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City Clerk's Office Item # R3
Background Paper for Proposed
Ordinance
COUNCIL MEETING DATE: July 28, 2025
TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council
CC: Mayor Heather Graham
VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk
FROM: Melissa Cook, Director Department of Housing & Citizen Services
SUBJECT: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE
COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS IN THE AMOUNT OF
$100,000.00 TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNER REHABILITATION;
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE GRANT AGREEMENT,
ESTABLISHING PROJECT HS2505, AND BUDGETING AND
APPROPRIATING $100,000.00 TO PROJECT NO. HS2505
SUMMARY:
Attached is an Ordinance approving and accepting a grant in the amount of
$100,000.00 from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs to provide minor repairs to
low/moderate-income homeowners. This Ordinance establishes, budgets and
appropriates the grant funds to Project No.HS2505 and authorizes the Mayor to sign
the Grant Agreement.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
Each year, funding is allocated through the Community Development Block Grant to
assist low/moderate-income homeowners with minor repairs and rental rehabilitation.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Pueblo faces significant blight and deteriorating housing conditions, with an
average home age exceeding 56 years, twenty years older than the Colorado statewide
average of 36 years. This gap highlights an urgent need to preserve and rehabilitate
our existing housing stock. Pueblo already operates several long-standing homeowner
repair programs, supported by both local and federal dollars, and this grant will enable
us to harness Proposition 123 resources to expand those efforts. By injecting new
funding into proven repair initiatives, we can accelerate critical rehabilitation, reduce
blight, and protect the health and safety of our most vulnerable homeowners.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
There are no matching funds required for this grant. Accepting this grant will bring
additional funding to the City to repair the aging housing stock.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
Not applicable to this Ordinance.
STAKEHOLDER PROCESS:
Not applicable to this Ordinance.
ALTERNATIVES:
If the proposed Ordinance is not approved, the grant will not be accepted.
RECOMMENDATION:
Approval of the Ordinance.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. 34455_CityofPueblo_SFOO_Final
ORDINANCE NO.10994
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ACCEPTING A GRANT
FROM THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS IN
THE AMOUNT OF $100,000.00 TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNER
REHABILITATION; AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE
GRANT AGREEMENT, ESTABLISHING PROJECT HS2505, AND
BUDGETING AND APPROPRIATING $100,000.00 TO PROJECT
NO. HS2505
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
Grant
of Pueblo, a Municipal Corporation, and the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, to assist with
the rehabilitation of low to moderate income homeowners primary residence, a copy of which is
attached hereto, having been approved as to form by the City Attorney, is hereby approved
SECTION 2.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City of
Pueblo, a Colorado Municipal Corporation, and the City Clerk is authorized to affix the seal of
the City thereto and attest the same
SECTION 3.
Project No. HS2505 is hereby established.
SECTION 4.
Funds in the amount of $100,000.00 shall be accepted pursuant to the Agreement and
budgeted and appropriated to Project No. HS2505.
SECTION 5.
The officers and staff of the City are hereby authorized to perform any and all acts
consistent with this Ordinance and the attached Agreement to effectuate the transactions
described therein.
SECTION 6.
This Ordinance shall become effective on the date of final action by the Mayor and City
Council.
Action by City Council:
Introduced and initial adoption of Ordinance by City Council on July 14, 2025
Final adoption of Ordinance by City Council on July 28, 2025.
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President of City Council
Action by the Mayor:
Approved on _______________.
Disapproved on ______________ based on the following objections:
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Mayor
Action by City Council After Disapproval by the Mayor:
Council did not act to override the Mayor's veto.
Ordinance re-adopted on a vote of ____________, on _____________
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President of City Council
ATTEST
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City Clerk