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Council hears grant update and potential federal funding freeze affecting water and housing projects
Summary
City staff reported multiple federal and state grants awarded for infrastructure, housing and childcare, and warned a recent federal funding freeze could delay several projects including drinking water and wastewater work.
Sean Urban, staff member, told the Independence City Council on Jan. 28 that the city has secured a range of federal and state grants for capital and community projects but that a recent federal funding freeze could stall work on several of them.
The update outlined congressional earmarks for Cornell's water line and the Chester Street bridge, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) awards including a $500,000 CDBG pass-through for sewer infrastructure tied to an affordable housing project, and an Economic Development Administration (EDA) award for wastewater treatment upgrades. "This is a FEMA building resilient infrastructure and communities and grants, to try to fund the drinking water treatment facility. It's up to $50,000,000," Urban said.
Why it matters: several of the city's high-cost capital projects — notably a planned drinking water…
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