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Bullhead City to move CDBG funds to Hancock ADA ramp project after police remodel found ineligible
Summary
Council work session concluded that a planned police department remodel no longer qualifies for CDBG funding; staff will reallocate about $500,000 in local CDBG dollars to replace 53 ADA ramps along Hancock Road, supplementing a separate $1.5 million state grant.
Bullhead City held a special council work session Aug. 18 to discuss reprogramming Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds after a proposed police department remodel was determined ineligible for that federal program.
Denise Bishop, who works on the city's CDBG grants, told the council the police project failed to meet the CDBG low- to moderate-income threshold. "It was determined that we don't meet the 51% low to moderate income in order for us to make this a community wide, project which it has to meet 3, requirements in order to be funded," Bishop said at the podium.
The council discussed shifting available CDBG dollars to a sidewalk and accessibility project on Hancock Road. City staff described the proposed scope as replacing 53 Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps along a roughly 2.5-mile stretch of Hancock from…
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