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Committee recommends 2026–27 CDBG annual action plan to council, adjusts home-repair cap
Summary
Lee's Summit staff recommended and the Community and Economic Development Committee unanimously advanced the 2026–2027 Community Development Block Grant annual action plan to the full council, applying proportional reductions to public-service requests and raising the per-project home-repair cap to $24,999 to address rising construction costs.
The Lee's Summit Community and Economic Development Committee voted unanimously on March 11 to recommend the city's 2026–2027 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan to the full council.
Jessica Vandervort Deontiel, assistant director of grants and administration, told the committee the plan is part of the city's five-year consolidated plan and lays out the specific projects, funding allocations and performance measures for the coming program year. “HUD will announce the final allocation on April 3rd,” she said, noting the city would use last year’s allocation for planning while awaiting HUD’s announcement.
Staff presented recommended allocations using the 2025 allocation as a planning figure and proposed using the full 20% administrative cap permitted by HUD to support program oversight. Public-service requests exceeded the statutory 15% cap; staff applied a proportional roughly 10% reduction across the four eligible public-service applicants it recommended for funding so the awards would fit within federal limits while allowing each program to operate with slightly reduced support.
Applicants presented program details during the public hearing. Sarah Knight, executive director of Cold Water of Lee Summit, requested $15,000 for a food-pack program that serves students identified through free-lunch programs; she said the program now reaches more than 400 students. Brandy Bear of Hope House asked for $20,000 for court advocacy for domestic-violence survivors and described coordination with Lee Summit Police Department. Megan Seno of Lee Summit Social Services requested $25,000 for operating expenses to support emergency rent, utilities and other basic needs.
On the construction side, staff recommended allocating remaining CDBG funds to the home-preservation/minor-home-repair program administered by Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity. Staff recommended raising the per-project limit from $20,000 to $24,999 to better cover high-cost repairs such as HVAC and roof work while remaining below the federal $25,000 threshold that would trigger additional compliance obligations.
Committee members asked staff to continue outreach and to track compliance risks identified by recent HUD guidance, including possible federal public-benefit verification requirements. The committee's recommendation will now be placed on the full council agenda for adoption and final submission to HUD by the May 15 deadline.
The committee's action was procedural: the vote to recommend the annual action plan to council was recorded as four 'I' votes from the members present, and the plan will enter the required 30-day public comment period before council consideration.
