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Board approves housing and grant actions; votes at a glance
Summary
At its Aug. 28, 2007 meeting the Board of County Commissioners approved impact-fee and housing-related agreements, accepted federal and state grants and authorized a state offer of just compensation for a highway right-of-way. Several items were also presented for study or continued review.
St. Mary's County commissioners on Tuesday approved a slate of funding and contractual actions on housing, community development and public works, and accepted several grant awards.
The actions included approval of an impact-fee waiver for Patuxent Habitat for Humanity and a related $45,100 budget amendment, authorization of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Victory Housing Inc. to reimburse preliminary site and engineering costs, acceptance of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money to assist mobile-home park relocations, and approval to accept a Maryland State Highway Administration deposit of just-compensation funds for a Route 237 right-of-way taking.
Why it matters: The approved items free county funds or authorize expenditures that back several affordable- and workforce-housing projects and relocation…
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