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Weigh6orhood Development Committee
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
9 a.m
Council Members present: Bill Lover, Kathy Coffey, Dave EttI
Staff Michael Morales, Archie Matthews, Joe Caruso
Guests Bill Cook and Jessie Garza (OIC), Luz Gutierrez (RCDR)
Chairman Lover opened the meeting with a suggestion to begin with the second item on the
agenda to allow OIC to present their items Bill Cook introduced Jessie Garza who has
recently taken over as the operations manager at the Southeast Community Center (SECC)
OIC request for SECC funding Mr Cook reported on OIC's request for replacement doors,
an electrical upgrade and improvements to the HVAC system at the SECC Michael
Morales said that City Parks and Recreation Manager Ken Wilkinson concurs with the
request and that the expenses are CDBG eligible The Committee forwarded the request to
the full Council with a recommendation to approve
OIC request for CDBG dangerous building fund This request was in regard to OIC's effort
0 to purchase and demolish two older homes on Fenton Avenue, however, Bill Cook reported
that OIC is no longer pursuing the project. Although the owners of both properties are
willing to sell, a substantial lien on one of the properties has complicated the project.
Councilmember Coffey asked Joe Caruso to explain the "dangerous building" process
Mr Caruso explained that the "dangerous building" determination is made by a structural
engineer If the building is in fact determined to be dangerous, there are legal procedures to
be followed and the process may end in the demolition of the building He estimated the
cost of the engineer's review and report at $200 - $300 The Committee approved the
expenditure to secure an engineer's review and report. They asked that the results come
back to the Committee for further review
CDBG funding of public safety infrastructure Mr Morales redistributed the crime statistic
maps that the Committee reviewed at their June meeting He suggested that the next
assessment could be checking areas on the map to see if there are areas where a higher
incidence of crime correlates with a lack of street lighting If so, then a CPTED (Crime
Prevention through Environmental Design) approach may help He explained that the
recent projects on "A" Street project and 8 Street have come in under budget with an
expected savings of approximately $100,000 It would be possible to use the savings to
start a pilot lighting program He noted that new street lighting may cost anywhere from
$2,000 to $8,000 per unit depending on the site Chairman Lover stipulated that the review
for additional lighting should include the north central neighborhoods in addition to north
east neighborhoods
elm Mr Lover asked if the excess funds must be spent this year or can they carry over
r Morales said the funds can carry over Mr Lover showed concern about the timely
completion of the projects that were started with NSP funds Mr Morales said the
ramification of not completing the NSP funded projects on time would likely be the taking of
property as opposed to a payback of funds However, no problems with the timelines are
expected Councilmembers Coffey and Ettl appreciated the idea of being able to begin
mitigating some of the neighborhoods' challenges right away Mr Lover noted that carrying
the funds forward and combining with other funds might allow a larger project to be done,
lighting Fair Avenue from Yakima Avenue to Nob Hill, for example
Ms Coffey made a recommendation to forward the concept to the full Council Mr Etti
seconded her recommendation, commenting that we need to make certain the project is in
line with HUD regulations Mr Morales said compliance is assured if all the lighting is
placed within renewal community census tracts The package that will go to Council will
include the full expenditure request along with recommendations for specific locations
Mr Lover said he would like to further discuss the funding details when the matter comes
before the Council He would also like to keep the project with the Neighborhood
Development Committee
Kiwanis Park Incinerator The packet included a Review of Site Conditions and Budgetary
Estimate for Professional Services — Old Incinerator Building at Kiwanis Park report from
Fulcrum Environmental Consulting Fulcrum did not charge for this preliminary review The
review was done because of the interest in finding other uses for the building Fulcrum
estimated the cost of their over site of a clean up project at $27,600 to $59,900 In addition,
they estimated that the contractor services for such a project would be $5,000 to $20,000
with a potential for services to exceed $100,000 Chairman Lover noted that the project is
cost prohibitive but he would like to talk to the Parks Division to see if there is anything they
can do to replace the windows He would also prefer that chemicals not be stored in the
building Michael Morales noted that Parks has secured funding to install a covered picnic
shelter near the new playground at Kiwanis
HUD Monitoring Report: The HUD Seattle Regional Office conducted an on -site review of
the City's CDBG program in July The review resulted in seven findings and three concerns
Mr Morales explained that the checklist system used by the reviewers will typically result in
some programmatic findings, usually having to do with documentation It was positively
noted that there were no repeat findings Archie Matthews will draft the City's response to
the findings The response is due to HUD by October 29
CDBG & HOME Annual Action Plan Citizens are encouraged to submit written comments
through October 13 On October 19 Council will hold a public hearing and will adopt the
plan
The next meeting of the Council Neighborhood Development Committee will be
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at 9 a m , in the CED Conference Room
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