CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY FIFTH COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-23-115 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Brook Bassan by request
RESOLUTION
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Adopting The 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan, Program Year 2023 Action Plan And Program Investment Summary For The Expenditure Of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) And Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Funds; Providing An Appropriation To The Department Of Family & Community Services For 2023 U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development (HUD) Entitlement Funds (Bassan, by request)
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ADOPTING THE 2023-2027 CONSOLIDATED PLAN, PROGRAM YEAR 2023 ACTION PLAN AND PROGRAM INVESTMENT SUMMARY FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG), HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM (HOME) AND EMERGENCY SOLUTIONS GRANT (ESG) FUNDS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY & COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR 2023 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) ENTITLEMENT FUNDS.
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires entitlement communities, including the City of Albuquerque, to develop a five-year Consolidated Plan to secure Federal CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds; and
WHEREAS, the City of Albuquerque Workforce Housing Opportunity Act §14-9-4 requires the City’s Affordable Housing Committee (AHC) to develop a Five-Year Workforce Housing Plan for Workforce Housing Trust funds, which is defined in the Act as a component of the City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan which defines and documents affordable housing needs in Albuquerque and establishes housing priorities for all City housing funds, including but not limited to Workforce Housing Trust, CDBG and HOME funds; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Family & Community Services solicited public input in accordance with the City of Albuquerque Citizen Participation Plan, including, but not limited to: 14 focus groups, stakeholder interviews, a widely distributed survey to gather information on the needs of the community, two public hearings and a thirty-day public comment period on the Consolidated Plan, two public hearings on Community Needs and Workforce Housing/Affordable Housing Plan, and one public hearing on the Assessment of Fair Housing; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Family and Community Services completed a Housing Needs Assessment, Housing Market Analysis and a Homeless Needs Assessment; and
WHEREAS, the public was asked to consider housing needs identified in the required assessments and to give input for the use of Workforce Housing Trust Funds (WHTF), which are included in the Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan provides a comprehensive assessment of the City’s housing and community development needs and outlines the City’s priorities, objectives and strategies for the investment of CDBG, HOME, ESG and WHTF funds to address those needs over the next five years, beginning on July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2028; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Family and Community Services, based upon public input developed the 2023 Action Plan and Program Investment Summary for the allocation of funds received in Program Year 2023 that is consistent with the Consolidated Plan.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. That the attached 2023-2027 Consolidated Plan, including the 2023 CDBG, HOME and ESG Investment Summary, is hereby approved and adopted, and its acceptance and filing with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is hereby adopted.
Section 2. That upon notification of grant awards by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Mayor is authorized to enter into a grant agreement and take all necessary and appropriate steps to implement the grant program.
Section 3. That upon award of the grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the following estimated funds in the amount $4,462,873, consisting of $4,347,562 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds from HUD, $21,000 in CDBG Program Income, and $94,311 in CDBG Prior Years funding are hereby appropriated to the Community Development Fund (205) for Program Year 2023. Of this amount, $75,108
is for indirect costs.
Section 4. That upon award of the grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds in the amount of $3,257,760 consisting of $2,247,115 HOME Grant Funds from HUD, $100,000 in HOME Program Income, $561,779 matching funds transferred to Operating Grants Program from the General Fund and $348,867 in prior years HOME are hereby appropriated to the HOME Investment Partnership Program in the Operating Grants Fund (265) for Program Year 2023. Of this amount, $21,705 is for indirect costs.
Section 5. That upon award of the grant by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, funds in the amount of $769,436, consisting of $384,718 Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Funds from the HUD and $384,718 of matching funds transferred to the Operating Grants Program from the General Fund are hereby appropriated to the Emergency Solutions Grant Program in the Operating Grants Fund (265) in Program Year 2023. Of this amount $12,285 is for indirect costs.
Section 6. As the City of Albuquerque has not received notice of final funding allocation levels from HUD, the Department of Family and Community Services may adjust the amounts in the 2023 Investment Summary proportionally among projects to account for any increase or decrease in project funding amounts.
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