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f <br /> • <br /> HAMMITT Bob <br /> From: WEINMAN Richie D <br /> To: ETTER John F; HAMMITT Bob; ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> Cc: FARKAS Abe K; DONAHUE Christine; BOWERS Lew C <br /> Subject: RE: West University Park and Housing <br /> Date: Tuesday, December 19, 1995 8:36AM <br /> In my previous memo I indicated my staff support for acquiring park land with CDBG funds in the FUTURE. <br /> CDBG funds are allocated through an advisory committee via a two step process. The committee plans <br /> funds by broad categories for three year periods. Funds in each category are annually slotted to specific <br /> projects. Staff can strongly recommend projects to the committee. But, I know better than to promise <br /> what a committee will vote to do in the future. <br /> If the current park site is transferred to housing now, I am prepared to inform the Community Development <br /> Block Grant Advisory Committee of the action and forcast the need to acquire land in the future to benefit <br /> the neighborhood. The committee won't be bound by that, but it will become part of the institutional <br /> memory and appear in the minutes. We would also inform the Council. City Council, by the way, always <br /> makes the final decisons on CDBG expenditures. However, they have always followed the committee <br /> recommendation. <br /> Realistically, it will be a year before the committee can consider allocation of funds for West University <br /> Neighborhood park land acquisition. Unfortunately, federal regulations forbid the use of CDBG funds for <br /> reimbusement if the land is acquired sooner with other funding. Acquisition with CDBG also involves <br /> environmental review etc. <br /> I hope this clears up any potential misunderstandings. <br /> - Richie <br /> From: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> To: ETTER John F; HAMMITT Bob; WEINMAN Richie D <br /> Subject: RE: West University Park and Housing <br /> Date: Friday, December 15, 1995 5:44PM <br /> I fully support transition of the current site for housing and <br /> strongly support the acquisition of the corner parcel for a <br /> future park site. Releasing the park for housing before we <br /> have responded to the alternative park site issue (by at least <br /> allocation of funds for alt. site acquisition) could be a real <br /> concern, but I would support that proposal if the timing were <br /> critical to achieve a desired result and there was a <br /> commitment to program CDBG funds at the earliest opportunity <br /> for acquisition. Question: if it is a timing problem to get <br /> CBDG funds programmed right off, could we use other funds as a <br /> loan to CBDG and pay if back once funds were available? Chris <br /> From: HAMMITT Bob <br /> To: ANDERSEN Chris F <br /> Cc: ETTER John F; WEINMAN Richie D <br /> Subject: FW: West University Park and Housing <br /> Date: Tuesday, December 05, 1995 2:04PM <br /> If you are OK with this I will have John work out details with <br /> Richie and develop a memo for the transfer . Memo will include <br /> conditions. Hopefully, we can get CBDG funding to tie up the <br /> more attractive parcel across the street before some <br /> development occurs. Let me know if you want me to procede. <br /> Bob <br /> From: ETTER John F <br /> To: HAMMITT Bob <br /> Page 1 <br />