UG public hearing set for May 17

News Release:

You are invited to attend a public hearing to be held on Thursday evening, May 17, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Unified Government Board of Commissioners Chambers in the Lobby of the Municipal Office Building.

The public hearing is being co-sponsored by the Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas Departments of Budget and Community Development. 

The purpose of this meeting is to request public comment for the upcoming Unified Government’s revised 2012 and proposed 2013 budgets.

In addition, the public hearing is being held to receive public comment on housing and community development needs, including non-housing community development needs for the 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plan and budget.

The 2012 Consolidated Annual Action Plan includes the following program applications:

• 38th Year Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)

• 2012 HOME Investment Partnership Grant Program

• The 2012 Emergency Solutions Grant Program (ESG)

The Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas Department of Community Development is funded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 

The Department’s mission is to provide safe, sanitary, and attractive housing to the city's low and moderate-income residents and to preserve and revitalize the community's neighborhoods.