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Sessic~ 1505, M/nutes Page 3 October 16, 1989 Mr. Ollendorff said the pz~oosed W£~nt request was similar to those of recent years, with minor changes that include incr~a.~es for Council-directed concen- trated inspections, reducing administrative costs (most administrative costs will be taken f;~,, the general fund instead), and the transfer of $15,000 fro,, ~z~nts to redevelopers to i~prove multiple family pzuperty. He said home re- pm~/fix-up progz~ £~,ain ineligible under pro~£~ regulations. Mrs. Schuman said a probl~ that arose during the public hearing is that those with emergency needs cannot get a reviE.~ of their application for grant assis- tahoe processed for six months. She ~ked if St. Im,~ County handled emer- gency applications. Mr. Ollendorff said the County has a staff funded by its portic~ of C~,u~nity Develoia~nt funds, and it admini~rs and carries out the loan proga~m for University City. ~.~fore that came about, University City spent about $70,000 of its w-£ant money to administer the prcgzam. Mrs. Schu- man asked if University City could suggest that the County do a triage-type treatment of these grant applications, because there cl~ly are problems with emergency situations. Mr. Ollendorff said the city could request it, noting that the County staff does process on an ~ergency basis if there is a single large it~ __need___ed, i.e., a new furnace. However, this cannot be done if mul- tiple items are needed, since a c~let~ analysis of the home is required. *Mr. Price arrived at this time. Mrs. ~?~-~son took issue with Mr. Ollezdorff's statement regarding home repair and fix-up progz-ums being ineligible for loans. The City Manager said the City was not allowed to loan Cu,.L,,~nit%, Develo~_nt funds unless it certified that the hc~e was being brought total].y up to Code. Most of the homes that qualify for this program need a large amount of work done, costing anywhere fz~,~ $2,000 to $8,000, he said. Mrs. Schuman suggested that in future years the city should not be afraid to take a look at sc~e of the public-pri~ate partnership activities taking place in other cities, with a view toward doing similar things in University City. She not_~4_ that some of these ventures brave been extremely successful. Mr. Price asked if funds for a hc~e repair program could come f£~, the General Fund. Mr. Ollendorff said there were legal limitations on spending city money on private property, and the City Attozney would _need___ to examine this. Feder- al money can be spent on private p;-o~cy, but only under federal rules, and C~,~nity Develo~,~nt money can be spent only to bring an entire house up to Code. Mr. Ollendorff said the city has been loaning money for home rehab from a revolving fund for about 15 years, and each year about $90,000 is repaid, enough to fix up about 12 or 13 homes ~r y-~. Mr. Price also suggested that the City look into public-private partr~ships. Mrs. Schuman asked about defaults on the home rehab loans. Mr. Ollendorff said about 15% of the loans are five or six m~nths delinquent. He said the City tries to be lenient and works with the loan recipients to adjust the pay- merit schedule, hcxcever, seven or eight cases have gone to court because the recipients have not responded. Mr. ;u~a~ ~ved approval of the 1990 (k~(u,.~,.ITlity Development glint request. Mr.