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Monmouth Council agrees to lead Polk regional CDBG housing-rehab grant application
Summary
The City of Monmouth agreed to serve as lead applicant for a Polk Regional Collaborative CDBG housing rehabilitation grant and appointed Rochelle Reardon as certifying officer; Polk CDC described the program and the council opened and closed a public hearing with no public comments.
The Monmouth City Council on June 3 authorized the city to be the lead applicant for the Polk Regional Collaborative’s 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) housing rehabilitation application and named Rochelle Reardon as the city’s certifying officer.
Diana Satanovich, program developer and grant writer for the Polk Community Development Corporation (Polk CDC), told the council the collaborative — a partnership among Polk County, Dallas, Monmouth, Independence and Fall City plus Polk CDC — has completed 12 prior housing-rehab programs and assisted roughly 1,000 low-income, owner-occupied households with essential repairs. "Since then we have, with, the rotating leadership of the jurisdictions in the partnership, completed 12 of these programs, and we have probably helped close to a thousand low income, single family, owner occupied households with essential repairs," Satanovich said.
Under the CDBG program administered by Business Oregon, nonmetropolitan jurisdictions may apply for housing-rehabilitation grants. Satanovich told the council the grant application process requires a public hearing (the June 3 hearing fulfills that requirement) and an environmental review and other due diligence if the city is invited to apply. The application window runs July 1 to Sept. 30 and, if awarded, funds are typically released several months later after required reviews.
The city’s public notice, read into the record, states a maximum award of $500,000 for a housing-rehab program and estimated that the proposed project could benefit at least 30 persons, all of whom would be low- or moderate-income. The grant funds are limited to owner-occupied single-family households under Business Oregon’s CDBG housing-rehab rules; councilors clarified that rental properties’ owners are not eligible for this particular grant. Satanovich said more than half of prior program beneficiaries have had a head of household age 60 or older.
Following the presentation the council opened the public hearing and recorded no oral or written comments. Councilor O'Byrst moved to authorize the city to enter the grant application process and Councilor Ridgeway seconded; the motion passed on roll call with the council voting in favor. Councilor Lopez moved to appoint Rochelle Reardon as the certifying officer; that motion passed by voice vote.
City staff and Polk CDC will proceed with the pre-application steps required by Business Oregon so the collaborative can be invited to submit a full application.
