2018 Public Comment Notice

DAKOTA COUNTY CDA
NOTICE TO ANNOUNCE
START OF PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD

This notice is to announce the
beginning of a minimum thirty-day
(30) public comment and review
period of Dakota County Community Development Agency’s (CDA)
draft of the Dakota County Consortium’s 2018 Annual Action Plan.
The purpose of the public comment
period is to receive comments from
the general public concerning the
proposed housing and community
development needs and objectives
of Dakota County, and the projected use of Fiscal Year 2018 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds, HOME Investment
Partnerships (HOME) funds, Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds,
and Program Income derived from
CDBG and HOME. At the time of
publication, the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) had not released the Fiscal
Year 2018 allocations for the three
programs. The proposed budgets
for the uses listed in this notice are
an estimate based on the allocation received by Dakota County in
Fiscal Year 2017. The 2018 Action
Plan will be adjusted when HUD
releases the final grant amount for
Fiscal Year 2018. A public hearing
for the Fiscal Year 2018 Action Plan
is proposed to be scheduled for
April 24, 2018.
Following is a summary of the
proposed uses for the 2018 CDBG
Program (estimate $1,780,366) and
Program Income.
• Dakota County: $189,664 for
Countywide home improvement
loans; $31,500 for well sealing
grants; $10,000 for septic system
repair/replacement grants; $4,750
for fair housing implementation;
$45,500 for youth public services;
and $178,341 for general administration.
• Program Income: Approximately $400,000 in revolving loan
funds for homeowner improvement
loans.
• Small Cities & Townships –
$27,321 to the City of Randolph for
stormwater holding pond improvements.
• Apple Valley - $18,000 for senior public services; $140,054 for
home improvement loans.
• Burnsville - $119,603 for home
improvement loans and remodel
grants; $100,000 for senior and
youth public services; $6,000 for
support services; $8,000 for EMS
grants and $11,000 for general administration.
• Eagan - $165,447 for home
improvement loans; $35,000 for senior and youth public services.
• Farmington - $5,140 for home
improvement loans; $5,000 for senior services; $15,000 for planning;
and $10,000 for commercial rehabilitation.
• Hastings - $70,957 for home
improvement loans.
• Inver Grove Heights - $90,000
for home improvement loans;
$24,266 for comprehensive planning; $24,266 for street improvements (ADA compliance).
• Lakeville - $20,000 for senior
transportation; $15,000 for senior
services; $66,112 for home improvement loans; $31,112 for spot
acquisition and clearance.
• Mendota Heights - $20,031 for
home improvement loans.
• Northfield - $5,000 for residential rehabilitation; $9,000 for
youth homelessness public service;
$44,050 for rental rehabilitation.
• Rosemount - $45,639 for
home improvement loans.
• South St Paul - $89,919 for
home improvement loans.
• West St Paul - $99,694 for
home improvement loans.
The CDBG funding will be allocated proportionally for most
subrecipients depending on any
increase or decrease in program
funding. However, the cities of Apple Valley and Eagan will hold the
amounts for public service activities steady and adjust the amounts
dedicated of the Home Improvement Loan activities by the amount
needed to meet the final funding
allocation. The city of Farmington
will apply any increase in funding to
commercial rehabilitation and any
decrease to the Home Improvement Loan activity.
The following is a summary of
the proposed uses for the 2018
ESG (estimate $159,564):
• $26,000 to assist emergency
shelter operations.
• $113,086 to be dedicated to
rapid re-housing assistance payments.
• $8,511 for Homeless Management Information System costs
• $11,967 to general administration of the ESG program
Any increase or decrease in the
ESG allocation will be applied to
the Rapid Re-housing component.
The following is a summary of
the proposed uses for the 2018
HOME
Entitlement
(estimated
$1,793,288) and Program Income
($303,344). The percentage shares
are currently the 2017 shares and
are subject to change.
• Dakota County (35.70%
Share), $640,204 and $38,796 in
Program Income:
o Affordable Housing Development: $506,127 for River Heights
supportive housing.
o Community Development
Housing Organization (CHDO):
$96,031 available for eligible Dakota County Community Housing
Development Organizations.
o Administration: $76,842 for
the administration of HOME funded
projects and HOME Consortium related responsibilities.
• Anoka County (24.80% Share),
$444,735 and $84,589 in Program
Income, for detailed uses please
contact Karen Skepper at 763-3235709 or karen.skepper@co.anoka.
mn.us;
• Ramsey County (23.20%
Share), $416,043 and $161,974 in
Program Income, for detailed uses
please contact Mary Lou Egan at
651-266-8039 or MaryLou.Egan@
co.ramsey.mn.us;
• Washington County (13.00%
Share), $233,127 and $15,300 in
Program Income, for detailed uses
please contact Angie Shuppert
at 651-379-9551 or AngieS@
washingtoncountycda.org
• City of Woodbury (3.30%
Share), $59,179 and $2,685 in
Program Income, for detailed
uses please contact Karl Batalden
at 651-414-3438 or kbatalden@
ci.woodbury.mn.us
Written and/or oral comments
may be submitted to the following:
Maggie Dykes, Assistant Director of Community and Economic
Development
Dakota County CDA
1228 Town Centre Drive,
Eagan, MN 55123
mdykes@dakotacda.state.mn.us
651-675-4464.
Fax: 651-287-8020.
MN Relay Service: 1-800-6273529.
This information is also available
on the CDA’s website at www.
dakotacda.org. Written comments
will be accepted now through April
20, 2018.
Published in the
Dakota County Tribune
March 8, 2018
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