ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to Approve the Donation of Vacant Lots to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY GREATER PEORIA AREA for the Construction of Four (4) New, Affordable, Single-Family, Owner-Occupied Homes Located at 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE MONROE STREET. (Council District 1)
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BACKGROUND: Habitat for Humanity submitted a Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO) application and proposed project design for the 2015 CHDO certification process and available funding. Habitat proposed to build four new single family homes on NE Monroe Street (lots - 1009, 1015, 1017, 1019, 1021, 1023 and 1025 NE Monroe; properties will be combined, re-subdivided and street addressed). The homes would be new construction, energy star rated and 2-story properties. The properties would be sold to low-income households and mortgage financing would be provided by Habitat.
Habitat identified in their proposal that site control of all the vacant lots identified on NE Monroe was a potential project barrier. Habitat currently owns 1009, 1015 and 1017 NE Monroe and intends to purchase the property at 1025 NE Monroe from the County Trustee. This City Council Request for Action is for the approval of a property donation to Habitat for vacant lots: 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE Monroe (City owned parcels between the Habitat and County Trustee lots).
In a separate City Council Request for Action, City staff will request the approval of $300,000 of HUD HOME funds to Habitat for their proposed CHDO project. If both City Council Requests for Action are approved, Habitat will use the awarded $300,000 of CHDO funds to construct four (4) new, affordable, single-family, owner-occupied homes on the property at 1009, 1015, 1017, 1019, 1021, 1023 and 1025 NE Monroe.
Below is a chart that summarizes the City ownership for the vacant lots:
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Property Address |
Date of Ownership |
Comments / Notes |
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1019 NE Monroe |
October 1992 |
Transfer to City from the County Trustee |
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1021 NE Monroe |
October 2012 |
Transfer to the City from the Northside Housing Services, Inc. |
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1023 NE Monroe |
October 2012 |
Transfer to the City from the Northside Housing Services, Inc. |
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The City will donate the vacant lots at 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE Monroe to Habitat for Humanity for their CHDO project (construction of new, affordable, single-family, owner-occupied homes).
NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS: The donation of the property is a part of Habitat for Humanity’s CHDO project. Habitat has met various community stakeholders in the East Bluff to discuss the proposed project. Once approved by Council, Habitat intends to continually engage the neighborhood residents in their development plans.
IMPACT IF APPROVED: The City will donate the property at 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE Monroe to Habitat for their CHDO project.
IMPACT IF DENIED: The City will not donate the property at 1019, 1021 and 1023 NE Monroe to Habitat for their CHDO project. The City will retain ownership of the properties and continue to seek development opportunities.
ALTERNATIVES: None identified at this time.
EEO CERTIFICATION NUMBER: Habitat for Humanity: 03135-150630
WHICH OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE COUNCIL’S 2014 - 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION ADVANCE?
1. Attractive Neighborhoods with Character: Safe and Livable
WHICH CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR(S) FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES THIS RECOMMENDATION IMPLEMENT?
1. Reinvest in neighborhoods.
DEPARTMENT: Community Development