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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - 2019-2023 Consolidated Plan RESOLUTION NO. 19-426 RESOLUTION APPROVING 2019-2023 CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,one major requirement in receiving the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds is for the City to submit a three or five-year Consolidated Plan to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD); and, WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan is the planning document (Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy, or CHAS) for the jurisdiction; and, WHEREAS,the Plan requires detailed background information on the community, derived both from census data and other comprehensive studies performed by the community and the Plan must identify,over the selected 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, the City of Ames has selected the five-year period to submit its Plan and will complete the administration of its third five-year Consolidated Plan on June 30, 2019; and, WHEREAS,CDBG regulations require that the City must now submit an updated Five-Year Plan for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2023 along with a 2019-20 Annual Action Plan, which will cover the period of July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020; and, WHEREAS,the regulations require that the Consolidated and Action Plans be submitted for HUD's approval within 45 days before the beginning of the program fiscal year, which is on or before May 17,2019;however,staff requested and received approval to submit the plan on or before August 16, 2019, which is the maximum statutory submittal date; and, WHEREAS, additionally, the regulation require that both proposed Plans be published for 30 days to allow for citizen review of the proposed Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan project(s) for the utilization of funds and this occurred from July 10, 2019,to August 9, 2019; and, WHEREAS, during the update of the 2019-2023 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and the required Fair Housing Impediments Study,both the ASC and CHAS data continued to identify the following top two barriers and needs of the community; 1)the supply of housing for lower-income households for renting and 2)the cost of housing for lower income households for both renting and home buying; and, WHEREAS, on June 18,2019, City Council approved the proposed 2019-23 Consolidated Plan goals and priorities and approved the proposed 2019-20 Action Plan projects; and, WHEREAS,the City received notification from HUD that its 2019/20 CDBG allocation was $581,207,which is a$9,113 increase from FY 2018/19, and its HOME allocation for 2019/20 was $481,968, which is a $119,926 decrease from FY 2018/19. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the goals and priorities for the 2019-2023 proposed five-year Consolidated Plan are hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 13`h day of August, 2019. Diane . Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor Introduced by: Gartin Seconded by: Betcher Voting aye: Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Martin,Nelson Voting nay: None Absent: Beatty-Hansen Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 13' day of August, 2019.