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Council approves 2025–29 CDBG consolidated plan and first-year action plan; asks staff for a multi-year project spreadsheet
Summary
Council approved the five-year consolidated plan and the FY2025–26 action plan for CDBG and human services funding, authorized submission to HUD, and asked staff to return within 30 days with a clearer multi-year capital-project spreadsheet showing how CDBG funds and rollovers will be allocated.
The City Council on May 6 approved the 2025–29 consolidated plan and the FY2025–26 action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and human service allocations and authorized staff to submit the documents to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Chanel Ovaie, community development program manager, told council the City expects $539,649 in CDBG entitlement funds for FY2025–26. Staff recommended allocating $129,954 for program administration (within HUD's 20 percent cap), $388,874 for capital projects (CDBG-eligible public facilities/ADA improvements), $50,000 for a housing/mobile-home emergency repair grant administered by Catholic Charities, and $114,000 for human services as recommended by the Human Services Commission. Ovaie said program income and prior-year balances are also part of the action-plan budget; staff noted that prior-year funds already committed for capital projects appear in the total figures shown to council.
Several councilmembers asked for more transparency on how CDBG capital funds and rollovers interact with the city's CIP. Councilmember Bridge and others asked staff to produce a single multi-year spreadsheet showing which projects are committed, which are proposed as CDBG-eligible, and how roll-over funds would be applied, so council can prioritize and avoid piecemeal decision-making. Council requested that staff return within 30 days with that spreadsheet; staff agreed to bring the requested detail and the council approved the consolidated plan and action plan (vote 5–0).
City staff emphasized program rules: HUD funds must benefit low- and moderate-income persons, administration is limited to 20 percent of entitlement, and human-service donations are restricted to human-service activities. The plan had been posted for a 30-day public comment period and will be submitted to HUD as authorized by council.
