City of Prophetstown City Council met May 14.
Here is the minutes provided by the council:
I. CALL TO ORDER:
A public hearing of the Prophetstown City Council was held at City Hall in Prophetstown, Illinois on May 14, 2019. The meeting convened at 6:45 p.m., Mayor Steve Swanson, presiding.
II. ROLL CALL
DAN BAKER, DARYL DRENNEN, JOSH HOVEY, RYAN INSKEEP
CITY STAFF IN ATTENDANCE:
TIM ZOLLINGER, City Attorney
CONNIE JENSEN, City Clerk
III. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION:
1. The City of Prophetstown held a public hearing at 6:45 pm, in City Hall located at 339 Washington Street, Prophetstown, Illinois to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project.
The following information was provided by Dan Pepin, Community Funding and Planning Services
Purpose of Public Hearing - The City of Prophetstown is holding a Public Hearing to obtain citizens' views on the submission of a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) for a public infrastructure project in support of economic development. The City's proposed project will include the construction of a new sanitary sewer lift station. This Public Hearing is a requirement of the grant program and is the first of two Citizen Participation Public Hearings. Specific program and project information is discussed below.
Range of Activities Funded Through These Grant Programs. The CDBG program is funded by Title / of the Federal Housing & Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The State of Illinois' CDBG program is known as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Through this program, funds are available to assist Illinois communities meet their greatest economic and community development needs, with an emphasis upon helping persons of low-to-moderate income.
To ensure the State's CDBG program meets the intent of the Federal Housing & Community Development Act, Congress has required the program meet at least one of the following three national objectives: benefiting low to-moderate income (LMI) persons; aiding in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight; or meeting other community development needs that pose a serious and immediate threat to the health and welfare of the community.
To complement these federally-mandated objectives, DCEO has established the following specific objectives for the CDBG program: Strengthening community economic development through the creation of jobs, stimulation of private investment and strengthening the tax base; Improvement of public infrastructure and elimination of conditions which are detrimental to health, safety and public welfare; and, Conservation and expansion of the state's housing stock in order to provide a decent home and a suitable living environment for persons of low to-moderate income and the developmentally disabled.
Under the CDBG Economic Development (ED) component funds may be used to assist for-profit and not-for profit firms to carry out economic development projects. The business may use funds in the form of a grant for 'direct benefit' of the business. Units of local government may use the CDBG funds in the form of a grant for public infrastructure improvements in support of economic development as an 'indirect benefit' of the business.
Amount of Funds Available - Each year, the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity establishes funds for each of their CDBG program categories. This year, the state's allocation is estimated at $28,944,705. A breakdown of each program category's funding allotment is as follows: Economic Development - $4,000,000, maximum grant amount is $1,000,000; Public Infrastructure - $15,000,000, maximum Construction grant amount is $500,000; Housing Rehabilitation - $6,500,000, maximum grant amount is $500,000; and Disaster Response - $2,000,000, maximum grant amount is $500,000; Approximately $100,000 is set aside for State administration.
Plans For Minimizing Displacement - No displacement is anticipated as a result of this project.
ADJOURN: The public hearing adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
https://prophetstownil.org/government/minutes/
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