HomeMy WebLinkAboutHousing & Redevelopment Authority Packet 08-22-1977AGENDA
PLYNOUtiI HOUSING AND REDEVELOPNMT AUTHOR"
August 22, 1977
7:00 P.M.
I. ®olI Call
II. Ninutes of July 259 1977 Regular Housing and Redevelopment
Authority meeting
M. Diseased Tree Removals Program
IV. Progress Report on the Housing Rehabilitation Comnittee
V. Proposed Housing and, Redevelopment Authority Budget, 1978
VI. Informational Items
A. Article regarding Housing and•Urban Renewai
B. Fuel Oil and Utility Bill Relief Program
VII. Adjournment
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3025 HARBOR LANE, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441
TELEPHONE (612) 559.2800
DATE: August 16, 1917
MEMO
TO: Housing and Redevelopment Authority
FROM: Milt Dale,: Associate Planner
SUBJECT: Diseased Tree Removal Program for Low Income Homeowners
In response to commissioners directive to prepare a policy resolution providing
for a financial assistance program for low income homeowners for removal of
diseased trees, staff has prepared the following Guidelines and Eligibility
Requirements along with a resolution for its adoption.
Attachments:
1. Resolution
2. Guidelines and Eligibility Requirements
CITY OF PLS
HXSING AM RF.IH:'VgLOFMW AUnE RM
Funmw t to duo call and notice thereof, a tie alar meeting of
fie City Co wil, of the City of Plymmth minesota was RM an the
day of August 19 77• The following members were
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foll were WSOM.
introduced the following Resolution and moved
its a :
RESOLUTION NO. 16
ADOPTION OF A DISEASED TREE REMOVAL PROGRAM FOR LOW
INCOME HOMEOWNERS USING COWUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
SHARING FUNDS
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of Plymouth
has adopted a resolution providi ag for the use of $20,000 in Community Development
Revenue Sharing money for providing grants for qualified low income homeowners in
making necessary repairs or energy -reduction improvements to their homes; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that certain low income homeowners also
require financial assistance to remove diseased trees from thein property; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth has no present program to assist such
homeowners;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE PLYMOUTH HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA that a sums not tr.
exceed $2,000 be set aside, from the $20,000 Community Development Revenue
Sharing money, for the express purpose of removing diseased trees from qualified
low income homeowners property as per the guidelines and eligibility requirements
as attached hereto.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded
ye+eof.
mid onupvote being taken thereon, the
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MIS declared duly POSSE Od iWed.
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH.
GUIDELINES AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
FOR DISEASED. TREE. REMOVAL PROGRAM
August 22, 1977
Eltoibility.gWirements
Any homeowner within the City of Plymouth who qualifies for the Home improvement
Grant Program provided that:
1. The City's Environmental Department has established that the homeowner
has a diseased tree(s) on his (her) property.
2. The homeowner has been given notice to remove such tree(s).
3. The homeowner provides a minimum of two bids for removal of such
tree(s) to the City's Environmental Department.
4. Applicant can only submit those tree removal charges incurred after
July 19 1977.
Guidelines
Provided a homeowner meets the above eligibility requiremerts then:
1. City's Housing and Redevelopment Authority staff ,rill review and
determine eligibility of applicar` upon receipt of application.
2. City's Housing and Redevelopment Authority staff will inform applicant
and the City's Environmental Department that applicant is eligible
to receive financial assistance.
3. Applicant submits two bids to City's Environmental Department and
1s informed which bid is approved.
4. Applicant notifies tree removal firm to cut down tree and place at
curb.
5. Applicant submits a copy of the bill for tree removal to the Housing
and Redevlopment Authority staff.
6. Housing and Redevelopment Authority pays 50% of the cost of tree
removal up to a total of $250.00 per homeowner for a given year.
Examples:
HRA Home'
100 owner1$100J
HRA Home HRA Homeowner
200 owner $ •250 $3501$200
Total Cost $200 Total Cost $400 Total Cost $600
7. State of Minnesota is billed for 37% of the cost incurred for
the tree removal program consequently providing the city with
another $740 in grant money.
0. Applications will :be reviewed as submitted.Nith grants alloted
on a first come., first serve basis.
9. Funds will be utilized for eligible applicants until such time
as they are expended, i.e. $2,000 (Community Development Revenue
Sharing money) and $740 (state -money).
10. Eligible applicant is allowed to waive his (her) right to a public
hearing..
11. Those tree removal costs not paid for by the Housing and. Redevelopment
Authority may be paid for by an eligible applicant on a 5 year
assessment basis (or earlier) with no interest charge to applicant.
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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3025 HARBOR LANE, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441
TELEPHONE 1612) 559-2800
DATE: August 17, 1977
MEMO
TO: Housing and Redevelopment Authority
FROM: Milt Cale, Associate Planner
SUBJECT: Progress Report on the Housing Rehabilitation Committee
Attached are the minutes of the July 20, 1977 Housing Rehabilitation Committee
meeting., a status report on home improvement projects and a copy of a recent
news article regarding the City's Rehabilitation work from the New Hope -Plymouth
Post. It should be noted that while the City of Plymouth was allocated $10,721.70
for the year September 1. 1976 -August 31, 1977, we have recdived approval for
an additional $5,434.36 in funds, i.e. about a 50% increase. These funds were
made available when other communities in Hennepin County failed to use up their
allocations.
Within the last two weeks staff has received a "flurry" of Home Improvement
applications. (Note: A flurry is 11 applications.) Five of the applications
were for assistance with diseased tree removal, five were for home improvement
assistance and one was for both. The annual adjusted gross income for eligible
recipients is about $4,465. Three of the 11 applicants appear to be making
incomes above the $6,500 annual adjusted gross income limit or have assets in
excess of $25,000. The Housing Rehabilitation Committee will review the applic-
ations at its next meeting., i.e. at 7:30 p.m. on August 18th.
Staff does believe the front page article
provide some fine positive press exposure
Ann Andersen of the Post was the reporter
our program in a letter a few days after
expressed a willingness to do an article
went Authority. Mrs. Andersen is also a
Redevelopment Authority and as such has
Attachments:
in the New Hope -Plymouth Post did
rfor
our home improvement program.
and I acknowledged her coverage of
the article appeared. She has also
on the Plymouth Housing and Redevelop -
member of the Crystal Housing and
a strong interest in the area of housing.
1. Minutes of Housing Rehabilitation Committee, July 20, 1977
2. Status Report on Hone Improvement Projects
3. New Hope -Plymouth Post news article, August 4, 1977
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3025 HARBOR LANE, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55441
TELEPHONE (612 559-2800
DATE:. August 19, 1977
MEMO
TO: Housing and :Redevelopment Authority
FROM: Milt Dale
SUBJECT, Informational Items
As attachments, I have included two items of a general informational nature. The
first is in regard to a survey done by the American Council of Life Insurance on "What
one area would you have the government.concentrate on?" While the government entity
singled out is the federal government, the results still may have some local signi-
ficance. It certainly points out the growing concern more people are having regarding
the entire issue of housing and the role of government in providing solutions to the
housing: dilemma.
Also attached is a federally funded program to assist low income homeowners in paying
off last winter's high fuel oil and heating utility bills. The program has not been
too well publicized and I was informed of the program only recently. I have contacted
all the eligible homeowners in the Home Improvement Program as well as the President
of the Plymouth Seniors Club, "Mac" McCaughey. Should any Commissioners be aware
of a likely eligible homeowner for the program, I will gladly contact the party and
refer them to the proper source. It is my understanding there is still considerable
money available and the August 31 deadline is imminent.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Article
2. Fuel Oil and Heating Utility Bill Relief Program
American public is more concerned
with housing and urban renewal
than any ocher national issue
When Mee birth rate in this country began
b decline. some demographers hailed it
as the most Important long-range
population shift in the latter half of the
20M century. But it we toots back from
the future, we may rate this shift as
second to signifcence to one which could
hove even greater impact on our life
otyles. Our economic prioriti" and our
Political power bases. This Is the large-
scale migration of our population into and
out of various regions and cities around
V* country Aside from being significant
in numbers, this marks the first time in
our history that a geographic population
ON involved such a clear-cut "class"
mipretion. Certain major cities are losing
vast proportions of their better educated,
higher Income residents, leaving behind
deep-seated economic and bureaucratic
Problems, with diminished tax bases and.
dedining employment opportunities. By
contrast, several regions around the
country are experiencing growth of
unexpected size, with some welcoming
this and Others struggling to prevent it.
Along with these shifts come changing
needs, technologies and values
associated with housing.
These changes have not escaped
popular notice. A rather striking finding in
Me 1976 MAP (Monitoring the Attitudes
of the Public) survey of the American
Counch of Life Insurance showed that the
adult Anftelicep+ ptMk is mons concerned
with housing and urban renewal, and the
need for the government to concentrate
On this area, then any other "0. The
qu wUm Asked was: "Throe we nMy
things .fes wow as go govetraoer t
b do. but the currerit economy won't
permit it to do all of them, If you had
yep clay, iwhieh one ores would you
t*w the government concentrate
ant" (This was open ended; all answers
were suggested by respondents.
Althoto only one response was called
for, about 69h Of the respondents
volunteered more than one.)
met research .6
None 1.3
Other 9.8
DWI knowfrf0 answer 9.8
RWA" fto SAP ftapmt 0114, Fide 1974
TOTAL
RESPONSE
4i
F"u$ g:'udw renewal 17.0
Dm4Wdrug problem 11.8
Food purity 11.0
fnitatwomomy 7.0
Etnploymentfunemployment 6.6
Taxes 5.0
OovendneM itseffiguvernment
agerncieslcorruption!
bureaucracy 4.3
Reduce spending/balance budget/
foreign aid 3.6
Food prices 3.6
Crime,ghw enforcement 2.9
Senior citizens 2.3
Welfare/welfare system itself 2.1
Banking 2.0
Price of medical drugs/
doctors/hospitals 1.6
Health insursncelhealth care/
socialized medicine/national
health insurance 1.6
Educationfeducation system 1.6
tnauranceAte Insurance 1.2
Social security 1.0
Aid to the poor!poverty 8
idealization of movie industry/
motion pictures 8
Medical researchf
met research .6
None 1.3
Other 9.8
DWI knowfrf0 answer 9.8
RWA" fto SAP ftapmt 0114, Fide 1974
Plymouth lowincome housing
plan progressing, mayor says
Plymouth Mayor Al Hilde Jr. told
the Metropolitan Council that
Plymouth is progressing well with its
plans for low and moderate income
housing.
But during the council's regular
meeting last Thursday Itilde also
chastised the council's housing
committee, saying it had not been
totally "sincere in aiding Plymouth in
its program to create low and
moderate income housing."
THE PROGRESS report was a
prefix to the regular agenda, and was
at first intended to merely give the
council an overview of attempts made
by Plymouth to reduce the cost of
housing in the city.
We have formed an HRA, and low
and moderate income housing units
are planned for the city's proposed
downtown area," said City Manager
Jim Willis.
The council's housing committee
however, had recommended on the
preceeding Monday that Plymouth's
community development block grant
be denied for next year unless the city
made a "serious effort to provide low
and moderate income units."
The Metropolitan Council works
through its A-95 review process as an
agency to recommend approval or
refusal of grant applications. Ac-
cording to Hilde, Plymouth was
almost denied funding under this
year's application, and will face
certain denial next year unless the
city can produce the units.
ACCORDING TO HILDE, the fiscal
disparities program works against
cities such as Plymouth, with ZO per
cent of the commercial and 4 per cent
PUEILICAnCINS
Z 4
of residential revenues going "into the
Metro pot."
The A-95 review process has
simply forced free -wheeling. big city
spending," Hilde said. "It rewards
those who spend the most, and has not
realty solved the problems of
housing."
According to Hilde, Plymouth is
being denied potential funding
because it cannot do the impossible.
The Metro Council says our
housing costs are too high, but they
threaten to deny funding that would
lower those costs," said Councilman
Howard Hunt.
HILDE URGED the council to
encourage its staff to work with
Plymouth to discover just where the
city stands in terms of low and
moderate .income housing.
There are other viewpoints," Hilde
said. "Or will you believe only what
you hear from your own staff?"
According to Hilde, the housing
committee could provide a great
service to communities by looking at
the total picture of housing in the area
6 A a
and to improve
situation.
WE WANT LOW
income housing, and
units either," Hilde
talking about hundre
we want credit for th
accomplish."
The council did not
to the presentation sh
part of the formal ag
AL HI
SPEECH TO METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Emphasizes sin
City Manager Jim Willis outlines Plymouth's progress. income housing.
C0001uht 1976 Post Publishing Company
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NEW HOPE -PLYMOUTH. M
s
July 2.90 1977
Steve Gronewold
HUD Area Office
6400 France Ave.So.
Edina, Pitt.
Dear Mr. 6ronewold:
FItit
C1. OF
PLYMOUTR
Project Noiber MR46-E270-001
ACC 6 0-4070
Plymouth, Minnesota
Enclosed aft seven seperately bound, undated counterparts of the ACC
for Section 8 Assisted housing; as follows:
Three copies are signed and seated by our Authority
Tiro copies are in a conformed format
Two copies are unexecuted and inserted in the resolution from
our HRA authorizing execution of the ACC and noted as "Exhibit A%
Also enclosed are two certified copies of the extracts of the minutes
of. the Plymouth HRA for July 25, 2977, thee date when the HRA authorized
execution of the ACC. General Certificate (following Form HUD 9009
format) is signed and sealed. forms HUD 52672 and 52673 are also en-
closed as requested.
I trust all is in order and an early notification of your execution
of the ACC will be forthcoming.
Sincerely,
Al y
Mil ton !...Dale,
Associate Planner
3M HARBOR LANE. PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 65441. TELEPHONE (613)559-2800