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Session 1555, Minutes October 21, 1991 Page 3 '!he city Manager discussed each item briefly, pointing out where allocations or items were different than in the past. He noted that administrative costs were reduced substantially so that lOOre lOOney can go into the programs. He said COUncil need not act if it wished to continue using loan repayments from the Home Rehab loan program for further housing improvement loans. Ms. Janet Becker, 8655 West Ki.rY:Jsbury, said she ani another representative of Adequate Housing for Missourians att.erxied the recent COoo public hearing, am. were concen1ed that naming the areas to be serviced will tie the City I s harXls in case there is an emergency that needs furrling in another area. A secorrl COnceJ:n is demolition--since her group wants to see housin:J rehabilitated for low-income citizens through the Halle Rehab loan program, they felt perl1aps some of the demolition lOOney could be put into that program. Mr. Ollemorff responded that the County ani Federal Government want to know precisely where the projects are taking place, if the City knows; the Council does know where demolitions arE: needed, but forestry ani trees are not speci- fically pinpointed except they must be in an eligible area. Mrs. Schuman assumed the buildings in question could not be rehabilitated, ani Mr. Ollemorff said the City has tried to give the buildings away free to anyone willing to invest the necessary lOOney to rehab them, but so far has had no takers. He said that offer stands until they are actually torn down. Mayor Majerus said the Planning Department has made an active effort to fW rehabbers, but apparently the cost of renovation is too great. In response to Mr. Price, Mr. Ollemorff said commercial code enforcement takes place in the only eligible areas, on Olive ani the Dellnar!Dop. Urx:ler Forestry, Trees, Mr. Price asked if these were new trees. Mr. Ollerx:lorff said that was correct, ani the amount includes part of the Forester IS salcny. Mr. Price asked about the ramifications of taking perl1aps $20,000 from this account for another purpose. Mr. Ollerx:lorff said there would be fewer trees on Olive, in the northeast area, ani in Parkview Gardens. Mrs. Schuman asked if it was anticipated that any of the eligible areas may change after 1990 census infoL'11.'Iation is received. Mr. Ollerx:lorff believed there may be some changes, but the city has not yet received detailed infor- mation on this. Mr. Wagner asked why Home Rehab .Mministration was so low. Mr. Ollemorff said the City was no longer chcu:ging the clerical ani administrative time of City officials to that program, ani the only out-of-pocket costs are credit ani title checks. Responding t:o Mr. Wagner, Mr. Ollerx:lorff said if lOOre lOOn- ey were put into rehab loans, it would have to be taken from another program. He said loan repayments are tUl.ned over to the st. louis County Conununity De- velopment office', which then processes the next applicant. Mr. Adams moved approval as rec:ommerxied, ani Mr. Schoamer sec:orXled the lOOtion. In response to Mrs. Schuman, Mr. Ollerx:lorff confi.nned that about $90,000- $100,000 in home improvement loans that are made each year is not shown in the above listing since that money is recycled from loan repayments.