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• RESOLUTION 2009-04
AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT FUNDS THROUGH
THE VIRGINIA SMALL CITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski has previously participated in the Small Cities Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) program as administered by the Virginia Department of Housing
Community Development (VDHCD) in order to address the Town's priority community development
needs; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Pulaski has identified the Dora Highway Neighborhood as the priority
area targeted for a Comprehensive Community Development (CCD) project based on the
neighborhood's deteriorating housing conditions, blighted properties in need of clearance, insufficient
water supply and fire suppression system, deficient streets, drainage problems, and insufficient street
lighting and the need to provide additional opportunities for decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable
housing in the Town of Pulaski; and
WHEREAS, the Town applied for and received a FY 2009 CDBG Planning Grant from
VDHCD to undertake a comprehensive neighborhood improvement study to identify needs, develop a
• proposed improvement program and budget, and identify additional funding resources to implement said
project and has prepared a Community Improvement Grant (CIG) application; and
WHEREAS, the Town conducted door-to-door surveys in the Dora Highway Neighborhood,
conducted citizen meetings, formed a project management team, and completed a needs assessment of
the community and individual properties with participation of the neighborhood residents and property
owners; and
WHEREAS, said needs assessment and surveys identified deteriorated housing, blighted
properties, insufficient water supply and fire suppression, deficient streets, drainage problems,
insufficient street lighting, and underutilized sites as major needs and concerns of the property owners
and residents of the neighborhood because said conditions have served as a disincentive for new housing
development and private investment and maintenance of existing residential properties; and
WHEREAS, a CCD Improvement Program for physical improvements has been developed by
the Town in cooperation with the Dora Highway Neighborhood residents and property owners and
related stakeholders pursuant to requirements for funding set forth by VDHCD including targeted public ;
improvements outlined in A Preliminary Engineering Report; a housing assistance program for the
rehabilitation of existing units to generate and support private investment and for the construction of
new infill, affordable housing; and a relocation and assistance program for any households that may _ -
have to be permanently or temporarily relocated; and
• WHEREAS, the Town wishes to apply for CDBG funds to assist in implementing the Dora
Highway Neighborhood Comprehensive Community Development project with said project benefiting
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• forty-eight (48) existing, habitable and occupied residential units with one hundred thirty-nine (139)
residents of which forty-two (42) households (87%) are estimated to be low- and moderate-income
(LMI) households with one hundred twenty-two (122) LMI residents based on returned surveys and
benefiting six (6) new LMI households through the construction of six (6) infill, affordable residential
units resulting in an estimated increase of fifteen (15) additional persons of which 100% are LMI, for a
total neighborhood benefit of fifty-four (54) households with one hundred fifty-four (154) people of
which one hundred thirty-seven (137) (88%) are LMI beneficiaries; and
WHEREAS, one hundred percent (100%) direct benefit will result from the implementation of
the rehabilitation component of the housing assistance program for ten (10) LMI owner-occupied units
with twenty (20) persons; substantial reconstruction of five (5) LMI owner-occupied units with seven (7)
persons; the rehabilitation of four (4) investor owned units with twenty-three (23) persons to standard
housing units; one hundred percent (100%) direct benefit will result from the implementation of the
infill housing component of the housing assistance program for six (6) LMI households as new
homeowners with (15) persons; and indirect benefit for fifty-four (54) households with one hundred
fifty-four (154) people of which one hundred thirty-seven (137) (88%) are LMI beneficiaries who
currently reside or will reside in the Dora Highway Neighborhood resulting from the clearance of
blighted properties, water and fire suppression system improvements, street and street light
improvements, drainage improvements, right-of--way clearing, and neighborhood clean-up efforts; and
one hundred percent (100%) direct benefit will result from the relocation and assistance program for
nineteen (19) LMI households that may have to be temporarily relocated during rehabilitation of their
homes and two (2) households that may be permanently relocated.
• WHEREAS, the Town has committed to use $259,810 of its Vir inia De artm
Transportation road maintenance allocations during the term of the project, but nog less than a period of
two (2) years to address street deficiencies necessary for improving vehicular circulation and emergency
vehicle access within the neighborhood particularly at the dead end of Jackson Ave., the intersection of
Stuart Ave. and Baskerville St., and the intersection of First St., SE and Pine St.; to resurface the blocks
of Holly St., Jackson Ave., and Pine St.; and to provide additional street lighting, clear the shoulders of
the roads, and make improvements to the drainage and signage throughout the Dora Highway
Neighborhood project area; and
WHEREAS, the Town has committed $6,750 from the Operating Budget and $37,750 in Force
Account work and Equipment usage during the term of the project, but not less than a period of two (2)
years to correct deficiencies in alleys, drainage ditches, rights-of--way, and signage; assist with
neighborhood clean-up efforts; and inspect improvements made to the water lines in the Dora Highway
Neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Town has committed $16,200 from the Operating Budget during the term of
the project, but not less than a period of two (2) years for the clearance of three (3) blighted structures in
the Dora Highway Neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Town has committed $9,000 from the Operating Budget for the purchase of
three (3) lots for use where a house slated for rehabilitation can not be rehabilitated, but must be
• reconstructed on a neighboring site due to site constraints; and
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• WHEREAS, the Town has committed $3,500 from the Operating Budget for legal, advertising,
and training services related to implementing a CIG project; and
WHEREAS, the Town has committed to waive building permit fees for rehabilitating nineteen
(19) houses for LMI beneficiaries and the construction of six (6) new LMI infill houses valued at
$10,426 and to waive water and sewer connection and availability fees for the construction of the six (6)
new infill LMI houses valued at $8,400; and
WHEREAS, the Town has committed $49,850 in inactive CDBG Program Income from a
previous VDHCD-funded Comprehensive Community Development project for project costs including
procuring a rehabilitation specialist; constructing utility laterals, site work, and providing downpaymenf
and closing cost assistance for six (6) new infill, affordable housing units; and soft costs for housing
rehabilitation and housing production activities including legal/appraisal services, deed recordation,.
acquisition/relocation, and home maintenance education services for nineteen (19) existing LMI
households and for the six (6) households that will reside in the new infill housing; and
WHEREAS, the Town has secured a commitment from Community Housing Partners based in
Christiansburg, Virginia to provide $167,750 in assistance from its Weatherization Assistance Program
funding allocations during the term of the project to help fund housing rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the New River Valley HOME Consortium has committed $300,000 in HOME
funding for the construction of six (6) new single-family homes on available lots in the Dora Highway
• Neighborhood for sale at affordable prices for first-time homebuyers and an estimated fifteen (15)
persons of which all fifteen (15) (100%) will be LMI and $19,000 in HOME funding for the temporary
relocation of nineteen (19) households during the rehabilitation of their homes of which all nineteen (19)
will be LMI; and
WHEREAS, Community Housing Partners has committed to construct the six (6) single-family
homes on available lots in the Dora Highway Neighborhood requiring an additional $501,000 in
homeowner's equity to provide three (3) homes valued at $125,000 and three (3) homes valued at
$142,000; and
WHEREAS, both The New River Valley HOME Consortium and Community Housing Partners
have committed to work with households in the Town to stabilize their financial resources, pre-qualify
them for homeownership, and conduct home ownership education classes for first-time homeowners;
and
WHEREAS, the Town will provide trucks, dumpsters, and other equipment; pay the cost of
tipping fees; and provide Town employees to work with Dora Highway Neighborhood residents,
property owners, and community volunteers to conduct neighborhood wide clean-up efforts to remove
trash, debris, old appliances, and junk vehicles from the community during the term of the CDBG
project; and
WHEREAS, residents and property owners of the Dora Highway Neighborhood have requested
• the Town to proceed post haste in resolving the problems identified in the neighborhood and in securing
necessary funds to carry out the Comprehensive Community Development project; and
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• WHEREAS the Town of Pulaski
has properly advertised and conducted public hearings on
March 2, 2009 and March 17, 2009 which addressed the CDBG program and the CDBG project
application, thereby meeting citizen participation requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski,
Virginia that:
1. The Town of Pulaski wishes to apply for a FY 2009 CDBG Community Improvement Grant
in the amount of $1,400,000 for the Dora Highway Neighborhood Comprehensive
Community Development Project; and hereby commits a total of $401,686 in Town
investment and has secured $987,750 in non-CDBG funds for a total project cost of
$2,789,436 for the purpose of undertaking a comprehensive neighborhood improvement
program to address 100 percent of the identified needs.
2. The Town hereby authorizes the Town Manager, the Town's chief administrative official to
execute and file all appropriate documents necessary for submission of the Town of Pulaski's
2009 Community Development Block Grant application on or before April 8, 2009 and to
provide such additional information as may be required by the Virginia Department of
Housing and Community Development.
This Resolution is effective upon adoption and is hereby adopted this 30th day of March, 2009 by the
• duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia as follows:
David L. Clark
Larry G. Clevinger, II
H. M. Kidd
- Aye Joel B. Burchett, Jr. -Absent
- Aye Robert A. Bopp -Aye
- Abstain Morgan P. Welker -Abstain
THE TOWN OF PULASKI, VIRGINIA
By:
• y S. orrell, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
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