Southtowns Record

REPORTS

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Town of Aurora
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jun 8, 2026
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HNECEIVE
  MAY  26 2026

  a  N TY  OF  ERIE]  TOWN  OF AURORA
  DIVISION OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMHNT  SU PERVISORS  OFFICE

DANIEL R. CASTLE, AICP  ZAQUE EVANS, PHD
COMMISSIONER  DEPUTY COMMISSIONER &
  CHIEF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

May 22, 2026
Honorable Charles D. Snyder
Town of Aurora
575 Oakwood Avenue
East Aurora, NY 14052

Dear Supervisor Snyder:

This letter pertains to the 2003 Local Cooperation Agreement between the Town of Aurora and Erie
County relative to the Erie County Community Development Block Grant Consortium.

Please be aware that, by its terms, the Agreement will be renewed for an additional three years (2027
through 2029) unless the Municipality provides a written notification to my attention indicating its
desire to terminate the Agreement. Such action would remove the Municipality from Consortium
membership and thus from eligibility for receiving Federal Community Development Block Grant funds
under the Consortium’s Entitlement Program for the 2027 through 2029 program years. The
Municipality would also be unable to access funds through the federal HOME Investment Partnership
Program for the same period.

It should also be noted that if your Municipality chooses to remain with the urban county, it is also a
participant in the HOME Program if the urban county receives HOME funding and may only receive a
formula allocation under the HOME Program as part of the urban county, although this does not
preclude the urban county or a unit of government within the urban county from applying to the State for
HOME funds, should it be allowed by New York State.

By remaining with the urban county, your Municipality is also a participant in the Emergency Solutions
Grant (ESG) Program and may only receive a formula allocation under the ESG Program as a part of the
urban county, although this does not preclude the urban county or a unit of government within the urban
county from applying to the State for ESG funds, if so allowed by New York State.

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