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CITY COMMISSIONERS' RECESSED MEETING MINUTES
September 7, 1978 APPROVED
Recessed meeting of the City Commissioners of the City of Bremerton, Washington,
was held at Bremerton Junior High School, 15th & High Street, on Thursday,
September 7, 1978 at 7:00 P.M. with Mayor Jarstad presiding. Also present
were Commissioner Stewart, Commissioner Swanson and City Clerk Mandio.
Mayor Jarstad stated that this meeting is to discuss the Block Grant Program.
Me introduced Kay Wilson and Ken Attebery of the Planning Department for their
presentation.
Ken Attebery stated that tonights agenda covered the areas of Community Profile,
Community Development & Housing Needs and Comprehensive Strategy. The Program
of Activities is broken into a one year program and three year set of activities.
Bremerton has been asked by HUD to submit a full three years application. In
1977 Bremerton began to work with the Smith and Charleston/National neighborhoods
in assessing needs, projects and activities. The priority in this program is
on low and moderate income areas. A copy of City of Bremerton Block Grant
Application was distributed. Ken reviewed the Community Profile which included
Population Characteristics, Income Characteristics, Economic Conditions and
Housing Conditions. This information is to aid HUD in understanding the
problems in Bremerton.
A discussion followed between the Commissioners and the Public in attendance
regarding the number of rental units in the area. There was concern that
wealthy owners of rental units that are in poor condition would receive
funds to repair their rental units. Mr. Attebery stated that we could help
tenters by having the landlord subsidize low income tenters. He stated that
we would not get into the rental rehabilitation in the first year of the program.
Kay Wilson discussed Community Development and Housing Needs in the Smith and
Charleston/National areas. Discussion centered on the priority placed by the
neighborhood on the repair and operation of the Evergreen Memorial Sw{mming Pool.
It was felt that the new pool in East Bremerton is too far away for some West
Bremerton residents" and that the cost of admission to the new pool would eliminate
· its use for some low income children. Estimated repair of the pool is $35,000
and estimated cost of operation in the first year is $17,000. Mayor Jarstad
stated that the Memorial Pool is in poor shape and that the City did not have
funds to restore it. He stated that the neighborhood put a high priorityon
the pool and the Government will fund this but we cannot charge admission in
the low income area. He felt that we should go ahead with the pool restoration
and operation. He stated that we can cut down on staffing cost of the pool
by not having alot of swimming classes that take staff time.
The Streets and alleys and Fire station in the Smith area were also discussed.
Kay Wilson discussed Section IV Comprehensive Strategy of the Block Grant
Application which gets into the Block Grant proposal. She distributed a sheet
showing estimated cost over the three year period. She discussed the use of
loans, grants and deferred payment loans f~r the housing rehabilitation project.
The second year of the rehabilitation program we would get into the rental area.
Suggestions from citizens were nade for red tagging houses in need of repair
and distributing free paint. Discussion centered on the City's dangerous
budding code, the new compliance officer and removal of garbage, }~yor Jarstad
stated that a new program for senior citizen exchange of skills for rehabilitation
of homes is in the planning stages. Ken Attebery discussed the low figure for
street improvements in the first year in the Smith Neighborhood $5,000, because
the neighborhood decided to use the money to improve the pool instead.
One of the citizens in attendance asked how much of the $300,000 given the City and
County for housing rehabilitation would be used for administrative costs. Mr.
Attebery stated that he would be hiring additional staff and the cost could be
around 60-$70,000. A program director and office staff and assistance will be needed.
This is a Joint city/county venture so there will be a savings in staff costs.
CITY COMMISSIONERS RECESSED MEETING MINUTES
S~ptember 7, 1978
7:00 p.m. Bremerton Junior High
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Mr. Attebery distributed the City of Bremerton Housing Assistance Plan and
reviewed it briefly.
RESOLUTION - Final Application Block Grant Program
Clerk read "A RESOLUTION authorizing the filing of a final appllcation with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, United States of America, for a
comprehensive Program Block Grant under the Small Cities Program of the Housing
and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, Title I, Subpart F."
Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Connissioner Stewart to approve Resolution, by
title only, carried as follows: Mayor Jarstad - Yes; Commissioner Stewart - Yes;
Commissioner Swanson - Yes.
Motio~ by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Swanson to' approve Application for Block
Grant as presented this evening, carried unanimously.
Mayor Jarstad complimented the Planning Department on the excellent work they
have done and thanked those citizens in attendance for their interest and time
spent on this project.
Motion by Mayor Jarstad and Commissioner Swanson to authorize planning
department to start preparing applications to get staff to implement the
Block Grant Program, the salary range will not be set at this time and the
money will come out of the Block Grant Funds~ carried unanimously.
Meeting Adjourned 9:15 p.m.
Kathleen L. Mandio
City Clerk
Attest:
Glenn K. Jarstad, Mayor