City of Marble Hill to Hold Public Meeting on Jan. 12, 2009

I received the following letter in my mailbox at City Hall and thought I'd pass this along to the public:

"Public Hearing Notice:

The City of Marble Hill will hold a public hearing on Monday, January 12, 2009at 5:30pm at City Hall to discuss the City's submission of an Emergency application for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. In order to qualify as an emergency under regulations of the State of Missouri, the project will be evaluated using each of the following criteria: Seriousness, Immediacy,Uniqueness, Lack of Sufficient Local Funds. As part of the hearing process, citizens will be asked to comment on the propsed project. The City needs as much local participation as possible in order to reflect the true desires of the community as a whole, as well as the comments relating to the proposed project application.

The City is proposing to apply for grant funding to be used as the 25% local match required by SEMA for the flood buyout of 6 local properties. The City is applying for approximately $80,000 in CDBG funds.

For more information on the proposed project, contact Gary Shrum, Administrative Assistant Gary Shrum at: 573-238-3622"

I called Administrative Assistant Shrum this afternoon and said that through the CDBG the City will be able to purchase 5 properties on the old Lutesville side of the creek , and along mainstreet, as well as an additional property located on Plutarch St., to be develped for recreational use.