08-643Council File # pg-643 �
Green 5heet # 3055190
RESOLUTION
PAUL, MINNESOTA
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Presented by
RESOLUTION PROVIDING INVEST SAINT PAUL FUNDS TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFTEY AND INSPECTIONS FOR BiIII.DING DEMOLITIONS
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspecfions (DSn has dramatically increased the number of demolitions
of hazardous vacant buildings in the last 18 months, and;
WHEREAS, DSI has used all available funds approved for demolirions in the DepartmenYs 20�8 budget, and
WHEREAS, the Department needs additional funding to complete the approximately 56 demolitions that are
currently identified and/or "in the pipeline" to be demolished before December 31, 2008, and
WT�REAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections is seeking additiona12008 in the amount of $640,000 in
funding from the Invest Saint Pau1 program, because the greatest concentration of hazardous and dilapidated housing
units are in the Invest Saint Paul areas, a map of which is attached to this resolution, and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority's Invest Saint Paul Program budget was amended to
approve the transfer of $640,000 to the Department of Safety and Inspections budget for demolition of hazardous
and dilapidated housing units in Invest Saint Paul areas, and
WITEREAS, the Invest Saint Paul Program funds are being made available as a zero ("0") percent interest loan to
the City of Saint Paul for the Department of Safety and Inspections use and are to be paid back to the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority from future City of Saint Paul fund sources as available, and
WHEREAS, the Department of Safety and Inspections will cooperate with the Deparhnent of Planning and
Economic Development to insure that the Invest Saint Paul funds are used in, or immediately adjacent to, the Invest
Saint Paul areas, and
WI�REAS, the Deparhnent of Safety and Inspections received a 2008 CDBG appropriation in the CTB budget
totaling $500,000 for hazardous and dilapidated building demolition, of which only $240,000 was adopted in the
2008 operating budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, in accordance with Section 10.07.1 of the City Charter, certifies that there are revenues
available for appropriation totaling $900,Q00 in the 2Q08 budget; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul approves the following amendments to the 2008 budget.
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CI.JRRENT BUDGET CHANGES
FINANCING PLAN:
040 -Property Code Enforcement
030251 -Nuisance Building Abatement
7199 - Transfer from CDBG Entitlement $ 240,000 $ 260,000
AMENDED BUDGET
$ 500,000
A total af 5'.iQQ, 000 in CDBG funds were ctppropriated for vacant building demolition in the 20Q8 CIB budget.
17xe increased trcuasfer ttnd spending on the operating side was never fully budgeted.
7306 - Transfer from Capital Proj. Fund -0- $ 640,000 $ 640,000
The Sairxt Pau1 Housing and Redevelopment Authority has approved a$64Q 040 appropriation of Invest Saint
Paul funds for vacant building abatement in Invest Saint Paul areas for 2008.
Total $ 900,000
SPENDINCT PLAN:
040 - Properiy Code Enforcement
030251 - Nuisance Building Abatement
0111- Full Time Certified
0296 - Wrecking and Demolition
0439 - Fringe Benefits
Total
$ 29,070 $ 39,000
$ 265,060 $ 848,879
$ 4,561 $ 12,121
$ 900,000
$ 68,070
$ 1,113,939
$ 21,682
And, be it, FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Saint Paul hereby accepts the transfer of $640,000 from the
Housing and Redevelopment Authority's Invest Saint Paul Program as a zero ("0") percent interest loan and agrees
to repay this amount to the Housing and Redevelopment Authority from future City of Saint Paul fund sources as
available.
And, be it, FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Department of Safety and Inspections shall not charge any staff costs to
the transactions involving Invest Saint Paul funds, other than the normal administrative fee that is normally assessed
to the properry owner.
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Contact Person & Phone:
Bo6 Kessle�
266-9013
Must Be on Council Agenda by (DateJ:
Doa Type: B�� AMENDMENT ADM1
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Document Contact: Robert Humphrey
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Action Requeated: � ��
Approval of a Resolution providang Invest Saint Paul funds to the Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) for building �,
�� demolitions. This legislation approves an amendment to the 2008 budget �
� Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): �
� Planning Commission
�� CIB Committee
Civil Service Commission
Personal Service Contracts Must Answer fhe Following Questians: I �I
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'', 1. Has this person/firm ever worked under a contract for this tlepariment? I
� Yes Na
% 2 Has this personf5rm ever been a city employee? ' �
i Yes No i
� 3. Does this person(firm possess a skill not normally possessetl by any �
i current city employee?
Yes No
, '� Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green 5heet �
,� Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): J I
' The number of vacant buildings has went from an historic average of 350 to over 2,000 in June of 2008. Proportionally, DSI has '
' dramaqcally increased the number of demolitions of hazardous buildings in the last eighteen months and I�as used all available funds �
' approved. �
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