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DeSoto launches five‑year CDBG consolidated plan survey, deadline set for July 7
Summary
City staff opened public outreach for DeSoto’s five‑year consolidated plan for its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), encouraging residents, businesses and nonprofits to complete a survey; staff said the city receives about $270,000 per year and will present results to council in July.
City staff on April 10 urged residents and stakeholders to take a citywide survey to inform DeSoto’s consolidated plan for Community Development Block Grant funds, with a survey deadline of July 7.
Dr. Esther Williams, who presented the CDBG update, said the consolidated plan is a five‑year blueprint the city must submit to the federal grant program and that the city currently receives “about $270,000 each year.” She told attendees the city will present survey results to the council in July and post updates online every other week.
The consolidated plan combines multiple data sources, Williams said: stakeholder surveys, information sessions with local businesses and nonprofits, and other data the city compiles to show how CDBG funds would meet community needs. She distributed a trifold and a longer survey packet and noted identical versions are available online for those who prefer to respond electronically.
“Survey deadline, July 7,” Williams said.
Williams also described outreach at senior‑center presentations and a staffed table at the upcoming teen expo to collect responses and encouraged residents to share printed packets with HOAs, churches and neighbors. She said stakeholders — including faith leaders attending a planned faith‑leaders breakfast — will be invited to a subsequent stakeholder workshop to help prioritize needs.
Why it matters: Consolidated plans shape which activities a city can fund with federal CDBG dollars over the subsequent five years, including housing, infrastructure, public services and economic development. Williams estimated the current annual allocation at about $270,000, which she said equates roughly to $1.3 million over five years according to the presentation materials.
Next steps: City staff will collect survey responses through July 7, post interim results online every other week, hold stakeholder sessions after the faith leaders breakfast, and present consolidated‑plan recommendations to council in July for approval of an action plan.
Ending — How to respond: The paper survey and the longer packet Williams distributed are available on the information table at the meeting; the survey also is online and staff directed residents to the city’s website for links and schedules of upcoming meetings.
