CC MEETING: January 9, 2024
DATE: January 3, 2024
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Cory Heiple, Environmental Services Director
Marc Guy, Assistant City Manager
Title
Consider A Resolution Revising The Single-Family Rehabilitation Grant Incentive Policy.
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BACKGROUND:
Since its adoption by City Council in 2014, the Single-Family Rehabilitation Grant policy has provided an incentive program for single-family rehabilitation within Neighborhood Empowerment Zones. The program has been marketed throughout the qualifying areas with special outreach focused on NOTICE project areas.
The proposed policy changes seek to expedite the incentive application and approval process by delegating approval of certain driveway expansions that are completed in conjunction with a NOTICE project to City staff. This significantly shortens the applicant's approval process from up to four weeks to less than one week and reduces backtracking required of the City's paving contractor that can further delay the project. This approach is aligned with previous amendments to reduce routine eligible projects requiring Re-Development Committee approval, which include fence, driveway and lead walkway replacements.
Key changes of the proposed revisions include:
* Delegating final Single-Family Rehabilitation Grant approval for routine driveway expansions from the Re-Development Committee to City staff to expedite the project turnaround time, provided the driveway expansions are:
o Part of a NOTICE project;
o Straight, non-curved and less than 10 feet in expanded width; and
o Less than $3,000 in project cost.
* Expansions greater than 10' or more than $3,000 will require Re-Development Committee approval.
The proposed amendments were presented to the City Council Re-Development Committee during its December 5, 2023, meeting and were unanimously approved for City Council consideration.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
The single-family rehabilitation incentives offer significant ...
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