COUNTY OF OTSEGO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2015 REDC CFA CRF; 2015 REDC CFA CRF ROUND II The County of Otsego will hold a public hearing on the 2013 Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) Community Renewal Fund (CRF); 2013 REDC CFA CRF Round II. This public hearing will focus on Housing and Community Renewal projects to assist with housing rehabilitation, public infrastructure, public facilities, economic development, and planning, primarily for the benefit of low-to-moderate income individuals. New York State Homes and Community Renewal's Office of Community Renewal (OCR) administers the federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for the State of New York. The NYS CDBG program provides financial assistance to eligible cities, towns, and villages with populations under 50,000 and counties with an area population under 200,000, in order to develop viable communities by providing decent, affordable housing, and suitable living environments, as well as expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. In December 2013, five REDCs were awarded $13.2 million in funding through the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) as part of the Community Renewal Fund (CRF). The Mohawk Valley REDC received $6 million, which, when combined with funds remaining from the 2012 MV REDC CRF, will provide for approximately $7 million. The Community Renewal Fund was made available through NYS Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) funds. As such, all projects will be subject to all applicable programmatic and regulatory requirements associated with the use of NYS CDBG Program funds. This includes, but is not limited to, the rules regarding Eligible Applicants, as well as following Citizen Participation and Environmental Review requirements. Otsego County was awarded $334,583 in the 2013 REDC CFA CRF for the rehabilitation of owner-occupied LMI mobile homes, and $660,800 in CRF Round II funding in 2014 for the replacement of dilapidated mobile homes. An administrative public hearing on the progress of this grant will precede application public hearings. On September 02, 2015 the Otsego County Board of Representatives authorized the submission of applications to the REDC CFA CRF ROUND II. The hearing will be held as follows: Date: September 25, 2015 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Public Health Nursing Classroom, Otsego County Meadows Office Complex 140 County Highway 33W, Cooperstown, NY 13326 Program: Housing rehabilitation (2015 REDC CRF ROUND II) --$850,000 to the County of Otsego for mobile home replacements. The County of Otsego will collaborate with Otsego Rural Housing Assistance to be the sub-recipient for these funds. All of the above projects will meet the CDBG program National Objective of benefiting persons of low or moderate income. Written comments may be submitted to the County before September 25 as follows: Erik Scrivener, Planner Otsego County Planning Department 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326 scrivenere@otsegocounty.com
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