HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1980/02/26 Item 10COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
Item 10
ITEM TITLE:
Meeting Date 2/26/80
Approving Submission of Community Development
Resolution / ODa.~Block Grant Grantee Performance Report and
Authorizing the Mayor to Sign Appropriate Document
SUBMITTED BY: Community Development Director ~}~
(4/5ths Vote: Yes No X )
Each year in the eight month of the fiscal year, the City must submit a Performance
Report to HUD which details the expenditures and accomplishments of the Community
Development Block Grant Program. This report is attached and it is my
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Council adopt the resolution.
BOARDS/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable.
DISCUSSION:
This report covers the period of January 1 to December 31, 1979. However, it does
not include any programs of the 1979-80 Block Grant program year. This is due to a
new regulation effective next fiscal year in which performance reports will be sub-
mitted after the close of the fiscal year rather than in the eighth month. The
1979-80 programs will, therefore, be reported in the Performance Report due in
August, 1980. This is the last report that will be due in February.
Capital projects that were completed during calendar year 1979 include General Roca
Park Improvements, Mueller School Park Development, Madrona Storm Drain and Alley,
the construction of wheelchair ramps in the Feaster School Neighborhood and the con-
struction of street and sidewalk improvements in the Feaster School and Norman Park
neighborhoods. Other activities completed in 1979 include the acquisition of blighted
property, Third Avenue economic plans and studies, Town Centre environmental reports,
and an economic study on tourism.
The major ongoing project is Housing Rehabilitation. A total of 120 housing units
has been rehabilitated in the Norman Park and Feaster School neighborhoods since
the beginning of the project. The Mueller School and Vista Square neighborhoods
have not been included in this figure since these areas are being rehabilitated with
1979-80 funds.
In other housing programs, the City has made some progress but to date we have not
constructed any new low and moderate-income housing. However, a number of steps
taken by the Council have been initiated this year which should significantly assist
in the development of subsidized housing.
1. Approval of a $1 million Section 108 Loan Guarantee for site
acquisition and improvement.
2. Reserving $1.25 million in tax allocation bond proceeds for low
and moderate-income housing.
3. Increasing the densities for senior housing.
4. Increasing the number of public housing units permitted on any
one site to a maximum of 25. '~~--,~J
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not applicable. ~ ~G~~/
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Form A-113 (Rev. 11/79)
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