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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for September 23, 2025, to Solicit Public Comments from Interested Citizens and to Consider and Approve the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
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For City Council Meeting September 9, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Christina Taylor, Community Development Director
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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for September 23, 2025, to Solicit Public Comments from Interested Citizens and to Consider and Approve the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council set a Public Hearing for September 23, 2025, to solicit public comments from interested citizens, and to consider and approve the 2024-2025 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).
BACKGROUND
In May 2020, the City Council approved the City's Five-Year 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. On May 18, 2024, the City was notified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development of their allocation of HOME funds, after the 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan was approved and adopted by City Council on April 23, 2024. The City elected to opt into the Federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) as a HOME Participating Jurisdiction (PJ), which triggered a Substantial Amendment to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. City Council held a Public Hearing during the August 13, 2024, City Council Meeting, and adopted Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and changes to the previously approved FY 2024-2025 Annual Action Plan.
A One-Year Action Plan and Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report are required for each fiscal year within the Five-Year 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan period. The Consolidated Plan is a planning document that contains an assessment of the housing and community development needs of the community and a five-year strategy.
As required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Rialto is required to prepare a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for public review and comment prior to its submittal to HUD. The CAPER contains an assessment of the City's performance in meeting Fiscal Year 2024-2025 housing and community development goals as outlined in the corresponding One-Year Action Plan. Additionally, the CAPER discusses its progress in meeting the five-year goals as outlined in the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan. And finally, the CAPER discusses changes the City anticipates making in the upcoming year as a result of the assessment of FY 2024-2025 annual performance.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2025, provides a detailed description of how the City of Rialto has expended its federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funds, along with local funding, in addressing established Community Development and Housing priority needs as outlined in the City's 2024-2025 One-Year Action plan. During Fiscal Year 2024-2025, the fifth year of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan, the City received $1,151,844 in CDBG funding and $374,469.26 in HOME funding.
HUD regulations require that citizens have an opportunity to review the CAPER, which measures the City's performance in relation to anticipated goals as set forth in the 2024-2025 One-Year Action Plan. The City must make the CAPER available to the public for review prior to the public hearing. The CAPER shows that FY 2024-2025 funds were spent in accordance with the allocations made in the approved Consolidated Plan and One-Year Action Plan. The availability for public review of and comment on the Draft FY 2024-2025 CAPER will be advertised as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and made available to the public for review and comment for a fifteen (15) day period.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a "Project" means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. According to Section 15378(b), a Project does not include: (5) Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This action is consistent with the City of Rialto's General Plan Guiding Principle 3, Rialto's Economic Environment is Healthy and Diverse. "Our City government will lead by example, and will operate in an open, transparent, and responsive manner that meets the needs of the citizens and is a good place to do business."
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the staff report.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Operating Budget Impact
There is no impact on the Operating Budget.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
There is no impact on the Capital Improvement Budget.
Licensing
Approval of this action does not require a Business License application and payment of a Business License tax.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Notice of Public Hearing - FY 2024-2025 CAPER, English
2. Notice of Public Hearing - FY 2024-2025 CAPER, Spanish