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0588-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, that the FY 2025-2029 Five-Year Consolidated Plan, including the 2025 Annual Action Plan, be approved and adopted.
Recommendation of the CDBG Advisory Board on 07-28-25: To approve the FY 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan and FY 2025 Annual Action Plan and authorize staff from the City Development Department to submit the Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Fiscal Note: FY 2025 funds will be expended according to HUD regulations for CDBG $1,771,629, HOME $515,160, and ESG $158,967 funds. The City of Racine expects to receive around $14 million in CDBG, HOME, and ESG funds over the course of the next five years. The Con Plan and AAP will guide the use and allocation of those funds towards community development and affordable housing needs. | Recommended For Approval | Pass |
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0757-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, submitting for review and approval the proposed allocation of FY?2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds.
Staff Recommendation on 07-28-25: That the CDBG Advisory Board recommends approval of the proposed allocation of FY?2025 CDBG and ESG funds as detailed in the attached table and authorizes staff to include these allocations in the City’s FY?2025 Annual Action Plan submission to HUD. All funding agreements and obligations shall be deferred until HUD has provided written approval of the AAP.
Staff Recommendation on 08-11-25: That the CDBG Advisory Board defer this item to the September 8, 2025 meeting to allow sufficient time to address the Board’s concerns raised at the 7/28/25 meeting and provide additional information.
Fiscal Note: No immediate fiscal impact. Grant agreements will be executed only after HUD issues formal approval of the City’s FY?2025 AAP and confirms allocation amounts. | Deferred | Pass |
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0758-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason to reallocate $14,000 in Other Real Property Improvements for Lead-Based Paint activities to Housing Activities.
Recommendation of the CDBG Advisory Board on 07-28-25: To approve the reallocation of $14,000 in unused CDBG funds from Other Real Property Improvements to Housing Activities.
Fiscal Note: No additional fiscal impact. This action reallocates existing CDBG funds previously approved in the 2024 allocation cycle. | Recommended For Approval | Pass |
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0591-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason to award a grant of up to $186,093 in FY24 CDBG Housing Activities funds to Habitat for Humanity of Racine for the new construction of a single-family home at 1105 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Recommendation of the CDBG Advisory Board on 07-28-25: To approve of a grant of up to $186,093 in FY24 CDBG Housing Activities funds to Habitat for Humanity of Racine to support the new construction of a single-family home at 1105 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Fiscal Note: This action will allocate $186,093 from the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing Activities funds to support the construction of the new single-family home. Adequate funds are available in the FY2024 CDBG program budget to support this initiative. | Recommended For Approval | Pass |
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0759-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason, to reallocate $68,211.22 in FY2023 CDBG Funds from Public Facilities to Real Property Improvements.
Recommendation of the CDBG Advisory Board on 07-28-25: To approve of the reallocation of $68,211.22 from Chapter 6: Public Facilities to Chapter 5: Other Real Property Improvements within the FY2023 CDBG allocation.
Fiscal Note: This action reallocates $68,211.22 in existing FY2023 CDBG funding. No additional funds are being requested. | Recommended For Approval | Pass |
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0760-25
| A | | | Communication | Subject: Communication sponsored by Mayor Mason to authorize the Community Development Authority to use up to $68,211.22 in FY23 CDBG funds and up to $515,000 in HOME funds for the acquisition, demolition, and redevelopment of 1644 Packard Avenue.
Recommendation of the CDBG Advisory Board on 07-28-25: To approve of the use of up to $68,211.22 in FY23 CDBG Other Real Property Improvements funds and up to $515,000 in HOME funds by the Community Development Authority for the acquisition, demolition, and redevelopment of 1644 Packard Avenue.
Fiscal Note: The city will utilize current CDBG funding along with current and future HOME funding to support the project. | Recommended For Approval | Pass |
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