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Council gives consensus to reallocate $188,000 in unspent CDBG funds to Fab Avenue improvements; applicants to present on Thursday
Summary
City staff asked the council for funding direction on CDBG applications and showed a plan to use roughly $188,000 in carryover CDBG funds to address drainage and frontage improvements at the Fab Avenue site on the city’s West End.
City staff asked the Sierra Vista City Council for guidance on applications for the next program year of the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and sought council direction on a proposed reallocation of roughly $188,000 in unspent CDBG funds to improvements at the Fab Avenue property on the West End.
Mermatt, a Community Development staff member, told the council staff is preparing applications with an estimated baseline allocation of about a quarter‑million dollars and that HUD had not yet announced the official allocation. He reviewed program rules: CDBG primarily serves low‑to‑moderate income households, staff said, and federal rules cap the portion devoted to public services at 15 percent of the allocation.
Mermatt said the Neighborhood Commission added a step this year by ranking applications; its…
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