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Large Youth & Family Outreach development with childcare prompts committee concerns about scale, timing and CDBG role

2158862 · January 9, 2025
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Committee members raised feasibility and funding‑leverage concerns about Youth & Family Outreach’s multi‑phase project (demolition and reconstruction) that pairs a childcare center with affordable housing; staff confirmed the project received state LIHTC awards but noted the entire demolition/rebuild would trigger federal CDBG construction rules.

The committee extensively discussed a large proposal from Youth & Family Outreach to demolish and rebuild buildings that would house a childcare center and 60 units of affordable housing; members raised questions about project scale, timeline and whether CDBG is the appropriate funding source for demolition work.

Rowan explained staff had several substantive comments because the proposal’s scope triggers federal CDBG construction requirements (Davis‑Bacon,…

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