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From YouTube: CDBG Public Hearing #2
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3/12/2019 - Dearborn Heights, MI
CDBG Public Hearing #2 of 2019 for funding purposes.
A
Good
evening
residents
of
the
urban
Heights
according
to
the
rules
of
regulation
of
heart,
we
have
to
do
our
secure
hearing
for
our
second
public
hearing.
I'm
gonna
start
this
meeting
this
public
hearing
by
having
Chris
clam
shark,
who
is
the
grant
coordinator,
give
us
a
little
bit
of
background
about
this
particular
our
particular
budget
and
then
I'll
go
through
the
line
items
myself
afterwards.
Please,
if
you
have
any
questions,
just
jog
him
down,
we'll
be
more
than
happy
to
answer
any
questions
from
the
council
from
the
residence
and
we'll
go
from
there.
Chris.
B
Thank
you
Joe,
good
evening,
everyone
some
brief
introduction
here.
Everyone
knows
we're
here
for
the
Community
Development
Block
Grant
Program.
This
is
the
second
public
hearing
of
the
requested
to
public
hearings
that
we
have
to
have
every
grant
season,
so
we're
getting
near
the
end
of
the
process
and
moving
towards
adoption.
So
it's
good
that
we're
here
today
to
propose
our
budget
and
take
any
questions
and
comments.
B
Like
Joe
said
at
the
at
the
end
of
our
comment
period,
so
the
the
funds
that
we
propose
have
to
fall
under
national
objectives
of
the
black
grant
program.
They
have
to
benefit
low
and
moderate
income
persons
and
they
have
to
be
activities
which
aid
in
preventing
or
eliminating
slums
or
blight
and
activities.
Meeting
community
development
needs
that
have
a
particular
urgency.
B
Most
of
our
projects
fall
under
the
low
and
moderate-income
area,
and
not
very
common
with
the
slum
and
blight
designation.
That's
under
the
block
grant
we've
only
done
maybe
one
or
two
projects
over
the
years
under
that
heading,
so
the
annual
action
plan.
This
is
for
the
2019
2020
program
year.
That's
coming
up
that
will
start
on
July
1
and
go
to
June
30th
of
2020
Dearborn
Heights
anticipates
an
estimated
total
allocation
of
1
million
18,000
and
$34.
That's
based
on
our
last
year's
funding.
B
Hud
has
not
released
that
allocation,
yet
we're
hoping
to
get
that
as
soon
as
possible.
It's
been
coming
and
maybe
April
May
area.
So
once
we
get
that
we'll
be
able
to
finalize
the
particulars
of
the
budget,
the
program
income
for
this
upcoming
year.
We
estimate
that
in
the
amount
of
100,000
that's
an
average
that
program
income
comes
mainly
from
our
revolving
fund,
which
is
the
residential
rehab
loan
payoffs
that
we
get
during
the
program
year.
The
city
also
anticipates
38,000
$287
of
prior
year's
resources
to
be
expended.
B
Those
will
be
reprogrammed
funds
that
were
unspent
or
from
other
projects.
From
prior
years,
the
CDBG
funds
are
proposed
to
be
used
for
the
following
activities
and
that's
what
will
bring
a
director
Joe
Hashem
back
up
and
he'll
go
through
the
line-item
proposed
budget
force
tonight.
Thank
you,
Joe.
Thank
you.
Chris.
A
We
have
pass
on
the
executive
summary
we
have
copies
here
on
the
table
for
members
of
the
public.
If
you'd
like
to
help
you
stop,
you
can
follow,
follow
along
with
me
every
line
item
we
have
11
line
items
on
this
particular
budget.
Every
one
item
has
been
vetted
out.
It's
out
under
the
HUD
CDBG
program
and
I'll
just
go
through
them.
A
Basically,
what
we
are
proposing
at
this
point
chris
mentioned
the
money,
the
1
million
$168,000,
so
we're
gonna
break
that
down
into
our
line
items.
The
first
line
item
we
have
is
code
enforcement
and
we
are
proposing
$100,000
code
enforcement
basically
covers
the
ordinance
department
and,
along
with
the
building
department,
and
that
money
can
only
be
used
in
the
low
to
moderate
income
areas.
The
check
has
done
a
great
job
in
keeping
track
of
every
hour
and
how
this
who
spends
time
in
that
particular
area.
A
So
we
do
not
cover
anything
else,
just
a
little
mod
income
area.
The
next
line
item,
which
is
crime
prevention.
We
are
proposing
$50,000.
This
goes
to
the
police
station
that
that
they
use
in
the
low
to
moderate
income
area
as
well,
which,
if
you
remember,
we
have
the
map
with
the
blue
sections
on
it.
So
whenever
they
do
a
report
there
or
they
go
on
a
call-
and
they
do
some
work
in
that
particular
area,
they
keep
track
of
those
hours.
A
They
bail
us
for
it
and
we
can
reimburse
them
for
their
reimburse
the
police
department
for
their
work
in
the
low
moderate
low
to
moderate
income
areas.
The
third
line
item
I'm
talking
about
I'm
going
to
talk
about
is
the
Eton
Senior
Center
improvements,
I,
believe
that's
something
that
came
up
quite
a
few
times
in
this
ethnicity,
council,
and
we
took
that
into
consideration.
We
think
everybody
was
involved
with
this
I
mentioned
the
mayor,
councilman
Lisa
and
everybody
else.
In
this
number
we
have
allocated
$91,000.
A
This
number
did
come
from
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department.
They
did
give
us
a
proposal
of
what
what
needs
to
be
done
and
how
much
the
estimated
cost
to
be
and
I
think
the
$91,000
by
talking
to
Mike
and
Kim
whoever's
involved,
along
with
the
mayor.
Obviously,
we
think
that's
an
appropriate
number
for
the
18
Center
to
fix
the
bathrooms,
the
facade
on
the
front
and
the
front
of
the
building,
along
with
the
concrete
work
that
needs
to
be
done.
A
The
next
one
is
the
fair
housing
center
of
Metro
Detroit.
This
is
an
ongoing
project
that
we
did.
We
have
done
I
guess
for
a
long
time
and
we
are
allocating
six
thousand
dollars
and
again
this
falls
under
the
national
objective.
It's
an
ongoing
ongoing
project,
six
thousand
dollars
the
next
one
underneath
that
is
the
demolition
program.
This
is
what
you
might
know
as
the
good
neighbor
program,
where
they
change
the
name
to
just
to
make
it
easier
and
to
removing
it
out.
A
As
far
as
the
name
associated
with
this,
we
are
hoping
to
use
this
particular
funds
which
we
have
allocated
$50,000
for
$50,000.
We
are
hoping
to
use
that
fund
to
demolish
the
blighted
houses
in
Dearborn,
Heights,
the
spotlight
or
any
demolition
that
the
city
requires
of
us,
and
that
would
alleviate
a
little
bit
of
pressure
of
your
personal
budgets
for
the
department's.
A
The
line
underneath
there
is
I
know
I
covered
the
demolition
program,
the
housing
rehab.
This
is
the.
What
we
usually
do
on
a
daily
basis
is
rehab
the
houses
and
for
the
citizens
of
the
urban
Heights.
This
is
an
income
driven
program.
Everybody
is
welcome
to
apply
for
it.
We
have
very
stringent
rules
that
we
have
to
follow,
but
we
have
helped
a
lot
of
people
in
the
city
of
Jian
Heights.
They
don't
have
the
ability
to
change
the
heat
fixed
or
off.
Do
the
driveway
and
what
have
you
I
know?
A
I
could
receive
a
lot
of
calls
from
the
warrants
Department.
Thank
you,
jack
for
calling
me
was
it
today
yesterday,
yes
yesterday
and
he
sent
us
somebody
that
needed
urgent
help
and
that's
what
we're
here
for
so
this
is
really
what
we
do
every
single
day
with
the
citizens
of
German
Heights.
For
this
particular
program,
we
have
allocated
two
hundred
and
forty
two
thousand
dollars
the
reason
we
didn't
do
as
much
as
we
usually
do.
A
We
have
some
left
over
from
previous
years,
so
we
have
enough
money
to
keep
the
program
going
for
this
particular
year.
So
we
they
take
money
from
this
and
put
it
into
the
Eaton
Center.
Just
to
let
you
know
the
next
one
is
LH
AC,
which
is
I,
have
to
retest,
somehow
leaders
advancing
and
helping
communities
this
particular
agency.
They
do
a
lot
of
work
in
the
South,
Dearborn,
Heights
I
think
mostly
at
the
Robichaud
high
school.
They
have
applied
repeatedly
last
year
and
this
year,
I
have.
They
have
submitted
all
the
proper
documents.
A
A
We
allocated
thirty
five
hundred
dollars
for
next
line
item
with
the
is
the
senior
citizen
services,
and
this
is
falls
under
limited
clientele,
and
this
helps
the
Berwyn
and
Eaton
Center
stay
open
and
to
help
with
their
administrative
cost
and
a
lot
of
the
bills
and
what-have-you
we
allocated
the
one
hundred
and
nine
thousand
dollars,
and
they
also
they
have
their
own
money
for
that.
But
our
contribution
to
the
senior
citizens
is
one
hundred
and
nine
thousand
dollars
at
this
point.
A
The
next
line
item
is
the
Vista
Maria,
and
this
is
an
also
an
ongoing
project.
We
do
every
year,
mostly,
we
have
allocated
thirty
thousand
dollars.
This
falls
under
limited
clientele
hum
faces,
limited
clientele,
national
objective
I
want
to
say
it
does
help
a
lot
of
girls.
A
lot
of
this
is
a
great
organization.
I
know,
I
mentioned
it
before
we
have
visited
that
organization.
A
I
have
extended
an
invitation
to
everybody
to
City
Council
and
the
administration
if
they
want
to
visit
and
see
what
type
of
work
and
how
they
help
the
girls,
our
from
age,
8
to
age,
18
I
will
they
have
schooling?
They
have
drug
rehab,
they
have
shelter
for
them,
they
have
all
kind
of
things
for
them.
So
it's
a
plus.
It
falls
in
the
city
of
Dearborn
Heights,
so
we
are
helping
our
own
community
at
this
level.
A
A
However,
these
farmers
have
to
be
picked
in
the
low
to
moderate
income
area
and
the
DPW
works
with
us
on
this
one,
because
they
have
to
follow
certain
federal
rules
as
far
as
the
davis-bacon
as
far
as
the
way
they
bid
the
job
and
what
have
you
and
they
have
done
extremely
good
job
as
far
as
cooperating
with
us-
and
we
have
done
this
for
a
very
long
time
and
hoping
to
be
doing
it
in
the
future
as
well.
The
last
number
is
the
general
administration
and
slash
planning.
A
Administration
covers
everything,
from
salaries
to
consultants,
to
attorneys
to
utilities,
and
what
have
you
so
all
of
those
numbers,
if
you
add
them
all
up,
they
come
up
about
1
million
156
thousand
dollars
and
some
change.
The
dollar
amount
might
change
a
little
bit
as
Chris
suggested
when
we
do
receive
the
actual
numbers.
These
are
estimated
numbers.
Usually
they
don't
change
a
whole
lot,
but
we're
pretty
much
enough
ballpark
on
this
one,
so
we
can
tweak
them
a
little
bit.
We
will
eventually
come
back
to
the
City.
A
Council
will
give
you
a
heads
up
way
in
advance,
will
give
you
the
proper
documentation
to
adopt
a
budget,
hopefully
in
May,
so
we
can
be
on
top
of
this.
We
don't
want
to
be
behind.
We
want
to
be
in
front
of
this
and
do
it
early
on
time.
Eventually
we
will
submit
it
to
HUD
again.
All
of
these
have
been
vetted
out.
All
of
these
are
eligible.
A
lot
of
them
are
ongoing
project.
We
have
couple
of
new
ones
that
I
mentioned
the
eighteen.
Center
is
a
new
one.
Lh
AC
is
a
new
one.
A
The
rest
of
them
are
regular
line
items
that
we
use
every
year.
Now,
at
this
point,
this
will
be
published
in
the
papers.
I
will
leave,
maybe
tomorrow
that
they
have
to
next
week
and
then
by
law.
We
have
to
put
it
up
for
30
days.
It
will
also
be
on
our
website.
Our
home
website
will
be
at
both
libraries,
John
F,
Kennedy
jr.
and
a
Caroline
library
in
the
south.
It
will
be
on
a
city
website.
It
has
details
of
how
to
make
any
comments.
A
C
Chairwoman
exclave,
thank
you.
I
was
gonna,
ask
about
the
survey
and
that's
what
you're
gonna
publish
next
week.
The
residents
can
make
comments
so
after
they
read
that
we
want
to
encourage
them
to
read
what
you
have
here.
I
also
want
to
say
thank
you
for
including
the
eat
and
senior.
So
that's
really
loved.
Sorry
about
that.
A
C
A
C
D
A
D
Question
I
have:
do
you
think
that
the
50,000
is
going
to
be
enough
for
demolition,
since
most
of
the
houses
that
we
do
demo
are
in
low
and
moderate
areas
and
I
would
just
like
to
see
it
there
be
enough
money
there
to
demo
anything
that
we've
got
coming
up,
but
do
you
foresee
us
going
through
that
whole
amount?
Yes,.
A
The
City
Council
backs
us
up
and
allow
us
to
do
it.
Yes,
obviously,
the
when
I
drove
through
the
sulfur
demon
heights
in
some
other
areas
and
looked
at
some
of
the
houses
that
Jack
had
given
me,
there
is
a
lot
of
houses
that
need
to
be
demolished.
Obviously,
when
I
say
a
lot,
I
want
to
say
between
25
to
32,
a
lot
of
these
are
budgeted
into
their
Department.
We
are
leveraged
in
the
department,
so
we're
not
doing
all
the
demolition.
We're
just
gonna,
basically
do
some
of
them.
I'm.
D
A
Thing
I
was
gonna
mention
is
we
have
1.4
million
dollar
proposals?
Really
that's
how
much
we
receive
that
people
want
to
spend
it
on,
and
but
we
only
have
to
work
with
1
million
156,000.
So
somehow
we
have
to
make
sure
that
that
one
is
used,
but
I
have
talked
to
Jack
about
this.
As
far
as
the
leverage
in
his
department
with
the
$50,000
I
think
we
can
do
a
good
job
with
that.
If
we
see
the
need
for
more
money,
we
can
always
next
year,
maybe
add
some
more
keep
in
mind.
E
A
There's
only
certain
amount
of
money,
the
federal
no
I'm,
not
gonna
quote
the
numbers,
I
believe
it
4.5
billion
dollars
for
this
United
States
of
America.
So
you
know
having
this
completed
on
time,
having
it
done
properly
and
making
sure
that
all
these
projects
are
viable
and
fall
under
the
national
objective
will
help
us
get
it
done.
We
have
not
missed
our
CDBG
applaud,
grant
from
what
Chris
tells
me
and
from
what
I
looked
at
in
the
last
40
years
and
I'm
hoping
we
will
not
miss
it
this
year.
It.
A
E
E
A
A
We
are
not
going
aroud,
we
are
gonna.
Hopefully
I
get
this
adapted.
There's
some
paperwork.
The
mayor
the
administration
have
to
sign.
He
is
the.
What
is
the
title
for
that
cuz?
As
far
as
the
mayor,
he
is
D
you're,
the
certified
officer.
He
signs
those
documents,
we
send
them
back
to
HUD
and
then
they
let
us
know
what,
when
the
money
will
be
available,
the
other
route
is.
If
we
are,
we
don't
do
things
on
time
then,
and
we
don't
miss
the
deadline
but
we're
very
close.
A
The
funds
release
so
instead
of
getting
our
funds
in
September
October,
we
might
get
it
much
later
than
that
by
two
months
or
so
and
keep
in
mind
we
do
have
to
spend
there's
certain
requirement.
We
have
to
spend
certain
ratios
of
the
blog
rent
every
year.
If
we
do
not
do
this,
then
we
get
a
slap
on
the
hand
and
we
might
have
to
give
some
of
this
money
back
eventually.
A
G
I
had
a
question
for
you,
one
of
the
conversations
that
I
had
with
you
was
in
regards
to
percentages.
Do
you
mind
just
let
me
know
what
those
percentages
are
and
what
they're
based
on.
In
other
words,
certain
parts
of
this
particular
budget
have
to
go.
Certain
percentages
can't
have
to
go
to
certain
things:
cars
caps.
A
A
We
have
two
different
type
of
this
well.
First
of
all,
the
administration
and
I
cannot
exceed
twenty
percent
here.
Yet
so,
no
matter
how
much
money
we
spend,
we
cannot
go
above
twenty
percent
and
that's
pretty
much
across
the
United
States.
It's
not
about
the
urban
heights.
The
other
one
is
the
services.
Services
cannot
exceed
15
percent,
but
they're
a
lot
15
percent
of
the
Block
Grant
1
1.
A
A
Crime
prevention
and
LHC
in
this
point,
so
it's
an
affair,
housing.
Those
are
the
services,
so
we
can
only
use
15%
of
our
total
grant,
for
that,
the
rest
of
them
are
don't
have
any
caps
on
them.
So
when
we
say
we're
given
two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
DPW
for
the
water
main,
that
is
not
capped,
it
could
be
275.
A
E
H
A
Last
one
that
we
did
ourselves
was
about
eighty
nine
hundred
bucks
I
was
a
Joe
wrote
the
last
three
houses
that
we
brought
to
City
Council.
It
was
three
houses
of
27,000,
so
with
fifty
thousand
dollars
a,
we
can
do
six
to
seven
houses,
but
that's
just
us
I
mean
the
building
and
the
wardens
have
their
own
budgeted
line
items
for
demolition,
which
is
leverage
in
their
account.
At
this
point,
okay,.
H
F
I'm
sure
I
get
since
I
got
the
right
people
here
miss
your
web
called
me
and
I
sent
you
an
email,
the
fact
that,
where
they
do
meals-on-wheels
of
Berwyn
there's
a
problem
with
the
cement
as
they
leave
and
there's
some
difficulty.
So
we
have
a
plan
to
get
that
all
corrected
and
how
are
we
gonna
use
general
fund
or
we're.
A
Gonna
use
no
we're
gonna
use,
we're
gonna
use
block,
grant
money.
Okay,
we
have
one
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
that
was
earmarked
for
Berwyn
Center
from
previous
years,
so
we
didn't
touch
that
we
kept
it,
as
is,
if
we
were
to
touch
it
with
what
I
have
we
would
have
to
reprogram
it,
but
we
did
not.
I
did
send
an
email
today,
I,
don't
know
if
you
received
an
atmosphere
busy
day.
I
know.
That's
why
I'm
sure
you
haven't
received
it.
A
I
did
talk
to
Mike
Blackburn
I
talked
to
John
from
DPW
and
Mike
is
coming
by
tomorrow.
I
really
have
no
knowledge
about
the
kitchen
stuff.
This
is
Mike's
department.
He's
gonna
help
us
out.
We
have
hundred
and
ten
thousand
dollars
to
revamp
the
whole
kitchen.
We
might
need
some
engineering
help.
We're
gonna
do
the
floor.
I'm
gonna.
A
Do
the
grease
trap,
we're
gonna,
do
the
sinks,
whatever
needs
to
be
done,
we're
gonna
do
it
because,
when
I
walked
in
there
with
the
Commissioner,
but
that
place
with
all
due
respect,
is
not
some
nice
place
to
walk
into
I
know
the
council.
Chair
spends
a
lot
of
time
or
meal
at
wheels,
some
meals,
meals,.
E
A
A
We
are
not
construction
people.
So
that's
why
I
made
an
appointment
to
see
Mike
blacker
for
maintenance.
He's
gonna,
help
us
right
to
RFPs
that
request
for
proposals
and
then
we'll
see
exactly
what
we
need
will
come
out
in
front
of
the
City
Council.
We
will
go
out
for
bids
and
hopefully
we'll
make
that
thanking.
E
G
A
Year,
we'll
take
another
look
at
it,
I
mean
if
we
can
move
these
numbers,
keep
in
mind.
We
are
restricted
with
the
caps
on
these.
We
have
a
15%
cap,
so
the
total
amount
is
169
thousand
dollars
that
we
can
work
with.
Dad
and
COO
include
the
code
enforcement
for
the
police
that
includes
senior
centers
as
senior
services.