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Selectmen approve CDBG application to add two affordable units, install sprinklers at 17 W. Main St.
Summary
The Hillsborough Board of Selectmen voted to submit a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to rehabilitate the fourth floor of 17 West Main Street into two two-bedroom affordable units and install fire sprinklers throughout the building; the project does not anticipate displacement and would allow the town to retain up to $35,000 for eligible administrative costs.
Grant Administrator Donna Lane read the Community Development Block Grant program requirements and explained a proposed CDBG Housing application for up to $500,000 that would fund rehabilitation at 17 West Main Street.
"This is a proposed application to the Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) for up to $500,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Housing funds," Lane read into the record. The application proposes retaining up to $35,000 to cover eligible administrative and labor compliance costs and subgranting the remainder to Rumrill LLC to convert the fourth floor into two two-bedroom apartments and to install fire sprinklers throughout the building. Lane said most of the building’s existing 11 units are currently affordable housing.
The board opened the required public hearings on the CDBG application, the town’s Residential Anti-displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan and the updated Housing and Community Development Plan. No members of the public offered comments on those hearings. The board voted to approve submittal of the CDBG application, adopted the anti-displacement plan and adopted the updated Housing and Community Development Plan.
Chairman Bailey moved to authorize submission of the CDBG application and to permit the chairman to sign and, if approved, execute any necessary documents; Selectman Pelletier seconded and the motions passed.
