well it's everything like we discussed before there was a public hearing last week and we heard from a couple of people on it i thought the list of because the slick group was one who spoke to most but the list of some of the things that they show and give me a hand with a couple of these things or proposed the first question that they had they want you to consider that no inspections are made for owner occupied properties up to four units right now it's two units i think the way it's at right now it's been working as well as anything else i don't really think there's any reason for us to move up to four units it makes sense for two  occupied there looking at the other before it's kind of a lot and at that point you're kind of getting into more of a business than just living in one and renting out the other the next thing they they asked for was  that the inspection be extended every three years and not every time it's a change in tendency i think right now i can definitely say that right now every change in chancey makes most sense where we get to a point where there's not a of issues that they're running into when these inspections are going on and that might be a time to talk about this down the road but right now i think there's no question that the way we have it makes the most sense number three they requested a checklist for what areas and items are going to be inspected never there's a rental inspection and this is something i've actually spoken with a slick group about before and announced them that we were going to be giving to him i've been working on it with the building inspector just i think last friday we  shot what we think is the final draft of the document down and it just lays out exactly it's kind of copying the sheet that the inspectors use and that's the basis of the run the stiffing itself they look at here's what we inspected here's this part here is this part and they take note on the side so i'll just list all those and then it's got a little provision that explains that it's there's some other things it's not only the things that are listed on she exclusively but it's other things with those are the main ones so that we're going to get now in putting on the the website and getting out to the group very soon next thing they asked for is that rental scuse me registered it should only be denied if there's problems related to safety issues not cosmetic issues with the  property and that's something that we're kind of already doing in the sense that if there's a run of inspection that takes place and the issues let's say there's of something because a door missing that's you know it's a violation but it's not a safety issue that would warrant right away the inspection being failed so what they do with the court officers do is they'll say all right at this point we're going to allow you to move forward keep the penny in here you have x amount of time to fix this issue and we're going to come back and respect it a issues taken care of you're all fine whereas if it was a real safety issue they say are at this place right now it's not safe to live in at all and say there was no heat or something like that and you couldn't keep the tenant there at that point in time so i think what's going on right now is fundamentally working with this thing that they've been asking for and that's the same with the next consideration was that way more should be given enough time to finish needed repairs and consideration should be giving for for weather conditions and an unexpected financial burden and i spoke with  nobody's asked them to go out and paint their house in the middle of february we're taking a very common sense approach which is going on the direction of the mayor and i don't i don't think anybody would have any problem with that as long as there's a good communication with codes forming about what they need i don't know that they're there is in the current draft and that's something we'll definitely get out to the council and we can amend it based on your feedback of some things like it'll say you know windows are being inspected and there's probably some things that could be going on with the windows that wouldn't be a safety issue and there's on that would be so it's going to be hard to break it down and just keep it to you know one sheet that goes through every possibility but you know that's definitely something worth looking into and maybe we could talk with eric's guys about what the big the most common things are and put them on there for sure  it is included think the plumbing was included as well i don't have a copy of it right with me but i know what it's in there go to basically says is that the polymorphic takes place outside of the walls which is a good catch all to you know not running pipes through the building but saying it's that kind of stuff toilets anything else about that  just couple more things that sort proposed one with a coating forcers directly when they get complaints from tenants that they refers back to the landlords to take care of them first and that's something that we feel pretty strongly about that we're not able to do with this point in time just because i mean these are law violations somebody wouldn't call the police and then the police would call the landlord before going to the property to see if there's you know domestic disturbance and on the same level you know these are complaints that landlords should know what's going on at their premises and i think that the real fear behind this is that sometimes tenants might use the system to try to you know get their way in lords into a bad situation and we definitely have safeguards in place that people think that's going on if they let us know that we work with them to investigate and make sure that's not the case but at the end of the day the burden has to be on the property owner to know what's going on the property not on the city to be the middleman to let the property owners know when there's a problem at their place and this last one there was concern about was the city's requirement that we be named a certificate holder on the landlord's insurance policy when they were you apply for a rental certificate and that i've spoken to slip about a little bit first of all there's no requirement that the city or that the landlord put the city on its own it is a certificate holder and a certificate old or all that does is what the people named know if the policy lapses enough what the requirement is is that people put up a bond of twenty five thousand dollars to cover any expenses over tom if they say it's going to board up the property or if it burns down and the city has come into mali take care of that but what we would accept in lieu of a bond if they wanted to provide proof of liability insurance policy to that amount then they could and just the city has to be named as a certificate holder on that just so we know somebody doesn't show us proof of it and immediately go and cancel and then we find out whether months later when it burns down that there was actually no insurance on the building and in the water and we've spoken to guys go to a property and they find there's no smoke detectors but they have a rental stick it on file that means the city inspectors on point they saw smoke detectors they said all right everything's good and that's a crime situation which is where we would follow up with the tenant to make them fix a problem because obviously atlanta is not going to go there take on the smoke detectors after the city's already seen that they were up there to go put them in different parts so we're definitely using common sense for that but in the same time where you know there's no or the property you live in but the property that you want your own home but they get it the city inspector has to go there inspect it give the stamp of approval for example you know the checklists there's nothing about a checklist in any of what we bring up but it's something that we're just doing we don't we don't need legislation for it if it's something you really want in there  the mayor's proposed budget if you have a mind of people just turn back please thank you if you look at what happened last year and in twenty twelve we had a seventeen percent reduction in block grant funding as opposed to twenty eleven so we reduce seventeen percent last year and then where another five percent this year for twenty thirteen so you add that up it's twenty two percent since  seven thousand one hundred twenty eight dollars in prior years recapture money and these are projects earlier that either were cancelled or we recouped the balance to reprogram programming come from two activities that are no longer active when it isn't seen at the local development corporation are looking at sixteen thousand seven hundred six dollars in anticipated program income and then the economic development fund fifty thousand and these are basically the repayment of loans made to for profit entities on the emergency solutions grant this money is used to support homosexuality and then with the five percent reduction we're one hundred ninety thousand one hundred ninety five dollars holder investment partnerships the home program this is for the development of affordable housing on a new fiscal year amounts to two hundred thousand two hundred  ninety seven thousand four hundred twenty dollars and we also have two areas where we're anticipating programming income hundred thousand dollars in program income from them basically from the sale of  homes and where the participating jurisdiction which means we minister the home one for the city of troy in the town of colony we're in a home consortium with these entities and you know the words of troy s if you add all those numbers up the total vailable funding for the twenty thirteen fiscal year is two million eight hundred one thousand two hundred forty eight dollars if you look at program for fifty thousand dollars and this is basically salaries and in fringe benefits to secure permanent housing for the homeless looking at case management and outreach that type of activity but best that house and day program drop in center recommended a mile from twenty thousand this is the facility on state street some and cringes again provides basically comprehensive services for the homeless and there organization schenectady community action program scap i would recommend sixty six thousand three hundred dollars go to their homeless prevention and court advocacy program this is paying salaries of counsellors and attorneys providing legal assistance for homeless individuals carers incorporated they did something which is called the homeless management and information system in this is a highly mandated system to keep track of homeless individuals they do it a point in time county and they track this of all these agencies the homeless  inside playing minor public service on a neighborhood revitalization strategy area recommendations we're proposing to fund this particular area at one hundred eighty thousand six hundred sixty  dollars and therefore activities these are all maybe block grant funding to activity this public service neighborhood revitalization strategy area falls outside if you recall  these activities for the public services but they fall outside that fifteen percent cap which is good the first one is better neighborhoods incorporated home higher education and foreclosure prevention program we're proposing forty thousand for that activity better neighborhoods incorporated see only hud certified housing counselor in the area the space for salaries and benefits harbor community expanded services program we're recommending fourteen thousand and eight dollars for this activity again it basically salary infringes going to carver and this is these three this this is last year's level so we did and benefits fourteen thousand in block grant or fourteen thousand six hundred eight dollars and block rate for me on the same level as last year and lastly make tad the minority contractors technical assistance program public service recommendations these are all block grant funded recommendations and this is the fifteen percent cap and were rated r tacked to two hundred ninety five thousand nine hundred eighty nine dollars so we cannot go beyond that why is it we have we have seven public service activities that were recommended for funding first one is boys and girls clubs of schenectady this is the capitalistic center for independents recommended it six thousand three hundred eight dollars this one's our office of the facility services office located on the ground floor in city hall and basically it's an advocacy service more than say schenectady inner city ministry cecum summer watch program recommended two thousand dollars and this is at last year's level benefits and some not personnel costs the school acted police department this is the commuting policing program and this partially pays for salaries and benefits for seven community police officers serving m is at the same level the support is twenty twelve same thing with the department of labor revitalization this the schenectady neighborhood assistance program or snap we're recommending four hundred thousand for that program development for all program delivery activities to the engineering department street rehabilitation program recommended three hundred three thousand six hundred eighty nine dollars and what this will do using the new asphalt recycling process this will rehab approximately two miles of city streets this is an interesting one you probably haven't seen before but we will be coming to you for authorization to apply for section one away mon guaranteed loan and so we can undertake property grant allocation so we're soon it's going to be around but hardly really promotes this they love this this program this represents the fifty six thousand represents interests that four percent that's the six thousand plus fifty thousand dollars and enough principle now this is going to be used in tandem with a hundred thousand dollars in demolition that the city's going to be getting from from the county so  and it's about one hundred fifty thousand you have to pay it every year for the next twenty years plus the interest but again we will be coming up with this to you for your blessing but we think it's a great idea you get a three million dollar line of credit if never to cost demolition of the properties thirty thousand you can do one hundred properties you know at the same time conceptually so it's a good you get a lot of  major impact in terms of demolition and i think if you you know my opinion if you ask me what's most needed in the city of schenectady in terms of a block grant activity i would say it's totally has to be demolition very easily so i think this would be something very positive for the city other housing there are very there are a ten housing assistance recommendations totaling three hundred ninety three thousand fifty one dollars the first one is better neighborhoods incorporated operating finally funded through the block grant and home investment partnerships program the whole amount seventy four thirty five represents a five percent thousand home money is recommended and what this is a it's a residential read have program that will be matched by new york state for maybe use for first time homeowners  housing development fund second mortgage program this is the anticipated program income where we're looking at three thousand dollars more housing activities habitat for humanity working very closely with currently this is for a neighborhood revitalization program and this would be again we have a residential buildings they're looking at our north side target here working with us to will reclaim development housing program delivery this is a part time person in our department who does home base component ministration northeast parent child society youth build affordable housing and northeast parent child society in cooperation with habitat and youth will be building a new green home on that site so the fifty thousand basically paying for demolition and so site improvements of affairs the house rapid housing division subsidy prime recommend thirty five thousand eight hundred thirty eight dollars and home funding for this this provided this will provide actual security  posits and rental assistance for people at risk of being a victim and then finally we get to the administrative recommendations ordered nine thousand three hundred sixty three dollars   ministration because of the recommended twenty five thousand dollars from the block grant work very similar to a cost allocation type general over so for more information and i'm sure you need more please contact richard perle acting director in the department of development three eight two five one four seven three eight two five or seven or e mail me a allocations there will be a thirty day comment period beginning march twentieth through april eighteenth and we're proposing to hold a public approves the proposed consolidated plan is the final plan and then that gives me some time to do network cation submit this to hud buffalo by may fifteenth any questions request from a neighborhood association and we would prefer that like for instance there were signs signage like neighborhood signage coming into a neighborhood we referred that like to signal control so for his action for percent of the block grant money that translates into over ninety six thousand dollars you know we're trying to maintain the same level service like we're giving to our agencies and i think we did that but it's different it just gets harder and harder because the caps also keep trink ing you know you get less money in total the caps go down public service caps and administrative caps and so portion of competitive which is see your package some of the business there this is a little bit different than typical city contracts go out under me in engineering is this is an architectural kind of project a lot of it has to do mostly with the bathhouse itself and she'll see that we're actually working for contracts as under which offer contract is of this size you have to break it out by disappoint which is general mechanical plumbing electrical this is in a contract where we're going to have a general contractor and then subs under them the city actually is going to enter into four contracts and then my department will manage the four contracts internally so there are any on a questions on it as you notice we have the general contractors including alternate two three and four alternate one is demolition of the facade some of the select demolition inside which was removal of toilet sinks and certain walls and things like that that we're doing with in kind services the city has actually already completed ninety percent of that work and we finishing the rest this week so that was something that we took off the table to save the city so we did it with labor in house labor the other alternatives are left on but they can be yes it is well if you are referring to what i believe referring to when this was originally set up it was set up under two codes under forty thousand dollars one code was for sixty thousand dollars which was synthesis who was fifty nine nine nine and then the other code was for general balance of the grant we have spent a large portion of the nine because all the plans are done all the design is done the plans are out they have one thousand dollars remaining for ministration where they come out they're going to help us in the system to make sure the project moves on accordingly and help us with some of the paperwork that's part of it so they still have a balance of that we can submit now for reimbursement we are how this works though is just so you're aware reimbursement where the city receives eighty percent from the federal government fifteen percent from the state if eligible and then the city's on the hook for five percent which is typically the eighty twenty but in this case eighty fifteen five that's  that's how i've been presented with that this is a little bit different it's a new york state parks grant and how this works is that the total reimbursement is actually seventy five percent of what the project does so if we have to when we submit the fifty nine nine will actually get seventy five percent back of the fifty nine nine when we had and under this because we don't have shares it's you have to submit every dime you spend under the parks grant we're actually going to submit time materials of what we've done for this demo in house to them and they're going to reimburse us seventy five percent of what we have we're going to submit anything we do in house because the parks department needs to see an itemized thing at the end of the project when we're done and we've expended six hundred thousand dollars cash money or general services we're going to see that seventy five percent of that has been reimbursed so right now i have not filed for any reimbursements yet we can under that run and and i have we not since this is really you know got us in line and really we really pushed to get this out because the thought was and we got what we what we thought was get this out in the winter when there's not a lot of work going on with what we said was the contractors might be hungry or they might be willing to go and we saw that we think we think that that paid off because our estimates were all right on line or some cases well so we were happy with the results golf course as he is a familiar with all these it's broken out on the recommendation of we were ordered to the lowest bidder on all of them but a small minority which were i believe items eleven twenty two and thirty eight where the will was bit of a did not meet the 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