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Home My WebLink AboutMN-COW SPECIAL TOPICS WORK SESSION-2024-05-08YouTube Link: Date: Location: Wednesday May 8, 2024 108 E Green Street Council Chambers 3rd Floor COMMON COUNCIL COW SPECIAL TOPICS Voting Record 1.Call To Order 1.1 Emergency Evacuation Notice 2.Review and Approval of Minutes Attendance Record of Voting Members Name Present Absent/Excused 1st Ward - Kayla Matos X 1st Ward - Phoebe Brown X 2nd Ward - Ducson Nguyen X 2nd Ward - Kris Haines-Sharp X 3rd Ward - David Shapiro X 3rd Ward - Pierre Saint-Perez X 4th Ward - Tiffany Kumar X 4th Ward - Patrick Kuehl X 5th Ward - Margaret Fabrizio X 5th Ward - Clyde Lederman X Mayor - Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: You Tube Link 5/8/2024 Council Meeting - Special Topics (youtube.com) Discussion Summary: Notice Read - Timestamp 1:13 Discussion Summary: Timestamp 1:49 Moved By: Kris Haines-Sharp Seconded By: David Shapiro Motion Summary: Minutes approved Vote 8-0 Carried Unanimously 2.1 April 10th, 2024, Special Topics Work Session Meeting Minutes 3.PUBLIC HEARING 3.1 Public Hearing #2- 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan Adoption - HUD Entitlement Program Member Approve Oppose Abstain Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: Minutes approved - Timestamp 1:49 Discussion Summary: Public Hearing Opened - Timestamp 2:00. Moved By: David Shapiro Seconded By: Clyde Lederman Motion Summary: Motion to open Public Hearing Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously Member Approve Oppose Abstain Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: Member of the public Anita Graff spoke on the HUD Program. Timestamp 3:49 Moved By: Kris Haines-Sharp Seconded By: Clyde Lederman Motion Summary: Public Hearing closed Timestamp 6:22 Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously 3.2 Public Hearing #2- Draft 2024 Action Plan: City of Ithaca- HUD Entitlement Program Member Approve Oppose Recuse Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Moved By: David Shapiro Seconded By: Clyde Lederman Motion Summary: Motion to Open Public Hearing Timestamp 2:24 Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously Member Approve Oppose Recuse Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: The mayor didn't ask for a formal motion to close and the council voted to close public hearing 8-0. Moved By: Pierre Saint-Perez Seconded By: Ducson Nguyen Motion Summary: Motion to Open Public Hearing Timestamp 6:32 Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously 3.3 2024 Update to Assessment of Fair Housing – HUD Entitlement Program 4.General Order Of Business/Special Topics 4.1 Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program 5.Meeting Wrap-Up Member Approve Oppose Recuse Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: Nels Bohn and Anisa Mendizabel discussed the HUD Entitlement Program. Mayor made no formal motion to move to consent agenda and council approved 8-0. Timestamp 8:35 Moved By: Ducson Nguyen Seconded By: Kris Haines-Sharp Motion Summary: Motion to open Public Hearing Timestamp 7:15 Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously Member Approve Oppose Recuse Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Discussion Summary: Tom Knipe gave a presentation about the Tax Abatement Program Timestamp 1:08:46 Discussion Summary: Alderperson Brown asked to get the word out that 16 year olds can sign up to vote. Timestamp 2:20:42 Moved By: Pierre Saint-Perez Seconded By: Ducson Nguyen Motion Summary: Meeting Adjourned 8:22pm Vote Passed 8-0 Carried Unanimously Member Approve Oppose Abstain Kayla Matos X Phoebe Brown X Ducson Nguyen X Kris Haines-Sharp X David Shapiro X Pierre Saint-Perez X Clyde Lederman X Robert Cantelmo X Date: Time: Location: Watch Online: Wednesday May 8, 2024 6:00 PM 108 E Green Street Council Chambers 3rd Floor https://www.youtube.com/@CityofIthacaPublicMeetings COMMON COUNCIL COW SPECIAL TOPICS SPECIAL TOPICS AGENDA 1.Call To Order 1.1. 2.Review and Approval of Minutes 2.1. 3.PUBLIC HEARING 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 4.General Order Of Business/Special Topics 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.4. 5.Meeting Wrap-Up Emergency Evacuation Notice April 10th, 2024, Special Topics Work Session Meeting Minutes Public Hearing #2- 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan Adoption - HUD Entitlement Program Public Hearing #2- Draft 2024 Action Plan: City of Ithaca- HUD Entitlement Program 2024 Update to Assessment of Fair Housing – HUD Entitlement Program Approval of the HUD 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan Approval of the Draft 2024 Annual Action Plan Approval of Draft Update to the City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program 1. Announcements 2. Next Meeting 1 PUBLIC HEARING Comments MUST be limited to the subject of the Public Hearing. There will be NO Privilege of the floor , and Council will NOT be responding to the public's comments during the Public Hearing. Members of the public can provide short statements germane to the subject of the public hearing during this portion of the meeting. 3 minutes is the maximum time allotted per speaker, but the chair reserves the right to modify the amount of time per individual at the start of the meeting. Groups of 3 or More Speakers are allotted more speaking time. For Longer Speaking Time – Multiple Speakers can speak as a group with one Designated Speaker to represent the Group. 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To Submit Written Comments - https://tinyurl.com/mr9kdhw8 *Written comments submitted will be compiled and entered into the record. 2 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Clerk's Office Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Mayor Robert Cantelmo DATE:May 8, 2024 RE:Emergency Evacuation Notice CP#:N/A MEMORANDUM 3 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Clerk's Office Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Clerk's Office DATE:May 8, 2024 RE:April 10th, 2024, Special Topics Work Session Meeting Minutes CP#: N/A MEMORANDUM Approval of 4-10-2024 Special Topics Work Session Meeting Minutes by Council 4 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Anisa Mendizabal DATE:May 8, 2024 RE:Public Hearing #2- 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan Adoption - HUD Entitlement Program CP#: N/A MEMORANDUM Public Hearing to receive public feedback on the 5-year HUD Consolidated Plan 5 i thacajournal.com |THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2024 |3B FIND THE BEST TALENT TODAY! 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Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850); and upon request. The draft Update describes the City’s goals and continued activities to Afﬁrmatively Further Fair Housing as described in the 2017 Assessment of Fair Housing. The Ithaca Common Council will hold a public hearing on the draft Update to the Assessment of Fair Housing at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2024, in Council Chambers of City Hall, 108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY. The public is encouraged to attend. For instructions on how to give verbal comment at this hybrid meeting—whether remote or in-person, please view the Common Council Agenda at: https://www.cityoﬁthaca.org/AgendaCenter; or call (607) 274-6565 or (607) 274-6550. The Public Hearing can also be viewed non-interactively at the City’s YouTube Channel: https://www. youtube.com/channel/UC7RtJN1P_RFaFW2IVCnTrDg. Written comments on the draft Update must be received by 12:00 noon on Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Please submit written comment to: Anisa Mendizabal, IURA Community Development Planner, amendizabal@ cityoﬁthaca.org; or 108 E. Green St., 3rd Floor, City Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850. ACCESSIBILITY: City Hall is fully accessible. Persons needing special accommodation to review the draft 2024 Assessment of Fair Housing Update, or fully participate at the Public Hearing should contact the IURA at (607) 274-6565 or the City Clerk’s Ofﬁce at (607) 274-6570, as soon as possible or at least 72 hours prior to the Public Hearing or the end of the Comment Period (whichever is needed) for assistance. Construction Bidding Invitation This is a bid announcement for site work, concrete, carpentry, and several other trades for a seven-home modular construc- tion project on three sites in Ithaca and Freeville. Work to start in late June. Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services is project owner. Bid due date is April 26. For bid package or more info contact Leslie Ackerman, lackerman@ithacanhs.org. 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Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850); Ithaca City Clerk’s Ofﬁce (108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850); Tompkins County Public Library (101 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY 14850); the Human Services Coalition (118 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850); and upon request. These plans describe the proposed use of Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for projects beneﬁting the City’s low- and moderate-income residents. The 2024 Consolidated Plan consists of the City’s housing and community development needs assessment, market analysis, and ﬁve-year strategic plan. The 2024 Action Plan describes projects recommended for the coming program year. The Ithaca Common Council will hold a Public Hearing on the draft 2024 Consolidated Plan and the draft 2024 Action Plan at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 8, 2024 in Common Council Chambers, City Hall, 108 E. Green St., Ithaca, NY. This is the second of two public hearings to gain public input on development of the City of Ithaca’s 2024 Consolidated Plan and 2024 Action Plan. The public is encouraged participate. For instructions on how to give verbal comment at this hybrid meeting—whether remote or in-person—please view the Common Council Agenda at: https://www.cityoﬁthaca.org/AgendaCenter; or call (607) 274-6565 or (607) 274-6550. The Public Hearing can also be viewed non-interactively at the City’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/ UC7RtJN1P_RFaFW2IVCnTrDg Written comments on the draft Plans must be received by 12:00 noon on, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Please submit written comment to: Anisa Mendizabal, IURA Community Development Planner, amendizabal@cityoﬁthaca.org or 108 E. Green St., 3rd Floor, City Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850. Following is a summary list of proposed activities for 2024: Activity Sponsor Amount The Beacon INHS $ 35,610 113-115 Cleveland Ave. INHS $120,000 Housing Scholarship Program The Learning Web $ 84,060 Minor Repair Program INHS $ 40,000 Security Deposit Asst. for Vulnerable Households Catholic Charities of TT $ 85,630 Housing Inspections for Security Deposit Asst. IURA Service Contractor $ 2,500 Career & Resources Program Black Hands Universal $ 6,670 Expanded ReUse Training Opportunities Finger Lakes ReUse $137,480 Work Preserve Job Training: Job Placement Historic Ithaca $ 67,500 200 Cecil A. Malone Dr. Pedestrian Improvements City of Ithaca $160,000 DICC ADA Upgrades & Modiﬁcations Downtown Ithaca Children’s Ctr. $ 20,620 211 Info & Referral Helpline w/ Housing Navigation HSC $ 17,020 A Place to Stay for Homeless Women Catholic Charities of TT $ 15,000 Housing Scholarships Personnel Support The Learning Web $ 13,130 Immigrant Services Program Catholic Charities of TT $ 20,000 Work Preserve Job Training: Job Readiness Historic Ithaca $ 9,500 Security Deposit Assistance Intensive Stafﬁng Catholic Charities of TT $ 3,000 Collaborative Street Outreach Program OAR $ 15,650 Economic Development Loan Fund IURA $129,530 CDBG Administration IURA $124,400 HOME Administration IURA $ 27,700 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Total $1,135,000 This list includes the allocation of anticipated CDBG and HOME awards in the amounts of $622,000 and $277,000, respectively, and allocation of $236,000 from anticipated repayments of prior-year economic development loans and other funds. Please refer to the draft 2024 Action Plan for details about adopted contingencies, should the actual HUD allocation differ from City’s anticipated CDBG and/or HOME funding. ACCESSIBILITY City Hall is fully accessible. 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BACKGROUND The dra? 2024 Consolidated Plan is the City’s 5-year strategy for use of its HUD funds. (For more detail, see the a?ached summary document). The dra? 2024 Ac?on Plan (or “Annual Ac?on Plan –AAP”) describes how the Consolidated Plan will be implemented in Year I –what ac?vi?es will be funded, at what level, and how many beneﬁciaries will be served. The Year 1 Ac?on Plan (2024 Ac?on Plan) is embedded withinthe Consolidated Plan. The dra? Consolidated Plan and Year 1 Ac?on Plan are developed concurrently. Year 2-5 Ac?on Plans will follow the Consolidated Plan’s 5-year strategy, but will be developed in upcoming years. BUDGET IMPLICATIONS & FUNDING This ac?on has no signiﬁcant impact on the City’s budget, unless in the future the City wishes to fund a project that requires a match from the City. VOTE TO ADOPT Does the Council wish to adopt the 2024 Consolidated Plan and 2024 Ac?on Plan? The resolu?ons on this items (included here, one for each Plan) will come forward for a vote on the June 5, 2024. NEXT STEPS Staﬀ will collect and summarize public comment for inclusion in the June 5, 2024 Common Council Agenda Packet. If adopted, IURAstaﬀ will monitor progress toward the goals outlined in the Consolidated Plan and the implemen?ng ac?vi?es named in the 2024 Ac?on Plan, and fulﬁll the administra?ve du?es associated with each. 10 1 2024 City of Ithaca HUD Consolidated Plan SUMMARY I.Introduction: What is a HUD Consolidated Plan? The Consolidated Plan is designed to help local jurisdictions assess their affordable housing and community development needs, and to make data-driven, place-based investment decisions for the HUD funds coming to their communities over a 5-year planning period. Annual Action Plans (AAP) implement the Consolidated Plan’s 5-year strategy, outlining what activities will be funded each year, at what level, and how many beneficiaries will be served. The 2024 Annual Action Plan (Year 1) is contained within the Consolidated Plan. II.Background a.Entitlement Community Status Comes with Opportunities & Requirements: In 2004, the City of Ithaca transitioned from applying annually for HUD funding to address housing and community needs, to attaining status as a HUD Entitlement Community. As a result and since that time, HUD allocates Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funding to Ithaca on a formula. These two funding streams have become vital resources for the expansion of affordable housing and for addressing myriad and varied community development needs—everything from support of microenterprises to the building of public facilities like community centers and sidewalk connections; to needed rehabilitation of rental and homeowner properties, and innovative services for the most vulnerable in our community. Though the amount of became HUD Entitlement Community has generally diminished with the passing of years, since 2004, these funds have brought over $20 million dollars to the community for investment, including funding for essential needs during the pandemic. The City delegated authority to administer the funds to the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA), which has established an annual competitive process by which community organizations, entities, City departments, and the occasional individual may propose compliant uses for the funds. IURA also develops and manages contracts for each subgrantee; reviews their regular reports; monitors activities and expenditures for compliance; and submits required documentation, reports, and plans –such as this Consolidated Plan, the Annual Action Plan, and the annual year-end evaluation—to HUD. 11 2 b.The Process: Ithaca’s 2024 Consolidated Planning process includes many required activities, which have been augmented by additional outreach and engagement. IURA posted a schedule of all of key aspects of the planning process on its website as soon as the Request for Proposals was issued, which is kept current through any additions or changes. 2024 Consolidated Planning involved the following: 4 public input meetings 2 virtual engagement and input opportunities 3 focus groups Over 40consultationswith subject matter experts and stakeholders Review and consideration of over 20 local plansand reports 2 Public Hearings Publication of the Draft Plan for comment Additionally, the City’s HOME-ARP Allocation Plan, a first-of-its-kind HUD initiative, involved expansive outreach and consultation which took placejust one year ago. It, too, was considered in creation of this Plan. A note on data: Federal, regional (i.e. Tompkins County), and local data are critical to this work. o HUD provides its most recent available data to populate the many tables throughout the plan. o HUD-provided data tends to lag by at least three years, or, as in 2024, even greater periods. o IURA provides updated data from alternate sources where possible. For these reasons, local input, consultations, reports, and plans are even more valuable in understanding our local context. In this, Ithaca is fortunate to have a community of communicative residents, service providers, coordinating bodies, networks, leaders, employees, researchers, andother stakeholders who have produced content and comment that contributed to the creation of this Plan. III.Local Consolidated PlanGoalsGuide our Work CDBG and HOME programs advance the following statutory objectives, for the principal benefit of low-and moderate-income (LMI) households: Provide decent, safe, and affordable housing (CDBG) Create suitable living environments (CDBG) Expandeconomic opportunities (CDBG) Expand the supply of decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (HOME) TheGoals of the Consolidated Plan guide the setting of local priorities and, in turn, provide windowsonto anticipated activities. The City’s localgoals, identified by the community and which support the statutory objectives above, are as follows: Improve & Expand Affordable Housing Options Develop Economic & Employment Opportunities Remove Barriers to Opportunity Strengthen Neighborhoods 12 3 Meet Essential Needs for Food, Shelter, and Safety Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Over the coming years, needs may emergeas a result of conditionsthat could not be anticipated earlier—such as onsetof a global pandemic. For that reason, HUD and our local Citizen Participation Plan provide a method by which the Consolidated Plan may be amended with new priorities, if needed. IV.The High Cost of our High Opportunity Community -Key Data Points Analysis of HUD-provided and local data point to sustained trends for risinghousing costsand houselessnessleading tocritical conditions locally. The community impacts of high housing costs include shortage of units at all affordability levels; housing cost burden for the majority of Ithaca’s rentersandasignificant portion of homeowners; inability of residents to afford their entiremonthly housing payments without assistance; inability to afford other basic needs such asfood and transportation; increased homelessness; insufficient capacity and type of emergency sheltering options; need for homeless prevention and related public services. Stresses in the housing market reverberatein other community development realms as need for economic development activities to create jobs and increase employment skill training; for public facilities and infrastructure to strengthen neighborhoods; and for public services to promote opportunity and meet basic needs havebecome ever more essential. Given theconditions described in the Draft 2024 Consolidated Plan, the recommended Draft 2024 Annual Action Plan, which serves to implement Year 1 of the Consolidated Plan, prioritizes responses to the critical needs for housing and projects to prevent or end homelessness. Here are some key data pointsfrom the Draft 2024 Consolidated Plan: a.Expensive to Buy: $379,750 is median sale price of home(single family, townhome, condo) in City of Ithaca, up 35%since 2018. (Ithaca Board of Realtors, May 2023-April 2024) b.Expensive to Rent: Households are considered “cost burdened” when they spend more than 30% of their income on rent, mortgage, or other housing needs; “severe cost burden” is when they pay more than 50% of their income on housing. Sixty-onepercent of renters in Ithaca are cost burdenedand 46%arebeing severely cost burdened. This is an increase of 11% and 8%, respectively, since 2018. (Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy [CHAS],2016-2020). c.Fair Market Rent (FMR): FMR is a figure developed by HUD to determine local rent payment standards for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher(HCV) Program and other housing assistance programs. FMRs are specific to metropolitan areas, include basic utility costs,and are updated annually. (HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, 2024) From 2020 to 2024, FMRs for efficiency units and 1-bedrooms have risen 43% and 48%, respectively (are now $1,311 and $1,424), which 13 4 means Ithaca now has the highest rent levels for efficiencies and 1- bedrooms than any other NY community north of Westchester County. d.Small Area Fair Marlet Rent (SAFMR): In jurisdictions with significant housing market challenges, in lieu of using the metropolitan-wide FMR, HUD provides a calculation based on ZIP code. The SAFMR thus provides a higher rent payment standardfor smaller areas, which is expected to give HCV tenants access to areas of high opportunity. (HUD Office of Policy Development and Research, 2024) The SAFMR for 14850 zip code is 6% higherthan the Tompkins County-wide FMR. Rents for a 1-bedroom in most areas outlying Ithaca are $300-$350 lower than an Ithaca 1-bedroom. e.Homelessness: Admissions to emergency shelter rose 39%from 2018to 2022 (from 502 admissions to 669).(Tompkins County Continuum of Care, 2022) f.Consumer Price Index (CPI): CPI measures the average change in price over time for a basket of goods and services. CPI rose 20% between 2020 and 2024. (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024) 14 Ithaca Common Council Proposed Resolution May 8, 2024 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan Adoption –HUD Entitlement Program WHEREAS, in the Fall of 2003, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) notified the City that it qualified as an ‘Entitlement Community’ and it would be receiving an annual allocation of HUD funds through the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program, and WHEREAS, in order to access these funds, the City is required to undertake a public input process and prepare a Consolidated Plan which identifies priority community development needs for the City of Ithaca, every five years, and WHEREAS, the City’s fifth Consolidated Plan is required to be submitted to HUD by June 15, 2024, and WHEREAS, the City has contracted withthe Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA)to administer, implement, and monitor the City’s HUD Entitlement Program in compliance with all applicable regulations, and WHEREAS, the Consolidated Plan may only be adopted by the City of IthacaCommon Council after it has undergone a 30-day public comment period and been the subject of two Public Hearings, and WHEREAS, the first Public Hearing, in both its parts was held before the IURA on February 23, and continuing on March 1, 2024, and the second Public Hearing will be held at the Common Council Committee of the Whole on May 8, 2024, and WHEREAS, following a citizen participation process to gain public input in identifying priority community development needs, the IURA will issued a draft 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan for a 30+-day public comment period that ends on May 28, 2024, and WHEREAS, at its May 10, 2024 meeting, the Neighborhood Investment Committee reviewed public input received, and discussed priority needs and goals for the draft Consolidated Plan, now, therefore be it RESOLVED,that the IURA hereby adopts the draft 2024-2028 Consolidated Plan for the HUD Entitlement Program. 15 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Anisa Mendizabal DATE:May 8, 2024 RE: Approval of the Draft 2024 Annual Action Plan CP#:N/A MEMORANDUM Council Discussion- Draft 2024 Annual Action Plan describes the recommended activities and funding allocations to implement Year 1 of the 2024 Consolidated Plan. Included in this plan are contingencies that will be used to adjust the recommended allocations should HUD's 2024 Entitlement funding award to the City of Ithaca differ from anticipated. 16 Proposed Resolution City of Ithaca Common Council May 8, 2024 Draft 2024 Action Plan:City of Ithaca — HUD Entitlement Program WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca (City) is eligible to receive an annual formula allocation of funds to address community development needs through the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Entitlement program from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program funding sources, and WHEREAS, the City has contracted with the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA) to administer, implement, and monitor the City’s HUD Entitlement Program in compliance with all applicable regulations, and WHEREAS, on an annual basis, an Action Plan must be submitted to HUD to access HUD Entitlement Program funding allocated to the City, and WHEREAS, the 2024 Action Plan identifies a specific list of budgeted community development activities to be funded from the 2024 HUD Entitlement Program allocation and associated funds administered by the IURA, and WHEREAS, the IURA employed an open and competitive project selection process for development of the 2024 Action Plan in accordance with the City’s Citizen Participation Plan, and WHEREAS, a two-part Public Hearing to review 2024 Annual Action Plan proposals was held on February 23, 2024 and March 1, 2024, and WHEREAS, due to the delayed adoption of the Federal 2024 budget, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has yet to release the 2024 CDBG and HOME funding allocations for the City, and WHEREAS, anticipated funds to be allocated through the 2024 Action Plan funding process include the following: $622,000.00 CDBG 2024 Allocation $160,000.00 CDBG 2024 Projected Program Income $277,000.00 HOME 2024 Allocation $76,000.00 HOME Recaptured/Unallocated Funds $1,135,000.00 Total, and WHEREAS, the IURA developed a draft 2024 Action Plan for public comment and Common Council consideration that includes contingencies to accommodate the possibility that actual HUD allocations may differ from anticipated allocations; now, therefore, be it 17 RESOLVED, that the Ithaca Common Council hereby adopts the attached summary table titled “IURA Recommended Draft 2024 Action Plan, City of Ithaca, NY,” dated March 22, 2024, for allocating the 2024 HUD Entitlement Program award, along with associated funds listed above; and be it further RESOLVED, should the City’s 2024 HOME allocation be greater than anticipated, funding for the following recommended activities will be increased: 1. Up to $10,000 will be directed to Project #5, “Security DepositAssistance for Vulnerable Households,” (CCTT), and 2. Any remaining amount will bedirected to Project #1, “The Beacon” (INHS). RESOLVED, should the City’s 2024 HOME allocation be less than anticipated, funding for the following recommended activities will be decreased: 1. HOME funding will be reduced from Project #1, “The Beacon” (INHS),and substituted witha Housing Development Action Grants (HODAG) funding commitment, and 2. Up to $20,000 will be reduced from Project #2, “113-115 Cleveland Ave.” (INHS). RESOLVED, should the City’s 2024 CDBG allocation be greater than anticipated, funding for the following recommended activities will be increased: 1. If the CDBG allocation is $80,000or morethan anticipated, Project #10,“DICCADA Upgrades & Modifications” (DICC),will be fully funded. 2. If the CDBG allocation is less than $80,000 morethan anticipated, or if there is funding remaining after fully funding Project #10, “DICC ADA Upgrades & Modifications” (DICC), Project #17, “Collaborative Street OutreachProgram” (OAR),will be funded to the maximum allowable level under the Public Services cap, then 3. Economic Development Loan Fund (EDLF) up to $160,000, then 4. Project #9, “200 Cecil A. Malone Dr. Pedestrian Improvements” (City of Ithaca), will be fully funded, and finally 5. Any additionalremainingCDBG funds will be allocatedto the Economic Development Loan Fund (EDLF). RESOLVED, should the City’s 2024 CDBG allocation be less than anticipated, funding for the following recommended activities will be decreased: 1. Project #9, “200 Cecil A. Malone Dr. Pedestrian Improvements” (City of Ithaca), by up to $20,000, then 2. Economic Development Loan Fund (EDLF) by the remaining difference. 3. To meet the reduced Public Services cap, funding to Project #11, “2-1-1 Information & Referral Helpline with Housing Navigation” (HSC),will be reduced accordingly, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Urban Renewal Plan shall be amended to include activities funded in the adopted 2024 Action Plan. 18 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Anisa Mendizabal DATE:May 8, 2024 RE:Approval of Draft Update to the City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing CP#: N/A MEMORANDUM Council Discussion- Draft Update to the City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing. The Draft Update describes the activities the City will undertake to affirmatively further fair housing, in accordance with HUD requirements. 19 M E M O R A N D U M Date: April 26, 2024 To: Ithaca Common Council From: Anisa Mendizabal, Community DevelopmentPlanner, Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency RE: 2024 Dra? Update to the City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing The purpose of this memo is to provide background and context to the May 8, 2024 Public Hearing on the Dra? Update to the City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing(AFH)and for the resolu?on to adopt itat the Common Council’s June 5, 2024 mee?ng. BACKGROUND HUD En?tlement Communi?es are required to aﬃrma?vely further fair housing (AFFH) in accordance with the 1968 Fair Housing Act. HUD’s Interim Rule, currently in place, does not describe a required process or method for doing so; HUD communi?es may adopt their own approach. In 2017, the City of Ithaca analyzed HUD-provided and local data to create local goals and a comprehensive strategy for fulﬁlling the AFFH requirement as part of the then-required Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH). The Update to the City of Ithaca AFH revisits these goals, summarizes the Cit’s progress to date in aﬃrma?vely furthering fair housing, and outlines next steps. BUDGET IMPLICATIONS & FUNDING This ac?on has no signiﬁcant impact on the City’s budget, unless in the future the City wishes to fund a project to aﬃrma?vely further fair housing from resources other than the HUD En?tlement Program. VOTE TO ADOPT Does the Council wish to adopt the Update to the 2027 Assessment of Fair Housing? The resolu?on on this item (included here) will come forward for a vote on the June 5, 2024. NEXT STEPS Staﬀ will collect and summarize public comment for inclusion in the June 5, 2024 Common Council Agenda Packet. If adopted, IURA staﬀ will monitor progress toward the City’s Updated AFH goals. Further, it is an?cipated that HUD will adopt a revised ﬁnal rule. When that occurs, HUD will promulgate guidance to communi?es regarding the speciﬁc process that must be undertaken to demonstrate compliance with the expecta?on to AFFH. The City will follow the prescribed procedure. 20 1 2024 Update to City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing I.BACKGROUND: TIMELINE OF FAIR HOUSING LEGISLATION & REQUIREMENTS In short, “affirmatively furthering fair housing (AFFH)” means that HUD-funded activities must proactively end discrimination and expand housing opportunity. HUD rules around documenting and addressing local fair housing needs have changed several times, at times becoming more specific, at times becoming less.HUD’s current interim rule expects communities to affirmatively further fair housing but doesn’t specify how. The timeline below briefly summarizes key changes in HUD’s AFFH rule and what is required of its funded communities. 1968: The Fair Housing Act passes. Companion legislation includes provision to ensure HUD uses its programs to end discrimination and segregation and expand opportunity. This is known as the “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH)” provision. 1995: HUD adopts a rule requiring HUD communities conduct an Analyses of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AIs)to affirmatively further fair housing. The rule does not include specific requirements for content, format, or timing. 2010: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issues a report finding that HUD’s AI regulation has not been effective in enforcing the AFFH provision of the Fair Housing Act and recommends major changes. 2015: HUD adopts a new rule to implement the AFFH mandate. HUD communities are to conduct an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH)on a specific schedule, to include specific HUD-provided data, supplemented by local data and community input. HUD will create specific tools for communities to use. The AFH is centered are locally created goals and milestones that result from data analysis. HUD will monitor progress toward goals on a yearly basis. 2017: Ithaca creates its AFH for inclusion in its 2019 Consolidated Plan, becoming one of the first 50 communities in the US to do so. (Staff time to complete the AFH is estimated at 200 hours.) 2018: HUD suspends implementation of the 2015 AFFH rule to conduct Assessments of Fair Housing. 2020-2021: HUD published an interim final rule entitled “Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications.” 2023: The interim final rule is still under review. HUD communities are still required to affirmatively further fair housing, but the method and format are not specified. 2024: The City of Ithaca has updated its 2017 AFH to comply with this requirement,creating further action steps where needed and highlighting where 21 2 progresshas been made and where it has been lacking. When HUD issues new rule, City will comply with the requirements, content, format, and timing of the process outlined in the new rule. It is anticipated that a new and different process will II.THE ROLE OF DATA, HUD-PROVIDED TOOLS, AND PUBLIC INPUT In 2015-2017, HUD created and made available specific mapping and data tools so that communities could learn more about their community’s fair housing landscape. Since the suspension of the AFH rule in 2018, those resources have not been updated. Both the AFH and Consolidated Planning process involve substantial public engagement and input. During the 2024 Consolidated Planning process, comments about fair housing needs were collected and incorporated into the AFH Update. III.GOAL SUMMARY, PROGRESS TO GOALS, AND UPDATED ACTION STEPS The chart below summarizes the 2017 AFH Goals, progress to date, and intended next steps. Seethe AFH link onthe IURAwebsite for complete 2017Goal Summary language, contributing factors, andmilestones, and for entire AFH report. GOAL (2017-2018) PROGRESS (2019-2023) UPDATE (2024) 1.Prohibit discrimination based on source of income (SOI). In 2019, the State of New York enacted legislation prohibiting discriminating based on SOI. State law supersedes local law. Landlords must comply with new SOI prohibitions. Shortly after enactment of the new lawcame the onset of the pandemic and the eviction moratoria. In 2022, the NY Attorney General broughtsuit against local landlord Jason Faneand Ithaca Renting Company. Fane prevailed. The ruling is being appealed by the AG. The City will continue to monitorlegal developmentsin order to inform next steps related to this goal. 2.Increase supply and access to affordable housing options, particularly for LMI people, especially in high opportunity During the 2012-2022 period, 28%(731 units)of the 2,638rental housing units and 53% (10 units) of the 19 for-sale units approved in the City of Despite gains, housing is more costly than ever. Not alldevelopments cameto fruition(various reasons). 22 3 neighborhoods.Ithaca, were identified as affordable to LMI people. HUD Entitlement funding supported some of these development projects, as well as twoTenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) to expand access to housing. Pandemic rental assistance and other CDBG-CV-funded projects extended access to affordable housing during time of crisis. The City also directed Entitlement funds assisting LMI homeowners with minor repairs and mid-sized rehabs; such programs maintain access to affordable housing, ensuring it does not fall into disrepair and condemnation. The need for affordable housing options for LMI people remains high. The City will continue workto expand access along many tracks including supporting development of affordable housing and use of Entitlement funding for TBRA and related programs. The City will continue to support activities that forward this goal. 3.Establish clear local authority and enforcement of fair housing law. Central New York Fair Housing(CNYFH) advocates for fair housing on behalf of Tompkins County residents. At the time of the writing of the AFH, the Tompkins County Office of Human Rights (OHR) also advocated on behalf of local residents. TCOHR was reconfigured in 2017- 2018. CNY Fair Housing continues to advocate for fair housing on behalf of Tompkins County residents. CNYFH and TCOHR have collaborated on educational workshops around fair housing. There is a much wider array of local organizations and efforts focusing on fair housing issues, and doing advocacy/educationthan in 2019, including LawNY, the Ithaca Tenants Union, the CoC, and a variety of programs funded under the umbrella of the Ithaca Eviction/Displacement Defense (IEDD) Project (a AFH-related City project). The City will continue to 23 4 support activities that support this goal. Additional efforts will be considered in order to establish a clear local authorityand enforcement. 4.Prevent residential displacement. Two privately-funded cash-transfer programs created by the IEDD stakeholders,Ithaca Guaranteed Income (IGI) and the Housing Support Supplement Payment (HSSP), were implementedto increase housing stability and reduceresidential displacement due to economic reasons (evaluation from University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Guaranteed Income Research forthcoming in Fall 2024). Likewise, other IEDD initiatives, along with pandemic era rental assistance and CDBG-CV-funded programs were funded with the goal of preventing non-payment evictions, which disproportionately affect women, women who are single heads of households, and people of color. A 2022 and 2023 item in former Mayor Laura Lewis’ budget funded by the City was a “Right to Counsel”-style program in partnership with LawNY. The City will continue to support creation and preservation of affordable housing in all of its forms for LMI residents. Many of these efforts will be supported with HUD Entitlement funding. The City will review the evaluation of IGI the forthcoming University of Pennsylvania reportfor insight into whether programs like IGI can prevent displacement. In order to continue such programs, however, additional private funding sources will likely need to be identified. The Citymay consider directing other resources to the array of low-to-high touch initiatives created by IEDD to prevent eviction and displacement. The City may consider reauthorizing funding for its “Right to Counsel” pilot project with LawNY. 5.Address need for a Language Assistance Plan (LAP) for Limited English Proficient (LEP) individuals. The City created its LAP in 2019-2020, thus satisfying Goal #5. The City subscribes to Language Line, a real- time translation service to The City will continue subscribing to Language Line real time translation service. The City will explore ways 24 5 support its LAP. CDBG-CV funds were directed to the Immigrant Services Program of Catholic Charities of Tompkins-Tioga specifically to conduct outreach among non- English speakers to prevent, prepare for, and mitigate the effectsof COVID-19. to engage its non-English speakersto provide necessary information and promote engagement. 6.Address policies and practices that result in displacement, eviction of, and/or lack of housing support for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. As with Goal #4, IEDD initiatives sought to address policies and practices that result in displacement, eviction and lack of housing support for survivors. HSSP utilized a vulnerability index to direct assistance to people, including survivors, who were most likely to experience housing instability. Since women and people of color are most likely to be evicted in Ithaca, IEDD eviction court monitoring, legal representation, and brief legal advice, were each likely to assist those most affected (women and BIPOC survivors of violence). Pandemic-era rental assistance and CDBG-CV funded projects were likely to have met emergency needs of survivors. Founders Way is an affordable housing development with NYS- funded Empire State Supportive Housing Initiative (ESSHI) units designated to survivors. While the City did not The City will continue to support affordable housing projects and efforts that increase housing availability for survivors, and will remain vigilant to policies and practices detrimental to the housing stability of survivors. 25 6 contribute to the creation of these special units, the City did invest HUD Entitlement funds into the overall development of Founders Way. 7.Create an Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing- directed goal within the 2019-2023 Consolidated Plan. Goal #7 was intended to provide opportunity to identify and create another AFFH-directed goal(s), whether through analysis gained from public input or through further data analysis. HUD feedback in the accepted 2017 AFH, however, indicated this goal was not sufficiently clear or specific. Per HUD feedback, Goal #7 will not continue forward. IV.WHAT TO EXPECT GOINGFORWARD It is anticipated that when HUD adopts its revised final rule, it is likely to involve a new process that builds on the previous AI or AFHprocesses. HUD will issue specific information on the process HUD communities like Ithaca must undertake to demonstrate compliance with the expectation to AFFH. The City will follow the prescribed procedure. 26 Proposed Resolution City of Ithaca Common Council March 8, 2024 2024 Update to Assessment of Fair Housing –HUD Entitlement Program WHEREAS, the City of Ithaca (City)receives an annual grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) Entitlement program, which requires the City to certify it will affirmatively further fair housing (AFFH) as a condition for continued funding, and WHEREAS, the HUD Interim Final Rule “Restoring Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Definitions and Certifications” does not require a particular fair housing planning process, thereby allowing HUD grantees to define their own approach, and WHEREAS, the City contracts with the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency (IURA) to administer, implement and monitor the City’s HUD Entitlement program in compliance with all applicable regulations, and WHEREAS, Federal fair housing law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or familial status, and WHEREAS, fair housing issues restrict housing choice or access to opportunity for protected classes, and include: Patterns of segregation Racially or ethnically concentrated areas of poverty Disparities in access to opportunity Disproportionate housing need, and WHEREAS, the City’s 2017 Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH)utilized HUD-provided data and local information to assess housing issues; identified contributing factors that create, contribute to, perpetuate or increase the severity of one or more housing issues; and developed goals to address barriers to fair housing, and WHEREAS, the IURA has conducted community engagement activities, analyzedfair housing issues and completed a draft 2024 Update to the AFH, and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on May 8, 2024, and WHEREAS, the draft 2024 Update to the City of Ithaca’s AFH is available for a 30-day comment period ending May 28, 2024, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Common Council for the City of Ithaca hereby adopts the 2024 Update to City of Ithaca Assessment of Fair Housing, Ithaca, NY as amended to incorporate comments received. 27 CITY OF ITHACA 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York 14850-6590 Planning & Economic Development Shaniqua Lewis, TO:Common Council COW Special Topics FROM:Lisa Nicholas DATE:May 8, 2024 RE:Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program CP#:N/A MEMORANDUM Requested presentation to council on the Community Investment Incentive Tax Abatement Program (CIITAP) 28