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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No No 61-4 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 20, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: Community Development Block Grant Program <br /> DEPARTMENT: Housing/Comm. Dev. PUBLIC HEARING YES_x_ NO <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Tara L. Fikes, x2490 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive comments from the public concerning the FY1995 <br /> Community Development Block Grant Program Application and authorize the <br /> staff to proceed with application development based on the needs <br /> expressed during the public hearing. <br /> BACKGROUND: The N.C. Department of Commerce has announced the <br /> availability of Community Development Block Grant funds for Community <br /> Revitalization projects. In order to apply for funding, the State <br /> requires applicants to conduct a . public hearing to obtain citizen <br /> comments prior to developing an application for funding. Comments <br /> received during this public hearing will assist the Housing and Community <br /> Development Department in designing a sound CDBG application. A second <br /> public hearing must also be scheduled after development of the grant <br /> application. <br /> CDBG activities can be carried out in a concentrated neighborhood which <br /> has multiple needs including the following: deteriorated housing, <br /> water/sewer deficiencies, uinpaved streets or drainage problems. In <br /> addition, scattered site housing rehabilitation projects which repair <br /> deteriorated housing may also be considered. In either case, the higher <br /> the magnitude of need, the higher the application will rank in the <br /> state ' s selection process which is highly competitive. <br /> The maximum amount of funding available is $850,000 for Concentrated <br /> Needs Applications and $500,000 for Scattered Site applications. <br /> Applications are due February 15, 1995 . Advertisements of this hearing <br /> have been placed in local newspapers. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> The Manager recommends receiving comments as information and authorizing <br /> the staff to proceed with application development based on the needs <br /> expressed during the public hearing. <br />