NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Grant County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room located on the 2nd floor of the Grant County Courthouse at 35 C Street NW in Ephrata, Washington, on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:15 p.m.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Grant County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room located on the 2nd floor of the Grant County Courthouse at 35 C Street NW in Ephrata, Washington, on Monday, March 16, 2015 at 1:15 p.m.

The purpose of the public hearing is to review community development and housing needs, inform citizens of the availability of funds and eligible uses of the state Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, and receive comments on proposed activities, particularly from lower income persons residing in the Grant and Adams County areas. Grant County intends to apply for two types of CDBG funding in 2015: (1) CDBG Public Services Grant funding; and (2) CDBG General Purpose Grant funding.

Public Services Grant

It is anticipated that up to $128,397 will be available to the County and Opportunities Industrialization Center of Washington (OIC of WA) to fund public service activities that principally benefit low and moderate income persons in Grant and Adams Counties.

The draft application for the CDBG Public Service Grant proposal will be available for review at the Grant County Commissioners office on March 9th and afterwards. Comments may also be submitted in writing from the time of this notice until 9:00 a.m. on March 16th, 2015, to:

June Strickler, Administrative Services Coordinator

Grant County Board of County Commissioners

35 C Street NW / PO Box 37

Ephrata, WA 98823-0037

Comments on the County’s and OIC of WA past performance and use of their 2014 CDBG Public Service Grant award will also be received.

General Purpose Grant

Grant County anticipates applying for a CDBG General Purpose Grant, which is for public infrastructure, community facilities, affordable housing, or economic development. Counties may submit only one CDBG request per fund each program year; one exception is for a second General Purpose Grant if one application is for a local microenterprise assistance program.

A Spanish language interpreter will be available at the public hearing. The Commissioners’ Hearing Room is handicap accessible, with elevator access from the first floor of the Courthouse to the second floor. Additional arrangements to reasonably accommodate special needs will be made upon receiving 24-hour advance notice. Please contact June Strickler at 509-754 2011 ext. 2937 for assistance.

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Pub.: March 4, 2015