19D - CONSOLIDATED 5 YR PLAN UPDATE

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Consolidated Five Year Plan And Annual Update May 2, 2005 Page 2 HUD regulations require that residents of each jurisdiction have an opportunity to comment on the City's housing and community development needs and the development of proposed activities to address these needs in the Consolidated Plan. In order to obtain input, a comprehensive survey of the City's needs was distributed in three languages to more than 14,000 stakeholders comprised of residents, social service providers, and business people. The survey was also made available on the City's website and was advertised through public notices in three different languages. More than 1,200 surveys were returned. Addi tionally, three communi ty meetings were held where the public was invited to provide input on the City's needs. The public was given the opportunity to provide input verbally, in writing, and to participate in a board game exercise focusing on the City's needs. These meetings were advertised by means of the Ci ty' s websi te, cable, a flyer distributed through the Pennysaver, public notices published in three languages, and the cover letter distributed with the survey. Central to the Consolidated Plan is the Strategic Plan, which outlines the City's priorities for allocating financial resources among its housing and community development needs. The proposed priorities are organized into five different goals relating to owner-occupied and renter-occupied housing needs, homeless needs, special needs populations, and community needs. Specific programs are proposed, and numeric goals in the form of outputs and outcomes are delineated. HUD regulations require that the City make the proposed plan available in a manner that affords citizens, public agencies, and other interested parties a reasonable opportunity to examine its contents and submit comments. Notification of the 30-day public review and comment period and availability of the draft document was made by a notice published in three languages, as well as by a public announcement placed on the City's cable network. The draft document was also made available on the City's websi te. The public comment period ended April 18. A public hearing regarding the 2005-2009 Consolidated Plan was held on April 19, 2005, by the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission. All of the comments received at the public hearing have been addressed in the Consolidated Plan. At the April meeting, the development of 70 units. 28, 2005, Special Redevelopment and Housing Commission Commission requested that the five year goal for the new construction rental units be increased from 40 units to 190-2