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City of Missoula, Montana $168,72 0 4-Jun-09 Activity Name Activity Description Eligibility (Regulator y or HCDA Citation) National Objective Citation CDBG-R Project Budget Additional Recovery Funds Other Leveraged Funding Total Activity Budget 1. Franklin to Fort Fire Hydrant Installation Project will add two hydrants in Census Block Group 1.3. A recent Public Service Commission decision has shifted installation costs from the water utility to the City. Addition of these hydrants will complete coverage for portions of this neighborhood where low- and moderate-income households make up more than 70% of the population. 570.201 ( c ) 570.208(a)(1) $22,000 0 0 22,000 2. North Side Pedestrian Bridge Improvements and Repair CDBG-R funds will be used primarily to address structural deficiencies that have developed with age. This project will also support the installation of mechanisms intended to address public health and safety concerns associated with the pedestrian bridge that spans the railroad tracks that separate the North Side neighborhood from the remainder of the City of Missoula. This facility connects two neighborhoods 570.201 ( c ) 570.208(a)(1) $75,000 0 108,000 ---PAGE BREAK--- containing 1544 households, 74% of which have been identified as low- and moderate-income, and is one of only three access points between the predominantly LMI North Side neighborhood and the rest of the City. Of the other two crossings, one is through an underpass which is particularly unsuitable and unattractive for pedestrian use and the other is as the extreme western end of the North Side neighborhood and not generally convenient for pedestrian use. In addition, the latter access, Scott Street Bridge, will be closed for several months for repairs during the remainder of calendar 2009. The pedestrian bridge is plagues by bird droppings from nests that are located in the bridge’s superstructure. Measures to prevent nesting and roosting will be installed. The bridge also contains several locations where individuals and activities are screened from sight. These “hiding places” have ---PAGE BREAK--- contributed to crimes against persons using the pedestrian bridge and they will be eliminated through proposed improvements. 3. Program Administration 570.206(a)(1 ) $16,870 16,870