HomeMy WebLinkAboutPR 14266:CDBG DEMOLITION FUNDSINTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Stephen Fitzgibbons, City Manager
FROM: Dale Watson, Director of Planning
DATE: June 29, 2007
SUBJECT: P.R. 14266
RECOMMENDATION:
I recommend that the City Council approve Proposed Resolution Number 14266. This
Resolution approves the demolition and clearance of Eighty- five (85) residential
properties that were damaged as a result of hurricane Rita.
BACKGROUND:
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has approved the use of
Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding for the demolition
and clearance of residential properties that were damaged as a result of Hurricane Rita
and are now uninhabitable.
BUDGETARY/FISCAL EFFECT:
The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs will allocate funding for the
demolition and clearance activity.
SUMMARY:
I recommend that the City Council approve Proposed Resolution Number 14266.
P. R. 14266
06/28/07 - ME - Grants Management
RESOLUTION NUMBER
A RESOLUTION APPROVING TffE DEMOLITION AND CLEARANCE OF
EIGHTY- FIVE (85) RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT WERE DAMAGED
AS A RESULT OF HURRICANE RITA. TBE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS WILL ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR
THE ACTIVITIES.
WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs has
approved the use of Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funding
for the demolition and clearance of residential properties that were damaged as a result
of Hurricane Rita and are now uninhabitable and,
WHEREAS, the city has determined that the identified properties pose a threat
to the public's health an d safety because the structures are open and accessible,
collapsed or in danger of collapse, an attractive nuisance to children, a harborage for
vermin, and magnets for drug and other criminal activity and,
WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur has defined the demolition and clearance
activities as Slum and Blight for Spot Basis and,
WHEREAS, the elimination of specific conditions of blight or deterioration on
a spot basis is designed to comply with the statutory objective for CDBG funds to be
used for the prevention of blight, on the premise that such action(s) serve to prevent the
spread to adjacent properties or areas; and,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR;
THAT the attached list of properties, see attachment #1, are scheduled for
demolition and clearance and are defined as spot Slum and Blight;
THAT a copy the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the minutes of the
City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this day
of 2007, at a meeting of the City Council of
the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the following vote: AYES:
Councilmembers:
NOES:
ATTEST:
MAYOR
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED FOR FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CITY MANAGER
APPROVED FOR AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS:
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
DALE WATSON, DIRECTOR
PLANNING AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT
SLUM PROPERTIES ATTACHMENT 1
JUNE 28, 2007
1 1442 2nd Avenue
2 830 3rd Avenue
3 301 4th Avenue
4 625 7th Avenue
5' 926 7th Avenue AKA 3500 10th St
6 2348 7th Avenue
7 330 E. 5th Street
8 653 West 5th Street
9 848 West 5th Street
10 1044 West 5th Street
11 1230 East 5th Street
12 3031 & 3033 5th Street
13 3735 5th Street
14 3721 5t Street
15 3929 5th Street
16 5016 5th Street
17 5024 5th Street
18 549 6th Street
19 1011 E. 6th Street
20 1037 6th Street
21 1120 West 6th Street
22 1547 6th Street
23 3222 6th Street
24 4024 6th Street
25 820 W 7th Street
26 920 W 7th Street
27 1126 E 7th Street
28 1130 7th Street
29 1340 W 7th Street
30 1617 - 1625 E 7th Street
31 315 8th Street
32 1014 8th Street
33 1341 8th Street
34 1548 E 8th Street
35 1708 8th Street
36 1724 8th Street
37 1021 E. 9th Street
38 2025 E llth Street
39 2112 E llth Street
40 2746-2748 E llth Street
41 2836 E llth Street
42 129 E 12th Street
SLUM PROPERTIES ATTACHMENT 1
JUNE 28, 200'/
43 301 12th Street
44 537 12th Street
45 823 E 12th Street
46 1001 12th Street
47 1710 12th Street
48 1728 12th Street
49 1309 13th Street
50 141 E 14th Street
51 320 E 14th Street
52 335 E 14th Street
53 321 48th Street
54 741 48th Street
55 3124 59th Street
56 2710 W 61st Street
57 2427 65th Street
58 827 Beaumont Ave
59 833 Beaumont Ave
60 2225 Bluebonnet Avenue
61 2887 Bobby Street
62 917 Booker T. Washington
63 533 Brazos Avenue
64 6121 Buckner Drive
65 2224 Cox Street
66 2229 Cox Street
67 1431 Delaware Drive
68 1110 DeQueen Blvd
69 1220 DeQueen
70 1226 DeQueen
71 1145 DeQueen
72 1610 DeQueen
73 501 Dorsey Street
74 607 Dorsey
75 4721 Dryden Road
76 431 Dunbar Avenue
77 812 Dunbar Avenue
78 1926 Fort Worth Ave
79 205 Gulfway Drive
80 948 Gulfway
81 721 Harding
82 1021 Herget Ave
83 1735 Houston Avenue
84 4041 Lakeshore
SLUM PROPERTIES
JUNE 28, 2007
ATTACHMENT 1
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