Public Hearing Notice

Public Notice City of Blue Springs, Missouri Community Development Block Grant 2019-2020 CDBG Annual Action Plan The City of Blue Springs is presenting the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan for public review and comment. The draft plan will be available for a 30-day public comment period beginning Saturday, June 22, 2019 and ending on Tuesday, July 23, 2019. The purpose of the public comment period is to allow the public the opportunity to review the plan and submit comments prior to the final draft being submitted to the City Council for approval. The public is encouraged to review and make comments, or attend the final public hearing, including organizations that provide assistance to low-moderate income residents and individuals who may be homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, public housing agencies, residents of public and assisted housing developments, and low- moderate income residents. The 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan covers the 1-year period beginning October 1, 2019 and ending September 30, 2020. The Annual Action Plan describes the specific CDBG projects and activities that the City will undertake during the program year. The City has received an allocation of $260,678 for the program year and will be reprogramming $73,088 from pre-2018 allocations that have not been expended. The City has a total program of $333,766 for the program year and is proposing to expend the funds on the following projects: $111,000 for low-moderate income housing benefit ($75,000 for Minor Home Repair Program and $36,000 for First Time Home Buyers Program); $39,090 for public services benefiting low-moderate income clientele ($1,850 for Fieldhouse Recreation Scholarships, $12,240 for Hope House, and $25,000 for Community Services League); $55,000 for slum-blight area benefit ($25,000 for Downtown Alive and $30,000 for Commercial Façade Grant Program); $120,000 for low-moderate income area benefit (Park Improvements Program); and $8,676 for program administration and planning. The final draft of the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan will be presented to the City Council at a public hearing. A public hearing will be held by the City Council on Monday, August 5, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. at the Howard L. Brown Public Safety Building located at 1100 SW Smith Street, Blue Springs, MO 64015. At the public hearing, the City Council will open the public hearing, receive public comments, close the hearing, and accept the plan as submitted or with changes. The City shall consider the views of citizens, public agencies, and other interested parties in preparing the draft plan and final submission. A summary of all public comments will be attached to the final submission. The Annual Action Plan will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on or before August 16, 2019 for review and approval. For more information or to submit comments on the Annual Action Plan, contact Matt Wright, Senior Planner, at 816-220-4504 or mwright@bluespringsgov.com. The draft plan may be viewed at the Community Development Department at 903 W. Main St. on non-holiday weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., at either Mid-Continent Library branches (Blue Springs North at 850 NW Hunter Dr. and Blue Springs South at 2220 SW 7 Hwy.) during open hours, at Vesper Hall at 400 NW Vesper St., or on the City’s website at http://www.bluespringsgov.com/202/Community-Development-Block-Grant- CDBG. Written comments may be submitted in person at the Community Development Department at 903 W. Main Street, via email at mwright@bluespringsgov.com, or via mail addressed to the following: City of Blue Springs Community Development Department, Attn: Matt Wright, Senior Planner, 903 W. Main Street, Blue Springs, MO 64015. Published in The Examiner: Saturday, June 22, 2019