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Caribou board authorizes support letter for CDS grant to fund redundant river crossing
Summary
The Caribou Water District board voted to provide a letter of support and authorize a signature for a CDS grant application to fund a redundant wastewater river crossing; managers said an 80/20 grant-match structure is covered by existing SRF loan funds.
The Caribou Water District Board of Trustees on March 11 authorized a letter of support for a Community Development Supplemental (CDS) grant application to add a redundant wastewater river crossing and agreed to have board leadership sign the submission.
John, the district manager, told trustees the CDS program typically funds 80 percent of a qualifying project and requires a 20 percent local match. He said the district’s earlier State Revolving Fund loan included the full scope of work and that the board retains roughly $600,000 “even above and beyond what is needed” to satisfy the local match.
The application is expected to be administered through EPA Region 1. John said staff had located a missing public-notice document needed for grant review and were preparing to put the project out to bid; the bids are scheduled to remain open through April 8, with preliminary bid-opening figures to be presented at the board’s next meeting.
A trustee, Dave, moved to proceed with the letter and the application; Mark seconded the motion. The board voted in favor. John said the board’s letter would demonstrate both support for the project and the district’s ability to provide the required match funds, and that Jay would be authorized to sign the letter for submission.
John also reported FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) files for large projects have cleared enhanced review but that federal staffing and notification delays have slowed formal award announcements. He said the CDS and HMGP tracks are separate and staff will apply for the CDS 2027 round to restore redundant capacity at a different crossing location than the existing bottleneck.
What happens next: staff will finalize and submit the CDS application with the board letter of support, present preliminary bid-opening information at the next trustees meeting and monitor federal HMGP announcements.
