KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S

PUBLIC HEARING - 5/10/2005

Notice of Public Hearing

May 10, 2005
A Public Hearing was held on Tuesday, May 10, at 6:15 p.m. in the County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, County Government Center, Chestertown, Maryland for the purpose of reviewing a proposed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application seeking $306,000 for Phase V of the Housing Improvement Program (HIP) which is designed to improve homes of low/moderate income Kent County homeowners.

County Commissioners Roy W. Crow, Scott D. Livie, and William W. Pickrum were in attendance as well as Susanne Hayman, County Administrator, and a member of the media.

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

Robin Spielman, Administrative Aide, Housing and Community Development, appeared before the Commissioners, representing Jack Canan, HCD Coordinator who was unable to attend due to illness. Ms. Spielman presented a map delineating improvement to sixty-nine homes thus far in the county under Phases I through IV at a cost of $1,159,000 in state funds:

Phase I 25 homes
Phase II 13 homes
Phase III 20 homes
Phase IV 11 homes

The county has spent $324,00 to match the state funds. Eleven homes are slated for HIP in Phase V at a cost of $16,919 per home. The list of eleven homes has not been finalized . Commissioner Pickrum commented that the list of houses in need of improvement is a good deal longer than available funding. Ms. Spielman noted the HCD has been assisting Rebuilding Together Kent County and it is hoped that grant funding will continue to be available.

There was no one in attendance who wished to speak for or against this application.

This hearing was taped for reference and adjourned at 6:30 p.m.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF KENT COUNTY, MARYLAND

Janice F. Fletcher
Executive Assistant

Approved:
William W. Pickrum, President