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PERFORMANCE REPORT 1981ANDKA COUNTY CDBG PROGRAM January 26, 1982 On October 29, 1980, the Anoka County Administrator received official con~nunication from the U.S. department of Housing and Urban Development that Anoka County qualified as an Urban County in Fiscal Year 1981. This qualification was based on the County's estimated population in excess of 200,000 and was dependent on thc si§nature of all cities and townships within the County on a Joint Cooperation Agreement. Anoka County's status as an Entitlement County provided for a Federal CDBG grant of $2,127,000 for con~unity development projects in Anoka County to benefit low/moderate income residents, to remove conditions of slum and blight, or to answer specially authorized emergency needs. In order to ensure good co,q~nunications and to expedite the process of formulating eligible projects, the County Board established the Citizen Steering and Technical Advisory Committees to represent the 21 com~nunities. The communities within Anoka County were divided into five Target Areas, where they are grouped by similar characteristics and geographic proximity. Members of the Citizen Steering Committee met within their Target Areas to plan and submit project recommendations to the County Board. The Technical Advisory Committee meets regularly to discuss administration and implementation of the program. The five Steering Committees recommended a total of 24 projects. These activities combined with county-wide projects of housing rehabilitation and economic development planning totalled 26 for the 1981CDBG Program. HUD approved Anoka County's I981 CDBG Application on June 30, 1981. The 1951 CDBG funds are being expended in the following areas: housing rehabilitation, 26%; redevelopment, 25%; public facilities and utilities, 24%; economic development, 18%; low income housing support, 2%; and County program administration, 5%. As of this date, the lgS1COBG grant expenditures including funds expended and coF~itted total $917,130.20 or 43% of the total grant amount. The total expenditures should reach 65% by the end of February, 1982. The breakdown of expenditures by project is as follows: Exoended or Balance ~roject # City Activity Total Allocation Contracted Remaininq lO1 Anoka Handicapped Access 22,500.00 -0- 22,500.00 Housing Rehab 167,202.00 30,396.41 136,805.59 Flood Plain Study 7,000.00 733.43 6,266.57 107 Columbia Heights Vacant School 200,339.00 -0- 200,339.00 Clearance 116 Blaine Economic Development 38,000.00 -0- 30,000.00 ll7 Blaine Senior Center 40,000.00 -0- 40,000.00 ll8 Blaine Mobile Home Shelters 170,ODD.O0 120,313.DD 49,687.00 122 Coon Rapids Economic Development 191,261.00 59,915.42 131,345.58