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I !1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I MAHNOMEN COUNTY-s450,000 Mahnomen County bas been awarded a $450,000 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to rehabilitate a minimum of fifty substandard low and moderate income housing units. The rehabilitation activities will be funded through deferred and low-interest loans. Unique features of the grant are the way the project provides assistance to the handicapped and incorporates energy conservation measures. OTTER TAIL COUNTY--s464,800 Otter Tail County was awarded Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant of $464,800 to rehabilitate approxi- mately 45 housing units in the rural. Southeastern portion of the County. Based on surveys of housing conditions by township assessors, analyses by HRA staff, and data from the fire department, the effort will be directed toward those housing units where safety hazards exist due to faulty ~ood heating systems, unsafe electrical wiring, and dnsanitary plumbing facilities. PENNINGTON COUNTY-s253,000 Pennington County has been awarded a $253,000 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to rehabilitate 41 Iow and moderate income owner-occupied substandard homes in the cities of St. Hilaire and Goodridge. The rehabilitation activities in Good['idge will be closely tied to a sewage treatment facility and will provide hookups for eligible property owners. This phase of the project will eliminate a serious health and safety problem. RUTHTON--$422,320 The City of Ruthton will use a $422,320 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to rehabilitate up to 28 substandard houses, acquire and demolish severely blighted structures, and provide a site for construction of an elderly housing project. The project will have a substantial impact on the housing stock and eliminate some vacant deteriorating buildings. Total project cost is $615,000. SIBLEY COUNTY-$465,200 Sibley County has been awarded a $465,200 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to rehabilitate 64 owner-occupied houses in five incorporated areas of Sibley county. Houses to be rehabilitated are deteriorating and occupied by low and moderate-income persons. Project funds will also be used to acquire and demolish five dilapidated units. Energy efficiency measures are incorpor- ated into the overall design of the project. WINONA-5463,680 The City of Winona was awarded a Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant of $463,680 to provide financial assistance for the rehabilitation of approximately 28-30 housing units in the Southeast Neighborhood. The program will be coordinated with the City's Neighborhood Energy Workshops, which are partially funded through the Gov- ernor's Community Energy Program. The SCDP funding will be combined with weatherization and furnace retrofit grants available through the Southeastern Minnesota Com- munity Action Councit. PUBLIC FACILITIES ASKOV-$325,517 The City of Askov was awarded $325.517 Small Cities Development Program (SC D P) grant to locate a safe source · 90 $82 80 $70 ~;¢?.. ,~¢....,.~ $76 30 q $ 1985 1984 1983 Figure 2, Amount Requested and Awarded (In millions of dollars) ° ~ AMOUNT REQUESTED ~ AMOUNT REWARDED ~ of water and construct a new well. The City's water supply is contaminated with benzene. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is currently funding a charcoal filter to extract the benzene and studying the source and extent of the ground- water contamination. The City will be contributing $10,000 toward the administration of the project. BROWNSVILLE--s600,000 The City of' Brownsville will combine $600,000 of Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant funding with over $700,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and local property assessments to construct a wastewater treatment and col- lection system. Over two-thirds of the private on-site septic systems in this small community are currently failing. These failures directly relate to contamination of 46% of the City's private wells. CEYLON-s370,759 The City of Ceylon will use a $370,759 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to help complete a sanitary sewer system. In 1984, the City was awarded a MPCA/EPA grant for the construction of a sanitary sewer treatmeni facility. The grant was conditioned on obtaining additional funding to construct the sanitary sewer collection system and assuring the debt service was affordable to residents. The City will use SCDP funding to abate the special assessments for low and moderate income owner- occupied households for the collection system. The total sanitary sewer system will cost $1,971,947. MEADOWLANDS--$~ 1~i,000 The City will use a $116,000 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to construct a new 25,000-gallon elevated storage tank with controls to prevent freezing. The current tower is structurally unsound and has a history of biotogica~ contamination and freezing during the winter. Construction ora new water tower will eliminate the critical health and safety problems and reduce the amount of funds spent on emergency repairs. Total project cost is $168,000. FRANKLIN-$t87,550 The City of Franklin was awarded $187~550 Small Cities Development Program (SCDP) grant to undertake water system improvements. SCDP funds will be used to construct an elevated water storage tank and cap two old abandoned water wells, in order to prevent aquifer contamination. The City will finance the upgrading of the water treatment plant.