Neighborhood Resources Department—2/11/05
2004 Community Development Division Accomplishments
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2004 |
2003 |
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Program |
Received |
Denied |
Started |
Completed |
Total for Year |
Completed |
Total for Year |
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Hoot First Time Homebuyer |
22 |
9 |
15 |
14 |
$426,456.73 |
15 |
$239,405.89 |
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Hoot Rehabilitation |
4 |
0 |
13 |
14 |
$103,413.27 |
17 |
$259,388.72 |
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Comprehensive Rehabilitation |
24 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
$230,626.00 |
7 |
$177,245.90 |
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Furnace Loans |
4 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
$ 7,424.38 |
9 |
$ 23,015.00 |
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Emergency Loans |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
$ 4,940.00 |
15 |
$ 37,196.44 |
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Weatherization |
62 |
17 |
45 |
45 |
$ 51,582.34 |
45 |
$ 57,624.54 |
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Voluntary Demo |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
$ 4,310.00 |
2 |
$ 1,650.00 |
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Miscellaneous |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$ 0 |
0 |
$ 0 |
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TOTALS |
118 |
37 |
90 |
94 |
$828,752.72 |
110 |
$795,526.49 |
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1. Hoch requested and began receiving “line item” bids for comprehensive rehabilitation projects.
2. Hamm and Hoch received training on input of projects for the HUD Integration Disbursement and Information System (IDIS) and began input of projects in the system.
3. Swarts and Nau were liaison to the NR Advisory Committee, Practitioners Panel, and Task Force on Homeless Services and attended all their meetings and subcommittee meetings. With regard to the TFHS, Swarts scheduled, facilitated, and attended eight focus groups meetings in a 10-day period for the TFHS, culminating with the community wide meeting with attendance of 100+.
4. Swarts was staff liaison for the Housing Trust Fund Board, regularly attending their meetings.
5. Hamm and Hoch were staff liaison for the Community Development Grant Review Board meetings.
6. Cardin regularly attended NRAC, Practitioners Panel, TFHS, HTF Board, and Grant Review Board meetings to take the minutes of the meetings.
7. Swarts prepared 28 Mortgage Releases and 15 Subordination Agreements for CC approval.
8. Swarts, Hamm, and Hoch, facilitated the acquisition of property for Habitat for Humanity (338 Funston).
9. Nau, Swarts, and Cardin completed the 2004 Annual Update to the Five Year Consolidated Plan that includes allocations of $1,998,101 in CDBG and HOME funds and the Annual Performance Report for 2003 that details expenditures of $1,722,685 in CDBG and $1,071,794 in HOME funds and program income of $294,385 for CDBG and $80,085 for HOME.
10. The division received notification from the HUD office that after their review of the annual Performance Report, the City successfully passed the Annual Community Assessment (ACA) performed by the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD).
11. Nau and Swarts, working with six local agencies, submitted the annual grant application for the 2004 Kansas Emergency Shelter Grant and the City received an award of $59,218.
12. CDD staff attended the following meetings or celebrations: CC meeting celebrating National Community Development Week; the HUD Y’all Come Meeting in Topeka; and Kansas NAHRO meetings in May and November;
13. Swarts participated on the Planning Committee for the Kansas Statewide Homeless Summit, prepared the Resolution for the City Commission recognition of the Summit and attended the CC meeting, the pre-summit Reception, and the Summit (Swarts introduced the Mayor). Nau also attended the Reception and Summit.
14. Nau and Swarts attended he HUD Grant Award media debriefing for the LDCHA “HOPE Building” supportive housing project.
15. Swarts and Walthall, CED Manager, attended and participated in the Prairie Ridge Low Income Tax Credit Project Ribbon Cutting with then Mayor, David Dunfield.
16. Hamm, Hoch, Nau, and/or Swarts attended the following outside training: HUD sponsored CDBG, Labor Relations, Environmental Review, and IDIS training; State of Kansas ESG Program training;
17. Hoch attended the Heart of America Code Officials Training-Wood Deck Construction Workshop; Healthy Indoor Environments Conference-Mercury, Lead, and Mold Triggers; and Heart of America Code Officials Training-Window Installation Masters Course.
18. Hamm and Hoch attended the KDHE Lead Hazards Enforcement Discussion and Child Lead Poisoning Report seminar.
19. Hamm, Hoch, Nau, and Swarts attended the following City sponsored training: Diversity Training, City Liaison Board Reception, Section 106 Review, Legal Notices Publication, and Stress Management seminars.
20. Swarts attended the ICMA Annual Conference at KU and “Equal Opportunity Law” seminar.
21. CDD staff provided technical assistance as requested to various subrecipients, clients, Tenants to Homeowners, Inc., the LDCHA, Habitat for Humanity, Inc., and other City Department personnel.
22. CDD staff appreciate the excellent working relationship between CDD and CED. CED personnel are always willing to work with the rehab staff on questions or concerns that may arise during rehab jobs and have been willing in particular situations to assist when CDD staff were not available.
23. CED staff have provided several articles for the CDD staff generated City Connection newsletter that have been informative for the community.
2004 Code Enforcement Division Accomplishments