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Porterville adopts draft five‑year consolidated plan and 2025‑26 CDBG action plan

3020516 · April 16, 2025

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Summary

Resource Consultants presented the draft five‑year consolidated plan and city council unanimously approved staff recommendations to adopt and submit the plan when HUD finalizes the 2025 award amount. The plan programs CDBG funds for administration, public services, housing rehabilitation, park improvements and economic development.

Porterville’s City Council unanimously adopted a draft five‑year consolidated plan and a 2025‑26 annual action plan to guide Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) spending on housing, community development and public services.

Elizabeth McNaney of Resource Consultants briefed the council on the HUD entitlement process, eligibility rules and proposed allocations. McNaney said CDBG funds must principally benefit households at or below 80 percent of area median income and that the city performed community outreach, surveys and stakeholder interviews to set local priorities.

The draft plan allocates funds to administration and planning (up to 20 percent), public services (up to 15 percent), housing rehabilitation and first‑time home buyer assistance, public facilities and infrastructure (including park improvements and a multisport field improvement), and business assistance and microenterprise support. The staff presentation noted prior‑year resources and anticipated program income would be used to fund several capital items in the first annual action plan.

Council members praised city staff and Resource Consultants for preparing the plan and for long‑running federal compliance and reporting. The council voted 5–0 to accept staff recommendations to conduct the public hearing, adopt the draft consolidated plan and annual action plan and authorize the city manager to submit required documents to HUD once HUD announces the final entitlement amount.

McNaney said the city will adjust budget line items after HUD releases final award figures, anticipated in mid‑May, and will submit the consolidated plan promptly thereafter.