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FY 2025-29 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan and Budgets <br />for CDBG, HOME, and ESG Programs <br />June 3, 2025 <br />Page 4 <br />5 <br />0 <br />7 <br />3 <br />The various projects and programs covered under the FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan <br />are designed to serve low-income residents. The FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan <br />includes the program budgets described in detail below for the CDBG, HOME, and ESG <br />programs respectively. <br />Community Development Block Grant Program Budget <br />The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program provides funds to improve <br />low and moderate-income neighborhoods, eliminate blight, and create a more <br />stable economic base. These funds may be used for a diverse range of programs, <br />including affordable housing, street improvements, park and public facilities <br />improvements, economic development, code enforcement, and public services. The <br />City’s CDBG allocation for FY 2025-26, is $4,190,178. <br />The proposed FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan consists of the Community <br />Development Commission funding recommendations for nonprofit public service <br />programs from 2024 and staff’s funding recommendations this year for administration <br />and planning, code enforcement, city capital improvements, and housing. The CDBG <br />Program Funding Plan can be summarized in two general categories: 1) Capital <br />Projects/CDBG Program Funding Plan; and 2) Public Services. A summary of the <br />process and allocation for the FY 2025-26 CDBG Program is provided below for both <br />general categories. <br />Capital Projects/CDBG Program Funding Plan <br />The FY 2025-26 CDBG Program Funding Plan includes the funding allocations for <br />administration and planning, code enforcement in low and moderate-income areas of the <br />city to address health and safety violations, economic development to provide small <br />business grants, nonprofit public services, city capital improvement projects, and <br />single-family rehabilitation grants (Exhibit 2). <br />The CDBG allowable cap of 20% for administration and fair housing services is <br />$838,035 for FY 2025-26. Administration is necessary for staffing, compliance, <br />reporting, fiscal management, studies, and monitoring of the entire program. Fair <br />housing is necessary due to CDBG requirements that the City affirmatively further fair <br />housing. <br />Two new city capital improvement projects are recommended for funding for a total of <br />$591,955, which includes $415,655 for Cedar Street Improvements and $176,300 for <br />the Bristol-Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project. <br />The proposed programs and capital improvement projects have been determined to be <br />of highest priority and need by the Executive Directors of the Parks, Recreation, and <br />Community Services Agency, Public Works Agency, and Community Development <br />Agency. These determinations come subsequent to the City's internal application <br />process, ensuring a thorough assessment and alignment with overarching objectives.