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Lincoln Park holds public hearing on CDBG CAPER detailing $908,000 in 2024–25 funding and projects
Summary
City staff presented the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for federal CDBG funds, saying Lincoln Park received $774,007.39 in allocation plus $133,006.38 in program income and spent roughly $1.2 million including prior-year funds; the CAPER is open for public comment through Oct. 7 before submission to HUD.
Lincoln Park officials on Monday opened a public hearing on the city’s Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report — the CAPER — which summarizes how federal Community Development Block Grant funds were spent in the 2024–25 program year.
The CAPER presentation, led by Monique Guerrero, the city’s CBD director, and Joan Hennessy of Hennessy Engineers, said the city received $774,007.39 in CDBG allocation and $133,006.38 in program income for a total of about $908,000 in available funds for 2024–25. Staff said the city spent approximately $1.2 million in the year because it carried forward funding from previous grant years.
Guerrero and Hennessy told the council the CAPER reports accomplishments including home rehabilitation and housing stock improvement, a rehab of a vacant home, public-infrastructure work such as current parking-lot projects, demolition of blighted properties, and public-service spending. Hennessy said roughly $180,000 was expended on public-service programs that included nonprofit community policing and court-and-crime-awareness programming. Administrative and planning funds were used to maintain HUD compliance, the presenters said.
The CAPER will be available online for public review through Oct. 7; staff said all comments received before the submission date will be included in the file that goes to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. During the hearing the presenters asked whether there were questions; none were raised and the public hearing was adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
The city did not propose changes to HUD rules during the hearing; staff framed the presentation as a required reporting step that gives residents an opportunity to review and comment on how federal funds were spent during the prior program year.
Monique Guerrero, CBD director, and Joan Hennessy, Hennessy Engineers, encouraged residents to review the CAPER online and submit any comments by the Oct. 7 deadline. The council reconvened its regular meeting after the hearing closed.
