Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the use of up to $250,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for high-priority projects identified in the Hawthorne-Truax Neighborhood Plan. The funds are available in the 2024 Adopted Operating Budget, and the funds have been included for reauthorization in the 2025 Executive Operating Budget. The proposed resolution further authorizes a written agreement between the City and the Madison Metropolitan School District for the installation of exercise equipment at Hawthorne Elementary School ($110,000), and it authorizes the Community Development Division (CDD) to enter into Memoranda of Understanding with the Parks, Planning, and Traffic Engineering Divisions to execute projects specified in the body of the resolution ($140,000). The funds will remain within CDD's CDBG operating fund 1205 (project 71025) with individual project strings established for Planning, Parks, and Traffic Engineering projects. No additional City appropriation required.
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Authorizing the use of up to $250,000 of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and authorizing the Community Development Division to enter into agreements with the Madison Metropolitan School District and the Planning, Parks and Traffic Engineering Divisions to implement neighborhood improvement projects identified in the Hawthorne-Truax Neighborhood plan. (District 12)
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Background
The Community Development Division (CDD) and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Committee, in cooperation with the Planning Division, sponsored a neighborhood planning effort in Hawthorne-Truax neighborhood. The Plan, adopted by the Common Council in March 2023, via RES-23-00270 (Legistar #76399), included implementation priorities designed to address specific objectives. While engaging in the planning process, neighborhood residents provided feedback on potential capital improvement projects that could be implemented with the use of CDBG funds. T...
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