Town of Mecca: Fire Station Improvements
TOWN OF MECCA, INDIANA
FIRE STATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
On or about Friday, November 22, 2019, the Town of Mecca intends to apply to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs for a grant from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Public Facilities Program (PFP). This program is funded by Title I of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. These funds are to be used for a community development project that will include the following activities: Fire Station Improvements Project for the Mecca-Wabash Township Volunteer Fire Department.
The total amount of CDBG funds to be requested is $500,000. The amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit the 74.16% low-and-moderate-income persons is $370,800. The Applicant also proposes to expend an estimated $57,000 in non-CDBG funds on the project. These non-CDBG funds will be derived from the following sources: (1) $5,000 in a previously paid preliminary architectural report, (2) $29,664 in a local bank loan and (3) $22,336 in Philanthropic Capital that will be held in the Parke County Community Foundation. Total project cost is $557,000 which breaks down to $500,000 (89.77% of the total project cost) of CDBG funds and $57,000 (10.23% of the total project cost) in non-CDBG funds.
The Town of Mecca will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, October 1, 2019 at 7:00 pm at the Mecca Community Center, 207 S. Montezuma Street, Mecca, IN 47860, to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federally funded CDBG project. Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact the project’s Grant Administrator, Kristy Jerrell with Jerrell Consulting & Grant Administration Services, 1813 W. Colonial Dr., Terre Haute, IN 47802 or (812) 878-0826, M-F, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, not later than September 30, 2019. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons.
Information related to this project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as of September 18, 2019 at the office of the Project’s Grant Administrator, Jerrell Consulting & Grant Administration Services, 1813 W. Colonial Dr., Terre Haute, IN 47802 or you may call 812-878-0826, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments regarding these issues either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to the project’s Grant Administrator, Kristy Jerrell by mail, at the address above, no later than September 30, 2019, in order to ensure placement of such comments in the official record of the public hearing proceedings. A plan to minimize displacement and provide assistance to those displaced has been prepared by the Town and is also available to the public. This project will result in no displacement of any persons. For additional information concerning the proposed project, please contact the project’s Grant Administrator, Kristy Jerrell at (812) 878-0826, M-F from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm or write to Kristy Jerrell at Jerrell Consulting & Grant Administration Services, 1813 W. Colonial Dr., Terre Haute, IN 47802.