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Description
Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting
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This
is
the
second
amendment
to
the
2019
cdbg
action
plan,
and
this
amendment
is
for
the
use
of
cdbg
cv,
so
community
development
block
grant
coronavirus
funding,
and
so
we
are
just
bringing
before
you
the
information
so
that
you
know
how
we
have
recommended
spending
these
funds
with
the
community
for
activities
myra.
Can
you
scroll
down
to
the
information?
Please.
G
The
first
amendment
was
brought
before
the
hra
board
and
the
city
council
in
may
of
2020
to
use
the
additional
coronavirus
funds
of
269
thousand
dollars,
466
for
veep
for
rental
housing
assistance,
and
now
we
are
at
the
second
amendment
and
because
it
is
the
cares,
act
funding.
That
is
why
it's
to
the
2019
cdbg
action
plan
and
so
there's
an
additional
515
447
dollars
that
we
would
like
to
allocate-
and
at
this
time
we
do
not
expect
to
get
additional
funding
under
the
cares
act
next
slide.
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So
how
we
are
staff
is
recommending.
Allocation
of
funding
is
emergency
rental
assistance
to
veep
in
the
amount
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars,
foreclosure
prevention
services
and
mortgage
assistance
to
the
minnesota
homeownership
center
for
194,
447,
homelessness,
outreach
and
response
services
to
st
stevens
human
services,
house
of
charity
for
fifty
thousand
dollars.
That
is
one
organization
they
combined.
They
just
haven't
rolled
out
the
new
name,
but
that's
one
organization,
not
two
next
slide:
housing
assistance,
navigation
to
community
mediation
and
restorative
services
for
thirty
five
thousand
dollars.
G
This
is
actually
a
collaboration
of
fifteen
organizations
with
a
couple
that
actually
reside
in
bloomington
that
have
a
culturally
specific
focus
included
in
their
services
and
they
were
actually
put
together
through
an
rfp
to
hennepin.
County
hennepin
county
had
asked
them
to
combine
as
one
organization
that
does
multiple
services
within
the
realm
of
housing
in
particular,
and
so
that's
why
it's
community
mediation,
restorative
services
and
then
administration.
This
is
administration
dollars
for
staff
and
the
hra.
So
this
is
not
something
that
goes
out
in
a
contract.
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Thank
you,
chair
lewis,
commissioner
beloga.
That
actually
was
on
my
part
of
taking
it
to
the
council
first.
Normally,
the
process
is
to
take
it
to
the
hra
board,
to
seek
feedback
and
approval,
and
then
the
hra
board.
The
hra
actually
has
a
contract
with
the
city,
and
so
the
allocation
comes
to
the
city
of
bloomington,
and
so
it
is
the
city
council
that
actually
does
the
approval
of
the
submission
to
hud,
but
because
we
have
a
contract
as
the
hra
for
the
administration
of
cdbg
dollars.
It
comes
to
the
hra
board.
For
that
fact,.
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Madam
chair
commissioners,
brian
hartmann
hra
program
manager,
I
have
an
item
before
you
regarding
the
lot
that
the
hra
owns
at
10117
first
avenue
south.
As
I'm
sure
you
all
remember.
Last
year
we
bought
this
property
with
a
very
substandard
house
on
it
and
that
was
removed
and
over
the
summer
time,
early
fall
and
then
last
fall.
We
came
to
you
asking
to
set
a
sale
price
for
this
lot
at
the
assessing
department,
determined
value
of
120
000.
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Since
that
time
we've
had
several
inquiries
about
it,
but
nothing
too
serious.
A
couple
developers
had
inquired
about
maybe
doing
a
double
on
this
lot,
a
couple
of
people
doing
single
families,
but
never
a
hard
offer
of
any
kind,
just
some
inquiries
over
that
period
of
time.
So,
given
kind
of
the
discussion
that
we've
been
having
about
the
lot
we
have
on
park
avenue,
we
thought
it
might
take
be
a
good
time
for
us
to
take
a
pause
with
this
lot
as
well
and
explore
what
our
options
might
be.
H
Maybe
we
can
pursue
maybe
a
different
type
of
development
on
this
property
that
might
provide
a
affordable
home
ownership
opportunity
rather
than
just
doing
a
market
rate
sale.
So
we
don't
have
anything
in
our
pocket
that
we're
planning
on
at
the
moment,
but
we
would
like
to
take
some
time
and
explore
some
options.
We've
had
some
preliminary
options.
I
H
Madam
chair,
commissioner
thorson,
I
I
think
it's
the
latter.
I
think
it's
because
of
the
amount
of
time
this
is
spent
on
the
mar
on
the
market
for
sale
in
a
very
hot
housing
market
that
maybe
it's
an
opportunity
to
maybe
look
to
do
something
different.
I
think
each
indi
lot
is
kind
of
individual
in
its
uniqueness
as
far
as
what
it
it
presents.
H
As
far
as
development
opportunity,
I
mean
if
we
have
something
that
we
get
the
chance
to
acquire
in
a
very
attractive
neighborhood
that
might
command
a
very
high
price.
I
think,
then
that
would
just
make
sense
to
sell
it
outright.
So
I
I
think
it's
an
individual
choice
that
the
hra
will
be
making
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
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Yeah
commissioner
olson
chair
lewis,
thank
you.
I
I
think
this
is
a
a
good
way
to
handle
this
situation.
I
appreciate
the
fact
that
staff
initiated
the
consideration
of
pulling
it
off
the
market
and
then
and
then
actually
doing
so
in
keeping
with
discussions
that
we've
had
before,
and
that
is,
I
think,
encouraging
that
we
have
two
actually.
I
believe
now,
then,
that
we
are
discussing
for
alternative
ways
for
development
and
in
in
a
in
a
hot
house
market.
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There
are
those
who
flip
and
and
that's
their
right
to
do
so,
but
I
think
it's
also
important
that
we
as
a
government
agency,
make
an
effort
to
give.
I
know
how
to
describe
it
but
in
essence
a
fair
chance
to
people
who
are
wanting
to
get
into
housing
for
the
first
time
or
at
least
a
lower
rental.
If,
if
rental
property
is
built
on
such
sites,
so
and
it's
it's
a
good
move,
I
think
so.
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Thank
you,
chair
erica
coleman,
hra
administrator,
so
I
just
wanted
to
come
forward
with
information
about
the
american
rescue
plan,
act,
funding,
request
and
so
a
little
bit
of
background
information.
The
city
of
bloomington
has
has
been
allocated.
11.4
million
dollars
through
federal
american
rescue
plan
act,
better
known
as
arp
or
arpa
you'll.
Hear
that
a
lot
it's
going
to
be
allocated
in
two
tranches,
the
first
being
may
of
2021
the
city
received
half
and
then
may
2022.
The
city
would
receive
the
additional
half.
G
Six
hundred
fifty
thousand
dollars
the
hra
falls
under
funds
to
community,
and
so
in
funds
to
community.
The
funding
is
dedicated
towards
initiatives
that
will
benefit
community
and
community
development
would
be
allocated
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
neighborhood
development
center,
which
is
the
focus
on
small
and
by
pocket
businesses
in
bloomington
and
the
bloomington
convention
and
visitors
bureau,
250
000,
which
has
already
been
allocated.
G
The
hra
would
be
250
000
for
homelessness
response
and
prevention
services
and
250
000
for
down
payment,
housing
assistance,
program,
homelessness,
perform
excuse
me,
homelessness,
response
and
prevention
services
will
be
used
to
assist
people
who
are
assisting
housing,
instability
and
homelessness
and
are
in
need
of
need
in
need
of
services
for
coordination,
resources,
organization,
eviction,
help
and
temporary
housing
specialized
internal
staff.
That
coordinates,
homelessness,
response
with
hennepin
county
human
services
and
office
and
homelessness
and
community
organizations
would
be
used.
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The
down
payment
assistance
program
will
grant
up
to
five
hundred
dollars
per
qualifying
household
at
or
below.
Eighty
percent
area,
median
income
and
administration
costs
for
nonprofit
administrations
administrators
to
do
the
intake,
income
and
eligibility
qualifications,
as
well
as
disperse
assistance
funds
at
home.
Buyer
closing,
with
this
amount
of
250
000
up
to
21,
loans
could
be
provided,
and
it
would
allow
for
an
additional
funding
resources
to
boost
the
goal
of
increasing
home
ownership,
which
is
not
only
an
hra
but
a
city
council
strategic
priority.
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Yes,
I
would
come
back
to
let
you
know
this,
so
I
put
a
request
in
thank
you,
chair,
lewis,
sorry,
so
I
put
a
request
in
to
the
community
development
director
which
went
up
to
the
executive
leadership
team
and
they
all
discussed
it
and
looked
at
the
parameters
and
came
back
with
the
request,
the
amounts.
So
if
the
amounts
change,
I
should
be
notified
in
order
to
come
back
to
the
hra
board.
B
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G
And
so
just
a
little
bit
of
history
in
terms
of
historical
wealth
building
exclusions
as
it
ties
into
housing.
The
homestead
act
of
1862
gave
white
settlers
indigenous
land
160
acres.
If
for
five
continuous
years
they
built
a
residence
and
grew
crops,
and
then
they
filed
for
the
deed
of
the
property
with
an
18
fee,
america's
largest
financial
asset,
slavery,
transferred
wealth
to
individuals
and
organizations,
even
educational
institutions,
and
until
the
13th
amendment
in
1865,
slavery
legally
prevented
blacks
from
building
wealth
in
1935.
G
Excuse
me
nope.
You
can
go
back
to
the
first
slide,
sorry
on
top
of
preventing
from
building
wealth.
Until
the
civil
rights
act
of
1964,
jim
crow
laws
continued
segregation
in
the
south,
they
detailed
what
jobs
blacks
could
take
and
how
much
they
could
be
paid.
They
restricted
blacks,
lives
and
traveled.
Excuse
me.
They
restricted
where
blacks
lived
and
traveled
in
1935
the
social
security
act,
excluded
farm
workers
and
domestic
workers
from
accruing
benefits.
G
As
a
result,
two-thirds
of
blacks
never
received
social
security's
wealth
building
opportunities,
1.2
million
african-american
vets
served
in
world
war
ii
over
five
hundred
thousand
latinos,
including
three
hundred
fifty
thousand
mexican
americans
and
fifty
three
thousand
puerto
ricans
served
in
world
war.
Two,
the
gi
bill
of
rights,
assisted
veterans
with
housing,
education
and
jobs,
but
it
was
left
to
the
states
to
administer.
G
As
a
result,
black
veterans
in
the
south
were
denied
access,
but
it
continued
throughout
the
north
as
bloomington
boomed.
As
a
post-world
war
ii
city
from
1940
to
1960,
the
city's
population
increased
to
nine
times
that
the
population
at
the
turn
of
the
century
during
the
1940s,
the
city's
development
vision,
was
low-cost,
low-density
housing,
each
with
its
own
well
and
septic
system.
G
G
That
was
the
time
that
martin
luther
king
jr
was
assassinated
and
the
passage
helped
curb
civil
unrest.
Despite
these
laws,
discrimination
against
blacks,
owning
wealth
has
continued,
such
as
welfare
programs
that
restricted
the
amount
of
wealth.
One
could
have
the
indian
appropriations
act
of
1871
created
the
reservation
system,
the
government
forces
native
peoples
to
move
to
and
live
on,
reservations
where
it
can
better
subdue
them.
G
G
Historical
milestones,
so
after
all
of
that
history,
there
are
many
milestones
to
follow
it
up.
In
1940,
the
naacp
launched
a
sustained
legal
campaign
against
covenants
in
1948,
the
supreme
court
court
rules.
Covenants
are
unenforceable
in
1953.
Minnesota,
prohibits
racial
restrictions
in
real
estate
documents.
G
G
So
the
impacts
of
covenants
are
not
just
on
wealth
accumulation.
They
also
impact
demographics
on
where
people
are
economic
ability
and
stability,
health,
as
well
as
infrastructure,
next
slide,
so
linkage
to
modern
day
zoning.
So
many
zoning
provisions
were
fundamentally
exclusive
and
remain
in
place
today
and
we
are
seeing
them
in
bloomington,
which
is
why
our
planning
division
and
our
community
development
department
are
looking
at
our
code.
G
Minimum
lot
sizes,
minimum
unit
sizes,
minimum
lot
with
requirements
and
restrictions
on
the
number
of
units
on
a
lot,
so
in
bloomington,
just
providing
a
little
bit
of
of
information.
As
you
can
see,
the
percent
of
the
total
population
identified
as
non-white
is
focused
more
in
the
around
where
the
south
loop
is
and
right
outside
of
it.
That's
where
it
gets
a
little
darker
and
as
it
gets
lighter.
G
That
is
the
concentration
of
people
that
do
identify
as
white,
but
the
percentage
is
specifically
for
those
that
identify
as
non-white
and
then
you
move
over
to
the
right
hand,
side.
The
median
household
income
for
white
alone,
non-hispanic
in
bloomington,
is
around
79
000,
but
the
gap
is
between
white
and
black,
where
in
bloomington
it's
about
fifty
thousand
six
hundred
and
twenty
five
dollars
in
median
household
income,
and
then
the
same
is
reflected
in
the
percent
of
owner-occupied
properties.
G
G
Well,
the
covenants
intentionally
divided
our
community
by
race
and
created
segregation
patterns,
the
restrictions,
depressed
home
ownership
rates
for
black
minnesotans
for
others
as
well,
but
especially
for
black
minnesotans,
as
that
was
the
one
common
denominator
in
any
d,
any
racially
restricted
covenant
was
that
you
could
not
sell
to
a
black
person.
It
also
included
people
based
on
religion
and
other
ethnicities.
G
G
So
the
just
needs
initiative
is
an
initiative
that
has
multiple
cities
involved
in
it.
At
this
point
and
jamar
hardy,
who
was
actually
a
real
estate
or
a
realtor,
was
instrumental
in
getting
this
initiative
off
the
ground
and
launching
it,
and
so
it
provides
help
for
homeowners
and
cities,
free
legal
and
title
services
and
access
to
online
tools
and
through
this
initiative,
hennepin
county
is
also
waiving
fees
for
recording
these
discharges.
G
G
G
B
G
G
And
if
you
violated
the
covenant,
the
property
could
revert
back
to
the
original
owner
and
if
they
were
passed,
it
could
go
to
their
heirs.
That's
a
hundred
percent
illegal
and
it's
been
illegal
since
1968,
so
this
is
more
of
for
the
current
homeowner
if
they
have
a
racially
restricted
covenant
to
be
aware
that
that
existed
and
to
allow
them
the
opportunity
to
make
an
a
choice,
an
informed
decision
about
what
they
want
their
name
attached
to.
F
A
B
G
Sure
so
one
way
they're
embedded
is,
I
would
have
to
say
the
difference
between
east
and
west
bloomington
and
how
the
houses
are
built
differently.
How
the
schools
may
perform
a
little
bit
differently,
how
health
care
and
access
to
parks
and
open
space
and
how
transit
or
freeways
come
through
west
east
bloomington.
The
way
they
do.
That's
one
just
one
aspect
to
how
the
covenants
have
played
out,
in
particular
in
minneapolis
and
saint
paul.
D
D
I'd
also
like
to
say
one
thing
that
I
learned
when
I
was
researching.
This
too,
is
the
bloomington
on
the
bloomington
website.
There's
a
great
interactive
map
there,
where
you
can
see
if
your
home
does
have
a
covenant,
so
I
looked
at
that
the
other
night
and
found
it
very
interesting
how
many
near
my
area
actually
still
do
and
it's
kind
of
eye-opening
so
again
great
work.
I
appreciate
you
bringing
this
to
us
and
I
appreciate
the
work
to
get
these.
You
know
gone
and
out
of
our
city,
so
thank
you.