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Meeting Name: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE Agenda status: Approved
Meeting date/time: 7/16/2009 5:00 PM Minutes status: Approved  
Meeting location: 1625 Northport Drive, (Warner Park Comm & Rec. Center)
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15151 1 Authorizing the City to accept Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Transitional Housing Program (THP), Homeless Prevention Program (HPP), and Interest Bearing Real Estate Trust Account (IBRETA) fund allocation from the State of Wisconsin, authorizing the MayorResolutionSUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the City to accept Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Transitional Housing Program (THP), Homeless Prevention Program (HPP), and Interest Bearing Real Estate Trust Account (IBRETA) fund allocation from the State of Wisconsin, and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the State and sign agreements with partner Homeless Services Consortium agencies with these funds to implement projects.Referred for IntroductionPass Action details Not available
15175 1 Porchlight, Inc., Partnership for Transitional Opportunites (PTO) Utilities, is requesting $13,000 in funds to pay a portion the utilities for the building at 306 N. Brooks St. A portion of this building (18 Single Room Only (SRO) units) is used as transDiscussion ItemPorchlight, Inc., Partnership for Transitional Opportunities (PTO) Utilities, is requesting $13,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to pay a portion the utilities for the building at 306 N. Brooks St. A portion of this building (18 Single Room Only (SRO) units) is used as transitional housing as part of the PTO Programs. Request to receive funds in the form of a grant.   Action details Not available
15176 1 Porchlight is requesting $4,000 in funds to implement two job training program that would accomplishes dual goals. Partnership in Transitional Opportunities (PTO) Program participants will be involved in learning janitorial, painting and light maintenancDiscussion ItemPorchlight is requesting $4,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to implement a training program that would accomplishes dual goals. Partnership in Transitional Opportunities (PTO) Program participants will be involved in learning janitorial, painting and light maintenance skills, while preparing vacant Single Room Only (SRO) units for new tenants. Request to receive funds in the form of a grant. The request is for approximately 18 months. It is estimated that the program will turn-over 5 vacant SRO units before 12/31/2009 and turn-over 10 vacant SRO units in the 2010 calendar year.   Action details Not available
15197 1 Porchlight, Inc., Drop-in Shelter Surveillance SystemDiscussion ItemPorchlight is requesting $9,000 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to install a video surveillance system at the men's shelter, at 116 W. Washington Avenue. The purpose is to monitor quest behavior and staff response to guest. The request for surveillance equipment is for the Grace Church site only. All shelter guest start at the Grace Church site for intake and meals. Porchlight uses two additional overflow shelter sites for sleeping only; there is an existing surveillance system at the winter overflow site at First United Methodist Church and the physical space at the year-round overflow site at St. John's Lutheran Church makes monitoring of guests safety possible without a camera system. Request to receive funds in the form of a grant.   Action details Not available
15380 1 Stimulus Funds: Approve the use of Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program funds by Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc. and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into an agreement with CACSCW.ResolutionApprove use of $796,664 in Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program (HPRP) funds by Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin, Inc. (CACSCW) based on the results of a CDBG Office Request for Proposals and approved by the CDBG Committee; and authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign a contract for services with CACSCW.   Action details Not available
15287 1 On July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. PriorDiscussion ItemOn July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. Prior to the CDBG Committee meeting the CDBG Committee will receive an e-mail containing the staff’s proposal rankings and recommendations for which agencies should receive CDBG-R funds. At the CDBG Committee meeting on July 9th, the Committee will review the proposals and the staff’s funding recommendations and will take action on a funding package to be recommended to the Board of Estimates and Common Council for approval.   Action details Not available
15287 1 On July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. PriorDiscussion ItemOn July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. Prior to the CDBG Committee meeting the CDBG Committee will receive an e-mail containing the staff’s proposal rankings and recommendations for which agencies should receive CDBG-R funds. At the CDBG Committee meeting on July 9th, the Committee will review the proposals and the staff’s funding recommendations and will take action on a funding package to be recommended to the Board of Estimates and Common Council for approval.   Action details Not available
15287 1 On July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. PriorDiscussion ItemOn July 2nd, CDBG will receive proposals from agencies seeking to fund programs using CDBG-R funds. These proposals will be sent to the CDBG Commission for information purposes, and will be reviewed and ranked by CDBG staff no later than July 6th. Prior to the CDBG Committee meeting the CDBG Committee will receive an e-mail containing the staff’s proposal rankings and recommendations for which agencies should receive CDBG-R funds. At the CDBG Committee meeting on July 9th, the Committee will review the proposals and the staff’s funding recommendations and will take action on a funding package to be recommended to the Board of Estimates and Common Council for approval.   Action details Not available
15276 1 Stimulus Funds: Approving specific projects to be funded using the City of Madison’s Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) program funds based on an RFP process previously approved and also authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign agreeResolutionAMENDED SECOND SUBSTITUTE - Approving specific projects to be funded using the City of Madison’s Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) program funds based on an RFP process previously approved and also authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign agreements with Operation Fresh Start, Inc. for $167,059 $269,184, Common Wealth for $33,350, Higher Ground Urban Farm for $106,050, and YWCA of Madison, Inc. for $38,455, and Dane County Housing Authority for $33,648.and amending the 2009 operating budgets of CDBG and the Office of the Director of Planning and Community and Economic Development to provide for $102,125 in additional hourly salary and benefit expenditures and offsetting revenue. various agencies to implement projects. Projects proposed by area agencies will be reviewed and approved by the CDBG Committee and recommended to the Board of Estimates. Projects will be implemented in four categories targeting low and moderate income individuals: housing rehabilitation and preservation; economic development services; foreclosure prevention, counseling, and referral serv   Action details Not available
14952 1 Property Tax Exemptions DraftDiscussion ItemProperty Tax Exemption   Action details Not available