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Public Hearing - HUD- 1
January 6, 1999
TOWN OF DANBY
PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
HUD - 1
JANUARY 6 , 1999
PRESENT : i
Supervisor Kenneth Horst
Councilpersons : Joel Gagnon, Edward Inman, Naomi Strichartz
ABSENT :
Councilperson Howard Steiner (Excused)
Others Present:
Carol W. Sczepanski - Town Clerk
Susan Beeners - Code Enforcement Officer
Karl Heck - Tompkins County Planning
Members of the Public :
Esther Dotson, Mary Oltz, Pat Woodworth, Charles Tilton
Public Hearing Declared Open
Supervisor Kenneth Horst declared the public hearing open at 7 : 00 P .M . and read the following
"Notice of Publication" :
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the Town of Danby Town Board will hold two (2) public hearings
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for the purpose of discussing its 1999 U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Small Cities Community Development Block Grant and Abbreviated Consolidated Plan. These
hearings will take place on Wednesday, January 6 , 1999 and Monday January 11 , 1999 at 7 : 00 P .M . ,
Town Hall, 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, New York.
At such time and place, all persons interested in the subject matter will be heard either in writing or
in person.
Dated : December 24 , 1998
Published : December 30, 1998 " .
Karl Heck from the Tompkins County Department of Planning presented information for the 1999
U. S . Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant and Abbreviated Consolidated Plan. $ 54 .4 million dollars is available to towns and
villages . Municipalities may apply for one grant or more than one grant as long as the amount of
requests is not greater than the $400 ,000 maximum limit per town. The deadline for application is
February 3 , 1999 . The categories are housing, housing rehabilitation, home ownership, and housing
development and public facilities . The Town of Danby will be completing a new Abbreviated
Consolidated Plan for submission with the application that includes the elements of the applications
being submitted for the 1999 round, in accordance with HUD regulations for the Small Cities
program.
Code Enforcement Officer Susan Beeners asked if the statement "The Town has one very small
public water system that does not currently require upgrading", needs to be included . She said she
would like to leave our options open as the system may require upgrading or a second well in the
future .
Councilperson Gagnon asked Mr. Heck to what extent water and sewer programs were being funded
and what kind of things the monies are being used for.
Mr. Heck said that projects must be in an area that services at least 51 % of low moderate income .
If the system is not 51 % of low moderate income in the area then a survey must be performed on the
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Public Hearing - HUD- 1
January 6, 1999
area that is going to be improved. If you do have a 51 % low moderate income you could do a well .
On previous applications one of the comments from HUD that the County is trying to correct in this
application is that they thought there was a low number of very low income people in Danby. There
was a higher percentage of low income people .
Public Hearing Declared Closed :
Supervisor Kenneth Horst declared the public hearing closed at 7 : 20 P .M .
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Carol W. Sczepanski o n Clerk
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