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Ivanhoe council adopts SCDP plans and approves environmental review to unlock $790,462 in project funds
Summary
On Jan. 27 the Ivanhoe City Council adopted Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) plans, approved environmental-review documents and authorized posting of notices tied to a $599,150 grant, $47,032 in program income and $5,000 in local leverage for $790,462 in project funds to assist owner-occupied homes and multifamily units.
Jessica Foley of DSI presented the city’s Small Cities Development Program application materials and funding totals at the Ivanhoe City Council meeting on Jan. 27, 2025. Foley said the city was awarded a $599,150 SCDP grant, plans to apply $47,032 of program income and contribute $5,000 in local leverage for a combined $790,462 in project dollars to assist ten owner-occupied homes and 26 multifamily rental units.
The council reviewed required application documents including a certification for a drug-free workplace, an excessive force provision, a Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan, a program-income reuse plan, Section 3 and fair housing plans, a procurement plan and an application disclosure report. Kyle Krier moved and Brad Blanchette seconded a resolution to adopt the plans; the minutes record the resolution as carried unanimously.
Under action items, Adam Panka moved and Kyle Krier seconded a motion authorizing Mayor Shad Lipinski to sign the DSI administrative agreement related to the SCDP documents; the transcript records the motion (the specific roll-call outcome for that single administrative-agreement motion is not separately recorded in the minutes). Later, Brad Blanchette moved and Adam Panka seconded a motion authorizing Mayor Lipinski to sign the environmental-review documents and to release funds; that motion is recorded as carried unanimously. The council directed that a signed copy of the SCDP grant-cycle packet be posted at City Hall for the duration of the grant and that the Notice of Intent to Release Funds be posted at City Hall until Feb. 10, 2025.
The items adopted by the council are administrative components required by the SCDP application and by federal/state environmental-review procedures; according to Foley, the program dollars will be used for housing rehabilitation across owner-occupied and rental properties. No further details about specific projects or contractors were provided at the meeting. The council did not expand on a funding schedule or project start date at this session.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: signed documents will be posted at City Hall and the Notice of Intent will remain posted through Feb. 10, 2025. Additional project implementation details and contractor selections were not specified during the meeting.
