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Session 1315, Minutes Page 9 September 20, 1982 sidewalk repair, etc.) were needed. Mrs. Metcalfe then asked why most of the $137,700 was not put into home improvement loans, if that was where the need was. Mr. Ollendorff said there were funds available for the low-interest loans, but in order for the neighborhood to qualify for those loans, it was necessary that it be an NSA, and the other money must be spent in order to make it an NSA. The emphasis was on improving the entire neighborhood. Mr. Levy concurred with the wisdom of establishing an NSA in the northwest section of the City, pointing out that it also resulted in a better geographical distribu- tion of Community Development funds than in the past. Mrs. Thompson asked about the possibility of adopting Alternative 3. Mr. Ollendorff said $171,000 was set aside in this year's Community Development budget proposal for flood control projects, most of which is in matching money with MSD. That will make a total of $300,000 to $400,000 worth of improvements, not including the $200,000 cleaning program on which MSD took bids very recently (the City will. not pay any part of that cost). Mr. Ollendorff said he hoped that all the engineering that was neces- sary could be accomplished so that the funds appropriated could be spent in the next twelve months, and there would be no realistic way to plan to spend any more. He also pointed out that MSD would certainly not match any more funds than what had been recommended. Mrs. Elsie Glickert, 6712 Etzel, asked to address the Council. She asked if the eastern boundary of the NSA could be extended to Hafner Place instead of stopping at 82nd Boulevard. Mr. Ollendorff said the boundary was somewhat arbitrary, but the area designated an NSA must not be too large to work with, and at least 51% of the area must be designated moderate- to low-income persons. Mrs. Glickert pointed out that a bridge on Hafner Place was in dire need of repair, and suggested that extending the boundary to'Hafner Place was worthy of consideration. Mrs. Glickert said she was somewhat disappointed that nothing specific was included for Olive Boulevard, which continued to be in need of esthetic improvement. Mr. Ollendorff said the SHOPS program has had an effect there, and the commercial code enforcement has and will continue to have an effect; however, there were no other specific im- provements included at this time. Mrs. Glickert said she felt that if the esthetics of Olive Boulevard could be improved, the neighborhoods immediately adjacent would improve also. She asked that consideration be given to landscaping the unbuildable lot at North and South and Olive, and to continue with the tree planting program along Olive. Mayor Mooney closed the public hearing at 9:30 p.m. Mr. Lieberman was in full agreement with the creation of the NSA, which will allow public improvement funds to be put in the area and allow its residents to apply for low-interest loans. He said he was also aware of many loan requests from the north- east section of the City, and he wished to know if that area was an NSA. Mr. Ollendorff said it was not, but the eligibility standards were already.met by a large number of homeowners there, so the area was already getting loans and improve- ments because it met low- to moderate-income guidelines. Mr. Ollendorff said that no neighborhood would lose out on the home improvement loans because of the estab- lishment of the NSA in the northwest section of the City. j