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City officials are looking to partner with CODE on a nearly $3 million program to rehabilitate currently vacant homes owned by small landlords.

The City Council’s Housing Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the Police Training Room on the fourth floor of City Hall, followed by meetings of the Council’s Finance Committee at 7 p.m. (Mayor’s Conference Room on the fourth floor ) and the Public Safety Commission (police training room). and Commission of Public Works (Department of Development conference room). The full council will hold a work session at 7:30 p.m. in the police training room.

The City Development Department has prepared a grant application from the State Department of Housing and Community Renewal totaling $2,913,750, available through the Vacant Rent Improvement Program. The city is partnering with Citizens Opportunity for Development and Equality (CODE Inc.) on a program that will renovate vacant homes owned by landlords who own no more than 20 units. It is estimated that the city and CODE will be able to renovate 35 units in total if they receive the grant.

“The Department of Development has partnered with Citizens Opportunity for Development and Equality (CODE Inc.) on this grant application to share the burden of managing the program and administering these funds, while also allowing CODE Inc. to make their vacant units habitable, once again. said Kasie Foulk, deputy director of housing policy and development, in a staff memo included in the City Council’s filing for Monday’s meeting.

Also on the agenda for Monday’s meeting is a resolution to purchase two new patrol vehicles for the Jamestown Police Department, at a total cost of $105,061, which includes equipping the vehicles so that they can be used. The vehicles will be paid for with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act.

Council members will also be asked to approve an $8,556 grant from the Governor’s Highway Safety Committee to assist with the traffic enforcement program. The Jamestown Police Department will receive $1,860 for seat belt enforcement and $6,696 for regular traffic enforcement.

“These funds will be used to conduct traffic enforcement activities with the goal of increasing seat belt use and reducing unsafe driving behaviors with the goal of reducing serious injuries and fatalities,” said Tim Jackson, city police chief and public safety director, in a statement. note included on the agenda for Monday’s council meeting.

Members of the Public Safety Committee will discuss a special event request for the Jamestown High School Homecoming Parade, which will take place from 5 to 7 p.m., including set-up and take-down. The parade route will begin at Allen Park and continue to Strider Field.