2025-66A - Submit FY26 One-Year Action Plan

Docusign Envelope ID: 85C4D285- 511A- 49F2- B5E4- 0C9C9C09CC91 referred to Finance 11/ 3/ 25 Baker, Bullock, Evans, Kepple, RESOLUTION NO. 2025- 66 BY: Marx, Steiner, Strebig A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Mayor to submit the Fiscal Year 2026 ( FY26) One -Year Action Plan of the FY25FY29 Five Year Consolidated Plan ( Consolidated Plan) which includes dollar allocations and activities to be funded with federal Community Development Block Grant ( CDBG) and Emergency Solutions Grant ( ESG) resources, any other entitlement funds received from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD), all amendments thereto, and all understandings and assurances contained therein, and incorporates the City' s application to HUD for FY26 CDBG and ESG funds. WHEREAS, the Secretary of HUD is authorized by various federal acts to make grants to units of general local government to finance community development programs, and; WHEREAS, HUD requires units of general local government to incorporate the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy into a Consolidated Plan, and; WHEREAS, the City is annually required, with the participation and approval of its Citizens Advisory Committee ( CAC), to submit a One -Year Action Plan associated with its current Consolidated Plan which serves as a both a planning document and the City' s formal application to HUD for FY26 CDBG and ESG funding, and includes Lakewood' s community development goals and objectives, a description of activities to be undertaken during the coming Fiscal Year, a budget, and certifications in the form of assurances, and; WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2. 12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in order to meet the annual HUD application deadline for federal funds. Now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to submit to HUD Lakewood' s FY26 One - Year Action Plan of the City' s FY25- FY29 Consolidated Plan, as reviewed and approved by the CAC, which serves as the City' s FY26 application for federal CDBG and ESG funds as indicated in Exhibit A, attached hereto, and all amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein. Section 2. The FY26 One -Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, as reviewed and approved by the CAC, includes a multi -year certification for the expenditure of CDBG funds for Fiscal Years 2025, 2026, and 2027 during which at least 70% of Lakewood' s CDBG expenditures must directly benefit low - moderate income persons.

Docusign Envelope ID: 85C4D285- 511A- 49F2- B5E4- 0C9C9C09CC91 Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to act in connection with submission of the FY26 One -Year Action Plan of Lakewood' s FY25- FY29 Consolidated Plan, to provide such additional information as may be required and to enter into any and all agreements necessary to accept funds under these programs. Section 4: It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 5. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, this resolution shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption by the Council and approval by the Mayor, or otherwise it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. Adopted: 11/ 17/ 2025 DocuSigned by: Sarah Kepple, President of Council DocuSigned by: Maureen M. Bach, Clerk of Council Approved: ZS Megha F. George, Mayor

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