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City of San Marcos,Texas—2024-2025 Action Plan <br /> AP-10 Consultation—91.100,91.200(b),91.215(I) <br /> 1. Introduction <br /> The 2024-2025 Action Plan was developed in accordance with the City's Citizen Participation Plan.All dates in the following summary are in 2024: <br /> A notice of funding availability was published March 31,which included the application period April 3-May 6,and a notice of the stakeholder workshop <br /> held April 11 at 4:00pm.The notice of funding availability also noted that City Council would review the applications on June 4 and make a final decision <br /> on August 5 after public hearings at both meetings.Staff emailed this notice and the application forms to a broad list of potential applicants and interested <br /> parties.A display ad was published March 31 to help publicize the application period and workshop. A notice of public hearing was published May 19,and <br /> a press release was published May 21 regarding the public hearing held June 4.On May 28,the press release was covered in the local paper as an article. <br /> On June 4,staff presented a recommended slate of projects for Council's review and a public hearing was held.A notice of the comment period held June <br /> 7-July 9 was published on May 19.A notice of the August 5 public hearing was published July 14. At the August 5 City Council meeting,staff once again <br /> presented the recommended funding allocations and City Council held a public hearing and made the final decision on funding allocations.At the August <br /> 5 meeting,the City Council approved the recommendations as presented. <br /> Assistance for disabled persons and those with limited English proficiency was publicized with each notice and meeting. All published notices were <br /> translated into Spanish for publication at the same time as the English versions,and a Spanish translator was available at the workshop. <br /> In April 2024,City staff consulted with the organizations listed below by asking specific questions through an emailed survey,in order to gather information <br /> needed to present a complete picture of the City's grant funding priorities and activities.In April and May 2024,City staff conducted the interviews listed <br /> in the table below.Information from surveys and interviews was used to inform the plans and descriptions in this Action Plan. <br /> Provide a concise summary of the jurisdiction's activities to enhance coordination between public and assisted housing providers and private and <br /> governmental health,mental health,and service agencies(91.215(1)) <br /> The City's primary roles in the grant funding,affordable housing,homelessness,and public services arenas are 1)to bring interested parties and agencies <br /> together for open discussion and information gathering and 2) to provide funding for projects that support the community's highest priorities as <br /> determined through public processes. <br /> City staff participate as City representatives to the Homeless Coalition of Hays County,the Hays Interagency Group,and the Community Organizations <br /> Active in Disaster (COAD). Ongoing, the City's CDBG staff works closely with the San Marcos Housing Authority (the Housing Authority) and local <br /> organizations that provide services to City residents by sharing information on grant and training opportunities, as well as providing data about the <br /> community.The City generally holds an open application process which allows housing and public service providers an opportunity to apply for CDBG <br /> funding,in addition to recommending projects based on staff evaluation of local needs compared to funding available.The City also provides more than <br /> $550,000 annually in City general funds to local non-profit organizations through an annual open application process. <br /> 2024-2025 CDBG ACTION PLAN Page 9 of 59 <br />