Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 2025-13 Resolution Adopting the FY 2025-30 CDBG Consolidated Plan & FY 2025-26 Annual Action Plan — reading text

/ regional / federal planning efforts Describe cooperation and coordination with other public entities, including the State and any adjacent units of general local government, in the implementation of the Consolidated Plan 91.215(l)) The Florida State Clearinghouse ( SCH) administers the intergovernmental coordination and review process of certain state and federal activities within the state of Florida which involve federal financial assistance and/ or direct federal activity. The State Clearinghouse reviews all programs which federal agencies have indicated are eligible for inclusion under Presidential Executive Order 12372. Section 403.061(42), F.S., identifies the SCH as the single state point of contact for coordinating the state’s review of these activities. The City of Fort Walton Beach submits the Consolidated plan and Annual Action Plan for SCH review. The City also works closely with our HUD representative to ensure compliance with the CDBG program. Consolidated Plan FORT WALTON BEACH 9 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)  DRAFT 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 Each year, the Growth Management Department publishes a notice in the local newspaper inviting applications for the CDBG programs. After all applications are submitted, city staff compiles the requests and presents them to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee (CAC). Both staff and the CAC use a scoring sheet to evaluate each application. Once scoring is complete, city staff prepares the annual action plan and makes it available for public review at multiple locations throughout the city. A public input session is also held to gather in-person feedback from residents. Following this session, the recommendations and any public comments are submitted to the City Council for approval during a public hearing. Citizen Participation Outreach Sort Mode of O Target of Ou Summary of Summary of Summary of URL (If Ord utreach treach response/ atten comments receiv comments applica er dance ed not accepted ble) and reasons 1 Public Non- Citizen's No Comments N/ A Meeting targeted/ bro Advisory were received. ad Meeting was community held on February 18, 2025. Three members of the Citizen's Advisory Committee were in attendance. 2 Newspaper Non- Newspaper Ad Newspaper Ad N/ A Ad targeted/ bro publish date: publish date: ad February 24, February 24, 2025 community 2025 Open Application Period Consolidated Plan FORT WALTON BEACH 10 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)  DRAFT Sort Mode of O Target of Ou Summary of Summary of Summary of URL (If Ord utreach treach response/ atten comments receiv comments applica er dance ed not accepted ble) and reasons 3 Public Non- Citizen's No Comments N/ A Meeting targeted/bro Advisory were received. ad Meeting was community held on April 22, 2025. Three members of the Citizen's Advisory Committee were in attendance. 4 Public Non- Citizen's The members of N/ A Meeting targeted/ bro Advisory the Citizen's ad Meeting was Advisory community held on July 2, Committee 2025. Three agreed with staff members of the recommendations Citizen's on funding Advisory allotment and Committee submitted were in additional attendance. recommendations for projects. 5 Internet Non- Community This was a N/ A Outreach targeted/ bro Survey Community ad Assessment community Survey 6 Newspaper Non- Newspaper Ad Newspaper Ad N/ A Ad targeted/ bropublish date: publish date: July ad July 10, 2025 10, 2025 community CPP Review Period 7 Newspaper Non- Newspaper Ad Newspaper Ad N/ A Ad targeted/bro publish date: publish date: July ad July 10, 2025 10, 2025 community Open CAA/ AAP Review Period Consolidated Plan FORT WALTON BEACH 11 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)  DRAFT Sort Mode of O Target of Ou Summary of Summary of Summary of URL (If Ord utreach treach response/ atten comments receiv comments applica er dance ed not accepted ble) and reasons 8 Public Non- Public Input N/ A N/ A Meeting targeted/bro Meeting August ad 11, 2025 community 9 Public Non- City Council N/ A N/ A Meeting targeted/ bro Meeting August ad 12, 2025 community Table 4 – Citizen Participation Outreach Consolidated Plan FORT WALTON BEACH 12 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)  DRAFT Needs Assessment NA-05 Overview Needs Assessment Overview The Needs Assessment section of the Five-Year Consolidated Plan identifies Fort Walton Beach’s housing and community development needs. Data from the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy CHAS) database and the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) database are referenced in this section. Additionally, this section is supported with data from the local public housing authorities and other documentation from Fort Walton Beach and its partners. The Needs Assessment section evaluates the demand for housing and community development assistance by the following income groups based on Area Median Income (AMI): Extremely Low Income (0-30% AMI) Very Low Income (30%-50% AMI) Low Income (50%-80% AMI) AMI is based on the FY 2020 HUD Income Limits Documentation System which is outlined below. Fort Walton Beach is located within the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL HUD Metro FMR Area. AMI for Fort Walton Beach is $50,666. Consolidated Plan FORT WALTON BEACH 13 OMB Control No: 2506-0117 (exp. 09/30/2021)  DRAFT NA-10 Housing Needs Assessment - 24 CFR 91.205 (a,b,c) Summary of Housing Needs The data in the Housing Needs Assessment Subsection describes the characteristics of the City of Fort Walton Beach households and housing stock. This subsection provides the estimated number and type of households in need of housing assistance by income level, owner/ renter, household type, and housing problems. Housing problems are broken down by cost burdened, severely const burdened, substandard housing, overcrowding, or geographic concentration of racial/ ethnic groups. Demographics Base Year: 2009 Most Recent Year: 2020 % Change Population 20,765 22,145 7% Households 8,500 9,245 9% Median Income $ 47,149.00 $ 54,311.00 15% Table 5 - Housing Needs Assessment Demographics Data Source: 2000 Census (Base Year), 2016-2020 ACS (Most Recent Year) Number of Households Table 0-30% 30-50% 50-80% 80-100% 100% HAMFI HAMFI HAMFI HAMFI HAMFI Total Households 1,295 1,395 1,820 1,330 3,405 Small Family Households 245 295 820 590 1,690 Large Family Households 55 50 80 55 245 Household contains at least one person 62-74 years of age 315 215 275 295 815 Household contains at least one person age 75 or older 200 460 235 190 575 Households with one or more