At a meeting on June 11, 2016 the City Council received an update on the CDBG process by Alma Perez, a Community and Housing Development Manager. Perez was invited by Alderman Doug Tomasini.
She handed out a power point presentation and a timeline of the process for the city to get a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development.
“This program is designed to assist our local jurisdictions develop viable communities, provide decent housing, suitable living environments, and expanding economic opportunities for low income persons” said Perez.
She also said that Bexar County receives $2.1 million annually in CDBG funds.
Perez’ timeline is titled “Sandy Oaks Infrastructure Master Plan Timeline” and has the city selecting an engineering firm by December 2015 and having an Infrastructure Master Plan completed by May 2016
July 9, 2015
At a City Council meeting on July 9th Alderman Earnest Gay gave an update on the CDBG grant.
Gay said Bexar County approved the allocation of the 2015 funds on July 7, 2015. He added that the City of Sandy Oaks was included with the allocation and that another meeting will take place on the 21st of July for the Urban County Renewal Cooperative Agreements.
He also said July 24th is when Bexar County submit the renewal agreements to HUD for approval.
“From what I understand, once they get to that point it’s pretty much a done deal then” said the Alderman.
Gay also added “[the grant] would pay for an engineer who would asses what needs to be done, what it would cost, and would give the timelines for how long it should take to get done.”
The grant total for Sandy Oaks is $75,000
Comments are closed.