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Metropolitan Council 300 Metro Square Building Seventh Street and Robert Street Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Telephone (612) 291-6453 Office of the Chairman September 1, 1978 Dear Municipal Official: Bonus Community Development Block Grant funds have again been made available in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. These funds have been awarded to the Metropolitan Area because the Areawide Housing Opportunity Plan (Subsidized Housing Allo- cation Plan) prepared and adopted by the Metropolitan Council has been selected as one of the outstanding allocation plans in the nation. In addition to the bonus Community Development funds, supplemental Section 8 Rent Assistance Funds have also been awarded to the Metropolitan Area. A total of $2.5 million in bonus Community Development funds will be available in this Area, ten times the amount received in 1976- 1977. The funds must be used by local or county governments for activities that would further implement the Areawide Housing Op- portunity Plan. A copy of the review criteria is attached. Local and county units of government are eligible to apply for the bonus funds. All applications for bonus funds must be ranked by the Metropolitan Council and submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development by December 29, 1978. In order to meet this deadline, the Council must receive from all applicants a notification of intent to apply no later than October 6, 1978. The notification should include a brief summary of the proposed activities and their relationship to the review criteria, and the amount of funds requested. Upon review of all notifications of intent, applicants most closely meeting the review criteria will be selected to submit final applications for funds. Final applications must be received by 5:00 o.m. Wednesday, November 22, 1978. 06'2,