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DECEMBER 10, 2019 19-641 RESOLUTION
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PURPOSE: APPROVE 2020 PILOT HOUSING STOCK IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAMS: NEW CONSTRUCTION, CODE COMPLIANCE,
AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION
INITIATED BY: COMMON COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Common Council desires to improve Housing Stock under the
2020 Strategic Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Oshkosh that the attached "Housing Stock Improvement Programs" are hereby approved
and the proper City officials are hereby authorized and directed to take those steps
necessary to carry out the City's responsibilities under the programs.
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: December 4, 2019
RE: Approve 2020 Pilot Housing Stock Improvement Programs: New
Construction, Code Compliance, and Historic Preservation
BACKGROUND
Earlier this year, the Council directed the City Manager and staff to review existing
housing programs and create new programs as needed to improve the housing stock of
the City of Oshkosh. After researching similar communities in Wisconsin, the LaCrosse
and Green Bay approaches offered the most comparable programs with similar city goals.
The August 13, 2019 Council Workshop touched on the acquisition, demolition, and
disposition of blighted properties and the need for new housing programs in the City.
In early October, staff distributed the attached program descriptions to the Council for
review. At the Community Development Department budget session in October, Council
and staff had an opportunity to discuss the Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) and Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative (HNI) 2020 Capital Improvement
Program (CIP) and 2020 Operating budgets that included the new Housing Stock
Programs. Since that time, staff has been developing the brochures and application forms
needed to market and administer the new, pilot programs.
ANALYSIS
The attached information summarizes the programs, funding source, funding
requirements, the project locations, and the amount of funding for the additional housing
stock improvements. The attachments include:
1. An Acquisition/Demolition Financing matrix — this matrix follows the
acquisition/disposition policy and identifies the funding proposed. This
expansion of the acquisition/demolition program would increase the number of
scattered site blight removal projects from about 4 - 6 projects per year to 10 —12
projects per year.
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
2. A map that overlays the Quality of Life Map and Neighborhood Association
boundaries for context. This map would be used to target the
acquisition/demolition programs and the new housing stock programs.
3. Proposed 2020 Housing Stock Improvement Programs — Identifies three new pilot
programs to encourage housing stock improvements: 1. A grant program to assist
in the construction of new single family houses on the acquired parcels after the
pre-existing structures are demolished, 2. A Loan program for code compliance
program (based on the City's Strategic Plan), and 3. A Loan program for historic
restoration and design standards that would help property owners meet historic
design standards, as applicable, and property owners meet City design standards,
as applicable.
FISCAL IMPACT
All the new or expanded program budgets have been included in the 2020 Capital
Improvement Program and 2020 Operating Budget. The expanded
acquisition/demolition program will include $300,000 from the 2020 CIP, and an
additional $250,000 from CDBG and $120,000 in HNI funding, for a total of $670,000.
The new Housing Stock Programs will use a combination of CDBG and HNI funding.
The $50,000 in CDBG funding will be used for the code compliance program and an
additional $50,000 from HNI funding for a total of $100,000 for code compliance. The rest
of the programs will use HNI funds. The New Construction Incentive for $45,000 will be
used on vacant residential parcels. The Historic Restoration and Design Standards
Program will use $50,000 from HNI funds.
The $300,000 in CDBG Funds are programmed for 2020 out of the approximately $800,000
the city receives from the Federal government. The additional $265,000 in 2020 HNI
funds is budgeted out of the $4.4 million balance in the Fund. The City has also budgeted
about $500,000 in 2020 HNI funds for existing housing rehabilitation projects.
RECOMMENDATION
Council approves the creation of the Housing Stock Improvement Programs as the
Council directed.
Submitted,
Allen Davis
Community Development Director
Approved:
Mark A. Rohloff
City Manager
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us
2020 Housing Stock Improvement Programs
2020 Acquisition / Demolition Financing
New Healthy Neighborhoods
Funding amount per year
$120,000
Identified areas for Blight Removal
(Blight Removal- Scattered Site'Blight Removal -Neighborhood Association 'Blight Removal -Quality of Life Map Locations
and Gateways
Guidelines when using funds
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