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Mount Pleasant CDRA approves minutes and claims; hears updates on trail, grants and RDA properties
Summary
The Mount Pleasant Community Development and Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 11 approved minutes from its Jan. 14 meeting and an invoice register totaling $19,593.42, then heard staff reports on a $2.3 million trail project, grant reimbursements from the National Park Service, a county tax waiver for a donated bank building, and a proposed $60,000 CLG grant to fix severe mold in an RDA-owned apartment.
The Mount Pleasant Community Development and Redevelopment Agency on Feb. 11 approved minutes from its Jan. 14 meeting and an invoice register totaling $19,593.42, then heard staff reports on several redevelopment projects and grant applications, including a $2.3 million trail project, a National Park Service reimbursement request, a county tax waiver for a donated bank building, and a proposed $60,000 CLG grant for repairs to RDA-owned apartments.
The approvals came early in the meeting. The board voted to approve the Jan. 14 regular meeting minutes and later approved the invoice register dated Jan. 1–Jan. 31, 2025, in the amount of $19,593.42. During discussion of claims, staff said some line items were covered by grants or pass-through funds.
Agency staff reported that a trail project has secured $2.3 million for design and construction and will run about 4 miles “right down the middle of town” in Spring City. Staff said design is in place and the project will move to bidding.
Staff also reported on a reimbursement submission under a National Park Service grant labeled in the meeting as an “LCWF” grant. The total grant amount discussed was $288,000; staff said the RDA had submitted a request for reimbursement of 75 percent (about $216,000) and that the federal grant retains 25 percent until project completion. Staff reported the RDA had temporarily covered project costs with roughly $277,000 from RDA retained earnings while awaiting reimbursement.
The agency said a county tax notice for a bank building that had been donated to the heritage area and leased to the city for $1 a year was waived by the county commission, removing a roughly $12,000 tax liability. Staff said the tax issue had been resolved and the required annual filing would be completed by the agency’s staff member handling that paperwork.
RDA-owned residential properties were also addressed. Staff reported Unit Number 6 in the Wasatch Block Apartments had been removed from circulation because of severe mold. The RDA plans to submit a Certified Local Government (CLG) grant application for $60,000 to correct the mold in Unit 6 and to address additional stucco and exterior deterioration on the Wasatch Block and adjacent Triangle Apartments. Staff said the CLG application combines city and county CLG funding and was due the Friday following the meeting.
Staff additionally referenced a separate smaller expense of $13,000 for carpeting tied to the heritage-area program; that expenditure was described as part of the broader grant/freeze discussions. Agency staff explained the Department of the Interior/National Park Service has approved certain funds tied to recent continuing resolutions (CRs) — the first CR covering Oct. 1–Dec. 20 and a second CR covering Dec. 21–Mar. 14 — but that cooperative agreements and some disbursements remain delayed while federal guidance is finalized. Staff said one approved amount referenced in the meeting was roughly $111,000 associated with an earlier CR and that the agency is awaiting final cooperative-agreement paperwork before all funds are released.
No formal direction to staff beyond the reported applications and reimbursements was recorded in the meeting minutes provided in the transcript.
Votes at a glance - Approval of Jan. 14, 2025 minutes: Motion carried (mover recorded as Rodney; second not clearly identified). Vote recorded as in favor; no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript excerpt. - Approval of invoice register, Jan. 1–Jan. 31, 2025, $19,593.42: Motion carried (mover Paul; second Randy). Roll-call in the transcript includes members recorded saying “Yes” (Len, Hall, Rodney); the full roll-call tally was recorded as the motion carried.
For the record: staff identified multiple internal and external stakeholders in these items, including RDA retained earnings as a temporary funding source, the National Park Service as the grantor for the LCWF reimbursement, the county commission for the tax-waiver decision, and state/city CLG programs as the source for the $60,000 apartment-repair application.
