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Kenai holds required public meeting on CDBG; Sixth Street infrastructure is proposed to serve low‑income and senior housing

Kenai City Council · November 6, 2025
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Summary

City planner Kevin Butner presented a Community Development Block Grant overview and proposed using CDBG funds to install new water and wastewater mains and a local service road on Sixth Street to unlock low‑income and senior housing development; the city noted the program cap in Alaska and that two public hearings are required.

Kevin Butner, the cityplanning director, led a public meeting required under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) process and described how the program is administered in Alaska by the Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Butner said "With Alaska, it's up to $850,000 per community, per funding round," and explained the three funding buckets: community development (infrastructure), planning, and special economic development (public‑private projects that create or…

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