HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979-05-07city council minutesBook 20
SPECTAL MEETING
May 7, 1.979
3:00 P. M.
The Meeting was called to order by Mayor Pasley.
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Those present: McCluskey, Olesen, Williams, and Hopper. Absent:
Raymond and Bauman.
(PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT GRANT)
The Mayor declared the Meeting open for a Public Hearing regarding
the Housing and Urban Development Grant. The first comment that
was made was by Councilwoman Williams who requested that Ithaca
Street be paved. She was informed that this Street was included
in the Grant.
The 'Mayor then gave the following information regarding the
Grant. The proposed budget for the three years was as follows:
Year I
Administrative
$ 15,000
Housing Rehab
125,000
Sewer Const.
98,000
Street Const.
164,080
$402,080
Year II
Administrative
20,000
Housing Rehab
230,000
Sewer Const.
98,000
Street Const.
152,000
$500,000
Year III
Administrative
20,000
Housing Rehab
230,000
Street Const.
235,000
Sr. Cit Exp.
15,000
$500,000
Total Grant Requested
$ 1,402,080
The Mayor :further ex plained that the Grant Application deadline
was .June 4, 1979 and funding should be made by the middle of
August, 1979. The Engineering Department will handle the
specifications and preliminary work involved in the sewer and street
construction. They have prioritized the streets to be done in
each year and given Donna Rose the costs for each block. These
costs were the basis for the budgeted amounts. They were also
putting together an environmental statement to be submitted with
the Grant. The Administrative figure was a very abstract figure.
It was very likely that it will be much less than the projected.
amount. If that was the case, the excess money could probably
be funneled into another area of the Grant (this would have to be
checked with HUD first before it was done.) When the Grant was
originally written, the Administrative for Housing Rehabilitation
was figured in this amount. Since the Idaho Housing Agency will
be doing that program, this amount was probably high. The money
for Senior Citizen Expansion was a sort of matching funds type
figure. This will be put together with what they have in their
building fund by that time to enable them to expand their Center.
The Grant should be completed by May 29th and Donna Rose will have
copies made for each member of the Council and the Mayor. There
will also be a copy on file in Donna Rose's Office for anyone wishin€
to come in and read it. The major part of the work has been done anc
until the City finds out whether they will be funded, nothing further
can be done. This will. mean that 990 of the budgeting will be done
before we get into the Grant.
The Mayor asked if there was any questions which there was none
at that time.
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The Mayor then requested that Donna Rose come forward and explain
the map that was made describing the different projects that were
to be accomplished through the Grant.
Councilman McCluskey questioned as to how it was determined where
the housing rehabilitation was to be started. Donna Rose answered
that the Idaho Housing Authority will advertise as soon as the money
becomes available letting the public know that there was low cost
money available for housing rehabilitation. As soon as people hear
about it, they were to go into any of the area banks and let the
banks know their interest in the low cost housing rehabilitation
loans and from there on the Idaho Housing Authority takes over.
Another question posed was who was to select the builder. Donna
Rose felt that the Housing Authority would do this, but the Mayor
felt that the applicant would have to have his own builder. All
of the street work will be done under contract and bid out. The
-- interim financing was discussed and Donna Rose informed the Council
that the City could get a letter of credit from HUD as soon as the
City of Caldwell was approved, but she felt that this would not be
necessary as there would not be a great amount of outlay before
next Fall. The actual construction will not start until next
Spring so no interim financing should be necessary. She further
explained that the City will expend the monies and then it will be
reimbursed to the City which would mean that the City will have
to spend the money before it was received. Some discussion followed
as to how the monies would be handled.
The Mayor acknowledged representatives of the Chamber of Commerce
that were present at the Hearing to support the City in this
Grant and to hold the :Public Hearing and he stated his appreciation
for their presence. T11e Mayor explained that it would be a
one hundred percent Grant and the City would be reimbursed on all
time spent on it.
Since there was no other comments from the audience, the Mayor
declared the Public Hearing closed at 3:30 p.m.
APPROVED AS written THIS 15th DAY OF May , 1979.
M yor
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