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Greenwood opens public hearing, votes to pursue CDBG funding for Allendale Lake Road repairs and downtown sidewalks
Summary
City officials opened a public hearing and approved a resolution to pursue a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to repave Allendale Lake Road and install sidewalks along Chestnut Street and 6th Avenue South; staff also won approval for a design task order to finalize engineering for the grant application.
Mayor opened a public hearing and the Greenwood board approved pursuing a FY2023–24 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to fund infrastructure work, including repaving Allendale Lake Road and installing sidewalks along Chestnut Street and 6th Avenue South.
The board voted to approve resolution R2024-64 to submit a CDBG general infrastructure application after staff explained why Allendale Lake Road meets the program's low- and moderate-income area criteria. Staff said the grant opportunity is being offered from unobligated ARPA-derived funds now administered through a CDBG competitive cycle. The board then approved task order R2024-69 with Track Design Group to complete the engineering, mapping and PEO deliverables required for the application.
City staff outlined the project scope and process. A staff presenter said the selection of Allendale Lake Road came from overlaying the city—s condition-assessment mapping with Census-designated low/moderate-income boundaries; the road and nearby sidewalks were identified as eligible. Staff described coordination among public works, the city administrator and the grants coordinator to prepare the packet and noted a preliminary engineering study and maps will be added to the grant application.
Officials highlighted the local match and uncertainty of final award amounts. Staff said the application will include a $50,000 in-kind match and that final project scope will depend on the award amount and scoring relative to other applicants. At one point during discussion the Mayor characterized the grant leverage as "$16,000,000 worth of work for $50,000 investment," a figure presented as an estimate of leverage that was not broken out in detail on the record.
The board also noted letters of support collected for the application (staff referenced letters from Mike Hafner and Chris Sander and at least one resident). The public was invited to leave comment cards and a sign-up sheet; the hearing was opened and later closed with votes recorded on the motion to proceed with the application and the task order.
The council approved R2024-64 and R2024-69 by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were entered into the public transcript. Next steps on the project are completion of the engineering deliverables under task order #13 and submission of the CDBG application within the competitive cycle timetable.
