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Housing committee reviews 2025 planning calendar; HUD consolidated plan noted as priority
Summary
Staff presented a tentative 2025 workplan for housing-related items including the five‑year HUD consolidated plan, derelict building code updates, opioid fund programming and routine program updates; committee members asked for legislative intersections and scheduling flexibility.
Aurora City staff presented the Housing Committee with a proposed 2025 planning calendar on Tuesday that slots routine program updates and several anticipated initiatives — including the five‑year HUD consolidated plan and an update to derelict and neglected building codes — and committee members asked staff to integrate legislative updates where relevant.
Jessica, a City staffer presenting the calendar, said 2025 is the City’s five‑year cycle with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and that the consolidated plan and analysis of impediments will determine how HUD funds are programmed for the next five years. "This is the year we would do our consolidated plan, our analysis of impediments. This is essentially how we're going to spend HUD funds for the next 5 years," Jessica said.
Staff outlined recurring items they anticipate bringing to the committee, including routine updates on the homeless navigation campus, the youth violence program, twice‑annual community investment financing rounds, and a new item on the derelict and neglected building code. Staff also noted additional opioid funds that need programming and said they will add topics to the calendar as they arise.
Committee members requested more detail in advance on topics such as the derelict building code and encouraged staff to fold legislative updates into relevant meetings. "If there's things that are going to have kind of a nexus to our housing strategy, I do think it makes sense to bring them here," Jessica said, noting that items such as updates to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) or mobile home legislation could be integrated.
Members also discussed meeting logistics and asked staff to avoid convening a meeting for a single 10–15 minute item where possible; the chair will ultimately decide whether to cancel or combine brief agendas. Councilmember Murillo and others supported a placeholder in February or March to monitor housing‑related legislation during the session.
No formal votes were taken; committee members signaled general agreement with the planning calendar and staff’s proposal to check in again in summer and to add items as they arise. Staff said they will confirm timing with committee chair Casale and return with updates and additional details, including more background on derelict building code goals when available.
The committee then moved to miscellaneous matters.
