The Westminster 1995 Consolidated Plan constitutes a strategic vision for housing and community development in the City. This document summarizes that plan so that citizens in the community can have a quick overview of Westminster's housing and community development problems; the 5 year broad goals and strategies and actions proposed to deal with those problems; and, the specific projects proposed for 1995 to carry out this strategy.
The U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that the City will become entitled to approximately $630,000 of Community Development Block Grant funds for fiscal year 1995.
The Consolidated Plan is a creative approach to community development that encourages communities to work in collaboration to develop a comprehensive vision for action to achieve community objectives. The Plan consolidates the planning, application, and reporting requirements for four major HUD formula programs: the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) program, and the Housing Opportunity for persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. The Plan replaces twelve other documents required for the four programs. It seeks to promote a comprehensive approach to address urban problems, reduce paperwork, improve accountability to achieve results, and includes strong elements of citizen participation. To improve program coordination, the Plan establishes one program year for the four programs to be selected by the grantee. The Plan will be implemented in Fiscal Year 1995. Among the purposes of the Consolidated Plan are those stemming from the statutes of the four formula programs. Purposes include providing decent housing, a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities for low and moderate income persons. A basic premise of the consolidated planing process is that local jurisdictions and citizens, not Washington, know what is best for their communities.
The Westminster Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan (CP) has been developed as a result of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, the Community Development Act of 1974 as amended, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act, and the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act all of which established the requirements to complete a CP for assistance under several HUD programs. The CP assesses the current situation for the low and moderate income population of the community and assigns priorities for housing and community development for five year and one year goals to meet the community needs. The CP replaces the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), the Community Development Plan, and the Housing Assistance Plan (HAP) previously required by HUD for receipt of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. The Westminster CP was developed with the cooperation of local, state, and federal agencies together with private citizens and nonprofit organizations. Information for the development of the Westminster CP has been obtained from over 150 persons in 35 organizations intended to benefit from these federal funds. Information was obtained from responses to a survey of over 300 households of needs within neighborhoods within the community intended to benefit from the use of federal funds. Information has also been obtained from the 1980 and 1990 US Census.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required Consolidated Plan process for use of federal funds has resulted in an extensive community outreach to the intended beneficiaries of these funds. This extensive community outreach for the Consolidated Plan is a new process required by HUD to determine priority community needs and use of federal funds. Further community outreach efforts beyond those initiated by the new process have included additional neighborhood groups, including Westminster Progressive and Olde Town Homeowner's Associations, Briar Heights and Cobblestone Homeowner's Associations, and a survey of neighborhoods having a majority of lower income households. A more detailed summary and description of the Consolidated Plan, plus additional information, has been incorporated into the Plan.
Over 154 lower income participants from 35 organizations have contributed to the development of a Consolidated Plan for use of funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. An additional 305 households provided input through a survey of lower income neighborhoods intended to benefit from the federal funds. Four homeowner's associations representing lower income neighborhoods provided input for the development of the Plan. This new process required by HUD results in a community initiated plan for determination of use of federal funds by the intended beneficiaries of those funds. The federal resources to accomplish the Consolidated Plan include: Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), HOME, Investment Partnerships (HOME), Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG), and Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA). The Consolidated Plan presents a customer service opportunity for the Westminster community through a collaborative process, whereby the community establishes a unified vision for community development actions through determination of use of federal funds.
These initial consultations are part of an extensive process to develop a Consolidated Plan with the assistance of residents and community groups. The community initiated Consolidated Plan is intended to bring about a community assessment of priority needs and the development of a community based strategic plan to serve the needs of lower income Westminster residents. The Consolidated Plan is required to establish and address priority housing needs and priority homeless needs. The required community outreach completed thus far has included public and private agencies, their residents, clients, and members that provide the community with:
Additional community outreach included consultations with Westminster Progressive and Olde Towne Homeowner's Associations. Further community outreach efforts have included meetings with additional neighborhood groups, including Briar Heights and Cobblestone Homeowner's Associations, and a survey of neighborhoods having a majority of lower income households.
The Plan includes some information about the community, including population
and household information, past use of funds, Five Year Plan and City Department
project proposals, and Citizen Participation Plan. The Consolidated Planning
process included a schedule allowing for 10 weeks to complete a direct contact
with individuals intended to be the beneficiaries of these funds, neighborhood
survey, then four community meetings, and finally a 45 day HUD review.
The total population of the City of Westminster increased from 50,211 in 1980 to 74,625 in 1990. This represents a substantial population expansion of 4.86 percent growth per year during the past 10 years. The Westminster population is projected to increase at a more moderate pace during the next five years. The projections indicate an increase of 500 housing units per year. This reflects an increase of 1.68 percent per year in the population to a projected 80,875 persons in 1995 utilizing a projection of 2.5 persons per households reflecting the trend towards smaller households.
The 1990 census reports 27,828 households with the average number of persons per household at 2.67. In comparison, the 1980 census reported 17,176 households with an average household size of 2.9 persons. This represents a decrease in the total number of persons per household reflecting household size trends in this state and nationally.
The 1990 census reported 29,868 housing units in the City representing an increase of 11,308 housing units since 1980 when there were 18,560 housing units. This represents a 6.09 percent increase per year over the past 10 years. Projection of housing unit growth over the next five years indicate a 1.67 percent increase per year representing a total growth of 2,500 housing units or a total of 32,368 housing units projected in 1995.
The 1990 census reports that there were 9,685 rental occupied housing units which represents an increase of 4,584 rental units above the 1980 census which reported 5,093 renter occupied housing units. This represents a substantial increase in the number of rental housing units in the City. Over 450 rental housing units were added each year between 1980 and 1990.
The 1990 census indicates that the vacancy rate for rental occupied housing units was 9.87 percent. During the past year, this vacancy rate has declined. The City is now experiencing some multi-family development indicating some change in the thinking of developers that there is some opportunities presented by the current rental housing market conditions. Another indicator of lowering vacancy rates is the upward trend in rental rates during the past year from previous depressed housing rental rates over the past several years.
The rental rates reported in the 1990 census indicate a median rent paid of $418 per month. Over 63 percent of the rental units had rents of between $250 per month to $499 per month. The median rental rate in 1980 was $253 per month. Compared to the median rent reported in the 1990 census of $418 per month representing a 61 percent increase in rental rates over the past 10 years. Due to the oversupply of rental properties in the past 5 years, rental rates have remained depressed. As a result of the depressed rental rates and considering the lower vacancy rates, it can be concluded that rental rates will be increasing during the next 5 years.
The 1990 census reports 18,113 housing units or 65.2 percent of the 29,832 housing units in the City were owner occupied. This is not substantially different than the 1980 census report of 65 percent of the total housing units being owner occupied. There was, however, a substantial increase in the number of owner occupied housing units since 1980 when the census reported 12,088 owner occupied units. The 1990 census report indicates that there was a 67 percent increase between the 1980 census report and the 1990 census report of 18,113 owner occupied housing units.
The 1990 census reports a vacancy rate for owner occupied housing units of 3 percent. The upsurge in homebuying since 1990 fueled by lower interest rates has reduced this vacancy rate. It has been reported that homes for sale may remain on the market for as little as one week before being sold. These trends have been tempered in the past year by rising interest rates. It can be expected that in the next five years that owner occupied housing production will increase at more modest rates.
Demand for both new and existing owner occupied units remains high. The trend for demand has been steadily increasing over the past 3 years as evidenced by the number of building permits being issued. Builders of single family homes indicate an inability to keep up with demand by not having available developed lots to build on. Higher demands has also been fueled by recently lower interest rates and the continued improving Colorado economy. Demand for existing owner occupied housing is evidenced by the decreasing number of days that a home is on the market. Many of the same factors influencing the increased demand in the new housing market are also uplifting the existing housing market. Another indicator of demand on the existing housing market has been the decreased number of listings from HUD, VA, and other REO properties.
The median 1990 value reported in the census for owner occupied housing units was $85,700. The value of owner occupied housing units reported in the census indicate that 70 percent of them were valued at between $50,000 to $99,999. The median value of owner occupied units in 1980 was $68,200. By comparison to the 1990 census report of $85,700 representing a 26 percent increase in value between the two census reports. It is projected that the increased value of housing will continue although at not an inflationary rates seen during the 1980's.
The affordability of the rental housing stock is expected to decline as the market tightens further, creating additional difficulties for low or moderate income households. The decline in vacancy rates and increase in rents is expected to continue as the market tightens. This trend should produce market conditions that would promote the construction of additional rental housing. Because the costs for new construction of rental housing are much greater than in years past, the rental rates for these new units will tend to be above the median reported rent of 1990 census of $418 per month.
The 1990 Census indicates of the total 990 very low income renter households, 802 paid in excess of 30% for rent. Of the 911 other low income households, 282 paid in excess of 30% for rent. Of the 446 moderate income households, 27 paid in excess of 30% for rent.
There are currently 557 assisted housing units in the City. There are no plans for public housing demolition or conversion to homeownership of any assisted units. Of the 557 assisted housing units listed in CHAS Table 1B, there are 244 studio or one bedroom, 205 two bedroom, and 108 three or more bedroom units. After consulting with the three housing authorities, it was estimated that less than one percent of all public housing might be vacant at any time, but all noted that any vacant unit is quickly occupied. All of the assisted housing units must meet the Federal housing quality standards upon initial occupancy, however, after occupancy of the unit rehabilitation may be needed. The housing authorities continue to seek out resources for rehabilitation. No changes are anticipated in the current available accessible housing units. The housing authorities have recently had 112 families assisted with certificates and vouchers and 31 elderly assisted with certificates from Section 8. All housing authorities report extensive wait lists, so there are no unused Section 8 resources.
There are a number of facilities providing services that assist homeless persons and persons at imminent risk of becoming homeless within or in the surrounding area of the City. Information from community homeless housing and service providers indicates that of the 369 persons in the 105 families of the homeless resident population includes 46% Hispanic, 12% Black, 40% White and 2% Native American, while Asian & Pacific Islander are absent. Also, according to these providers of the special needs population 13% have a drug or alcohol abuse problem, 67% have been victims of domestic violence, 5% are disabled and 8% were developmentally disabled.
Information for supportive housing for non-homeless persons with special
needs was provided by the Colorado Departments of Institutions and Social
Services for each county. The following is a summary of the facilities and
services available in Adams and Jefferson Counties within which this City is
located: Crisis Emergency Beds 15; Transitional Housing Beds 225; Congregate
Long Term 70; Residents in HUD 202 or 811 Projects 67; Section 8, FSS, PBA 142;
Non-subsidized 61; Boarding Homes and SRO. Those in need of accessible housing
were 10 and 264 were on the DD Wait List. Coordination of services is provided
by these State Departments and the County Social Service Departments. Persons
returning to the community from institutions have appropriate supportive housing
coordinated by the Department of Institutions. The City is part of the HOPWA
Grant for the metro area and all information available is compiled for the five
counties.
Current assessment of housing needs in the City of Westminster have been obtained mainly from the 1990 Census. The number of very low income persons (those earning less than 50% of the median income) totaled 2,857 renters in 1990. These renters included 224 large related families of five or more persons and 1,202 small related families of between two to four persons. The number of elderly persons of very low income having one or two person households was estimated at 442 in the 1990 Census. Since that time the City of Westminster has hired a consultant, BBC, to conduct the Westminster Senior Housing Market Study which resulted in a determination of a housing need for a significant number of elderly persons of low to very low income. Of the total 990 very low income renter households, 801 had housing problems and 802 households were paying in excess of 30% for rent. Of the total 1,393 very low income owner households, 1,012 had housing problems and 1,012 households were paying in excess of 30% for housing.
Other low income (those earning between 51% to 80% of the area median income) renters estimated by the 1990 Census included 2,180 renters comprised of 206 large related families of five or more persons, 954 small related families of between two to four persons, and 109 elderly of between one and two member households. Of the 911 other low income renter households, 282 had housing problems and 282 households were paying in excess of 30% for rent. Of the total 2,333 other low income owner households, 1,400 had housing problems and 1,400 households were paying in excess of 30% for housing.
Moderate income (those earning between 81% to 95% of the area median income) renters estimated by the 1990 Census included 1,059 renters comprised of 24 large related families of five or more persons, 524 small related families of between two and four persons, and 65 elderly of between one and two member households. Of the total 446 moderate income renter households, 36 had housing problems and 27 households were paying in excess of 30% for rent. Of the total 1,747 moderate income owner households, 716 had housing problems and 681 households were paying in excess of 30% for housing.
One source of information that has been used for developing estimates of housing needs has been the Westminster Senior Housing Market Study, completed by BBC, for the City of Westminster during 1990. This study provided information for needs of elderly persons within or likely to reside within the City. Due to the size of the elderly population within the City, a special study has been completed by a consultant, BBC, identifying the housing needs for those requiring assisted care, congregate care, or nursing home care. According to the BBC study, the projected need for elderly housing units covering the next five years included 570 independent living units, 280 congregate care units, 90 assisted living units, and 240 nursing home beds. Other studies, similar to the BBC study for the senior population, need to be completed for these other special needs populations to obtain accurate and reliable estimates. No other source of additional data has been utilized to provide current estimates of housing needs in the community.
It is known from available information in the development of Table 1B Assisted Housing Inventory that the total number of households receiving Federal assistance to overcome cost burden and overcrowding totals 557. Consultation with local housing authorities indicates that further assistance would be needed to address the total housing need within the community.
It is not anticipated that significant changes will occur in the current estimates of needs over the next five years for housing. Any change in the estimated need for housing will be accommodated in the annual updates to this document. The principal change factor that will occur over the next five years is a result of the unmet need for housing and as that portion of the unmet need occurs in each year it will be added to the total unmet need for housing causing an incremental change in the housing need.
Although significant efforts are and have been made during the past five years, no appreciable change in the number of persons employed within the City is anticipated to change the housing need. However, as employment growth occurs within the metropolitan area that impact will become more evident as a change factor for the housing need within the City. The greatest impact upon this City historically over the years has been from those persons working outside the City but living within the City. It is beyond the scope of this document to determine the amount of increased employment throughout the metropolitan area and its impact upon those decisions by persons to reside within the City. Changes made to the housing need will be evaluated on an annual basis.
Current estimates of the homeless population has been extrapolated from information given by the providers of housing and services for the homeless in the community. The total number of families with children estimated to be homeless is 60 and of those 54 are sheltered. The number of persons in families with children that are homeless is estimated to be 220 with 199 sheltered. The number of individuals not in families with children is estimated to be 31 and of those 26 are youth and 5 adults and 46 youth and 1 adult are estimated to be sheltered. The total number of persons or individuals who would be homeless is estimated at 251 and the number of sheltered is 224. There are 27 persons on any day during the year who are homeless and unsheltered. It is estimated that of the 27 persons there will be 21 persons in 6 families and 5 youth and 1 adult homeless and unsheltered on any day during the year.
The special needs population of the Community includes those who are mentally ill, have a drug or alcohol abuse problem, are victims of domestic violence, or are run-away and abandoned youth. Information from community homeless housing and service providers indicates that of the 251 persons in the homeless resident population includes 46% Hispanic, 12% Black, 40% White and 2% Native American, while Asian & Pacific Islander are absent. Also, according to these providers of the homeless special needs population 5% have a drug or alcohol abuse problem, 72% have been victims of domestic violence, 1% are HIV/AIDS disabled and 1% were developmentally disabled, 2 % have a severe mental illness and 5% have a combination of severe mental illness and a drug and alcohol dependency. Run-away and abandoned youth accounted for 29%.
Persons requiring special services other than the homeless, including the elderly, frail elderly, persons with disabilities (mental, physical, developmental), and persons with HIV/AIDS are considered in these other categories of persons with supportive housing needs and having special needs that have not been identified by the community. The one common characteristic among these special needs populations is the provision of supportive services specifically tailored for the individual to address daily life needs. Predominately these special services are health care related to provide for individual medical needs. Supportive housing for these special needs populations include housing with a supportive environment, including intermediate care facilities, group homes, single room occupancy housing, and other housing that includes a planned services component.
The characteristics of persons returning to the community from mental and physical health care institutions are those who require mainly social and psychological health care assistance. The services required by these populations are often provided outside of the residential setting. Less intensive supportive services are provided within the residential setting. Residential needs of these populations require less specialized facilities and are more like the housing needs of the general population.
The characteristics of low income families participating in programs to achieve economic independence and self sufficiency consist mainly of those female headed households who without special services would not be able to gain economic independence and self sufficiency. Services for those special needs population mainly include social services. Those services are predominantly provided outside of the residential setting. The special housing needs of this population are no different than those of the general population.
The characteristics of persons in other home settings requiring specialized services can be generalized to those individuals who require specialized services outside of the home setting. The service requirement of this population may vary from time to time and require a mix of services to satisfy individual needs. The special housing needs of this population are no different than the housing needs of the general population.
The characteristics of the non-elderly handicapped population are those who, due to handicapping condition, may require specialized services and housing. The generalized service needs of those populations are principally physical assistance needs. Specialized housing for this population would include the need for specialized equipment to be provided within the home environment to physically assist the individual. The physical needs of the individual may also be satisfied through the provision of specialized services.
Current estimates of those individuals and families having supportive housing needs are included in the previous section, Housing Market Analysis. Due to the size of the elderly population within the City, a special study has been completed by a consultant, BBC, identifying the housing needs for those requiring assisted care, congregate care, or nursing home care. According to the BBC study, the projected need for elderly housing units covering the next five years included 570 independent living units, 280 congregate care units, 90 assisted living units, and 240 nursing home beds. Other studies, similar to the BBC study for the senior population, need to be completed for these other special needs populations to obtain accurate and reliable estimates.
Projected market conditions over the next five years indicate a continuing need for rental assistance programs for low and moderate income households and special need groups, such as chronically mentally ill, female headed households with children, victims of domestic abuse, elderly and frail elderly, and disabled or handicapped households. An increasing need is projected for three and four bedroom units. However, their availability will remain low and rental assistance programs will need to be increased to fill this need. Waiting lists for persons seeking rental assistance will continue to remain long and grow in the future, mainly due to lack of available funding from the federal government to provide sufficient new sources of rental assistance programs and financing.
Of the children 6 months to 6 years of age reported in a study by the
Colorado Health Department for this Consolidated Plan 8.9% of the children had
an elevated lead level who were from Adams County and 3.7% of the children from
Jefferson County had elevated blood levels. The study did not provide the
environmental source of the elevated lead levels in the children's blood. It
therefore can not yet be concluded that residential living environments alone
are a causal factor in the increased levels of lead in the childrens blood.
Further study and analysis is needed to arrive at sound conclusions. Based upon
an average percentage of children affected in the two Counties it can be
estimated that 427 children under the age of 5 years living in Westminster would
also have elevated lead in their blood or 6.3%. Using this estimated average of
affected children and applying the percentage of lower income (earning less than
80% of the area median income) households (31%) in the City an estimated 132
children in lower income households could have elevated levels of lead.
Table 2 identifies the programs and services to be provided and the special initiatives to be undertaken to implement the five year strategy. These programs and activities identified address affordable housing, homelessness, other special needs, non-housing community development plan, barriers to affordable housing, lead based paint hazards, anti-poverty strategy, institutional structure, and coordination.
The Table 2 Priority Needs for the Westminster Consolidated Plan were developed with the cooperation of local, State, and Federal agencies together with private citizens and nonprofit organizations. Information for the development of the Priority Needs in the Westminster Consolidated Plan has been obtained from over 150 persons in 35 organizations intended to benefit from these federal funds. Additional information was obtained from responses to a survey of over 300 households of needs within neighborhoods within the community intended to benefit from the use of federal funds. Information has also been obtained from the 1980 and 1990 US Census.
Over 154 lower income participants from 35 organizations have contributed to the development of the Priority Needs found in Table 2 Plan for use of funds from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Community Planning and Development. An additional 305 households provided input through a survey of lower income neighborhoods intended to benefit from the federal funds. Four homeowner's associations representing lower income neighborhoods provided input for the development of the Plan.
These initial consultations are part of an extensive process to develop the Priority Needs of Table 2 of the Consolidated Plan with the assistance of residents and community groups. The community initiated Consolidated Plan is intended to bring about a community assessment of priority needs and the development of a community based strategic plan to serve the needs of lower income Westminster residents. The Consolidated Plan Table 2 is required to establish and address priority housing needs and priority homeless needs.
- Increasing the supply of standard affordable housing through the acquisition or rehabilitation of existing housing and, if appropriate, the construction of new housing;
- Providing rental assistance to alleviate rental cost burdens of lower income families and individuals;
- Promoting homeownership opportunities;
- Meeting the housing needs of large families, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities;
- Evaluating the energy efficiency of housing for lower income households and implementing programs or special initiatives to achieve lower overall housing costs through reduced energy costs;
- Alleviating overcrowding;
- Removing or addressing any effects of policies contributing to concentration of racial or ethnic minorities;
- Minimizing involuntary displacement;
- Reducing or eliminating loss in assisted housing inventory as a result of public housing demolition or conversion to homeownership, prepayment or voluntary termination of federally assisted mortgage or any other actions;
- Improving the management of public housing and living environment of public housing residents in coordination with the local public housing authorities;
- Encouraging public housing residents to become more involved in the management of public housing;
- Assisting public housing residents to become owners of their public housing units and developing other homeownership opportunities for these residents.
Supportive Housing for Homeless Persons
- Addressing the needs of various populations for emergency shelter and services, providing housing and services for transition to permanent housing and independent living, and providing housing and supportive services for those not capable of achieving independent living;
- Ensuring permanent affordable housing opportunities for persons who successfully complete a transitional housing program;
- Providing access to permanent housing and support networks for low income families and individuals in danger of becoming homeless through provision of facilities and services.
- Addressing the unmet housing and service needs of persons with disabilities, the elderly, persons with AIDS, low income families who could benefit from participation in an organized program to achieve economic independence and self-sufficiency and any other categories that the City specifies.
In this section of the Plan are listed the activities that will be undertaken in the coming year to address the priority needs an local objectives of the Strategic Plan described in the preceding section using funds available from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), Public Housing Opportunity Grant and other HUD programs for meeting housing and community development needs. While the Action Plan describes the specific activities to be undertaken during 1995 to achieve the priorities of the Strategic Plan, not all of the priorities of the Strategic Plan have been included in the Action Plan. It has been assumed that during the five year period included in the Strategic Plan that eventually all of the priorities would be addressed. The Action Plan is to be submitted annually.
Table 3 specifically describes the Action Plan and has been developed with the cooperation of local, State, and Federal agencies together with private citizens and nonprofit organizations. The Action Plan defines the activities to be carried out with the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). Activities are also identified that would use funds for which the City does not directly receive, but must apply for or work with others to obtain to address the community priority needs. It is estimated that the City would have available $600,000 in CDBG funds for 1995. It is anticipated that the City will apply to the State for $200,000 in HOME funds, that other agencies will apply to the State for $100,000 in ESG funds, and there would be $50,000 available from the Metropolitan Denver HOPWA funds. No Public Housing Comprehensive Grant funds are expected to be available. These funding resources can become even more effective through leveraging with other resources. Many of the proposed activities include anticipated additional funding resources to implement. For example the use of the Private Activity Bond Allocation and the Tax Credit programs are anticipated to be used extensively to implement many of the affordable housing activities included in the Action Plan.
The principal Federal funding resource included in the Action Plan is the CDBG, which the City receives as an entitlement City under that program. The City is not a participating jurisdiction in the HOME program due to not being able to achieve the threshold amount by formula allocation, which goes to the STATE. The State is the recipient of the ESG program and the City has joined with other jurisdictions in the metropolitan area in designating Denver as the administrating entity to qualify the region for the HOPWA program. Opportunities for additional funding will continually be explored and project managers will be encouraged to seek additional funding resources to carry out their projects.
Where other funding resources are sought that will implement the priorities identified in the Strategic Plan or the Action Plan a certificate of consistency will be issued for those projects. The Table of Support of Applications by Other Entities Report indicates that a certificate of consistency will be provided to other entities applying for those funding resources, unless there is a compelling reason to withhold certification. Each application will be evaluated on a project by project basis for consistency to the priorities of the Strategic Plan for enhancement of the activities of the Action Plan, and evaluated on the basis of the project size, capacity of the applicant, geographic location to achieve the objectives of the Fair Housing Assessment, and category of household served.
The following activities are proposed to be undertaken using CDBG funds available to the City. More specific descriptions can be found in Table 3.
| Project | Location Activity | Type | Amount | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicapped Access Bldgs. | Main Library | B,C,D,E | $ 25,000 | |||
| Assisted Family Housing | City Wide | A,D | 105,000 | |||
| Cobblestone Park | Cobblestone Park | B,C | 178,000 | |||
| Streets Reconstruction | 7100 Hooker | B,E | 150,000 | |||
| Handicapped Access Streets | City Wide | B,E | 10,000 | |||
| Administration | City Wide | F | 100,000 | |||
| Senior Center | Panorama Pointe | B,C | 50,000 | |||
| Homeless Services | City Wide | F | 25,000 | |||
| Elderly Services | City Wide | F | 8,000 | |||
| Handicapped Services | City Wide | F | 5,000 | |||
| Youth Services | City Wide | F | 8,000 | |||
| Transportation Services | City Wide | F | 10,000 | |||
| Substance Abuse Services | City Wide | F | 5,000 | |||
| Crime Awareness Services | City Wide | F | 5,000 |
Activity Type: A Acquisition; B Design; C Construction; D Rehabilitation; E Reconstruction; Programmatic
MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.
MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.
MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.
MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects in addition: a table provides information about the project(s).
MAP 6 depicts neighborhood streets and proposed HUD funded projects, as described in the table under MAP 5.
