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Clear Lake accepts closeout of $500,000 CDBG wildfire-mitigation grant after expanded code enforcement
Summary
Council accepted a CDBG mitigation grant closeout showing the city used $500,000 plus program income to fund three code-enforcement officers and a technician focused on vegetation management, illegal cultivation sites and other fire risks; cleanup costs were paid by property owners or other sources.
The Clear Lake City Council formally accepted the closeout of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) mitigation award the city used to expand code enforcement and wildfire prevention activities after the 2017 Sulphur fire.
Lieutenant Janet Peterson presented the closeout on behalf of code enforcement and described the scope and results. The program used approximately $500,000 in CDBG mitigation funding, supplemented with program income, to staff three CDBG-funded code-enforcement officers and one code-enforcement technician; a fourth code-enforcement officer continued to be funded by the city’s general fund.…
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