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County staff present draft FY2025 CDBG allocations, recommend using allocations to leverage $750,000 neighborhood grant
Summary
Planning staff presented draft Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations and recommended using two projects as local leverage to pursue a $750,000 neighborhood revitalization competitive grant; commissioners asked for clarifications before next week's action.
Planning staff presented the draft list of FY2025 Community Development Block Grant allocations and recommended that the commissioners leverage two local projects to pursue a $750,000 neighborhood revitalization competitive grant.
Julie Green (Planning) walked commissioners through ranked local requests that included transportation, demolition, sanitary improvements and community projects submitted during the county's call for applications. Green explained the CDBG program limits the county to three allocation projects but noted a neighborhood-revitalization competitive application (the "NRG") would allow certain projects to be used as leverage and therefore would not count against the three-project limit.
Why it matters: staff said leveraging a local allocation into the NRG would potentially secure $750,000 in additional state funding for the county's selected neighborhood projects. Planning staff recommended that the board designate the projects the county will submit and retain flexibility to adjust allocations if the competitive application is awarded.
Discussion highlights
Commissioners asked for clarifications about individual project eligibility and the county's ability to submit demolition packages (staff said further written guidance on whether each demolition counts as a separate project must be confirmed with the state). Staff also noted the city of Girard's proposed work and other municipal requests are included and that scoring is based on low- and moderate-income benefit and other program criteria.
Next steps
Staff will return next week with clarifications on: whether multiple demolitions count as separate projects under the state's current guidance; whether the multi-gen center's kitchen work can be separated from its larger project; and confirmation of the projects staff recommends the board forward as the county's three allocation projects and the two projects to be used as leverage if the NRG is applied for.
Ending
Commissioners asked staff to verify state guidance, confirm budget arithmetic and supply details so the board can act at the next meeting; the transcript contains the staff presentation and Q&A but no recorded final action on allocations in the provided excerpt.
