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Klamath Falls agrees to sponsor $1.5 million CDBG application for Klamath Advocacy Center
Summary
The council authorized city staff to finalize documents so the city can sponsor a $1.5 million state Community Development Block Grant application on behalf of the Klamath Advocacy Center; the advocacy center would prepare and administer the grant if awarded.
Klamath Falls — The City Council voted July 21 to authorize the city manager and city attorney to review, authorize and execute documents so the city can sponsor a state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for the Klamath Advocacy Center.
City Manager Jonathan Teichert described the request as a city partnership in which the city would be the applicant for the grant but the advocacy center would prepare the application and administer awarded funds. "The advocacy center would actually be the applicants in this, write the application and would administer that," Teichert said, describing the city role as a pass‑through applicant.
The application amount cited in staff materials is $1,500,000. Teichert said the city or county is allowed one such sponsorship per year and staff had not received competing requests for the current round. Council members expressed support for the advocacy center's work on housing strategies and services and moved to authorize city staff to execute the necessary documents.
Nut graf: If the grant is awarded, the advocacy center would use the funds for facility upgrades and services described in its application; the city would serve as the official applicant and pass funds through as required by the CDBG program.
Ending: The council's authorization allows staff to file the application and finalize agreements; award and project execution remain contingent on the state grant review and award process.
