City Seeks Public Comment on Annual Plan
on March 26th, 2011 at 8:12 amCITY PREPARES ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT
The City of Knoxville is requesting public input and comment on its draft Annual Action Plan for the program year beginning July 1, 2011.
Prepared by the Community Development Department, the 2011-2012 Annual Action Plan describes the proposed use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME), and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds.
At this time, the City has not been notified of the amount of funding it will receive for the 2011-2012 program year, so the plan is based on estimates and an anticipated decrease in funding.
A copy of the draft plan can be downloaded from the Citys Website:
www.cityofknoxville.org/development/currentdocs/actionplan_draft_031811.pdf
In addition, copies are available for review at:
** Community Development Department, 5th Floor, City-County Building
** Lawson McGhee Library, 500 West Church Avenue
** Community Action Committee (CAC) Main Office, L. T. Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave.
** CAC East Neighborhood Center, 4200 Asheville Highway
** CAC South Neighborhood Center, 522 Old Maryville Pike
Citizens can learn about and comment on the draft plan at a public hearing to be held at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Cansler YMCA, 616 Jessamine St. In addition, Knoxville City Council will hold a workshop on plan beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 14, in the Small Assembly Room at the City-County Building. Free parking is available behind the building after 5 p.m.
Citizens may also submit their comments via e-mail to Becky Wade at bwade@cityofknoxville.org or in writing by mail or fax to Becky Wade, City of Knoxville, Community Development Department, P.O. Box 1631, Knoxville, TN 37901, fax 865-215-2962 or call 865-215-2120 for additional information.
All comments must be received no later than Monday April 18, 2011.
SEEED is most concerned about the use of CDBG funds. In the past, a large portion of that funding goes to CAC, Knox Housing Partnership, and KLF's Operation Backyard to weatherize low income homes. That's great, but we feel they need to use the money to also provide green job training to at-risk young people. If we received even a small portion of that funding, we would use it to weatherize low income homes and train young people in weatherization at the same time. Shouldn't our tax dollars serve double duty?
