Public hearing for CDBG Annual Action Plans amendment in Palm Desert.

CITY OF PALM DESERT
NOTICE TO RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND REVIEW
FOR THE SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO PROGRAM YEARS 2023 & 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) ANNUAL ACTION PLANS
This notice provides a notice of public hearing and opportunities for public comment. The Annual Action Plan identifies the City's housing and community development needs and provides a one-year action plan to demonstrate how the City will invest its CDBG grants in order to address those needs. The funded activities are intended to meet the City of Palm Desert's affordable housing and community development objectives described in the Consolidated Plans. The City plans to allocate additional resources to the City of Palm Desert Housing Authority, which constitutes a Substantial Amendment to the PY2023 & PY2024 CDBG Annual Action Plans.
The proposed Substantial Amendment seeks to revise the PY2023 & PY2024 CDBG Annual Action Plans to increase funding for the City of Palm Desert Housing Authority. The total combined reallocation is $130,000, as follows:
? PY2023 CDBG funds of $125,000 for Housing Authority Playground Upgrades ($38,685), Elevator Upgrades ($58,000), and Pool Upgrades ($28,315); and
? PY2024 CDBG funds of $5,000 for Housing Authority Playground Upgrades.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the public is invited to review and comment on the Draft Substantial Amendment to the PY2023 & PY2024 CDBG Annual Action Plans beginning March 10 ? April 8, 2026 prior to the public hearing which will be held on April 9, 2026 at 4:00pm at the City Hall in Council Chambers, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA.
Copies of the Draft Substantial Amendment to the PY2023 & PY2024 CDBG Annual Action Plans will be available on the City's website at:
https://www.cityofpalmdesert.org/departments/special-programs/community-development-block-grant-cdbg.
Residents may submit written comments regarding the Substantial Amendment to the PY2023 & PY2024 CDBG Annual Action Plans on or before April 8, 2026, to the Palm Desert City Clerk's Office (Attention: City Clerk) via email at cityclerk@palmdesert.gov. Members of the public who wish to comment at the public hearing may also participate by: 1) submitting comments via email to cityclerk@palmdesert.gov by 10:00 AM the day of the meeting; or 2) attending the meeting in person and providing public comment, not to exceed three minutes. For questions, please contact Ivan Tenorio, Homeless and Support Services Manager, at itenorio@palmdesert.gov.
The City of Palm Desert will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services to those individuals with impairments who wish to attend its public meetings upon receiving at least one week's notice. Any such individual requiring such aids or services should contact the City by writing to City of Palm Desert ADA Coordinator, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 or calling (760) 776-6450 to access the TDD (TDD for hearing/speech impairments) for individuals with hearing or speech impairment or ada@palmdesert.gov.
Si necesita ayuda con esta notificación puede comunicarse al correo electrónico de Ivan Tenorio.
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC,
City Clerk, City of Palm Desert
March 8 2026
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