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Gardner committee approves CDBG reallocations, advances FY26 mini‑entitlement application
Summary
The committee approved reallocating prior-year CDBG awards — including a $140,000 FY25 social-service package and a proposed ~$45,000 shift to a Community Garden Expansion — and advanced the FY26 application to City Council for an April 6 resolution before an April 21 submission deadline.
The Gardner committee voted unanimously on March 24 to reallocate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from prior fiscal years and to forward the FY26 mini‑entitlement application to the City Council for formal resolution on April 6.
Chair opened the public hearing on FY26 proposed projects and said the committee planned to reassign a portion of FY25 funds originally designated for the School Street School Walkway Design and the Gardner emergency housing/homeless prevention effort to existing public social‑service activities. The Chair, who led the meeting, told members the state housing office had limited how long grants could be extended, but that staff could add roughly three months of FY25 funding to current awards to bridge timing gaps so “it will all work out… I don't think it will put their programs at risk,” the Chair said.
Why it matters: The reallocation frees money to support local social services and an infrastructure…
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