HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 160-24 - Resolution - Support and Staff for Community Change Grant
RESOLUTION
Council Support for Creating a City Position Utilizing Grant Funds from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Community Change Grant.
WHEREAS, The City of Rochester is preparing a grant application for the Community
Change Grant (“grant”); and
WHEREAS, the grant is intended to support existing community partner work around home
rehab, home weatherization, and energy upgrades; and
WHEREAS, The grant is additionally intended to expand upon the City's existing single-
family and rental rehab programs--available to income qualifying residents; and
WHEREAS, Community Development is requesting the City Council authorize the creation
of a Rehab Coordinator/Project Manager role, if grant funding is awarding; and
WHEREAS After the three-year sunset of the grant, the role could be supported by
Community Development Block Grant and Economic Vitality funding thereafter to support
an envisioned expansion of our current home rehab programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Rochester,
MN, that the Council supports the sponsorship of an application for grant funds from the
Environmental Protection Agency to use for the expansion of existing community housing
rehabilitation, housing weatherization, and energy upgrade programs.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the grant will be utilized to create a full-time Rehab
Coordinator/ Program Manager role if awarded funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2024.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2024.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)