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File #: 24-662    Version: 1 Name: 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan & 2025 Annual Action Plan & Citizen Participation Plan
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 11/6/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/25/2025 Final action:
Title: Resolution approving the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025 Annual Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan for the use of federal block grant funds (CDBG, HOME, ESG) provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Presenter: Barb Van Hoy, Policy, Planning and Engagement Coordinator, Housing and Homelessness Response Department Aimee Cox, Chief Housing and Homelessness Officer
Attachments: 1. Resolution_2025-2029 ConPlan_2025 Action Plan, 2. 2025-2029 Con Plan Summary-UA, 3. COS 2025 ConPlan PublicComment_12.26.2024, 4. CoS Citizen Participation Plan-PublicComment, 5. 2025-2029 Con Plan Presentation Council Work Session Jan27-UA-accessible

 

Title

Resolution approving the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025 Annual Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan for the use of federal block grant funds (CDBG, HOME, ESG) provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

  Presenter: 

Barb Van Hoy, Policy, Planning and Engagement Coordinator, Housing and Homelessness Response Department
Aimee Cox, Chief Housing and Homelessness Officer

 

Body

  Summary:

Approval of the Consolidated Plan, Annual Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan draft to HUD identifying five-year priority needs and strategies, as well as planned activities for the 2025 program year (Apr 1, 2025 through Mar 31, 2029)

 

  Background: 

The City of Colorado Springs is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) entitlement grantee and receives allocations of federal block grant funds under the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG). The purpose of the funds is to benefit low- and moderate- income residents of Colorado Springs, prevent slum and blight, encourage the development, improvement, and preservation of affordable housing, prevent homelessness and meet other urgent community needs. To be eligible to receive the annual entitlement grants, the City must develop and submit to HUD a Consolidated Plan every five years, laying out housing and community needs based on updated data and public input. The Annual Action Plan is a component of the Consolidated Plan and identifies activities for the coming program year. The Citizen Participation Plan establishes procedures to encourage local citizens to participate and comment on various housing and community development activities funded through the City’s HUD grants.

  Previous Council Action:

N/A

 

  Financial Implications:

The 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan establishes the community’s priority needs through data analysis, while the 2025 Annual Action Plan lays out the expected financial resources for the coming year. Though the City’s allocation was lower than anticipated in Program Year 2024, the Department drafted the 2025 Action Plan based on near-level funding, as we make these estimates based on long-term trends. Per capita entitlements from HUD have decreased over the past two decades.

This estimate mirrors what the Department provided to Council in the City’s 2025 budget.

Because Congress has not yet passed a federal budget, HUD gives its grantees permission to proceed with the public process and local approval based on estimates. After the 2025 federal appropriations process is completed, HUD has 60 days to announces the final allocation amounts, at which time we will add final numbers to the plan. It is unlikely the final allocations will exceed our estimates, and the amount approved in the City’s 2025 budget, but if they do, we will request a supplemental appropriation from City Council. No additional general fund appropriation will be required.
Housing and Homelessness Response Department staff will apply any changes in the actual allocations to the three grant programs on a pro rata basis prior to submitting the final plan to HUD. The final plan will be available on our website upon submittal.

This year, the Department estimates receiving the following resources:

CDBG: $3,202,951
                     $3,002,951 from HUD
                     $200,000 in program income

HOME: $1,758,847
                     $1,458,847 from HUD
                     $300,000 in program income

ESG: $274,718 (all from HUD)

TOTAL: $5,236,516

The projects and activities described in the 2025 Action Plan are consistent with the highest priority needs established in the 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan with a particular emphasis on projects and activities that address affordable housing needs in the community.

 

  City Council Appointed Board/Commission/Committee Recommendation:

N/A

 

  Stakeholder Process:

The Department began soliciting citizen participation through consultations with stakeholders early in 2024. Staff also considered input collected and summarized during other public engagement processes, including the Mayor’s Listening Tour, the Homelessness Response Action Plan public meetings, the Southeast Strong neighborhood engagement, the Homelessness Solutions Team and the City’s Strategic Plan.

Consultations with key stakeholders continued through the Fall, including the Pikes Peak Continuum of Care, other City departments, local service providers, housing providers, the Healthy Communities Collaborative, and neighborhood advocates continuing through December. Two public meetings were also held in November 2024 to discuss needs and priorities.

The Housing and Homelessness Response Department opened the public comment window on December 27, 2024 for public review of the draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025 Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan. Staff solicited input online, through surveys and via community organizations and hosted a public hearing on Tuesday, January 7 to talk about the draft. The Community Development Advisory Committee has advised staff on the process and is scheduled to make a recommendation on approval of the plans at their January 23rd meeting. The comment period closes on January 27, 2025. All public comments and responses will be summarized and made available in the plans, as required by HUD, and shared with Council before this item comes to the Feb. 11 regular session.

Once HUD announces the allocations and HHR staff amends the plans to reflect actual PY 2025 numbers, the plans will be posted online as submitted to HUD, available to all citizens.

 

  Alternatives:

Council can choose to not approve the Consolidated Plan/Action Plan draft and the Citizen Participation Plan and decline the funding allocation.

 

Recommended Action

  Proposed Motion:

Approve the resolution approving the draft 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025 Annual Action Plan and Citizen Participation Plan for the use of federal block grant funds (CDBG, HOME, ESG) provided through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

 

Summary of Ordinance Language

N/A

 




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