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Lewiston council approves 2024 CDBG CAPER after public testimony
Summary
The Lewiston City Council unanimously approved the 2024 consolidated annual performance and evaluation report (CAPER) for the city’s CDBG program, reporting $455,035 in available funds and noting rollovers and delayed capital projects; a local youth center thanked the council for support during public testimony.
The Lewiston City Council on Oct. 13 approved the city’s 2024 Community Development Block Grant consolidated annual performance and evaluation report, formalizing how the city accounted for CDBG funds and project results for the program year that runs Aug. 1 to July 31.
Dawn Ortiz, Community Development office supervisor, presented the CAPER and said the total available for the 2024 program year — including rollover, awards and program income — was $455,035. She listed covered programs including the 2023–24 home repair program (three homes remain in repair), administration and planning, a microenterprise program, partnerships with the Lewiston School District and the Lewis-Clark Adult Resource Center, and two large capital projects delayed by contractor availability that will roll into FY2025. Ortiz also said required environmental reviews were completed by a third party for the two large capital projects.
Council members asked whether potential federal budget cuts would affect the program; Ortiz said she had not received definitive information and described the situation as a “hurry up and wait.” She clarified that the Mountain View Mobile Home Park infrastructure work is on Burrell (around the 600 block) and includes water, electrical upgrades and fencing.
Michelle King, representing the LC Valley Youth Resource Center, testified in support of the CAPER and said her organization has broken ground on a project funded in part by the CDBG award.
A council member moved to approve the CAPER; the motion carried with recorded ayes from Council president Cleaver and Councilors Wright, Forsman and Schroeder.
What happens next: The CAPER will be submitted to HUD as the city’s formal annual performance report for the CDBG program.
