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Council reviews draft CDBG allocations for FY2025-26; staff to return with project data
Summary
Staff presented draft proposals for the final year of the consolidated CDBG plan (allocation $1,086,000); council asked for more outcome data and recommended a workshop to evaluate competing proposals such as park lighting, PAL gym renovations, septic-to-sewer, culvert assistance and commercial façade grants.
City staff presented a draft plan for the City of Port St. Lucie’s FY2025-26 federal Community Development Block Grant allocation at the June 9 meeting and council members asked for more detailed project-level data before finalizing the action plan.
Alex Tasca (CDBG program manager) told council the city’s HUD allocation for the coming fiscal year is $1,086,000; after program administration and existing code-compliance funding the available balance approximates prior-year levels plus a small surplus. Tasca reviewed a range of draft department proposals and noted that the current consolidated plan historically allocated about 50% of CDBG dollars to infrastructure, 25% to housing and the remainder to public facilities, economic development and public services.
Proposals before council included continuation of small-business and minority-business assistance programs, sidewalk connections (including a $60,000 connection in front of the Veterans Memorial Highway post office), Boys & Girls Club mobile unit funding, commercial façade grants, septic-to-sewer conversion assistance, culvert assistance and several park improvements such as interior lighting at Linne Gate Park, phase 5 of Whispering Pines culvert replacements, Rotary Park lighting and security-camera upgrades, Police Athletic League (PAL) gym renovations, and sports lighting at Winter Lakes Park (a project already in the draft CIP).
Council members asked staff to provide outcome and performance data for programs that receive recurring CDBG funding (for example, how many utility connections resulted from prior septic-to-sewer assistance, or outcomes from the first round of commercial facade grants). Several council members suggested a short workshop to review project-level details before the formal 30-day public comment period and final action plan submittal to HUD. One member flagged using CDBG to offset CIP costs for Winter Lakes Park lighting as a straightforward option that could free CIP funds for other needs.
Why this matters: CDBG funding is targeted to lower-income areas and is one of the city’s flexible funding sources for infrastructure, public facilities and services; council requested additional data to weigh one-time capital projects versus ongoing programmatic funding.
