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-3- Councilman Marks reported the Augustana group who intend to apply for 202 funding for the senior housing in Phase 2 of the Kenzie Terrace Redevelopment Project had asked during their meeting with City of- ficials the previous day whether the funds proposed to be allocated for the rehabilitation of low income/single family residences could be •used instead as a down payment but had been told these funds ,could only be used towards the acquisition of land for the project. Mr. Bjorklund read the two motions from the minutes of the Planning Commission' s March 15th meeting which supported the staff recommenda- tions for allocating Year IX funds and reallocating Years VI , VII , and VIII funds in such a manner that they could be retained by the City. No further public input forthcoming, the hearing was closed- at 8: 4.5 P.M. Motion by Councilman Marks and seconded by Councilman Letourneau to follow the Planning Commission recommendations to allocate the City' s Year IX Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block 'Grant funds for the following activities : Rehabilitation of Single Family Homes $40 ,000 Public'Services-Senior Citizens Programs 4 ,656 Administration 1 ,904 $46 , 560 The Council finds , as did the Commission, that these activities are cons is tent---with -past--uses -of-these—funds -arid •-would-appear-to meet all the criteria set for such activities by the Housing and Urban Develop- ment Agency and Hennepin County, and further agreeing that there had been adequate notice and public input related to the selection of the activities to be funded. Motion carried unanimously . Motion by Councilman Marks -and seconded by Councilman Enrooth to follow the- recommendations of the Planning Commission and staff for reallocating the City ' s Years VI , VII , and VIII Urban Hennepin County Community Development Block Grant funds as follows : Year VI Kenzie Terrace Study $16 ,679 Year VII Site Acqusition/Assisted Housing 40 ,000 Year VII Administration 1 ,000 Year VII Removal of Architectural Barriers 7 ,000 Year VII Rehabilitation of Single Family Homes 18, 385 Year VII Public Services-Senior Programs 2 , 091 Year VIII Assistance to Low and Moderate Income 15 ,000 Housing; Street Improvements Year VIII Right-of--:Way Acquisition-Sidewalks 21 , 128 Year VIII Rehabilitation of Single Family Homes 30, 773 -Yea-r• V-I-I-I --Publ-ic••Services-Latch Key Program 2 ,460 Year VIII Public Services-Senior Program 2 , 640 • Year VIII Administration 1 ,540 :J