City Council

a io z(,p A. \ ,/ STATEMENT ON STATUS OI'LANDS {/ I'OR PUBLIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENT affan{ ,' On October of L969, pursuant. to the urging of the Board of Commissioners of Oklahoma City Housing Authority, the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority tendered 100 scattered. lots to the liousing Authority for single family development with physical delivery and possession scheduled for early L9701 The Housing Authority entered into an agreement to d,evelop 50 of the sites by the conventional method and the other 50 by the turnkey method. As of t,his moment, the Renewal Authority has held these properties for over a year, but, nei.ther of these two projects of 50 scattered sites are presently funded. At one point in time, annual contributions were available for these scattered, sit.es, but the contributions were transferred to l the housing projects outside of the I John F. Kennedy Renewa] Area. In addition to the 100 single family scattered sites , -15 more scattered single family lots ut" or[r.d by the Urban Renewal Authority and may be made available for public housj-ng. These parcels are ready for the next essent.ial steps j-n the d.evelopment processes to be taken. These steps include such essentials as: 1. Obtaining annual contribution contracts to make possible the development. ) Designat,ion of the conventional or turnkey mgthod's of ,r/ development. 3. Develop construction PIan if the conventional method is used or invite proposals f the turnkey method. is used. / .l Review of construction plans by both the Urban Renewal Authority and Housing Authority. In the south end of the John F. Kennedy Project, roughly between Northeast Fourth Street and Northeast Seventh Street, the Urban Renerval Authority has acquired 555 parcels out of 586 scheduled for acquisi- tion. Prior to the amendment of the John F. Kennedy P1an, these areas would have made available from 400 to 450 sites for development even on a single family density basis. Based on the amended John F. Kennedy Urban Renewal Plan and the amended Cooperation Agreement with the Housing Authority, 184 single family construction sites will be provided. in this area, in clusters ranging from 8 to 28 dwelIi-ngs. Again, with respect to these areas, idle lands have been held for many months. The next essential steps in the devqlopment process need to be taken at the earliest possible d.at,e, i.e. the obtaininE of annual contributions contracts, designate method of development, developing construction plans or inviting proposals, approvj.Jng construction plans r €tc. Even if these actj-ons are given top prj-ority by the Housing Authority , LL is 1ikeIy that some six to nine months will elapse before actual con- struction will begin. Another idle square block of I{nd is being held by the Urban Re- newal Authority immediately south of }4ccuire P1azar &rr elderly housing development. This south block was driginally scheduled to be part of the grounds for McGuire P1aza. To date, the acquisition of this block by the Housing Authority has not been funded.. In summary, the decisions necessary to implementing the develop- ment of public housing in the John X'. Kennedy Urban Renewal Project, cannot be mad.e soon enough. Without decisions pertaining to the en- tire development, process being made in a timely fashion, the period. oi. ti*. that, idle lands are held is ii:creased substantial-iy to the detrinent of the project,. Most important, however, the faiiure to ir.ove on these decisions prompt.ly will- drastical-Iy postpone redeveio;c- rnent and endanger the non-cash cred.j.ts necessar:y for fiaancinE the John, F. Kennedy Urban Renewal PIan, il i { {i x 1 t : i : i i I I I I j Oklahoma Oklahoma I City, . October 5, L97L I I * The CITY IIL of the City of 0klahoma L I City, Oklahoma County, State of OklaL: t met in REGULA,R SESSION at i 9:00 orclock a.m. EREEENI: _ I'fayor Patience Latt George N. Sturm John I'1. Smith Eugene Mathews Ken Boyer Nelson E.'KeLler A. L. Dowell Bill H. Bishop Stewart E. Meyers, Sr. Council ers E. Ray Long, City Clerk ABSENT: None ,k Mr. Sturdr recommended that the Counctl act to concur in plans for early consEructr'-on of 410 funded units of public housing within tire John F. Kennedy Urban Renewal Area, giving construction of said units first prio::ity. Moved by Mr. Sturm. that the Council concur in'the plan of giving John F. Kennedy Area the No. 1 pri.ority for the existing 410 funded, units and that we encourage the Urban Renevral Authority, the Oklahoma City Housing Authority and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to wotk together in every wa.y they can cooperatively to expedite the early construction of these units in the JFK area.. toXoXll":l:i"::ri,-;ili";:i:,:" add ,,under rhe compeririv" Iil:l"l'il:::,r, t. I I l ! l. l* I I I ilr , Mr. Mathews - I will second the rnotion as arnended .., I | : Mayor Lbtting - Is that amendment agreeable with your Mr:. rSturm? . Mr. Sturm - If you would state that they request chat Ehey be bullt conventiona|, but if denied, we would not stoP the btilding of them, I could concur in that, Mrs. f"tting. . Mayor Latting - All right, we will request of HUD which is the proper aurhority, Yes, that is all right. i Mr I'Iatheu,s - I am willing to go. with the motion now, as amended. Mayor Latti4g - If the request iq not granted then it would be turnkey. I believe thit is the understanding that ; ' we all have on iE now. 1 I Motion by Mr. Sturm, as amended and seconded by Mr. Mathews, Ehat the Council concur in Ehe plan of giving the John F. Kennedli Urban Renev"al Area the No. l priority for the existing 410 funded units of public housing and thac the Council.encourage the Urban Renewal Authority, the Olilahoma C[.ty ]lousing Authority, and the Department of Housing and Urban Developnnent to work together in every way they'can cooperatively e>lpeditg 'these to the early construction of , { I units in the John F. f"r,nuf Urban Renei.ral Area under the competitive { I t bidding or eonventional process; thaE Lf. request for i building under the ! l. conventional method is denied that such denial would not stop the t i buiLding of said units, was read and adopted by the follor,,ing ro11 1 a ! call vote: Ayes, Messrs. Sturn, llathews, Keller, Bol'er, Meyers, and l llayctr_ La.tting, Messrs. Bishop, S::ith, and Dowell I being absent when this I I motl.on was considered I a i I ,l I