Oct 22 PH ACHRA amendments

ANOKA COUNTY
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC COMMENT AND
PUBLIC HEARING DATE
This notice is to announce that
September 21, 2024, is the beginning of a thirty-day (30) public
comment period regarding the
Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority’s (ACHRA’s)
proposed Amendments to two Program Year (PY) Action Plans. The
purpose of the public comment
period is to receive comments from
and to relay information to the public concerning the proposed use
of re-allocated funds from Anoka
County’s Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) program.
First Amendment: The ACHRA
proposes allocating PY 2019 Community Development Block GrantCOVID funds (CDBG-CV) funds
totaling up to $44,112 to Neighborhood HealthSource to pay the
cost of administering COVID vaccinations not funded by other sources. As COVID continues to infect
county residents, demand for these
preventative vaccinations also continues. This project will meet a national objective of serving low/mod
clientele (LMC).
Second
Amendment:
The
ACHRA proposes a re-allocation of CDBG funds totaling up to
$510,000 ($500,000 for project
costs plus $10,000 in estimated
Davis-Bacon costs). Costs include
$110,000 of PY23 unallocated
funds plus $400,000 of PY24 funds.
The funds will be taken from Anoka County’s CDBG Single-Family
Home Rehab program and re-allocated to the City of Fridley to complete updates and improvements at
two adjacent neighborhood parks:
Oak Hill Park, 5391 7th Street NE
and Jubilee Park, 5334 5th Street
NE. Improvements include trails
and hardscape, shade structures,
playground equipment, ADA compliant playground surfacing, site
amenities such as benches and
bike racks and all site work. This
project meets HUD’s National Objective of serving low-to-moderate
income households as both parks
are in a low-and-moderate income
area (LMA).
Notice is also hereby given that
the Anoka County Housing and
Redevelopment Authority (ACHRA)
will meet on October 22, 2024, at
10:15 a.m. or immediately following the Anoka County Board of
Commissioners Public Comment
period, whichever is later, for its
monthly ACHRA Board Meeting
which will include a public hearing
at the Anoka County Government
Center, 2100 3rd Avenue, Room
705, Anoka, MN. The purpose of
this public hearing is to offer the
public an opportunity to comment
on the proposed amendments to
the county’s PY 2019 and PY 2024
Action Plans as noted above.
Persons seeking additional information on the proposed amendments or who want to submit written comments or participate in the
October 22, 2024, public hearing
must contact Renee Sande at Anoka County, Community and Government Relations, 2100 3rd Avenue, Suite 700, Anoka, MN 55303.
Telephone 763-324-4613; Fax:
763-324-5490, or email Renee.
Sande@AnokaCountyMN.gov prior
to 4:00 pm on October 21, 2024.
ACHRA Executive Director
Assistant County Attorney
Published in the
Anoka County UnionHerald
September 20, 2024
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