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Council approves 2025'29 consolidated plan and 2025 annual action plan; council reallocates unspent CDBG funds
Summary
The City Council adopted the five-year consolidated plan and the FY2025-26 Annual Action Plan on June 12 and approved the recommended HUD-funded projects; council also redirected $1.58 million in unallocated CDBG infrastructure funds for a senior activity center and set aside $200,000 for Casita Feliz.
The Fresno City Council on June 12 approved the city's 2025'29 Consolidated Plan, the 2025'26 Annual Action Plan, and an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice, enabling submission of the city's federal grant applications and the planned use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and HOPWA funds for the coming year.
Staff presentation: Karen Jenks, manager of the Community Development Division, introduced consultant Mosaic and summarized the package and recommended projects. Melissa Mayu of Mosaic described the consolidated plan as "the city's overarching strategy for how it will plan to use the grant funds that it receives from HUD over the next five years." Staff presented estimated FY25 allocations: about $7.0 million in CDBG, $2.8 million in HOME, $600,000 in ESG and roughly $1.0 million in HOPWA.
Recommended uses: the annual action plan targeted funds at housing rehabilitation, expanding affordable housing supply, tenant-based rental assistance, homelessness prevention and response (ESG and HOPWA), public services, and infrastructure improvements. Staff included funding for fair housing activities and a series of community-informed projects submitted through the city's Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) process.
Public testimony: more than a dozen nonprofit and community speakers addressed the council during the hearing. Poverello House and its Papa Mike's Cafe discussed workforce development and street outreach; local grassroots groups urged HOPWA funding for neighborhood-based services; Chinatown Fresno Foundation, Vision View Small Business Incubator and others asked for CDBG-funded facility or microenterprise support; Community Health Systems and other medical providers urged HOPWA support for housing services for residents with HIV/AIDS; Boys & Girls Club and other youth service providers supported recommended CDBG public-service awards.
Council amendments: during deliberations councilmembers moved two amendments using unallocated program dollars. Council Member Maxwell moved to allocate $1,582,611 of unallocated CDBG infrastructure/facility improvement funding for construction of a proposed citywide senior activity center at 4340 North Blackstone Avenue (a citywide facility located in District 4); the motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Separately, Council Vice President Arias moved to allocate $200,000 from unallocated CDBG public services to Casita Feliz Latin LGBTQ+ Center; that motion was seconded and passed unanimously.
Final adoption: following public comment and the two allocations, the council voted to adopt the Consolidated Plan, the Annual Action Plan and the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice. Council's vote approved the staff-recommended awards and the two council-directed reallocations. The adopted action plan authorizes city staff to execute subrecipient agreements and submit the plans and funding uses to HUD.
Why it matters: the consolidated plan sets the city's priorities for federal housing and community development funds and funds services that include homelessness outreach, tenant-based rental assistance, affordable housing support, small-business and microenterprise services, and community infrastructure improvements.
Next steps and accountability: staff will prepare subrecipient agreements for the organizations included in the plan, perform eligibility checks and monitoring as required by federal rules, and execute grant agreements. Council directed staff to confirm eligibility if organizations identified in council motions were outside the NOFA process and to reallocate funds if eligibility cannot be met.
