Final Public Hearing to receive comment on the County’s intention to apply to the PA Dept of Community & Economic Development for approx. $441,976 in Community Development Block Grantfunds for the 2018 Program.
PUBLIC
NOTICE
CENTRE COUNTY’s intended use of Ffy 2018 CDBG Funds
BELLEFONTE BOROUGH’s intended use of Ffy
2018 CDBG Funds
Centre
County and Bellefonte Borough will hold a joint Final Public Hearing on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 6:00 pm
in Room 146 of the Willowbank Bldg,
420 Holmes St, Bellefonte, to receive comment on the County’s intention to
apply to the PA Dept of Community & Economic Development for approximately
$441,976 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for the Ffy 2018
Program. Under Act 179 of 1984,
Bellefonte Borough as an Entitlement Municipality will receive $109,514 of the 2018
CDBG Grant.
Proposed project activities must meet one of
three national objectives: benefit low- and moderate-income persons; prevention
or elimination of slums or blight; alleviation of immediate threats to the
health and safety of the community. The First Public
Hearing was held June 27, 2018. Copies
of the minutes, agenda and comments from that Hearing may be obtained at the
Centre County Planning & Community Development Office, 420 Holmes St,
Bellefonte, PA 16823.
Projects under
consideration by Centre County to receive FFY 2018 CDBG Funds are: Construction
of a new potable Water Storage Tank in the Borough of Unionville. ($272,552). Approximately $59,910 will be set-aside by
the County for Grant Administration.
Projects under
consideration by Bellefonte Borough to receive FFY 2018 CDBG Funds: Ongoing
Safety Improvements at Talleyrand Park ($89,804). Approximately $19,710 will be set-aside by
the Borough for Grant Administration.
Those
requiring special accommodations should call 814-355-6791; forty-eight (48)
hours in advance. It is expected that the
Centre County Board of Commissioners will take final action on the Ffy 2018
CDBG application at the Board’s meeting at 10:00am on Tuesday, October 23, 2018. Bellefonte Borough Council will take final
action at their Council Meeting at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, October 15, 2018.
Robert
Jacobs, Director
Planning
& Community Development Office