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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes City Council - 05/12/1987 - SpecialMINUTES 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. MICROFILMED nutes .;DBG Special Council Meeting May 12, 1987 Page 2 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) 13D0C15 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 3-13-07 3.. 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. 3-13-09 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 13D0C14 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