HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-17-2014 Housing and Community Development CommissionAGENDA
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
DALE HELLING CONFERENCE ROOM, CITY HALL
410 E. WASHINGTON STREET, IOWA CITY
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2014
6:30 P.M.
1. Call Meeting to Order
2. Approval of the February 20 and March 6, 2014 Minutes
3. Public Comment of Items Not on the Agenda
4. Staff/Commission Comment
5. Review of the FY15 Annual Action Plan(http://www.icgov.org/actionplan)
Recommendation to City Council
6. Review of the FY14 Annual Action Plan Amendment #2
Recommendation to City Council
7. Discussion of FY14 Projects that have not Performed per the Unsuccessful
or Delayed Projects Policy
8. Discussion of the Community Development Celebration
9. Review Allocation Process — CDBG/HOME and Aid to Agencies
Appoint Subcommittee
10. Monitoring Reports
• FY14 Neighborhood Centers — Playground (Hacker)
• FY11 Iowa City Housing Authority — TBRA (Hacker))
• FY13 Habitat for Humanity — Acquisition & Rehab (Matthes)
11. Adjournment
MINUTES PRELIMINARY
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 20, 2014 — 6:30 PM
SENIOR CENTER, ASSEMBLY ROOM
MEMBERS PRESENT: Andrew Chappell, Cheryll Clamon, David Hacker, Jim Jacobson,
Dottie Persson, Christine Ralston, Rachel Zimmermann Smith
MEMBERS ABSENT: Michelle Bacon Curry, Peter Matthes
STAFF PRESENT: Tracy Hightshoe, David Purdy, Jeff Vanatter
OTHERS PRESENT: Karen DeGroot, Barbara Bailey, Laura Shoemaher, Maryann
Dennis, Crissy Canganelli, Mark Sertterh, Mary Jo Daly, Mark
Patton, Del Holland, Brian Loring
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
No recommendations.
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Chair Andrew Chappell.
APPROVAL OF DECEMBER 19, 2013 AND JANUARY 16, 2014 MINUTES:
Clamon moved to approve the minutes of December 19, 2013 as corrected.
Jacobson seconded.
A vote was taken and the motion carried 6-0.
Jacobson moved to approve the minutes of January 16, 2014.
Persson seconded.
A vote was taken and the motion carried 6-0.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
None. (Ralston arrived at this time)
STAFF/COMMISSION COMMENT:
Zimmermann Smith voiced her concern about HCDC members not present for the allocation
meetings.
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Hacker said he thinks, at least for the purposes of the new members, the Commission should
discuss exactly what their role is concerning reports like the Impediments to Fair Housing.
Chappell said he would agree with Hacker. He said it would have been better to have had a
clear charge at the very beginning of the process. Hacker asked what the current status of the
report is.
Hightshoe replied that the final report submitted by the Public Policy Center is being reviewed
by the City Manager and Attorney's office. She said once the report has been approved by the
City Manager's office, it will be placed online for the public. Chappell said if it does come back to
the Commission he will have a conversation with staff and the City Attorney's Office so the
Commission will understand exactly what they are supposed to do with it.
Persson said she would like notification when it goes public. She said she was disturbed that
not only did the Commission not know their role, but it didn't look very democratic.
Hightshoe said they will be sending out an RFP for a consultant to complete the 5-Year
Consolidated Plan, a HUD requirement, which will guide the City's HOME and CDBG funding
priorities for 2016-2020.
Monitoring Reports
• FY14 Free Medical Clinic — Facility Rehabilitation (Ralston)
Deferred to next meeting
FY13 HACAP — Rental Rehabilitation (Jacobson) — Deferred to next meeting
• FY13 Habitat —Acquisition and Rehabilitation (Matthes) — Deferred to next meeting.
• FY13 Charm Homes —Acquisition (Jacobson)
He reported $38,975 of the $61,650 total FY13 HOME allocation was used as a down
payment for1814 Lakeside Drive, which is a group home. It is leased to three tenants,
but they expect to have a fourth soon. They are looking for another home for the
remainder of the allocation. Their target for occupying the new home is June or July.
• FY13 Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County — Facility Rehab (Bacon Curry)
Deferred to next meeting.
Question/Answer Session
Chappell said on March 61h the Commission will have discussion and make a budget
recommendation to City Council.
Chappell started the discussion process with the City of Iowa City Housing Rehab application
and wanted to know if applicants could change or broaden the scope of their project after the
application deadline, as the City did here. Hightshoe said in the past the Commission have both
allowed and denied it indifferent cases. Hightshoe stated the application is for the same
amount of funds, but would allow the commission to set aside some funds for down payment
assistance with rehabilitation in the targeted areas. Staff felt it was better to have the
commission review the revised application as opposed to submitting a budget recommendation
for rehab. with a staff request to Council to also consider down payment under the same
application. The commission can make a recommendation only for rehabilitation (original
application) or can include funds for down payment assistance.
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Jacobson wanted to know about the relation of this program with the Greater Iowa City Home
Builders Association. Vanatter replied that they don't have a formal relationship, but the City
tries to include them as much as possible in training opportunities and getting contractors to
work with the City's housing programs.
Chappell asked what comprised the project delive, r cost and Vanatter explained the
administrative items it covered. He said they don't pass administrative costs along to the buyer.
He said this program has been in existence for about eighteen months, involving about 23
houses so far. He said this year's application covers the same targeted areas as last year. He
said the program application process has gone slower this year because a number of applicants
did not qualify.
The Commission next discussed the Iowa City Co -Housing Down Payment Assistance
Program, a new applicant. Barbara Bailey said the site was acquired; zoning is in process and
will be going to Planning and Zoning in the middle of March. Bailey said their goal is to offer help
to some lower income individuals, as the co -housing group would like income diversity in the
development. She described the lay -out of the housing development and the shared common
areas/building. Commission member asked if the homes would be affordable with the
association fees/related costs for the amenities. Hightshoe said the new HOME rule limits a
buyer's monthly debt to no more than 43% of their income. The debt includes all recurring
monthly costs - this would include the mortgage payment with the association dues/fees,
Bailey said in other communities with co -housing, there is typically a waiting list, with a couple
exceptions. There was a question if they are considering renting some of the units. She said
the group is considering making some of the units rentals, but there are pros and cons to doing
that. Zimmermann Smith said she would like to hear from someone from the Miller Orchard
neighborhood and how they feel about having co -housing in their area. Bailey said she would
see if she could get a neighbor to attend.
Habitat for Humanity Acquisition was next on the list. Mark Patton explained the two violations
Habitat had incurred based on the staff report as requested by Hacker. Hacked asked staff
what was the importance of the violations. Hightshoe stated that defaulting on a HUD
agreement, especially if during a HOME affordability period, requires the City to repay HUD with
non-federal funds. The majority of Habitat funds are HOME funds. The City does not
encourage new, City assisted rental units in this Census tract. Habitat stopped providing
affordable homeownership and converted the unit to rental without a valid rental permit or
notifying the City for two years. If notified, the City may have extended the compliance period if
it immediately reverted back to homeownership. As the source of funds was CDBG, there were
more options than if HOME funded. Patton said he knows they may not get funding this year
and gave an update on their remaining city assisted homes.
Hightshoe explained what CHDO operating funds are. In the HOME program, only certified
Community Housing Development Organizations can apply for operating funds, basically the
equivalent of CDBG public services for affordable housing providers. There were no questions
about the application from The Housing Fellowship for CHDO operating funds.
Chappell voiced his concerns about the timing in the case of the LIHTC application from The
Housing Fellowship, but said there's nothing to be done about it unless the Commission is going
to change their timeline for allocating funds. The Affordable Housing Location Map was
discussed. MaryAnn Dennis said The Housing Fellowship is not going to approach either the
Commission or the Council to try to get approval to place new rental housing in an area not
encouraged for city assistance. Zimmermann Smith asked if they could do a scattered site
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application with single family homes. Dennis explained that with a tax credit project it's not
feasible to do scattered site single family acquisition due to the expense and the necessary
requirement to have site control before applying for LIHTCs. Hacker asked what happens if not
fully funded. Dennis replied that if they received less, they would certainly try to find other funds
She said they would not submit an application if they couldn't find the funds. Chappell asked
how many tax credit projects The Housing Fellowship had completed. Dennis said they had
done five.
Chrissy Canganelli from Shelter House said the Rapid Rehousing program is a paradigm shift
within HUD. Canganelli affirmed for Chappell that 8O% of the people that Shelter House helped
in the past through this program stayed in their apartments. Canganelli said the retention is
going really well because Shelter House also provides support services to the clients. She
explained how they staff the program and said if allocated full funding it would be to continue the
program they have administered over the last year. Canganelli said they have successfully been
working with landlords willing to participate in this program, although at times it has been
difficult. She said all along the way the client is required to financially contribute. She explained
how they choose clients for the program. Mark Sertterh spoke more about how Shelter House's
relationship with landlords is developing and improving.
Chappell moved on to applications from public facility projects, starting with the Arc of Southeast
Iowa - Playground. Karen DeGroot said the playground would be fenced in. She said they are
also submitting applications for grants for this project, because they would not be able to raise
the needed funds through donations only. She explained that if they got partial funding, they
would have to do the project in phases. She said they would rely on volunteer labor to install the
playground.
Brian Loring from the Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County said they are applying for a
lower level reconfiguration, which due to increased construction costs is actually Phase 2 of the
initial project that they proposed in 2012. He said it would involve removing a kitchenette,
adding an office, and creating an entrance for the pre-school. He said if they receive full funding
they know they can finish the project.
A representative from United Action for Youth said there are three phases of this project: the
main driveway and parking lot, the two lots behind each of the two houses that belong to UAY,
and the basement issues. UAY referenced the photo on the PowerPoint City staff completed
that showed a picture of the mold that's seeping into the basement because of water run-off
from the alley. Chappell asked if there was any consideration if these two houses would revert
to residential again. The UAY representative said people have approached them before in order
to tear them down, but never to keep as residential. She said right now their position is to keep
them as the historical buildings they are and they have no intention of selling. Hightshoe said
based on their full request, there would be a twelve year compliance period. If UAY sold the
buildings before the end of the compliance period they would have to pay the full amount back
to the City. The UAY representative explained the process of putting in permeable pavers to
solve the water run off problem. Clamon asked if there was a cheaper way of solving the
problem. The UAY representative said they had looked at many processes, and this seemed to
be the best one for addressing all the issues.
Hightshoe explained the allocation process and timeline to the Commission.
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ADJOURNMENT:
Zimmermann Smith moved to adjourn.
Persson seconded.
Motion to adjourn carried 7-0.
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MINUTES PRELIMINARY
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MARCH 6, 2014 - 6:30 PM
EMMA HARVAT HALL, CITY HALL
MEMBERS PRESENT: Michelle Bacon Curry, Andrew Chappell, Cheryll Clamon, David
Hacker, Jim Jacobson, Dottie Persson, Christine Ralston, Rachel
Zimmermann Smith
MEMBERS ABSENT: Peter Matthes
STAFF PRESENT: Tracy Hightshoe, Liz Osborne, David Purdy
OTHERS PRESENT: Karen DeGroot, Alex Schmidt, Genevieve Anglin, Barbara Bailey,
Mary Knudson, Maryann Dennis, Crissy Canganelli, Laura
Shoemaher, John Shaw
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
1. The Commission voted 7-1 (Zimmermann Smith opposed) to forward the following
FY15 CDBG/HOME funding recommendation to City Council:
Requested
Housing
Amount
City of Iowa City - Downpayment & Rehab.
$250,000
Iowa City Co -Housing - Downpayment
$100,950
Habitat for Humanity - Acquisition & Construction
$100,000
The Housing Fellowship - CHDO Operating
$20,000
Expenses
The Housing Fellowship - Rental
$300,000
Shelter House - Rapid Rehousing
$75,000
Housing Total
$845,950
Public Facilities
Recommended
Allocation
$140,000
$0
$0
$15, 000
$200,000
$75, 000
$430,000
Arc of Southeast Iowa $100,000 $75,000
Neighborhood Centers of JC $84,000 $0
United Action for Youth $122,620 $25,000
Public Facilities Total $306,620 $100,000
TOTAL REQUESTED: $1,152,5701 $530,000
2. The Commission voted 8-0 to recommend to City Council that if the CDBG or HOME
actual allocation decreases by more than 10% or increases by more than 5%, HCDC
will reconsider the budget. If under these thresholds, the allocations will be
prorated by program (if an increase, pro -rated up to the requested amount).
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CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order by Chair Andrew Chappell.
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA:
None
STAFF/COMMISSION COMMENT:
Hightshoe explained that the City currently has a HOME commitment shortfall of approximately
$200,000. The City must commit $200,000 in HOME funds by July 31 or risk recapture of the
shortfall by HUD. Commitment means a project site is identified, environmental review
completed and an agreement entered. There are only two HOME projects left to commit funds:
Charms and Iowa City Owner -Occupied Rehab. The Rehab. staff typically set up agreements in
the winter and enter agreements in early spring to start construction. Staff felt they will be able
to commit the needed funds by the deadline. Bruce Teague, CHARM Homes, was not confident
they could identify and sign purchase agreements on three homes by July (remaining home in
their FY13 agreement and two homes with the FY14 allocation). Teague was confident they
could identify two and requests that the FY14 project be amended to one home. The $61,650
allocation would go towards one home reducing the amount of private financing needed and
allowing the City to commit the needed HOME funds by the HUD deadline. Hightshoe will
forward an Annual Action Plan Amendment to the commission in April for consideration.
Monitoring Reports
• FY14 Free Medical Clinic — Facility Rehabilitation (Ralston)
Free Med entered into a contract with the City for their FY14 improvements. She said
construction is going well except for the water leak they found that ran up the foundation.
The leak was repaired. She said of the total budget, CDBG covered all but $3,000 of
their proposal. She said they should be done by the end of April and will then be able to
use the basement for programming instead of storage. She said both the clinic and the
recipients of the services are very appreciative of the funders.
• FY13 HACAP — Rental Rehabilitation (Hightshoe)
Hightshoe reported that the construction project is done. 18 transitional housing units
were rehabilitated. Improvements included siding installation, new doors, new HVAC,
removal of old wall A/C units, brick repair, fencing removed, new paving and new
dumpster screening. She said the police requested extra lighting. This was a
requirement of the agreement. HACAP did not install the lighting; however is working on
an agreement with MidAmerican to install it and HACAP would pay the increased utility
charge. Final payment will not be released until the final deal is worked out and a
budget amendment signed. Hightshoe stated about half the units were vacant. HACAP
is working on filling up the remainder as the period of affordability does not start until the
units are occupied by income eligible tenants.
• FY13 Habitat —Acquisition and Rehabilitation (Matthes)
Deferred to the next meeting.
• FY13 Neighborhood Centers of JC — Facility Rehab. (Bacon Curry)
Hightshoe reported that they completed Phase I of the lower level Broadway project —
kitchen installation, flooring, etc.
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• Review Project Rankings
• Discuss Average Allocation Worksheet
• Develop FYI 5 CDBG/HOME Budget Recommendation to Council
Hightshoe explained to the Commission that CITY STEPS outlines a process for review. This
includes the review of high priorities first. For each high priority, the Commission may fund,
partially fund or not fund. Once considered, medium priorities are considered and then low
priorities. She reminded the commission that at least $316,000 must be allocated to HOME
eligible housing activities. She said HUD has not released the final entitlement allocations yet,
thus our numbers are subject to change.
The Commission started discussion with Clamon voicing her concern that Shelter House has
been the recipient of CDBG/HOME money before for increased operationsmacilities. She is
concerned about their growth and if they will be able to handle, sustain it. Chappell said in
previous years he's had the same concern, but he thinks this project is different. Ralston said
she saw no problems with capacity on the staff report. Hightshoe stated this project was a
continuation of a program they currently administer, not an additional program.
Members asked Dennis if full funding was required. Dennis said she had applied for full funding
and the application stated it would not be possible without full funding, but at the
questionlanswer session she stated they could proceed with partial funding. There is the
availability of Housing Trust Fund dollars and other avenues that could be explored if the project
does not receive full funding.
Zimmermann Smith recommended full funding for Housing Rehab because it keeps people in
their homes in neighborhoods that need to be stabilized, and she thinks this is a great program
for sensitive neighborhoods. Jacobson said he has no issue with the program but thinks the
funding source should be something that comes out of fees to developers who are building new
homes, not money that could go to other projects. Bacon Curry argued that it seemed
counterproductive to not upkeep affordable housing that already exists to fund new housing.
Ralston said she wasn't entirely comfortable with the scoring system and this program ended up
at the bottom for her. Chappell said he agreed with Jacobson's idea about how to fund this, but
said he thinks the Supreme Court would call it an impact fee.
Discussion continued with Arc of Southeast Iowa's request for playground equipment. Ralston
said she funded this at zero because she rated housing programs higher.
The next item was Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County. Bacon Curry expressed her
desire to see the organization be able to just finish the project. Chappell said he thought they
were finishing this project last year, but the price came in higher than expected. Chappell was
concerned that the same thing might happen again. John Shaw, architect for Neighborhood
Centers, said the plans for the project are finished and they have estimates from contractors, so
they have a secure handle on the project costs.
Discussion continued with United Action for Youth. Persson asked what would happen if they
didn't receive full funding. Genevieve Anglin from UAY explained the work they needed done
and the estimates for repairing the basement water problem ($25,000), the expanding hole in
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their parking lot ($68,000) and the top parking lot ($38,000). She said they have plans to do
fundraising with a goal of $16,000 and they have a commitment from elsewhere for an
additional $16,000. Alex Schmidt explained what is causing the mold in the basement and how
it can be fixed.
Chappell said that Iowa City Co -Housing was an Interesting project, but perhaps not at the
same level need -wise of some of the other projects. He said when staffs concerns about
Habitat for Humanity disappear he will be very happy to talk about getting them back in the
funding stream, but is not supportive of funding at this point. Clamon said she thought the co -
housing was interesting and she likes to fund innovative projects, but doesn't think the
organization has proved itself yet. Ralston said she thinks the City is long overdue for some
unique way to house its residents and supports this project, giving it almost full funding. She
said she thinks the way a city becomes ready for new and innovative projects is by people who
have some power to control some of these dollars agreeing to try something different like this.
Hacker said he supports both of these programs as they seem to be the only applicants who
seem to reach out to the community and let people know there are poor people who need
housing. He also appreciates that Co -Housing demonstrates a group of people wanting a
community where people of different levels of income can live together.
Barbara Bailey of Iowa City Co -Housing said over 50% of the Miller -Orchard neighborhood is
rental, and the average income is $17,000. Co -Housing offers neighborhood stabilization.
Mary Knudson, a property owner in that neighborhood, said she has a real problem with this
project. She does not want to see another driveway access on Benton and has real concerns
that this increases the rental housing mix in the neighborhood. Another property owner stated
she does not like the swapping of park land and said it might set a bad precedent for other
parks in the City.
Hightshoe stated the application if for downpayment assistance only. The units assisted must
be owner occupied. Bailey clarified that their application is for down -payment assistance for
owner occupied units.
There was consensus that Iowa City Co -Housing would not be funded at this time.
The discussion returned to The Housing Fellowship - Rental. Bacon Curry said her reservation
with this project is that there isn't an address for it yet, Zimmermann Smith said she didn't find it
to be innovative, it's been that way for a long time, and it's using all government dollars. Ralston
said if she can't fund the Go -Housing, she will bump up her allocation to The Housing
Fellowship. The Commission agreed on allocating $200,000,
The Commission discussed the funding for The Housing Fellowship — CHDO Operating
Expenses. There was a consensus to fund them at $15,000.
Bacon Curry asked if Neighborhood Centers of Johnson County gave any idea of what they
could do with partial funding. No representative was present to answer the question. The point
was brought up that lowering the funding for IJAY would not allow them to complete the mold
mitigation project and health is an important issue. Hacker said he would like to see Arc at least
get started on their project (installing the base only), which would require around $33,000.
Hightshoe cautioned the Commission to consider how long it would take Arc to put something
on the base pad if installed with CDBG funds this year. If they were not able to adequately
fundraise, CDBG funds would merely have went to install a cement/tile base. Chappell asked if
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the base would be more accessible than the empty lot that is currently there. Karen DeGroot,
ARC, said she didn't believe it would be.
Hacker asked what the impact is programmatically of not getting the project or not getting it
started. DeGroot stated they would have to continue to transport children to an accessible play
area. it it anslates to increaased transportation and staff costs.
Bacon Curry argued that when you give bits to Arc and JAY, you begin a process of the project
but if you give the funding to the Neighborhood Centers you potentially complete a project. She
stated the area needs additional space, especially since CDBG funds went to rehabilitate the
Wetherby Condos and those will be occupied by households with children.
The Commission discussed the public facilities allocations and asked questions of the
applicants. Bacon Curry thought they needed to fund at least one public facility project. A
majority of the commissioners agreed. She said that a higher number of people are served by
the Neighborhood Centers than by Arc. Chappell and Hacker said they thought that Arc
provided unique services and their clientele needed facilities in close proximity to their facility.
Clamon asked if the playground would be open to neighborhood children. DeGroot said the Arc
project would be open to the public. Chappell added that where it will be located on Muscatine is
a targeted community. DeGroot clarified that a $75,000 allocation would factor in getting free
labor from the Ironworkers. Chappell said Arc is the highest ranked public facility, and the
rankings are a guide.
Bacon Curry reiterated that she'd rather see Neighborhood Centers get their project finished
and Arc could come back and apply next year. Hacker said the problem with that is you can't
guarantee what will happen next year, either with available funding or with applicants.
Debate continued on how to fund the public facilities.
Chappell asked for a motion.
Hacker moved to forward the following FY15 CDBG/HOME funding recommendation to
City Council.
Jacobson seconded.
A vote was taken and motion carried 7-1 (Zimmermann Smith opposed).
Requested
Housing
Amount
City of Iowa City - Downpayment & Rehab.
$250,000
Iowa City Co -Housing - Downpayment
$100,950
Habitat for Humanity - Acquisition & Construction
$100,000
The Housing Fellowship — CHDO Operating
$20,000
Expenses
The Housing Fellowship - Rental
$300,000
Shelter House - Rapid Rehousing
$75,000
Recommended
Allocation
$140, 000
$0
$0
$15, 000
$200,000
$75,000
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Housing Total $845,950 1 $430,000
Public Facilities
Arc of Southeast Iowa $100,000 $75,000
Ne hborhocd Centers of JC $84 nnn x�
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United Action for Youth $122,620 $25,000
Public Facilities Total $306,620 $100,000
TOTAL REQUESTED: $1,152,570 $530,000
Bacon Curry moved to amend the prior motion to recommend to City Council that if the
CDBG or HOME actual allocation decreases by more than 10% or increases by more than
5%, HCDC will reconsider the budget. If under these thresholds, the allocations will be
prorated by program (if an increase, pro -rated up to the requested amount).
Zimmermann Smith seconded.
A vote was taken and the motion carried 8-0.
ADJOURNMENT:
Persson moved to adjourn.
Ralston seconded.
Motion to adjourn carried 8-0.
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PLANNING AND COMiVUNITY DEVELOPIV1ENT
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HOME INVESTMENT
PARTNERSHIPS FUNDS
Substantial Amendment #2
FYI Annual Action Plan Amendment #2:
Charm Homes L.L.C. was allocated $61,650 to purchase two four -bedroom homes for
permanent supportive housing for frail seniors or persons with disabilities. Charm Homes
requests to reduce the number of homes purchased to one with four beneficiaries due to
difficulty in locating accessible homes to accommodate their client's needs. The number of
total beneficiaries is reduced from eight to four, a 50% reduction, requiring an annual action
plan amendment per the Citizen Participation Plan.
The City Council will consider this recommendation following a 30-day public comment period
and an amendment will be submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) subject to City Council approval,
Jurisdiction: City of Iowa City, Iowa I Contact Person
Jurisdiction Web Address:
http://www.icgov.org/actionplan
Steve Long
Community Development Coordinator
410 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240
319.356.5230
319.356.5217 (fax)
Applicant's Name:
Charm Homes L.L.C.
Priority Need:
High — Non Student Renters Under 50% MI
Project Title:
Charm Homes L LC — Rental Housing
Project Description:
Acquisition of one four -bedroom accessible home to provide
permanent supportive housing to frail elders or persons with
disabilities to avoid premature placement into institutional
settings.
Local Objective:
Develop affordable housing options for frail elders with low
incomes (CITY STEPS p. 84)
Location:
909 Sandusky Drive, Iowa City
Objective Number
Project ID
See above
001
HUD Matrix Code
CDBG Citation
01
Type of Recipient
CDBG National Objective
Subreci ient Private
Start Date
Completion Date
711 t2013
6/30/2014
Performance Indicator
Annual Units
Housing Units (10)
4
Local ID
Units Upon Completion
2014.001
4
The primary purpose of the project is to help:
❑the Homeless
❑Persons with HIVIAIDS
®Persons with Disabilities
❑Public Housing Needs
Funding Sources:
CDBG
HOME
Private Funds
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Publication Notice
April 4, 2014 Iowa City Press Citizen
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
FY14 Annual Action Plan Amendment #2
The City of Iowa City is soliciting public comments on the proposed Federal Fiscal Year 2013
(City FY14) Annual Action Plan Amendment #2. The Annual Action Plan is a portion of Iowa
City's 2011-2015 Consolidated Plan (a.k.a. CITY STEPS).
The FY14 Annual Action Plan Amendment #2 will include information on the proposed use of
$61,650 in HOME Investment Partnerships Program Funds to acquire one four -bedroom
accessible home for frail elders and persons with disabilities at 909 Sandusky Drive. A 30-day
public comment period will start on April 4, 2014.
Copies of the FY14 Action Plan Amendment #2 are available from Neighborhood and
Development Services, City Hall, 410 East Washington Street, Iowa City, 52240, the Iowa City
Public Library, 123 S. Linn Street, Iowa City and online at www.icgov.org/actionplan. Written
comments may be submitted to Neighborhood Services at the address above. A 30-day public
comment period will begin on April 4, 2014 and end on May 6, 2014.
Public Comments Received with Staff Response
A 30-day public comment period regarding the FY14 Annual Action Plan Amendment #2
ran from April 4, 2014 to May 6, 2014. The City Council held a public meeting on May 6,
2014.
Comments Received:
Staff Response: