For City Council Meeting April 28,2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Manager
FROM: Stephen Erlandson, Deputy City Manager
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Request City Council to Set Public Hearing for May 12, 2020 to Consider and Approve the City's Five-Year Consolidated Plan (2020-2024), Annual Action Plan (2020-2021), Citizen Participation Plan, and Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (2020-2024)
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BACKGROUND
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires that the City prepare and submit a Five-Year Consolidated Plan (2020-2024), an Annual Action Plan (2020-2021), a Citizen Participation Plan, and an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (2020-2024) if it receives Federal funding under one or more of the following programs: Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Housing for People With AIDS (HOPWA), and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). As a recipient of CDBG funds, the City has prepared the aforementioned draft documents for review and consideration by the City Council and submittal to HUD.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The City of Rialto receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) each year. HUD requires all entitlement communities receiving CPD funds to prepare and submit a Consolidated Plan every five years to establish a unified, strategic vision for housing, community, and economic development actions. HUD further requires the submission of One-Year Action Plans each year during the planning period to outline the planned projects, one-year goals and budgets for the CDBG projects to be implemented during the upcoming program year. The draft documents to be submitted to HUD have been prepared under the guidance of the City's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Ad-Hoc Committee, the Deputy City Manager and LDM in order to fulfill each of these HUD requirements. Further, staff prepared and recommends adoption of an Anal...
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