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Gulfport council seeks ward-by-ward priorities for $2M in HUD CDBG public-facility funds; special meeting set
Summary
Council and staff reviewed a HUD-approved substantial amendment listing roughly $6M in estimated public-facility projects while about $2M in CDBG funds are available for public facilities; councilmembers pressed for clearer project selection, engineering caps and ward-level priorities and set a special-call meeting Monday at 11 a.m. to finalize the exhibit.
City staff told the Gulfport City Council that HUD has approved a substantial amendment and that the city now has a category of public-facility CDBG funding available. Nicole (CDBG program staff) explained that the available public-facility allocation is just over $2 million, while the assembled list of proposed projects and estimates runs to roughly $6 million — meaning the CDBG money would cover only a portion of the proposals without additional local or partner funding.
Staff described the list as a set of estimates used to qualify projects and begin procurement/engineering work: street and sidewalk segments (safe routes to schools at Gulfport Central Middle and West Elementary), park and…
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