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Council adopts HUD consolidated plan and annual action plan, approves grant allocations
Summary
Mountain View adopted its FY2025-30 consolidated plan and FY2025-26 annual action plan, approving recommended allocations of CDBG and HOME funds and a slate of nonprofit grants.
The City Council on May 13 adopted Mountain View's five-year consolidated plan covering fiscal years 2025-30 and the city's FY2025-26 annual action plan, the document local jurisdictions must submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to receive CDBG and HOME funds.
Housing Officer Alec Fibro and Affordable Housing Manager Julie Bernard presented the regional planning process, priority needs and staff'recommended funding allocations. Staff described five priority needs for the consolidated plan: increase affordable housing, respond to homelessness, support public services, promote economic vitality and enhance public infrastructure. The annual action plan implements the first year of that strategy and includes a Notice of Funding Availability process to distribute CDBG public-service funds.
Staff said estimated CDBG funds for public services in FY2025-26 would be about $233,000; the city proposed to supplement those funds with $171,000 of general-fund support. Staff recommended awards through a capped-proportion formula that maximized awards given an oversubscribed applicant pool. The council voted unanimously to adopt the consolidated plan and the one-year action plan and approved the recommended grant and program funding.
Staff also noted HUD's schedule: expected allocation notices the following day and a 60-day submission deadline for final plans; staff said it would submit the final documents by July 14 if allocation amounts matched expectations.
Council members asked about possible federal funding cuts and the local effects. Staff said that if future federal allocations were reduced or eliminated, the city could rely in part on program income from loan repayments and other local sources but that a large reduction in CDBG or HOME funding would materially affect the city's ability to award public-service grants. Council directed staff to monitor developments and continue outreach to federal legislators.
