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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-14-00'F3r Minutes Board of Directors Room City Hall — 500 W. Markham Little Rock, Arkansas November 14, 2000 The Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, met in a reconvened session with Mayor Jim Daily presiding. City Clerk, Nancy Wood called the roll with the following Directors present: Directors Pugh, Hinton, Lichty, Cazort, Keck, Stewart, Kumpuris, Kelly, and Adcock — total 10; Absent 1 — Director Wyrick. With a quorum present, Mayor Dailey declared the meeting in session, recorded as follows: A motion was made by Director Adcock to add items 2 and 3 to the reconvened meeting agenda. Director Pugh seconded the motion, and by unanimous voice vote the items were added to the reconvened meeting agenda. Director Pugh asked if how many houses might be redone out of the TNEP funds. Mr. Carney said that would depend on the amount of each application, the number of applicants, etc. that staff didn't know. Mr. Bruce Moore, Assistant City Manager, stated that $250,000 has been set aside for the tornado area, so felt a substantial impact could be made in the tornado area, he reminded the board that part of the CDBG Operating Plan that was approved, close to $700,000 was set aside for just the tornado impacted area, so when you combine the CDBG dollars and the TNEP dollars it will be close to a million dollar impact in the tornado impacted area. Director Keck asked if the funds were for single family only. Mr. Carney stated that was correct, up to duplex, no more than two per structure. 1. RESOLUTION NO. 10,931 Authorizing the City Manager to submit the 2001 Annual Action Plan for CDBG, Home and ESG Entitlements to The Department of Housing and Urban Development. Director Adcock moved for the adoption of the resolution, Director Cazort seconded the motion, and with a unanimous voice vote of board members present the resolution was adopted. 2. RESOLUTION NO. 10,930 Of intent to approve contracts with Sandra Mitchell at 1620 Cumberland Street, and with Craig Hiller at 311 East Fourteenth Street, as part of the Tornado Area Disaster Rebuild Targeted Neighborhood Enhancement Plan; and for other purposes. The resolution was read. Director Keck asked for a staff presentation. Andre Bernard, staff, stated the two applications were received in March of 2000, prior to other designation of the area. Ms. Sandra Mitchell is proposing to rehab a single - family structure, it's two stories, she has purchased the structure and has started some minor rehab, and the total project is going to be $147,472.00. Ms. Mitchell is requesting $29,494. Mr. Hiller purchased his property in May of 2000, it's a two -story structure, and the total rehab is $102,000 is requesting $20, 400 in TNEP funds to complete that project. Director Kelly asked if it is required in order to get access to these funds that you complete all the work, obtain all the other funding, and then this is the last piece of money that would be received. Mr. Bernard said that has been the original set up but staff is in the process of revising some of the requirements to make those funds more accessible. He stated that a number of the applicants they have talked to over the past year, really require those funds to be released during the project, or on the front end, so they are in the process of revising those requirements. Mr. Carpenter, City Attorney said those were the modifications referred to in the ordinance. Mr. Carney asked Mr. Bernard to explain why Ms. Beverly Jones, who met with the board at the last meeting informing the board that she had filled out a TNEP application. He stated they reviewed Ms. Jones application she had submitted. She said the application is for the repair of a Carriage House, which is a garage. He said the garage was damaged during the tornado, and at the time it was damaged it was a residence, with a loft apartment over the garage. He said Ms. Jones plans to renovate that garage and it would no loner be a residential structure, and the state statutes that the TNEP Plan is operated under specifically states the funds are to be used for residential rehab. Since this is no longer a residential structure, staff did not recommend approval. Mr. Bruce Moore in response to a question by Director Stewart as to whether Ms. Jones had been notified, he stated at the time Ms. Jones appeared before the board, the city do not actually have the application. When the applications were to be reviewed the following day, the application was not there; the organization the City has subcontracted with still had the file. Mr. Moore said the files have now been reviewed, the legislation has been reviewed and earlier this afternoon the determination was made that the application was not eligible. Mr. Moore said efforts are being made to get in touch with Ms. Jones to inform her of that decision. Mr. Bernard said the reason for the additional time delay is the staff had not reviewed any tornado area applications since the board had not been presented, and designated the area. Everything was on hold. The contractor had the application since September, but no applications had been moved on. Director Kumpuris stated that in order to receive TNEP money, the applicant must live in the structure himself or herself. This application is for an apartment Ms. Jones is trying to redo for rental, and she would not be able to receive the funds anyway, unless she lived in it. Mr. Moore stated that the application Ms. Jones submitted was for a two car garage, not to rehab as an apartment, but even if she were going to rehab as an apartment, residential structure, she would have to, because it's a free standing structure, she would have to live in that part of it for five years, but this plan as she submitted it, was not a residential structure, but just to develop a new two car garage. Director Keck made a motion to adopt the resolution, Director Stewart seconded the motion, and by unanimous voice vote of board members present, the resolution was adopted. City Attorney Tom Carpenter clarified that the reason this was listed as a resolution of intent is because the funds can't actually be released for the thirty days it takes the referendum period to run. 3. ORDINANCE NO. 18,387 — To approve the creation of the Tornado Disaster Area Targeted Neighborhood Enhancement Plan; to ratify and authorize applications for contracts pursuant to the plan; to declare an emergency and for other purposes. The ordinance was read the first time, the rules were suspended to provide for the second and third readings of the Ordinance by unanimous vote of the Board members present and by unanimous voice vote of the board members present, the ordinance and emergency clause was adopted. A motion was made by Director Cazort to adjourn the meeting, Director Pugh seconded the motion, and with a unanimous voice vote of board members present, the meeting adjourned at 5:50 P.M. ATTEST: APPROVED: 7Z-11�'Ivo90 a cy Wood Ci Clerk 2