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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .,' �- i- _--=.-:. Contra
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FROM: CARLOS BALTODANO, DIRECTOR
BUILDING INSPECTION DEPARTMENT ST.�-�oU County
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DATE: August 16, 2005
SUBJECT: NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION PROGRAM STATUS 2004-05
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
ACCEPT a report from the Director of Building Inspection on the'"Neighborhood
Preservation Program.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
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BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
This is a report to provide a brief summary of both the history and accomplishments
of the Neighborhood Preservation Program for the fiscal year 2004-05.
Past History
The Neighborhood Preservation Program was established by the Community
Development Department and the Building Inspection Department in the 1975-76
fiscal year. The program was created as a mechanism to promote volunteer code
enforcement and to assist communities striving to eliminate the deterioration of
neighborhoods.
The Program offers 0% interest, 5-year deferred loans or 3% interest 15 year
amortized loans to homeowners determined to below-income using the Department
of Housing and Community Development's (HUD's) guidelines. HUD defines a low-
income household as earning 80 percent or less than the median area income. The
program started by providing $3,000 loans to low-income owners to address only
minimum housing code requirements.
Through the years, as the program evolved and building costs increased, the
maximum loan amount has been adjusted to provide necessaryfunds to adequately
serve the homeowners' repair needs. The maximum loan amounts were gradually
increased from the $3,000 loans to $10,000, $20,000, and $25,000, Today the
Department offers $40,000 loans designed to assist low-income homeowners
throughout the urban county.
The experience and success of the County Neighborhood Preservation Program has
drawn interest from incorporated cities. Agreements and contracts have been
established and approved by the Board of Supervisors between incorporated cities
and the County Building Inspection Department to administer the Neighborhood
Preservation Program for their city residents. The Neighborhood Preservation
Program serves all incorporated cities with a population less than 50,000. Larger
cities such as Concord, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill and Richmond offer a home
rehabilitation program to their city residents.
The cities of Antioch and Walnut Creek, who had their own programs, have decided
to contract with the County to administer their programs with County staff.
Accomplishments
The County's Neighborhood Preservation Program administers four (4) separate
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programs, These programs are: the City of Antioch, the City of Walnut Creek,
the City of San Pablo and the unincorporated area of the county, including
smaller incorporated cities.
The Neighborhood Preservation Program has been contracting with the City of
Antioch since 1987 to administer their home rehabilitation program within their city
limits, This past fiscal year produced 9 loans for a total of $457,349.
In fiscal year 2003-04 the Department began contracting with the City of Walnut
Creek to administer their home rehabilitation program, In fiscal year 2004-05, six
loans were executed on behalf of City of Walnut Creek for a total of $321,500.
In May 2004, the County was approached by the City of San Pablo and requested
the County's Neighborhood Preservation Program to expand and include the City's
residents. The Building Inspection Department successfully negotiated a contract
with the City of San Pablo to begin administering their Redevelopment and
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) programs. Nine City of San Pablo
households were assisted at a total of$307,073 in CDBG funds and $51,658 in City
of San Pablo Redevelopment Funds.
The County's program for the smaller cities and the unincorporated county
homeowners has had a very successful year and produced an additional 33 loans for
a total expenditure of $1,000,728,.
In summary for FY 2004-05, a total of 57 units were rehabilitated for low-income
families for a total cost of $2,138,308 with an average cost of $37,514 per unit,
Dilapidated homes in blighted neighborhoods continue to be the priority for upgrade.
The typical repairs requested are new roofs, kitchen and bath repairs, disabled
accessibility, electrical, plumbing and mechanical upgrades.
The great success of the Neighborhood Preservation Program is credited to the
excellent leadership of Michael Angelo Silva and Pat Corum and a competent staff
including Maureen Flores, Kevin Moses, Aaron Scherbenske and Joyce McMullin.
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