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Council holds informational public hearing on CDBG consolidated plan needs and priorities
Summary
City staff held an informational hearing April 16 on needs and priorities for Grants Pass’ 2025–2029 consolidated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) plan and the 2025–2026 annual action plan. No council action was required at the hearing; staff outlined survey results, program rules and timelines.
The Grants Pass City Council held a public hearing April 16 to receive a staff report and public input on needs and priorities for the city’s 2025–2029 consolidated Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) plan and the 2025–2026 annual action plan. The hearing was informational and no council action was required.
Anne Ingalls, who manages the city’s HUD CDBG program, told the council HUD requires three public hearings during the year and said the hearing would record needs and priorities to help form the five-year plan and year-one action plan. Ingalls summarized outreach: a needs-and-priorities survey opened Feb. 10 and closed March 17, was posted on the city website and social media, and was emailed to CDBG contacts. The survey asked respondents to rank homelessness, affordable housing, public services, public facilities and public improvements.
Ingalls also outlined program rules: up to 15% of annual CDBG awards may fund public services and up to 20% may be used for planning and administration; the remainder is directed toward low- and moderate-income benefit projects. She said the city had spent prior-year funds on weatherization rehabilitation (19 homes and two facilities to date) and that remaining balances included $58,019 for public facilities and $14,000 for public improvements in the current program year. The city had not yet received its 2025 award amount from Congress.
The hearing included two invited public comment prompts (support and opposition); no one rose to speak and staff reported no written comments were received prior to the published deadline except for an emailed suggestion that CDBG funds be considered for the new library project. The public-comment period on the draft consolidated plan will open June 9–July 14, with a council review and adoption of the draft planned for the Aug. 6 meeting. Ingalls noted the program-year start date is Oct. 1.
What this means: The council’s discussion was limited to receiving public input and survey results; staff will incorporate comments into the draft consolidated plan and return to council for adoption of a draft later this summer.
