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City staff: CDBG, HUD and Affordable Housing Trust Fund RFPs are open; rail yard bike shop, NMSU office to open
Summary
A city staff member told the Santa Fe City Council Quality of Life Committee that requests for proposals for CDBG, HUD and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund went live and the city will host a public information session; staff also announced two upcoming grand openings at the rail yard and business incubator.
A city staff member told the Santa Fe City Council Quality of Life Committee on Jan. 22 that requests for proposals for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds and the city’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund went live last Friday and that the city will host a public information session on the 27th to explain how to apply.
The staff member said the session will include instructions on registering in Munis to become a vendor and will be available on YouTube. “We are working with comms and procurement to get the information out to the public,” the staff member said.
The committee was also told that a bicycle business, Roots Bicycle Shop, has rented a portion of the rail yard master-planned multimodal facility and will hold a grand opening on Friday; the staff member said the event is open to the public and indicated the opening is planned for about 1 p.m., but added they would confirm the time. The staff member said the city will feature the business in its “Santa Fe Open for Business” segment.
Separately, the staff member said New Mexico State University will open an Arrowhead office at the Santa Fe Business Incubator next Friday as part of an ARPA-funded technical-assistance small business navigator program. “All of the counselors and the public are invited,” the staff member said, adding there is sensitivity about how city councilors are invited when they attend.
Nut graf: The committee received administrative updates rather than taking new policy action. The announcements signal the opening of application windows for housing-related funds and near-term programming intended to support small-business activity and adaptive reuse of the rail yard property.
City staff said it will notify previous grant recipients and make application materials available online and at the public information session on Jan. 27. The staff member named Munis as the vendor-registration platform applicants must use. No funding allocations, award decisions or ordinance proposals were discussed at the meeting.
Ending: The committee did not take further action on the funding programs at the Jan. 22 meeting. Committee members were informed the next committee meeting is scheduled for Feb. 5 at 5:08 p.m.
