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15. REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Agenda Section: 94-1196WS Report Number: STAFF REPORT June 6, 1994 6-2-94 AGENDA SESSION DATE Report Date: DISPOSITION Item Description: Discussion Regarding Ramsey County CDBG Funds Administrator's Review/Recommendation: - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) UMMARY; Since 1985 , the City of Mounds View has participated with other Ramsey County suburban communities to provide the population requirements for Ramsey County to be a CDBG entitlement County. By approving the agreement each year, the City has the opportunity to participate in the suburban wide competitive application process for CDBG and Home Loan funds. Ramsey County needs a collective suburban population of. 100, 000 to "re-qualify" for the entitlement. If they do not receive the dedicated population, they lose the estimated $1. 4 million in entitlement CDBG funds. Over the past three years, and most notably this year, there has been growing dissatisfaction among some of the suburban cities with the competitive application process. This dissatisfaction is a result of two things: 1. The role of the CDBG committee, selected by Ramsey County staff and directed to review applications and make recommendations to the County Board for approval or rejection. 2 . The role of Ramsey County staff in the recommendations that are made to the County Board. On Wednesday, June 1, 1994 , representatives from several Ramsey County suburban cities met with Denise Begbeder of Ramsey County to discuss these concerns. It was not the group's intent that Ramsey County lose their entitlement, but that a better system of allocation be developed. 6,(1.4„ Sama►tha Ordu o, City Administrator RECOMMENDATION;