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<br />10/19/82 <br /> <br />Page -15- <br /> <br />SMALL CITIES GRANT <br /> <br />Administrator Wurl advised in addition to <br />the report this evening a public discussion <br />is to be held with Council on our application <br />for a Small Cities Grant. <br /> <br />Director Rupp <br /> <br />Advised Council and had provided them with <br />a memo for discussion on the proposal. He <br />advised as part of the process to file the <br />application to HUD we have to provide an op- <br />portunity to citizens to participate in the <br />process. It was published in the Louisville <br />Times that the City does intend to apply for <br />a Small Cities Grant. The funding for a <br />single purpose grant allows the City to apply <br />for up to $400,000.00. There is not a lot <br />of money that the State of Colorado has been <br />awarded for the fiscal year 1982 funding.- <br />approximately $5,000,000.00. The application <br />will be rated on a point system. Part of this <br />process is that if the City is dealing with <br />something to help eliminate slums, blighted <br />areas, to aid low and moderate income persons, and <br />an imminent need. Public facilities planning <br />is part of the grant application. The intention <br />is to prepare an application; have identified an <br />area in the downtown part of Louisville, the <br />owners of the property have been approached. <br />Mr. Mark Adams of the Louisville Development <br />Corporation has contacted the various property <br />owners and has indicated to them what the <br />City's interest is in the possibility of <br />obtaining their sites for acquisition. <br />A map was provided Mayor and council depicting <br />the area. Rupp further stated some of the <br />housing units that are on the property who <br />have residents could be relocated into our <br />family housing project, the Hillside Square <br />townhouse project. Additional information <br />is being collated and the application will be <br />submitted by November 1, 1982. <br /> <br />Mayor Meier <br /> <br />Inquired if there was anyone present that <br />wished to speak regarding the Small Cities <br />Grant applicati.on. None. <br /> <br />Councilman Cummings <br /> <br />Inquired of Director Rupp if the project could <br />include the section east and west of Front St. <br />and Pine around Miner's Field as part of neigh- <br />borhood conditi.ons. It was his feeling that <br />sometime these residents felt they were being <br />slighted. <br />