COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
JUNE 14, 2004
COUNCIL CHAMBER
Convened: 7:05 p.m.
Adjourned: 7:32 p.m.
Present were; Chairperson Councillor Philip P. Palmieri
Councillor
Paul P. Clancy, Jr.
Councillor
Frederick C. Rushton @ 6:25 p.m.
Councillor
Barbara G. Haller
Also: Florence
M. Lucci, Advisory Committee Member
Michael
J. Zylich, Advisory Committee Member
EONS Director
Paul LaCava
EONS
Deputy Director Dennis Hennessy
EONS
Staffperson Anthony Miloski
EONS
Staffperson Steve Hill
Code
Commissioner Jill Dagilis
Director
of Public Health Jay Gardiner
Director
of Housing Scott Hayman
City
Clerk David J. Rushford, clerk
Speakers:
1.
Dennis Leary, Massachusetts Veterans, Inc.
2.
Vincent Perrone, Massachusetts Veterans Inc.
3.
Ronald Charrette, South Worcester Neighborhood Center
4.
Steven Lopes, Captain, Salvation Army
5.
Carla Szymanski, Rachels Table
6.
Jim Castell, Public Inebriate Program
7.
Charles Gagnon, South Middlesex Opportunity Council
8.
Ginger Navickas, Daybreak
9.
Jill Dagilis, City of Worcester Code Department
10.
Jay Gardiner, City of Worcester Health Department
11.
Jim Cruickshank, Oak Hill Community Development Corporation
12.
Stephen T. Patton, Worcester Common Ground
13.
Domenic Marcigliano, East Side Community Development Corporation
14.
Debra Lockwood, Canal District Community Development Corporation
15.
Peter Fellenz, Worcester Community Housing Resources
16.
Steve Teasdale, Main South Community Development Corporation
17.
Wayne Everett, Habitat for Humanity
18.
Grace Carmack, Central Mass Housing Alliance
1. Communication of the City Manager relative to Year 30
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG),
Housing for People with AIDS (HOPWA) and American Dream Down Payment Initiative
(ADDI) Programs.
#17D CM May 4, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
2. Communication of the City Manager request the sum of Five
Million Six hundred Seven Thousand Dollars ($5,607,000.00) be accepted from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Thirtieth Year
Community Development Block Grant Program and appropriated, when and as
received, to account numbers as enclosed.
#28D CM May 4, 2004
In Committee
June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
3. Communication of the City Manager request that the sum of Two
Million Sixty Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventeen Dollars ($2,060,717.00) be
accepted from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the HOME
Program and appropriated, when and as received, to Account #18S283, HOME
Program. The funds are being used to
reclaim Abandoned/condemned structures, to assist first-time homebuyers, and to
help existing homeowners meet code violations.
#28E CM May 4,
2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
4. Communication of the City Manager request the sum of Two
Hundred Nine Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($209,600.00) be accepted from the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Emergency Shelter
Grant Program and appropriated, when and as received, to the accounts enclosed.
#28F
CM May 4, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
5. Communication of the City Manager request the sum of Three
Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand Dollars ($369,000.00) be accepted from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Housing Opportunities for
People with AIDS Program and be appropriated, when and as received, to the
following account numbers as enclosed.
#28G
CM May 4, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
6. Communication of the City Manager request that the sum of One
Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Seventy Four Dollars ($196,074.00) be accepted from
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the American Dream
Down Payment Initiative (ADDI) Program and appropriated, when and as received,
to Account #18S281, ADDI Program. The
funds are to provide housing down payment assistance including closing costs
and interest reduction for low-income families and first-time homebuyers.
28H CM May 4, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
7. Communication of the City Manager relative to the proposed Year
30 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation process timetable.
#17A CM November 25, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
8. Communication of the
City Manager relative to Year 30 HUD CDBG accounts.
#17B CM February 10, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
9. Communication of the City Manager relative to all Block Grant
Applications from July 1, 1997 through June 30,2002.
#18H CM June 25, 2002
In Committee December 10, 2002 -
Held
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
10. Communication of the City Manager relative to the non-Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) resources that CDBG funded agencies have secured
for the current program year.
#18B CM December 17, 2002
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
11. Communication of the City Manager relative to HOME Funds Projects
and Pipeline Report for Calendar Year 2002-2003.
#18H CM December 17, 2002
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
12. Communication of the City Manager relative to outlining the
parameters of use for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds.
#18A CM March 18, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
13. Communication of the City Manager relative to a completion
ceremony for the Mt. Carmel Apartments CDBG Assisted Basement Renovation
Project.
#17B CM June 17, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
14. Communication of the City Manager relative to Oak Hill CDCs application to Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
#17A CM August 12, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
15.
Communication of the City Manager
relative to the list of Parks projects
funded by Year 29 CDBG.
#17D CM August 12, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
16. Communication of the City Manager relative to the eligibility of
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds for School Department Athletic
Fields.
#17 E CM September 30, 2003
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
17. Communication
of the City Manager relative to a report on balances under the Citys Community
Development Block Grant Program.
#17E CM January 6, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
18. Communication of the City Manager relative to an update on Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).
#17C CM February 10, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
19. Communication of the City Manager relative
to CDBG Program Income
and Unexpended Balances.
#17C CM March 16, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
#127
CC January 6, 2004 - For informational purposes
only
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold
#28 CC April 13, 2004
In Committee June 7, 2004 Held
Recommend Hold