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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 assistance for mobile-home park residents. The highway action clears a procedural step in a state road project.
What the board approved (motions/outcomes): - Impact-fee waiver for Patuxent Habitat for Humanity, with a related budget amendment in the amount of $45,100. Motion carried (mover: Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarbo; seconder: Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly Sr.). - Memorandum of Understanding with Victory Housing Inc. to reimburse $23,252 for preliminary site/market work and $78,595 for engineering services; authorized funding disbursement in accordance with the MOU. Motion carried (mover: Commissioner R. Shawn Raley; seconder: Commissioner Mattingly). - CDBG mobile-home voluntary relocation assistance project: approval to sign grant and subrecipient agreements and to amend the budget to reallocate $270,288 from Lexington Manor CDBG funds and accept an additional $115,000 in CDBG funding (total $385,288). Motion carried (mover: Commissioner Raley; seconder: Commissioner Lawrence D. Jarboe). - Acceptance of an updated tobacco use prevention and cessation grant award for the sheriff’s office (adjusting the project from $16,000 to $21,600) and a related budget amendment. Motion carried (mover: Commissioner Kenneth R. DeMet; seconder: Commissioner Thomas A. Mattingly Sr.). - Acceptance of instruments of final transfer for two transferable development rights (TDRs) related to the 4 Meadows subdivision (case file details recorded in county files). Motion carried. - Department of Aging: notification of a Medicaid Waiver for Older Adults award (program supports keeping clinically eligible older adults in home settings) and acceptance of FY2008 state funds for senior services totaling $196,140. Motions carried. - Authorization for the commission president (or county attorney designee) to sign and execute the Maryland State Highway Administration offer of just compensation for a fee-simple portion of railroad right of way for the Maryland Route 237 project and to withdraw deposited funds from the clerk of court. Motion carried.
Items deferred or held for further information: A memorandum of understanding to fund a site-search study for relocating the 3 Oaks homeless shelter was discussed but not approved; the board asked staff to supply additional briefings and to meet with individual commissioners before taking action.
Ending: Several agenda presentations were informational only. The board scheduled follow-up briefings where staff had been directed to provide additional details.
