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Ravena Village sets July 15 public hearing on up-to-$2 million CDBG sewer application; attorney urges intermunicipal talks
Summary
The Ravena Village Board voted to set a public hearing for July 15 on a joint application with the Town of Coeymans for New York State CDBG funding to address sewer work in the hamlet. Village counsel said a 2016 intermunicipal cost-sharing formula must be renegotiated and asked for a meeting with town officials before work begins.
The Ravena Village Board on July 1 approved a resolution setting a public hearing for 6 p.m. July 15 at Village Hall to discuss a possible application with the Town of Coeymans for New York State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to address sewer-system needs in the hamlet.
The hearing will allow residents to comment on local community development needs and on a potential application to the New York State Homes and Community Renewal, Office of Community Renewal. Village officials said the statewide CDBG program can fund public infrastructure projects in non-entitlement communities with awards ranging from $50,000 to co-funded projects of up to $2,000,000.
The public hearing follows a memo read into the record from Michael Biscone, the village’s water and sewer attorney,…
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