City Council Meeting Date: August 5, 2019
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Janine Atchison
Title
Consider Approving Subrecipient Agreement with Three Rivers Community Action.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council approves the subrecipient agreement with Three Rivers Community Action, Inc., for the rehabilitation of Northern Oaks Townhomes.
Summary Report:
The City of Northfield receives an annual allocation of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The Dakota County Community Development Agency (CDA) serves as the program administrator for CDBG funds dispersed to the City of Northfield.
In 1998, Three Rivers Community Action, Inc., constructed Northern Oaks, an eight-unit rental townhome development in Northfield that included significant investment from the local community as well as deferred funding from Greater Minnesota Housing Fund (GMHF) and Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA). Northern Oaks contains four (4) three-bedroom and four (4) four-bedroom units; the rent rate for three-bedroom units is $735 and $785 for the four-bedroom units. The property serves households with an income at or below 50% of the Area Median Income and due to the demand for affordable housing in Northfield, Northern Oaks remains full with a waiting list.
After over 20-years of providing safe, decent affordable housing to households Northfield, Northern Oaks requires rehabilitation in order to ensure that it continues to be a quality rental housing option for low-income households in the community. CDBG funds will play an important role in addressing several key rehabilitation needs of the property such as replacing kitchen countertops, new sinks & faucets, A/C system repairs/replacement, selected flooring replacement, front exterior door replacement, interior garage door replacement, overhead garage door replacement, remove and replace exterior concrete, and exterior handrail replacement & repair.
The CDA has approve...
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