Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Allocation committee sets scoring deadline, begins draft recommendation letter amid federal funding uncertainty
Summary
At a meeting of the Portland Allocation Committee, staff and members agreed to finalize social service application scores by next Tuesday and to draft a recommendation letter to the city manager and city council. Members discussed federal funding uncertainty, the new-applicant set-aside, weighting of letters of support and minor process changes.
At a meeting of the Portland Allocation Committee, staff asked members to submit final social service scores by next Tuesday and said staff will compile the rankings and draft a letter to the city manager to accompany the committee’s recommendations to city council.
The committee’s work will determine awards from the city’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) requests, which this cycle include 10 development applications and 20 social service projects with total requests of more than $3,000,000. Staff described the current step as finalizing scores, inserting them into a draft memo and sending that memo to the city manager and council along the committee’s ranked recommendations.
Rowan, staff member, told the committee “the social service scores are due next Tuesday.” The staff presentation reviewed the social service scorecard and a draft letter that will explain the committee’s ranking, note set‑asides and outline recommended funding until the available funds are exhausted. Rowan…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
