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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Jeff McLaughlin, Neighborhood Redevelopment Manager
DATE: October 28, 2014
SUBJECT:
A Resolution Authorizing Approval of the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan for Federal Funding and the 2015 Annual Action Plan Funding Recommendations - Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Act Programs (HOME)
PURPOSE:
Staff requests authorization of the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan for Federal Funding and the accompanying 2015 Annual Action Plan for the CDBG and HOME Programs. Annually, the City of Aurora receives approximately $1.4 million in CDBG and $530,000 in HOME funds that are used to eliminate slum and blight; provide decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and provide services and projects to low-to-moderate income persons (defined as earning at-or below- 80% of the Area Median Income, or $57,900 for a family of four in 2014). For Aurora, this means that approximately 79,000 residents are CDBG and HOME program eligible. At its meetings of 22 and 31 October 2014, the City of Aurora's Block Grant Working Committee approved the draft Consolidated Plan and a list of program/project recommendations (Attachment "A") that form the heart of the 2015 Annual Action Plan.
BACKGROUND:
Every five years the City, as a direct recipient of CDBG and HOME funds, must plan for how these monies will benefit the Aurora community and produce a Consolidated Plan for Federal Funding (Draft as Attachment "B"). The City began an intensive community participation process in summer of 2014 and sought guidance from over 120 Aurora residents and stakeholders. The results of citizen input, demographic and mapping analysis, as well as staff analysis and discussions, form the backbone of recommendations to the Consolidated Plan, the goals of which are reinforced annually through CDBG and HOME funding recommendations in the Annual Action Plan Process. For 2015, both Plans are merged into one document for submiss...
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