CC MEETING: January 22, 2019
DATE: January 16, 2019
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Scott Hudson, Environmental Services Director
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Consider A Resolution Authorizing The City Manager To Enter Into Single-Family Rehabilitation Grant Incentive Agreements On Three Eligible Properties Located Within Neighborhood Empowerment Zones, In A Total Grant Amount Not To Exceed $11,391.30.
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BACKGROUND:
In April of 2018 City Council adopted the revised Single-Family Rehabilitation Grant Incentive program. This program provides a monetary grant of up to 25% of certain exterior repair expenses for eligible properties located in a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone. This program has been marketed throughout the qualifying zones with special outreach focused on NOTICE neighborhoods.
Mr. and Mrs. Criswell have applied for a rehabilitation incentive grant for replacement of their fence and installation of gutters. Mrs. Brenda Reynolds applied for an incentive to replace her fence. Ms. Jordan Mason applied for an incentive to replace her windows, roof, fence, driveway, garage door, and repaint the exterior of the home. All of the properties are located in a Neighborhood Empowerment Zone and meet the eligibility requirements of the incentive grant program.
On January 9, 2019 the City Council Re-Development Sub-Committee reviewed and unanimously recommended approval of these three applications.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
These rehabilitation incentives are funded through the Neighborhood Partnership Fund. Since April of 2018, when the program incentive cap was increased to 25%, a total of 16 projects have been approved by City Council, representing $169,091 in private investment and $42,272 in public incentives.
IMPACT ON COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY:
The rehabilitation incentives offer significant tools to prevent blight in Carrollton's older neighborhoods. Revitalizing affordable housing is a key component of the rehabilitation grant program and City Council's community s...
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