DATE: April 24, 2018
TO: Members of the Housing & Redevelopment Authority
FROM: Janine Atchison, Housing Coordinator
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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Quarterly Report
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SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED:
Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA) to receive and review 1st quarter report of CDBG programs.
BACKGROUND:
The HRA is allotted approximately $60,000 per year to use for CDBG qualified programs through the Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA). The HRA must utilize funds in designated programs within 4 years of allotment or the funds will be recaptured by the Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). If allotted funds remain unused at the end of the third year after allotment, the HRA must provide the CDA with a specific plan for the utilization of the funds or the funds will be subject to transfer to another Dakota County program.
Earlier this year the HRA requested that under-utilized CDBG funds, subject to recapture on June 30 2018, be moved from the Downtown Rental Rehab Program and the Down Payment Assistance Program to the Residential Rehab (Home Matters) Program.
Public Facilities - ADA Sidewalk
The HRA allotted $20,090 in 2017 funds for accessibility ramps for a sidewalk to be built at Spring St and Greenvale Ave. Greenvale Place, built in 1971, is a 96 unit low-income complex on the SE corner of the intersection. Wellstone Commons, built in 2005, is a 30 unit, low income, senior complex directly adjacent to Greenvale Place on Spring St. Both complexes are owned and operated by Common Bond Communities, a non-profit housing organization.
In winter, snow is piled up along the road edge of Greenvale and Spring St. causing children and others to walk and stand in the street to catch the bus or to cross Greenvale on their way to school. The sidewalk project was proposed to alleviate a potentially dangerous situation for seniors and small children.
The City Engineering Department provided an estimate of $7...
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