Executive Summary AP-05 Executive Summary - 24 CFR 91.200(c), 91.220(b) 1.
Introduction
The City of Independence, Missouri is an entitlement grantee that receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). As a condition of funding, the City performs a broad range of housing and community development activities that are intended to promote the revitalization of neighborhoods and address the needs of low and moderate income households. The City’s acceptance of entitlement funds demands that the City of Independence prepare and submit to HUD a Five (5)-Year Consolidated Plan that suitably determines a needs analysis of the City’s demographics and similarly considers the stated and unmet needs of citizens and stakeholders. The City’s Five-Year Consolidated Plan was effective July 2017 and remains in effect through June 2021. The Plan was approved by City Council and submitted to HUD on July 14, 2017. It serves as an application for funding and a planning guide for the use of federally funded program activities. The Plan documents the City’s efforts to ensure an engaging Citizen Participation Process occurred in the planning of these activities. The City of Independence continually evaluates the goals and objectives of the Plan and presents evidence of accomplishments to HUD by submitting a Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). The CAPER provides a detailed and measured account of the year’s performance in comparison to the Five-Year Consolidated Plan goals and the updated annual Action Plan. This year’s Annual Action Plan marks the City’s 44th year as an entitlement grantee. The City received the maximum funding allocation, as prescribed by HUD’s formula calculation. HUD’ total funding allocation exceeds $1.3 million dollars, granting the City $829,993 in CDBG funds and $513,941 in HOME funding for respective programming needs. Subsequently, sub-recipient awards reflect the Five-Year Consolidated Plan’s stated housing and community development needs and objectives. The Annual Action Plan and timeline were initiated in August 2017 with a series of long range public planning meetings organized by the City of Independence staff and Shockey Consulting Services. Thereafter, the City of Independence held an informational meeting regarding the City’s use of entitlement funds. On December 8, 2017 through January 8, 2018, a CDBG public notice was advertised in the local Examiner to request funding proposals to carry out the related and aforementioned CDBG public service activities. On this same date, notification of funding was provided to the current year’s funding recipients and to subscribers of the City’s public notice database. The City held a public informational meeting on January 31, 2018 to discuss the proposals that were received, specifically details Annual Action Plan 2018 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 06/30/2018)
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