To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
From: Vincent Smith, Community Development Director
Prepared By: Stephanie Gaul, Assistant Housing Manager
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan and Annual Plan
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommendation
Adopt a resolution adopting the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan and the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan and Program Budget, approving program certifications, authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents and determining that the actions authorized by this resolution are exempt from CEQA.
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DISCUSSION:
As an entitlement jurisdiction for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, the City of Napa is required to adopt a Consolidated Plan every five years. The Consolidated Plan serves as a planning document which identifies needs for affordable housing and community development, provides a five-year strategy to address these needs, and describes the City's performance during the previous five-year Consolidated Plan cycle.
The City must prepare and submit all CDBG plans and reports using HUD's on-line reporting system. The structure of the Consolidated Plan and Annual Action Plan follows HUD's prescribed template.
The Consolidated Plan will serve as the guiding document for funding projects and programs with CDBG funds over the next five years. The Draft 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan was prepared by City staff and its consultant, BAE Urban Economics. In order to obtain public input for the Consolidated Plan, the City held numerous meetings. Meetings included an internal stakeholder meeting, two external stakeholder meetings comprised of governmental and service agencies, and two public meetings including one held in Spanish. An on-line survey was conducted in English and Spanish to obtain community input on community needs. Public input was supplemented with data from the U.S. Census, the recently completed An...
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