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Green River holds required CDBG public hearing after award is cut to $53,000
Summary
City officials said Green River’s CDBG small‑cities application was reduced from an ask of more than $600,000 to $53,000; officials said the award will be used as seed funding for a Main Street/Broadway infrastructure upgrade. No public speakers attended and the hearing was closed unanimously.
Green River held a second public hearing on its Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) small‑cities application to solicit public input on a proposed Main Street/Broadway infrastructure upgrade. Mayor Hap opened the hearing and invited public comment; no members of the public spoke.
An unidentified city staff member (Speaker 2) told the hearing the city had originally applied for "over 600,000" but the CDBG process returned a reduced award. "Serta kicked it back and said you get 53," the staff member said, indicating the city would receive $53,000. Speaker 3 confirmed the smaller award would be used to get started next year and to supplement planning and construction work tied to a larger $600,000 upgrade plan.
Officials described Broadway as part of a longstanding redevelopment area and said multiple prior planning studies exist for downtown revitalization. Speaker 2 said the city already has approximately $600,000 from another source identified in the transcript as "GoEd" and that the CDBG money would be used to supplement engineering and construction efforts focusing on Broadway and Main Street, with a smaller amount for Cherry Hill.
The hearing also served the legal requirement for a second public hearing on the CDBG application. With no public comments, Speaker 3 moved to close the public hearing and Speaker 2 seconded; Mayor Hap called the vote and said, "All in favor. Aye." The mayor declared the motion unanimous and adjourned the hearing at 6:09 p.m.
City staff said committee members will meet the next day to review proposals for engineering work, and that staff will compile minutes and related materials for recordkeeping. The minutes template will be completed by staff member Julie and sent to Ryan for final compilation, according to the closing administrative exchange.
Next steps: city staff will use the awarded $53,000 as seed funding as they advance engineering proposals and further planning for the larger Main Street/Broadway upgrade; a committee meeting to review proposals was scheduled for the following day.
