AUTHORIZING RE- APPROPRIATION OF AWARDED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT - CLOSE FUNDS

Through this program, Sauk County has awarded federal funds to two community projects:

$325,000 Village of Rock Springs Community Center
$370,000 Bluffview Community Park  
This County had previously awarded $283,792.71 of federal funds to the City of Reedsburg South School Affordable Housing Redevelopment project however; the development has recently been postponed.

The CDBG-CLOSE program has strict time restrictions limiting the County’s opportunities for repurposing these funds. Any balance not allocated to a project by January 31, 2021 must be returned to the State. Given these time restrictions among other limitations, the remaining balance of CDBG CLOSE Funds will be allocated to the following already approved projects:

$191,560 in funding to the Village of Plain for infrastructure improvements to Nachreiner Avenue
$35,000 in  additional funding to the Village of Rock Springs Community Center to offset partial fundraising requirements of the library
$57,232.71 in additional funding to the Bluffview Community Park for potential land acquisition and parking lot improvements.  

After due consideration, the Executive and Legislative Committee has recommended the re-appropriation of grant funds and notification letters be submitted to the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration. As these programs are already approved through the Department of Administration, there is no need for new application submittals or public hearings