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CASE ADOPT RESOLUTION TO REALLOCATE 1998 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS (CDBG) AND RECONSIDER ALLOCATION OF 2000 CDBG FUNDS By: Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik Background: On January 25, 2000, the Ramscy City Council made a motion to reallocate $63,988.00 in 19984) CDBG funds. The funds were allocated as follows: a) $45,000 for the purpose of updating the/ Zoning and Subdivision Chapter of City Code to implement the newly drafted Comprehensive\ Plan; and b) $18,988 to Anoka County Housing Rehabilitation Program for improvements to~ qualifying homes within the Ramsey City l~mlts. On January 25, the City Council also adopted a resolution to allocate 2000 CDBG funds as? follows: a) $8,500 to public service ag~cies; b) $39,000 for construction of a trail from the/ seniors apartment building to Solstice Park; c) $8,634 for ADA trail retrofits; Observations: In accordance with CDBG procedures, a 30 day comment pe~ff~egarding the reallocation of 1998 funds for planning and housing rehab purposes has bee~pub!ished in the Anoka Union. If the City receives no negative comments within that 30-flay period, we may apply to Anoka County for the use of the funds as proposed. That 30 day comment period expires on March 20. In order to expedite the timeline for availability of those funds, the City may forward a resolution to the County at this time, requesting the allocation of funds for planning and housing rehab pending no negative comments being received by the expiration of the 30 day comment period. At the date of this writing, no comments have been received. 'Regarding the allocation of 2000 funds, the City has received verbal notice from Anoka County that new trail construction, in fact, is not an eligible project for CDBG funds. The County is taking the CDBG requests to the County Board on March 28. They indicates that if the City does not want to lose control over where that $39~,O0.0_is_.spent,--an-alte-m~ve project has to be submitted in time for the County to include it in their submi~.~.~e~Cp_~_u~ty Board. C~o_ming up with an 'alternate use for the $39,000 at this late .date is difficult because the application must include a budget and scope. The least complicated and eligible use at this point '-q~-th~-County Rehabilitation Housing Program.