7. Authorization to Prepare HOME and CDBG Grant Applications-3Y
City of Kalispell
Post Offlee Box 1997 - Kalispell, Montana 59903-1997 - Telephone (406)758-7700 Fax(406)758-7758
REPORT TO:
The Honorable Mayor Boharski and City Council
FROM: Susan Moyer, Community Development Director
Chris A. Kukulski, City Manager
SUBJECT: Second Avenue West Redevelopment/Hampstead Partners
MEETING DATE: July 24, 2000
BACKGROUND: The City of Kalispell has held two Community Needs Assessment Hearings to
receive citizen input as to perceived needs in our community that could be
assisted through CDBG and HOME Grant funding. The needs identified this year
are for:
• Affordable housing rentals for seniors
• Two group homes for emotionally disturbed teenage girls and for adult,
chronically ill clients of Northwest Montana Mental Health.
• A new shelter for clients of the Abbey as well as transitional living units
as the clients are able to leave the shelter
• A transitional shelter for juveniles ranging in age from 12 to 18 until they
are placed in more permanent environments
• Tenant Based Rental Assistance providing first month rent and cleaning
deposit funds for residents of Samaritan House and other shelters as they
move out into the general community.
In a collaborative effort, representatives from the various non -profits and the city
met on July 12`h to discuss how these particular needs could be prioritized and
addressed. The City of Kalispell is in the best situation to apply for CDBG and
HOME grant funding on behalf of the Second Avenue West Senior Housing
Project. Northwest Montana Mental Health is a Comprehensive Housing
Development Organization and is best suited to apply for HOME grant funds to
assist with their two group homes. Samaritan House is the logical entity to
compete for a HOME Tenant Based Rental Assistance Grant and, if successful,
can assist Violent Free Crisis with rental assistance for their clients transitioning
out of the group home into the community. Flathead County should be 75%
drawn down on its current HOME First Time Home Buyer Assistance Program by
next fall and could submit a grant application on behalf of the youth shelter then.
RECOMMENDATION: The City Council authorize the Community Development Department to prepare
CDBG and HOME grant applications on behalf of the elderly apartment project
by the applicable deadlines as well as all appropriate compliance assurances and
resolution for submittal in the fall of 2001.
FISCAL IMPACT: If the two grants are successful, they will generate Principal and Interest Income
to the City amounting to $1.267 million over a twenty-year amortization period.
Additionally, $24,000 in HOME grant administration could be earned over the
18-month administrative contract.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by Council.
Respectfull ubmitted,
Susan Moyer, Director of
Community Development
Date prepared: July 10, 2001
Chris A. Kukulski,
City Manager