City of Rochester 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan

 FINAL CONSOLIDATED PLANNING DOCUMENTS

Rochester City Council held on hearing on June 11, 2020 and approved Final 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan documents on June 16, 2020. You can download the four Final 2020-2024 Consolidated Planning documents by clicking the links below:

• Final 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan
• Final 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan
• Citizen Participation Plan (Amended 2020)
• Final Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI)

BACKGROUND

As a jurisdiction that receives funding directly from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the City of Rochester is required to develop a Consolidated Plan to inform its use of annual HUD funds, which include the following four programs:

• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
• Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG)
• Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)

Many of the activities that these HUD programs can fund are recommended activities in the City’s newly adopted Comprehensive Plan, Rochester 2034 (adopted November 2019). Therefore, the City’s Consolidated Plan is a key implementation tool for Rochester 2034.

CONSOLIDATED PLANNING PROCESS

The City conducted initial community and stakeholder outreach to inform the development of draft consolidated planning documents in January and February of 2020. 

A public meeting/public hearing was held on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. To download the PowerPoint Presentation that was presented at that meeting, click HERE.

Four stakeholder workshops were held also in January 2020:

At the request of neighborhood leaders, a fifth workshop was also held with Neighborhood Leaders to discuss the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan on February 24 at City Hall.

Since Rochester 2034 relied on extensive community and stakeholder engagement, and because the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan is a key implementation tool for Rochester 2034, input from Rochester 2034 was also carried over to inform the development of draft consolidated planning documents.

DRAFT CONSOLIDATED PLANNING DOCUMENTS

You can download the four draft consolidated planning documents by clicking the links below:

• Draft 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan
• Draft 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan
• Draft Citizen Participation Plan
• Draft Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice (AI)

DRAFT DOCUMENT 30-DAY PUBLIC DISPLAY AND REVIEW PERIOD

All draft consolidated planning documents were available for public review and comment for 30 days from April 25 through May 24, 2020.  Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the City developed several ways for the community to engage, learn more about the project, and provide their comments on the draft documents before they were brought to City Council:

• Made a video recording of a presentation with an overview of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan project and how to provide input that could be viewed at the community’s convenience. You can view the recording HERE and review the slide deck HERE. 
• Created a way for community members to submit their questions about the project and draft documents. City Staff published answers to all questions received. You can read answers posted on May 6^th HERE and answers posted on May 20^th HERE .
• Hosted a Live Q & A Session via Zoom on Monday, May 18 from 5-6pm. You can find a recording of the session HERE.
• Created an online comment form where community members could submit comments on the draft documents. Comments were accepted from April 25 through May 24, 2020 and all comments received were included in the Participation Index in the Final 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RECORD

You can download and examine the Environmental Review Record (ERR) documents that show the environmental determinations made for the 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan by clicking the links below: 

• Environmental Review for Activities/Projects that are Exempt or Categorically Excluded Not Subject to Section 58.5
• Environmental Review for Activities/Projects that are Categorically Excluded Subject to Section 58.5

PAST CONSOLIDATED PLANNING DOCUMENTS

Historical information on Rochester's Consolidated Plans can be found here. The most recent prior consolidated planning documents can be downloaded by clicking the links below:

• 2015-16 through 2019-20 Consolidated Plan
• 2019-2020 Final Annual Action Plan.
• Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) 2018-2019 

LOW-MODERATE INCOME CENSUS DOCUMENTS

Most HUD funded activities are intended to benefit low-moderate income people or low-moderate income census tracts. To view a map of low-mod census block groups, click HERE.

CITY CONTACT PERSON

The City’s project manager for the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan is Elizabeth Murphy, Senior Community Planner. She may be reached at (585) 428-6813 or elizabeth.murphy@cityofrochester.gov.