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Commission schedules CDBG matter for Sept. 22 after staff reports incomplete responses from homeowners and state
Summary
City staff told the Stuart commission Sept. 8 that the homeowners in a contested CDBG-funded rehabilitation — identified as the Hamilton property — had not supplied necessary documentation and that Florida Commerce had requested further justification for previous extensions; commissioners agreed to revisit the matter at the Sept. 22 meeting after a program inspection and additional documentation.
A Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project involving homeowners identified as the Hamiltons drew extended public and staff discussion on Sept. 8, and commissioners agreed to consider the matter at the Sept. 22 meeting after staff said the homeowners had not responded in sufficient detail to requests from the city and state officials.
City staff and commissioners described a tangled set of issues: the Hamilton property’s permitted use had been recorded as office, and staff said a change-of-use to residential had been filed previously but not finalized; construction activity at the property had included demolition of a ceiling and other…
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