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County to ask state for CDBG planning-grant exception to support YWCA project
Summary
County staff asked the board to sign a letter to the Montana Department of Commerce requesting an exception to allow a second simultaneous CDBG planning grant so the YWCA can pursue a preliminary architectural report for a mixed-use project adjacent to its Meadowlark property.
Cindy asked the board to sign a letter to the Montana Department of Commerce requesting an exception to the rule that limits counties to one open CDBG planning grant at a time. She said the YWCA has requested a planning grant for a preliminary architectural report for a proposed mixed-use facility adjacent to its Meadowlark site; the county currently has a planning grant open with Seeley Lake Elementary, and state rules ordinarily allow only one at a time.
Cindy described the proposed facility footprint and phased approach: retail or support services on the main floor, client services on the second floor and housing on the upper floors, with Homeward likely to lead a later housing phase. The letter would ask Commerce to allow Missoula County to submit the YWCA planning grant in the next round expected this fall. Commissioners expressed support and staff indicated they will file the request; no formal roll-call vote or detailed timeline for the state response was recorded in the transcript.
