Res 2025-140 adopting the Community Development Block Grant (“CDBG”) 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan

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City of San Marcos Five Year Consolidated Plan for the 2025-2029 Program Years— FINAL—Last Updated 08/08/25 PR-15 Citizen Participation — 91.105, 91.115, 91.200(c) and 91.300(c) 1. Summary of citizen participation process/Efforts made to broaden citizen participation Summarize citizen participation process and how it impacted goal-setting Citizen participation has been an essential element of this plan. The major objective of the citizen participation process has been to ensure that the diverse needs of the city residents, agencies and business owners have been heard, and that the broadest range of responses to that need have been explored. This outreach made available to the beneficiaries and potential beneficiaries of CDBG information on the available funding and the choices for spending it, and requested specific input that would guide creation of the five-year Consolidated Plan and the Annual Action Plan. Efforts made to broaden public participation include publication of notices and summaries in both English and Spanish and asking everyone who received notices to forward them to others. In addition, the notices for public meetings contain instructions on how to ask for an accommodation for a disability in order to facilitate participation. The plans have been made available at City Hall and the public library, to reach people who do not use the internet. An agency survey, public workshops, a resident survey, a series of internal focus groups, agency interviews, public workshops, and review of various community needs assessments and plans led to a comprehensive view of the community priorities and needs. Comments received and survey results are included in the appendices and have been incorporated into the Consolidated Plan. 2025-2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN December 20, 2024, an invitation to participate in an agency survey was emailed to 242 agencies and all previous "dream session" participants, an additional 65 contacts.The agencies and individuals contacted represented seniors, veterans, and the general public; organizations centered on education, real estate, regional and county government, transit, small business, and economic development; churches, mortgage lenders, and neighborhood groups. Workshops and a resident survey were advertised through a January 19, 2025, display ad in the local newspaper(the San Marcos Daily Record) and press releases sent February 3, 2025. The resident survey was posted online in English and Spanish from February 1-28, Consolidated Plan SAN MARCOS 24