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Anacortes council approves 2025 CDBG action plan after public hearing
Summary
After a second public hearing with no public comments, the Anacortes City Council approved the citys 2025 draft Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan. One councilmember abstained from the vote.
The Anacortes City Council approved the draft 2025 Community Development Block Grant annual action plan at its April 21 meeting following a second required public hearing.
City staff presented the draft plan and said it had been published twice in local papers and posted online; the citizen comment period ran March 15 through April 15 and produced no written comments. The plan, which uses allocations based on the citys 2024 grant year, must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development by May 15 if approved by the council.
Councilmember Fantini moved approval of the allocations as presented and Councilmember Walters seconded. The vote recorded five yes votes and one abstention: Yes—ouncilmembers Young, Walters, McDougall, Heubig and Fantini; Abstain—ouncilmember Cleland McGrath. The motion carried.
The draft plan presented to council described project updates from 2024 and proposed uses of 2025 CDBG funds; staff said the dollar amounts and specific allocations were based on the prior years grant and that HUD approval is required before the funds can be spent. The presentation noted that the city met the procedural requirements of two public hearings and a 30-day citizen comment period.
No citizens addressed the council during this public hearing and staff said no comments were received during the published comment period. With council approval the city will forward the draft to HUD for final review and acceptance.
The councils packet and the adopted motion did not list individual award amounts in the public hearing record; staff said allocations mirror the 2024 structure and are on the document submitted to HUD.
Council documents show the city followed notice procedures by publishing in the Anacortes American and the Skagit Valley Herald and posting materials to the city website. The councils approval of the draft plan is procedural: HUD must review and accept the final submission before program funds are disbursed.
Looking ahead, staff said they will finalize the submission materials and notify the council when HUD responds.
