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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 12, 1987
7:00 p.m.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. All Council Members were
present. Assistant City Manager Kelly Elizondo gave a presentation on the
proposed 13th Year CDBG Program, including guidelines approved by the Council,
Staff and Planning Commission recommendations and information submitted that
same day regarding new proposals by the Nueces County Community Action Agency
and the Neighborhood Centers.
Arnold Moreno, Chairman of the Planning Commission, gave a presentation on
Planning Commission recommendations for the 13th Year CDBG Program,
concentrating on differences between their recommendations and those of the
Staff. Attachment "A" includes the Staff and Planning Commission
recommendations.
Mayor Turner officially opened the public hearing. Linda Mackenzie spoke
in favor of the extension of Knickerbocker Street and lighting on Yorktown Road.
Leonardo Carillo asked that $16,100 be allocated to Temple Park lighting.
Ernest Carter and Cheyene Eichelberger spoke on behalf of the HIALCO Day Care
Center and Incubator Programs.
Glen Johnson, Jack Lanvers, Dave McAvenia and Marie Spear spoke in favor of
the extension of Knickerbocker Street. Alicia Gallegos Gomez asked that the
Council allocate $10,000 to study the Urban Park areas.
Reverend Harry Williams asked that money be allocated for a HIALCO youth
jobs clean-up program. Gladys Neu and Jack Ratkovic spoke on behalf of
Broadmoor Park Senior Citizen Center and the Zavala Center. Nancy Gill and Lisa
McIntyre asked that funds be allocated for Victory Acres Homes. Joseph Barroza
addressed the Council on behalf of the Zavala Center.
Willa Gilbert asked that the patio in the Lindale Center not be closed -in.
(This is being done with bond money not CDBG) Raymond Gregg stated that the
administrative funds for the Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Programs were too
high. Irving Dietz expressed concern about the Cabra project, the Gazebo at the
Zavala Center and the extension of Knickerbocker Street.
Robert Aguilar, Catalina Martinez, Juan Herrera and Earl Sumerland spoke
on behalf of funding for the Spohn Area Headstart Program. Willie Lenox asked
that funds be allocated to a park next to the new Flour Bluff Fishing Pier
(Laguna Madre Park) Vic Menard spoke in favor of the Knickerbocker extension,
Matlock extension, Laguna Madre Park, Ethel Eyerly Community Center and a study
of Laguna Shores roadway.
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Rudy Sosa, Danny Noyola and Jon J. Kelly asked for funding for the
Neighborhood Centers in the amount of $108,000 for a multi-purpose center in the
Molina area. Gloria Perez, Amanda Martinez and Ann Castro spoke on behalf of
the Spohn area Headstart Program. Bennie Benavides spoke regarding the need for
basic necessities and general needs.
Mayor Turner asked if any additional individuals wanted to speak. Council
Member Frank Mendez made a motion to close the public hearing; seconded by
Council Member Linda Strong and passed unanimously.
The Council reviewed the new projects not listed in the CDBG Handbook.
They were: Temple Park - $16,100; Clean -Up Youth Jobs Program - $45,000; HIALCO
Incubator Program - $16,500; Molina Neighborhood Multi -Purpose Center -
$108,000; Victory Acres - $12,000; Community Action Agency Los Encinos Project -
$36,000; Laguna Madre Park - $100,000, Urban Park Study - $10,000.
Mr. Elizondo mentioned that $50,000 more than was listed in the CDBG
Handbook was now available for distribution. The Council deliberated on the
proposed project, reviewing each one individually. It was the consensus of the
Council after deliberation, that the projects listed in Attachment "B" be
adopted as the 13th Year CDBG Program. By motion of Council Member Bill Pruet;
seconded by Council Member David Berlanga; and passed unanimously, the program
was adopted.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 p.m.
AfTRC::ME "A"
13TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATIONS
13th Year Entitlement
Funds Available from Reprogramming
Program Income from Rehabilitation Loan Repayments
TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE 13TH YEAR PROGRAM
Parks, Playgrounds and other Recreational Facilities
Cabra Open Space
Street and Utility System Improvements
Allen School Area Streets - Phase I
Knickerbocker Street Improvements
Graham Road and Laguna Shores Sewer Improvements
Ridgewood Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Skipper Lane Sanitary Sewer Improvements
McNelley Sanitary Sewer Improvements
Utility and Street Improvements -
San Carlos, Buena Vista, Noakes Partition,
F.W. Shaeffer Survey
Elimination of Blight and Slum
Code Enforcement
Demolition/Relocation
Neighborhood Facilities
WIC Building
Broadmoor Park Senior Citizen Center
SER - Community Learning and Training Center
Hialco - Day Care Center
Tract 16 Center
Zavala Senior Center Improvements
Ethel Eyerly Community Center Expansion
Headstart Building - Spohn Hospital Area
Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Program
Single-Family/Commercial/Historical
Emergency Repair
Rental Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation Administration
Planning and Administration
Comprehensive Plan
General Administration
3,659,000
385,000
440,000
4,484,000
PLANNING
COMMISSION STAFF
RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATION
50,000 50,000
640,000* 640,000*
360,000*
120,000
35,000
15,000
40,000
105,000
40,000 40,000
20,000 20,000
220,000
135,000
450,000
39,000
20,000
20,000
105,000
200,000
700,000
600,000
100,000
550,000
220,000
195,000
450,000
39,000
20,000
20,000
900,000
600,000
100,000
550,000
60,000 60,000
220,000 220,000
*Local bond dollars will also be used for these projects. (Allen School Area
Streets - $160,000 / Knickerbocker - $90,000)
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13TH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
APPROVED PROGRAM
13th Year Entitlement
Funds Available from Reprogramming
Program Income from Rehabilitation Loan Repayments
TOTAL FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR THE 13TH YEAR PROGRAM
Parks, Playgrounds and other Recreational Facilities
ATTACHME'
3,659,000
435,000
440,000
4,534,000
Cabra Open Space 50,000
Street and Utility System Improvements
Allen School Area Street Improvements - Phase I 640,000
Knickerbocker Street Improvements 360,000
Elimination of Blight and Slum
Code Enforcement 40,000
Demolition/Relocation 20,000
Clean -Up Program (Census Tracts 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 13 & 30) 100,000
Neighborhood Facilities
WIC Building
Broadmoor Park Senior Citizen Center
SER - Community Learning and Training Center
Hialco - Day Care Center/Incubator Improvements
Tract 16 Center Expansion
Zavala Senior Center Improvements
NCCAA Headstart Building - Spohn Hospital Area
NCCAA Headstart Building - Molina/Los Encinos Area
Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Program
220,000
195,000
450,000
55,000
20,000
20,000
180,000
36,000
Single-Family/Commercial/Historical 700,000
Emergency Repair 520,000
Rental Rehabilitation 100,000
Rehabilitation Administration 550,000
Planning and Administration
Comprehensive Plan 58,000
General Administration 220,000
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SUMMARIES OF APPROVED PROJECTS
13TH YEAR CDBG
CABRA OPEN SPACE
Proposed Funding: $50,000
Project Description: The purchase of three lots adjacent to Broadway,
totalling approximately .5 acres, for the construction of concrete walks and a
play area along with benches, covered seating, vehicle control improvements
and security lighting.
ALLEN SCHOOL AREA STREETS - PHASE I
Proposed Funding: $640,000
Project Description: Reconstruction of streets to include curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, and related drainage and utility system improvements. The total
cost of the project is estimated to be $800,000 of which $160,000 will be
provided by the Street Bond Fund. Engineering and design costs for Phase I
and II will also be funded from this allocation.
KNICKERBOCKER STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Proposed Funding: $360,000
Project Description: The extension of Knickerbocker in a manner which will
connect it from Waldron Road to Laguna Shores. Total cost of the project is
estimated to be $450,000 of which we anticipate the Street Bond Fund providing
$90,000.
CODE ENFORCEMENT
Proposed Funding: $40,000
Project Description: Funding to supplement the City's Code Enforcement acti-
vity in the Community Development Block Grant targeted area. This activity
will supplement the City's General Fund efforts to eliminate blight slums and
substandard buildings.
DEMOLITION/RELOCATION
Proposed Funding: $20,000
Project Description: The primary intent is to remove substandard buildings by
having them removed at no cost to the owners when the owners are certified to
be low income. When the demolition displaces low income families, assistance
will be provided in accordance with the Uniform Relocation Act.
CLEAN-UP PROGRAM
Proposed Funding: $100,000
Project Description: A clean-up program that targets Census Tracts 4, 5, 9,
10, 11, 13 & 30. The primary focus will be the removal of debris and rubbish
which will include the clean-up of public and private properties.
WIC BUILDING
Proposed Funding: $220,000
Project Description: Construction of a building to house the Women, Infants
and Children (WIC) program which certifies and issues WIC Vouchers to nutri-
tionally deficient mothers and children. The building is estimated at 7,000
square feet and will be located within the present Health Department complex.
The plan would be for the program to repay the Community Development Block
Grant program for the cost of construction. This repayment would be consi-
dered CDBG program income and as such would require its expenditure to be in
accordance with CDBG program guidelines.
BROADMOOR PARK SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER
Proposed Funding: $195,000
Project Description: The construction of a new senior citizen center within
Broadmoor Park. The facility will be approximately 2,000 square feet and
would be used by Senior Community Services to provide services to the elderly.
The primary responsibility of the Senior Community Services program is to
assist senior citizens in overcoming barriers of isolation, promote fellowship
in a congregate setting, enhance good nutritional habits and facilitate inde-
pendence in their home and in their own neighborhoods. The present center is
located in a renovated apartment at 3312 Wayside Street, which is Corpus
Christi Housing Authority property. The apartment is very limited and not
accessible to the handicapped or conducive to the activities that are to be
held at the center.
SER - COMMUNITY LEARNING AND TRAINING CENTER
Proposed Funding: $450,000
Project Description: Property acquisition and construction of a building to
house employment and training activities and a Day Care Program. The total
cost is estimated to be $625,000, of which a $250,000 loan is proposed at 3%
for a term not to exceed ten years and a grant in the amount of $200,000
with the $175,000 balance and the operating costs being the responsibility of
SER. The loan repayments would be considered program income and be incor-
porated into the City's CDBG program for other CDBG eligible activities.
HIALCO - DAY CARE CENTER/INCUBATOR IMPROVEMENTS
Proposed Funding: $55,000
Project Description: Provide various improvements, including handicapped
access and renovation of the adjacent portable building for day-care purposes.
In addition, improvements will be made to the main building for the purpose of
assisting their incubator program.
TRACT 16 CENTER
Proposed Funding: $20,000
Project Description: Expansion of the present facilities by approximately 600
square feet. Additional space to be used for senior citizen programs and
provide for an after-school study center.
ZAVALA SENIOR CENTER IMPROVEMENTS
Proposed Funding: $20,000
Project Description: Construction of a gazebo -type structure to allow senior
citizens to sit outside in a shaded area and also to provide for general
repairs in the kitchen, floor and ceiling areas of the existing structure.
NCCAA HEADSTART BUILDING - SPOHN HOSPITAL AREA
Proposed Funding: $180,000
Project Description: The acquisition of three lots plus the costs associated
with the construction of a facility for Headstart classes and a community
room. The size of the building is approximately 1,500 square feet. The total
anticipated cost of the project is $200,000. A minimum of $20,000 will be
contributed by Nueces County Community Action Agency toward the project.
NCCAA HEADSTART BUILDING - MOLINA/LOS ENCINOS AREA
Proposed Funding: $36,000
Project Description: A loan for the purpose of completing the Los Encinos
Headstart Center project. The funds are needed due to increased costs of
construction and the addition of required parking facilities which were not a
part of the cost of the original grant. The terms of the loan will be nego-
tiable. Nueces County Community Action Agency will assume the cost of the
parking facilities for both the Head Start Center and the Los Encinos Communi-
ty Center.
REHABILITATION LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAM
Proposed Funding: $1,870,000
Project Description: The funding will provide for a continuation of the
various rehabilitation programs sponsored by the City through the Corpus
Christi Housing Improvement Corporation. It is anticipated that approximately
60 single-family units will be rehabilitated and 250 emergency repair grants
will be authorized with these funds. The $100,000 for the Rental Rehabilita-
tion Program would be used as a funding match for the National Rental
Rehabilitation Program. It would create a program which would allow the City
to provide up to $10,000 per dwelling unit for rental units. Utilizing the
current program guidelines, $5,000 would be from this source and $5,000 from
the National Rental Rehabilitation allocation.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Proposed Funding: $58,000
Project Description: The Planning Department will prepare neighborhood plans
and a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Corpus Christi.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Proposed Funding: $220,000
Project Description: Costs associated with the administration of the Communi-
ty Development Block Grant Program.
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FUNDS APPROVED TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO 13TH YEAR PROGRAM
PROJECT AMOUNT
7th Year
Land Acquisition - Surfside to Timon 21,183
Peoples Street and Shoreline Drive 40,876
Greenwood Park Sanitary Sewer 140
8th Year
Utility Relocation 125,927
Broadmoor Park 6,978
9th Year
Rental Rehabilitation 75,000
Ben Garza Softball Field Improvements 922
Assessment Fund 50,000
10th Year
HEB Park and Pool 1,901
Wilmot Memorial Park 1
Prescott Park 54
Greenwood Softball Park Complex 5
Airport Park 9,000
Wiggins Park 9,000
11th Year
Mary Street
Gas System Improvements - Howard St.
Rehabilitation Administration
T.C. Ayers
South Bluff Park Land Acquisition
41,815
1,110
218
233
637
TOTAL $385,000
ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO 13TH YEAR PROGRAM AS APPROVED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL ON 5-13-87
9th Year
Utility and Drainage Relocation 2,146
10th Year
Westhaven Park 381
Parker Park 4,780
Lawson Park 889
Utility and Drainage Relocation 2,803
11th Year
Unallocated 2,000
Wilmot Park 8,000
Fishing Pier 25,000
12th Year
Unallocated 4,001
TOTAL $50,000
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the
Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of the City of Corpus Christi of May
12, 1987, which were approved by the City Council on May 19, 1987.
WITNESSETH MY HAND AND SEAL, this the day of
►987 .
Armando Chapa, City Secretary
City of Corpus Christi, Texas