HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-01-03 Community and Economic Development Committee Minutes COMMUNITY&ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
Wednesday,January 3, 2001, @5:00 PM
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MINUTES
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
PRESENT: Councilor Baldacci, Chair
Councilor Vardamis
Councilor Crowley
Councilor Farnham
STAFF
PRESENT: Edward A. Barrett, City Manager
Rodney G. McKay,Director of Community& Economic Development
Stan Moses,Asst. C.D. Director
T.J. Martzial, Housing Programs Manager
Dan Wellington, Code Enforcement Officer
Norm Heitmann, City Solicitor
The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair Councilor Baldacci at 5:00
PM.
;. 1. Randolph Drive Sale: 47 Randolph Drive
Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded to recommend approval of this
item as presented. So voted.
2. Residential Rehab Loan: 34 Parkview Ave., 2 units, investor owned
Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded to approve this loan as
presented. So voted.
3. Lead Based Paint update
T.J. Martzial, Housing Programs Manager, updated the Committee on new HUD
regulations with regard to elimination of lead based paint in all properties that are
accepted for rehabilitation under the C.D. Rehabilitation Program. These new regulations
go into effect on March 15. This will have a major impact on the C.D. Housing
Rehabilitation Program. One of the stipulations of this new program is that if the
property is occupied at the time of rehabilitation, occupants are required to be
temporarily relocated while the rehab work is being done. The City will have to absorb
this additional cost. The rules will also require that every contractor that works on a
project funded with federal funds will have to be trained in lead safe practices. The state
of Maine is going to offer training courses through the Department of Environmental
Protection. With respect to public housing in the Bangor area, about 5 years ago the
Housing Authority spent approximately $400,000 and eliminated all lead based paint in
public housing. The City has to submit to HUD a Transitional Implementation Plan to
. get this program up and running with staffing by March 15. As part of this, the C.D. staff
will do some public relations along with Penquis C.A.P. Penquis has received a grant
. through Maine State Housing Authority to conduct public relations on lead based paint
issues. They do not have money for rehab but they do have money to train their people to
be lead inspectors and lead technicians. The new lead based paint regulations will make
rehabilitation funded under the CDBG program about 20%more expensive than when
federal funds are not involved. The Residential Rehab Program guidelines will have to
be changed for this program to continue to be attractive to borrowers. The Rental
Rehabilitation Program has rehabilitated 579 units using over$4.5 million in the last 10
years.
4. Proposed Housing Study
T.J. Martzial presented to the Committee a proposal to conduct a housing study
for the Bangor area. It is intended to bring together current housing data as well as
Census 2000 data on housing statistics on Bangor's neighborhoods in order to come up
with a comprehensive housing action plan. It is suggested to break out housing according
to where the City may want to locate low and moderate-income housing; locate market
rate housing, and what types of property we have available for housing development.
The grant that was recently submitted to the Maine State Housing Authority was turned
down. At this point staff suggests that this housing plan can be done in-house. The cost
to do this over two years is estimated to be around$30,000. The money to cover the
costs would come from the C.D. Block Grant funds. The Housing Study will help the
City focus their resources and to assist with applying for future federal grants. Staff
recommends that an RFP be sent out to seek a qualified person with the expertise to
. handle this project. This project will take 11/z to 2 years to complete.
Action Taken: A motion was made and seconded to direct staff to proceed with
developing an RFP and to bring it back to Committee for final approval. So voted.
A motion was made to go into Executive Session. So voted.
5. Executive Session—Property Acquisition—Union Place NCP
A motion was made to go out of Executive Session. So voted.
6. Executive Session—Property Acquisition
Postponed.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM.
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