Development commissioner outlines $67M in pending grant applications, warns of federal/state funding risks

Commissioner of Development Adam Salgado briefed the City Council’s Committee of the Whole on June 10 about the city’s grant funding strategy, previously awarded grants and a set of at-risk programs the city is monitoring.

Salgado said the city has secured over $22 million across infrastructure, economic development and sustainability programs in recent cycles and currently has roughly $67 million in competitive grant applications pending for 2025. Those pending applications, he said, span public-space enhancements, housing support and transit-adjacent projects.

Why the briefing matters

Salgado framed the presentation around both opportunities and specific risks: some large state and federal funding streams have language or pending amendments that could rescind awards or change eligibility. The most immediate threat he identified was a budget reconciliation measure that, if enacted in its then-current form, could rescind certain state grants described as neighborhood access and equity programs and end some "direct pay" clean energy tax-credit mechanisms; the city had a $16 million award in one equity program that Salgado said could be…