1. Tara Fitzgerald Program Coordinator City of La Crosse, WI
Small Grantee Session
Tara Fitzgerald
Program Coordinator
City of La Crosse, WI

2. City of La Crosse, WI City Population: 51,320
Population has been stagnant since the 60’s
City Population: 51,320
Wisconsin’s Largest West Coast City
Nestled between Bluffs and the Mississippi River

3. Regional technology and medical hub Logistics Health Inc.
City Highlights
Regional technology and medical hub
Logistics Health Inc.
Gundersen & Mayo Clinic Health Systems
Trane Company
University of Wisconsin La Crosse
Viterbo University
Western Technical College
Population has been stagnant since the 60’s
The core and principal city of the La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. This includes all of the La Crosse County and Houston County , Combined population of 135,298.
Home of several Corp Headquarters, tourism hub for the region with a multitude of performance venues, hotels, restaurants and small businesses
Hatlem Photography

4. HUD Allocation for 2019
CDBG: $846,162
HOME: $300,293

5. Planning & Development Staff Budget Sources
Director of Planning & Development
City Operating
Community Development Administrator
CDBG
Program Coordinator
(2) Housing Specialist
CDBG/HOME
Neighborhood Housing Development Associate
TIF/CDBG
Economic Development Planner
CDBG/TIF
Senior Planner
Associate Planner
Environmental Sustainability Planner
Clerk Steno III
City/CDBG
Diverse Funding Resources allow for staff expansion and support for program operations
CDBG Admin , HOME Admin & TIF Admin used for staff salaries and benefits
5 positions fully budgeted through the City Operating Funds
Up to 5 Interns per Academic Semester (GIS, Bike/Ped Planning, Heritage Preservation, Economic Development, Project Specific and Public Outreach)

6. Community Development Programs & Funding Sources
CDBG
HOME
TIF/City Borrowing
Housing Rehabilitation (LMI)
CDBG RL - Loans up to $35,000 ($25,000 hard costs)
Housing Renovation/ Rental Conversion
Loans up to $40,000, 25% exterior, 25% owner contribution
Replacement Housing New Construction & Vacant Land Program
Acquisition/ Demolition
Construction
Economic Development SBDL/MOBA Grant
CDBG RL – Loans up to $200,000 or MOBA grant up to $5000 for micro businesses

7. Partnerships Western Technical College Central High School
La Crosse Promise
Habitat for Humanity
Couleecap

8. Federal Cross-Cutting Requirements
Avoid Davis Bacon as much as possible
CDBG Funds for acquisition and demolition
HOME Funds for construction of Single Family Homes
Tiered Environmental Review for Replacement Housing & Housing Rehab Programs
Avoid relocation and tenants as much as possible

9. Federal Timeliness Requirements
60 days prior to end of PY EN+PI < 1.5(PY Allocation)

10. RL Cash Flow Analysis

11. Fund Balance Sheet

12. Fund Balance Sheet
Status of Funds Dec 2018

13. Federal Timeliness Requirements
60 days prior to end of PY EN+PI < 1.5(PY Allocation)
Reprogram Funds
SBDL Funds to Replacement Housing for Acquisition
Make RLF more flexible
Combine RHP & HRP RL so that balances can be used for either program
Communicate and FOLLOW UP with subrecipients regarding the importance of timely draws

14. Other Helpful Tools Limit Funding to 5 Goals of the 5 year plan
Service subrecipients approved for funding 2 years at a time
Checklists
Templates for repetitive projects
Bid Specs for Replacement Housing
Work Write up for Housing Rehab
Agreements for Subrecipients
Don’t reinvent the wheel!

15. Questions? Tara Fitzgerald Program Coordinator City of La Crosse, WI