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2025 Public Hearing and CAPER Approval. Public hearing and approval of the Program Year 2025/26 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) and Resolution No. 2026-58.
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Agenda Date: 09/08/2026
Prepared by: Margie Perez, Housing Specialist, margie.perez@visalia.gov , (559) 713-4460; Nichol Ritchie, Finance Manager, nichol.ricthie@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4379;
Renee Nagel, Finance Director, renee.nagel@visalia.gov, (559) 713-4375
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council: 1. Hold a public hearing to receive public comments on Program Year 2025/26 draft CAPER; and 2. Approve Program Year 2025/26 CAPER and Resolution No. 2026-58.
Summary:
Annually the City is required to prepare a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) through the adoption of a resolution (Resolution 2026-58, Attachment A). This report is submitted to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to summarize and evaluate the City’s overall progress and performance for the program year that ends on June 30th. The current report is for July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026. The programs being reported were approved in the City’s 5-year Consolidated Plan (2025/26-2029/30), referred to as the “ConPlan”. This is the first-year evaluation period of the ConPlan.
The CAPER is prepared in compliance with HUD requirements for the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funding. The funds were directed toward projects and programs primarily benefiting low- and moderate-income households, people, and areas. The full draft CAPER report is included as Attachment “B”. A summary of the 2025/26 CDBG and HOME total resources and expenditures is included below in Table 1. Detailed CDBG and HOME activi...
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