HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Approving 2024-2029 Proposed Five-Year Consolidated Plan Goals and Priorities for Community Development Block Grant and HOME Programs RESOLUTION NO. 24-178
RESOLUTION APPROVING 2024-2029 PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED
PLAN GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT AND HOME PROGRAMS
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).
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 fourth five-year Consolidated Plan on June 30, 2024.
WHEREAS, CDBG regulations require that the City must now submit an updated five-
year plan for the period from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029 along with a 2024-25 Annual
Action Plan, which will cover the period of July 1, 2024, through June 20, 2025.
WHEREAS, the regulations require that the Consolidated 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, 2024; however, HUD has not released the 2024-25 funding allocation at this time.
Therefore, staff will request approval to submit the plan on or before August 15, 2024, which is
the maximum statutory submittal date; and,
WHEREAS, additionally, the regulations also require that Notice of the proposed Plan be
published for 30 days to allow citizens time to review the Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the proposed 2024-29 Five-Year Consolidated Plan Goals and Priorities for the City's
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Programs are hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 91h day of April, 2024.
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Renee kall, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Betcher
Seconded by: Beatty-Hansen
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Gartin, Junck, Rollins
Voting nay: None Absent: Corrieri
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 9th day of April, 2024.