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Richmond council approves FY2025–26 CDBG public-service awards and seeks competitive grant for ADA ramps
Summary
City council approved $4,930 in FY2025–26 CDBG public-service awards, including funds for a senior services coordinator, and voted to apply for $29,931 in competitive CDBG funding to add ADA curb ramps on Howard Street.
Richmond City Council voted to allocate its fiscal year 2025–26 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public-service funds and approved pursuing a competitive CDBG grant for curb-ramp improvements.
At a public hearing, the council approved $4,930 in public-service CDBG awards: $900 to CareHouse, $265 to Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers, $990 to McCrest, $1,000 to Turning Point, and $1,775 for a senior services coordinator. The council also voted to apply for $29,931 in competitive CDBG funding for an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) curb-ramp project at the intersections of Lennon Street and Grand Trunk Avenue on Howard Street.
The council opened a public hearing before taking the vote. Sherry Warnock, volunteer coordinator for Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers (IVC), urged the council to fund services that help older adults remain in their homes, saying, “The number of older adults in Macomb County is expected to increase by more than 90% by 2040.” Warnock told the council that IVC’s Safe at Home project provides chore and minor-repair services to low- and moderate-income seniors and adults with physical disabilities and that the organization delivers nearly 20,000 hours of help to close to 500 people across its programs each year.
City staff explained that the CDBG allocation is determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and that local options for spending are constrained by county-level rules. The council voted on the allocation motions by voice vote; the record shows the motions passed and were not opposed during the meeting, but numerical vote counts were not provided.
The competitive grant application the council approved targets curb-ramp and sidewalk accessibility work on Howard Street near Lennon Street and Grand Trunk Avenue and would be submitted through the county’s competitive CDBG process.
The council opened and closed the public hearing on the CDBG proposals during the same meeting and adopted the funding allocations and the application motion by voice vote.
