KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

PUBLIC HEARING - 4/20/2004

Application Seeking Community Development Block Funds to Continue A Housing Rehabilitation Project

A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, April 20, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. in the County Commissioners' Hearing Room, County Government Center, Chestertown, Maryland for the purpose of discussing a proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application seeking Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) in Federal CDBG Program funds from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to continue an on-going Housing Rehabilitation Project which is designed to improve homes of low/moderate-income County homeowners.

County Commissioners William W. Pickrum, Roy W. Crow, and Scott D. Livie were in attendance as well as Susanne Hayman, County Attorney, T. Edward Robinson, County Administrator, Jack Canan, Coordinator, and Robin Spielman, Administrative Aide, both of Housing and Community Development.

Notice of the public hearing was read into the record by Commissioner Pickrum.

A brief presentation on the $300,000 CDBG application was given by Mr. Canan which included the following points: 67 homes in the County have been rehabilitated to date (map was provided identifying the location of Housing Improvement Program - HIP - recipients); $1.4 Million has been invested in the County's Housing Rehabilitation Project to date; the need for Kent County to continue its existing Housing Rehabilitation Project, with 8 homes currently designated for rehabilitation.

Mr. Canan expressed his optimism that the County will continue to be eligible for CDBG funding.

There being no questions or comments made, a motion was made by Commissioner Crow, seconded by Commissioner Livie, and made unanimous by Commissioner Pickrum to approve and sign Resolution to seek the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) in Federal CDBG Program fund from the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development to continue its existing Housing Rehabilitation Project.

The Commissioners also committed the County's local share for the Phase V HIP Project in the amount of $45,000.

This hearing was taped for reference and adjourned at 10:20 a.m.


THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND


Janice F. Fletcher
Executive Assistant

Approved: William W. Pickrum, President