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ECONOMIC AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> No. 06-260 <br /> October 24,2006 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council Members <br /> FROM: Steve Garm ity Manager <br /> Dane C. Bra.gg Assistant City Manage� <br /> Vickie Buckingham,Assistant Director of Economic and Urban Developmen <br /> Richelle D. Irons,Neighborhood Redevelopment ger f <br /> Randi Still,Neighborhood Program Specialist ��'1 <br /> SUBJECT: Allocation of HOME funds to NHDC for the final Chronic Homeless Project <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends approval of the attached resolution allocating funds to the Neighborhood <br /> Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) from a special HOME grant for permanent <br /> housing projects for the chronically homeless. The resolution provides $209,400 for 14 <br /> supportive living apartments, 788 E. Clay Street, on Decatur's east side. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> On April 2, 2004, the City of Decatur was awazded $500,000 by the U.S. Department of <br /> Housing and Urban Development under a special competitive reallocation of HOME funds. <br /> These funds must be used by a certified C�-IDO to produce rental housing units for persons <br /> who are chronically homeless. NHDC is the only certified CHDO in the City of Decatur <br /> which has rental housing experience. Subsequently, NHDC has been working with the <br /> Chronic Homelessness Planning committee of the Decatur/Macon County Homeless Council <br /> to develop a strategy for best use for these funds. This cooperative effort has resulted in <br /> development of a Five Year Supportive Housing Plan for Chronically Homeless Persons in <br /> the City of Decatur. In March 2006, NHDC submitted a third proposal to develop permanent <br /> housing for chronically homeless individuals. This development site was a vacant lot owned <br /> by St. James Church, located at the corner of E. Clay and Webster Streets. Since that <br /> submission, several events have occurred, involving the church, which will not allow NHDC <br /> to continue with the development of that site. Dove, Heritage Behavioral Health Center and <br /> NHDC agree the building at 788 E. Clay St., owned by DOVE, with renovations, will <br /> adequately accommodate the chronically homeless residents. This final project will address <br /> one of the primary needs recognized in the report, supportive living apartments for formerly <br /> chronically homeless individuals who are able to live independently with limited supervision. <br /> Staff recommends the following: <br /> ♦ Allocating $209,400 in HOME funds to NHDC to rehabilitate the existing <br /> Dove shelter. Rehabilitation will include but not be limited to: lighting, <br /> plumbing including common shower areas within the complex, wa11s and <br />