Title
PUBLIC HEARING TO COLLECT COMMENTS AND ALLOCATE 2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING
COUNCIL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Preserve and enhance neighborhoods
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: N/A
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
This public hearing will be held to review and consider 2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project designs submitted to the City, to hear public comment and make funding allocations.
A total of five CDBG project designs have been received: one project for Main Entitlement funding, and one project for Public Services and three Planning projects were received. Public Review of projects is available on the City's CDBG webpage http://www.mylongview.com/CDBG.
Funding for 2016 CDBG is at $284,373.00, funded through the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). CDBG projects and funding amounts between 2007 and 2016 are listed on the attached document.
A summary of submitted projects by category is as follows:
Main Entitlement
Amount Available: $184,842 Amount Requested: $200,000
Downtown Corridor Improvement Phase III - Provide streetscape improvement on Commerce Ave. between Hudson St. and Hemlock St. $200,000
Public Service
Amount Available: $42,655 Amount Requested: $42,655
Help Warehouse - Distribute food and USDA commodities to persons in need and deliver food to Senior/Low income apartments...Lower Columbia Community Action Program $42,655.
Planning
Amount Available: $14,218 Amount Requested: $31,818
Lower Columbia Community Action Program- Longview Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Assessment of low-income geographic areas within the City of Longview to identify and prioritize specific distressed and blighted areas which have the potential for neighborhood transformation. $14,218
Cowlitz Wahkiakum Legal Aid- Planning for Open Door Program. Twelve legal clinics will be held with residents of Longview who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to determine legal barriers to stability and use t...
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