The city council has approved a $100,000 investment into Longmont Housing Authority accessibility projects.
Council unanimously approved a sixth amendment to COVID-related funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Tuesday to ensure that 80% of funds would be spent by July 9.
The city received a $768,364 Community Development Block Grant that must be spent on COVID-related beneficiaries. The city has spent 53% of that money so far, Housing and Community Investment Division Director Molly O’Donnell told council.
The grant requires that 80% be spent by July 9, equal to $279,415 that still needs to be spent by Longmont.
The amendment reallocated funds from a Recovery Cafe project at the Suites Supportive Housing to the accessibility improvement projects. While the Recovery Cafe project is meeting its milestones, it will not have enough architectural design work completed in time to meet the July deadline.
The Recovery Cafe will apply for regular Community Development Block Grant funding to fill the gap.
The reallocated money will support accessibility improvements for the Longmont Housing Authority, Center for People with Disabilities and Veterans Community Project, which O’Donnell said will meet the deadline while serving another important community need.
She said staff is working to get the bidding process complete by June 15 to complete this work before the deadline.
