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HOUSING RESOURCES COMM ITTEE April 19, 1968 SUPPLEMENTAL ME MORANDUM: Re Honor Fa rm No. 1 (Federal Pen Site) In meeting yesterday with Hou s ing Autho r i t y representatives, t he f ollo wing salient points were brought out: 1. Price of the portions to be developed f or housin g and rel a ted comme rcia l will r e quire pri o r dete r min at ion as t o n a ture o f development , i. e ., t h r ou g h t h e Housing Authority as Urban Renewal or by developers direct without the Urban Renewal procedure . 2. Mr. Persell s stated h e would p r e fer it n ot be un der Urba n Renewal. 3. Mr. Pers ells felt th a t after an Urb a n Renewal project reaches t h e Ex ecu t ion s t a ge, d ev e lopment th ere a fte r coul d be as quic k th rou g h t he Ho us in g Au t ho rity as direct t h r ou gh p riv ate e n terpri s e , b u t h e woul d no t predict how lon g i t woul d take t o rea ch th e Exe cu t ion sta ge . 4. Mr . Pers ell s s t a ted that Mr . Ed Baxter a pparently f eel s th at no ne of t h e l and s houl d be de v e lop ed as Pu blic Housing a n d t hat i n las t meetin g t he Ma yor a pp eared to conc u r . ( I ass ume t h at this doe s not prec l u de Tu r nk e y d ev e lopm e nt o f at l east a po rtio n o f th e area ) . I f eel that pro s pec t i ve de v e lo pers s houl d be e n c ou raged t o b uild a s ubsta n tial n umber o f u nit s s o t hat they could i niti a lly o r s ub sequently b e s old to the o cc up a n ts a nd t h at developmen t u n de r both Turnkey a nd 221 d ( 3 ) s hould be a dvoc ated. 5. It was broug h t ou t by Mr. Opp en s h aw that if develo pme n t i s no t under Urba n Renewa l, credi t s fo r the El e me nt ary a nd J unior Hi g h Sc hool s wo ul d not be a v ail abl e a nd t hat credit s f o r the se t wo fa cilities would be s ufficient to balance o ff the entire local share o f the cost o f an Urban Renewal project. �It also developed, however, that the Junior High School-Community Center would be a general community facility serving that whole general area of the city and not limited to the proposed development area. 60 Since the Junior High-Community Center represents 24 acres out of the entire Federal Pen Site to be dedicated, that in view of the difficulty the City is having getting low-income housing sites, particularly for Public Housing, and the f ac t that the School Department can get si t es anywhere t hey a re needed, t ha t the overall n ee ds of the City would b e bet ter s e r v e d if this entire 24 acre portion, which includes some of the best land, would be developed for low-income housing. RECOMMENDA TIDN: (a) That the housing and related commercial portions of the area be developed by priva t e enterprise direct, without going through the Urban Re n e wa l (b) proc ess o Th a t th e curren t ly d esign a t e d Junio r High School a nd Communi t y Neighborhood Center s ite be a l s o developed f or low-income hou s ing. (c) Th at a mul t i pl e typ e hou s in g dev e lo p me n t be e ncou rag e d us i ng both Tu r nk e y a n d 221 d proc e ss e s , wit h a s u b s tantial p o rtio n of t he un it s de si gn ed s o t h a t they could eventually be sold to the occupant s 0 Respectfully s u bmi tted , Housi n g 2 �