 4. Single-family Conversion Program rentals for conversion back to single-family Benefit homeownership and down payment and closing cost assistance to first-time homebuyers, and demolish deteriorated properties in conjuction with our Dangerous Building Initiatives. The Public Improvement Program is The overall goal of the Public Improvement Program comprised of the following subcomponent is to preserve and enhance the viability and Low- & programs: aesthetics of our core exisiting neighborhoods 3 Moderate- Neighborhood Infrastructure by maintaining the public infrastructure. Income Improvements (curb, street resurfacing, Benefit sidewalks, etc.) in targeted low- and moderate-income census tracts