Legal Advertisement November 12, 2025 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of filing of Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) FY September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 Pursuant to 24CFR Part 91, et al., each jurisdiction must submit a Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the Community Planning and Development Programs, to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) within 90 days after the end of its program year, or November 29, 2025, and a complete update of the Consolidated Plan every five years as a prerequisite to receiving funds under the formula grant programs listed below: Community Development Block Grant Program/Entitlement Program (CDBG) – $3,434 expended from Program Year PY2020 funds; $98,918.41 expended from Program Year 2021 funds; $130,642 expended from Program Year 2022 funds; and $122,404 expended from Program Year 2023 funds and $170,555 from Program Year 2024 funds. The majority of the funds were expended within Census Tract 101 and 107. Provided funds were used for owner-occupied housing rehabilitation, multi-unit housing rehabilitation, public facilities improvements and planning/administration. A minimum of 70% of the funds have directly benefited persons whose income does not exceed 80 percent of the median. Copies of the City of Columbus’s Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) DRAFT will be available for review November 12, 2025, at the following locations: Department of Community Development, 123 Washington Street Office of the Clerk-Treasurer, 123 Washington Street Bartholomew County Public Library Mill Race Center URL: http://www.columbus .in.gov/community- development/ A public hearing will be held on Tuesday November 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. in the Columbus City Hall, Community Development Conference Room, at 123 Washington Street, Columbus, Indiana, regarding the CAPER and the Community Development Block Grant program. All citizens are encouraged to participate either in person or virtually through Webex as follows: Join from the meeting link https://cityofcolumbusin.webex.com/cityofcolumbusin/j.php?MTID=ma8db4ad58b55cd06d4d15a627adf1f73 Join by meeting number Meeting number (access code): 2318 254 9416 Meeting password: FiPVNK3Jx33 Tap to join from a mobile device (attendees only) +1-415-655-0001,,23182549416## US Toll Join by phone +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Global call-in numbers Join from a video system or application Dial 23182549416@cityofcolumbusin.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number. If you are a citizen in need of reasonable accommodations to attend and participate in a public meeting, are mobility, visual or hearing impaired (TDDY call 711) or of limited English proficiency, please contact Paul Smith, Assistant Director of Community Development at 812-376-2520 at least three (3) business days prior to the public hearing. Please indicate the accommodation you are requesting. Every reasonable effort will be made to comply with your request. Citizens unable to attend and wishing to provide written comments on the CAPER may do so in writing to Paul Smith, Assistant Director of Community Development, Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington Street, Columbus, Indiana 47201, or via email to psmith@columbus.in.gov by November 27, 2025 (15-day comment period). Mary K. Ferdon Mayor J. Jake Sipe Director of Community Development 60154994 hspaxlp R: 11/12/2025
