HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-107-11/16/2021-ADOPTING A REVISED COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF CITY FINANCAIL RESOURCES TO HUM (2) RESOLUTION 2021-107
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADOPTING A REVISED COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROCESS FOR THE ALLOCATION
OF CITY FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO HUMAN SERVICES PROGRAMS AND TO
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMS/PROJECTS
WHEREAS, on January 18, 2000, the City Council adopted Resolution 2000-013,
establishing a competitive process for allocating funds the City receives from the federal
Community Development Block Grant and HOME programs, as well as City Affordable Housing
funds (the "Competitive Process"); and
WHEREAS,on January 20,2015,the City Council adopted Resolution 2015-009,adopting
a revised Competitive Process that required only one funding cycle per year instead of two, and
giving the City Manager authority to approve changes in the application forms or method and
ranking criteria rather than such administrative changes requiring further Council approval; and
WHEREAS, the existing Competitive Process contains outdated language, and limits the
ability of the Social Sustainability Department, which manages the process with the Human
Services and Housing Funding Board and the Affordable Housing Board,to quickly and efficiently
adopt process improvements that will enhance the administration of the Competitive Process; and
WHEREAS, the proposed revised process framework is attached as Exhibit "A" and
incorporated herein by this reference (the "Competitive Funding Process"); and
WHEREAS, proposed changes, compared to the Competitive Process adopted in 2015
include:
• Specifying that the Social Sustainability Department will develop standard application
forms and update the forms as necessary to comply with regulatory changes or to improve
the funding process;
• Adding review criteria for human services applications;
• Adding more options for funding cycles, including the potential for multi-year funding
awards;
• Updating the name of the CDBG Commission — now the Human Services and Housing
Funding Board—and removing other outdated references; and
• Specifying the role of the City Manager, or their designee, to approve changes to
applications forms, method of application and funding review criteria as necessary or
appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the City Council will retain its authority to review and approve the final
funding awards for affordable housing projects and human services programs proposed and
recommended during the Competitive Funding Process.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
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Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the revised Competitive Funding Process for the allocation of City
financial resources to human services programs and affordable housing programs/projects, as
described in Exhibit "A", is hereby adopted.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 16th
day of November, A.D. 2021.
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