City of Milwaukee - File #: 140285

• File #: 140285
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/24/2014
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 9/3/2014
• Title: Resolution relative to the establishment of the Year 2015 Funding Allocation Plan.
• Sponsors: ALD. DAVIS
• Indexes: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/3/2014	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/3/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: There was no motion made to reconsider, so this item was approved.	Pass	12:1
7/22/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	AMENDED; Minutes note: Ald. Witkowski moved to amend Common Council File Number 140285, a resolution relative to the establishment of the Year 2015 Funding Allocation Plan by amending the 2015 Proposal Fudning Allocation Plan (FAP) recommendations attached to this file by: 1. Decreasing the recommended funding for the 2015 Proposed CDBG Entitlement Allocation category under Public Service-Community Partners Initiative by $300,000 from $550,000 to $250,000. (page 9) 2. Increasing the recommended funding for the 2015 Proposed CDBG Entitlement Allocation "Proposed CITY CDBG Allocation" by $300,000 from $6,022,650 to $6,322,650. (page 12)	Pass	10:4
7/22/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: Ald. Davis moved to Hold in Council. Withdrawn.	Pass	14:0
7/22/2014	1	COMMON COUNCIL	RECONSIDERED AND ENTERED IN JOURNAL	Pass	12:2
7/21/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	AMENDED; Minutes note: Individual present: Steve Mahan - Community Development Block Grants director Public testimony: Patricia Ruiz - she also testified at the north side hearing -- there are places where men can go and heal from the violence and she would give $10,000 personally to go for re-entry and healing for men and women and a one-stop shop for violence prevention. Clarence Johnson - Wisconsin Community Services - supports the Center for Driver License Recovery Ald. Davis presented his amendment, attached to the file (and he also presented 3 supporting documents, also attached to the file).	Pass	5:0
7/21/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	5:0
7/10/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Ald. Davis explained the purpose of this meeting. Steve Mahan gave a verbal presentation on community block grant funding. Public Testimony: 1. Daniel Avant - he was a participant in the Driver's License Recovery Program, which helped him reduce his ticket amounts as well as fight them. 2. Audra O'Connell - she is from Impact 2-1-1 and supports its coordinated entry to homeless shelter providers and standardized access and assessment system. 3. Mike Hineberg - he is from Independence First and he sees a need for more affordable and accessible housing. 4. Julie Alexander - works at Independence First with individuals who are in nursing homes who often want to move to homes, but there is a lack of affordable and accessible houses. 5. Tim Baack - Interim CEO of Pathfinders and Chair of the Shelter Task Force - he wants to see more funding for homeless shelters. 6. Dale Nowakowski - chose not to speak. 7. Linda Zinke - wants continued funding for Operation Impact, Safe and Sound and the Milwaukee Christian Center. 8. Marina Borges - supports the Southside Organizing Commitee (SOC) and particularly likes its translation services. 9. Madeline Fuentez - supports SOC as it acts as a liaison with the police and also listens and responds to residents. 10. Dorothy Kamanda - supports Safe and Sound and has used its services in learning how to deal with trespassers and having a tree removed that fell on her house. 11. Jaime Alvarado - Board member of the Nonprofit Center - he is happy for past support, but would like more support now and in the future. The Nonprofit Center serves as a one-stop shop for meeting many needs and leverages $10 for every dollar that community development block grant invests. 12. John Fleet - Milwaukee Christian Center employee 13. Derrick Holloway - involved with the Milwaukee Christian Center Youth Build program after his release from prison. He is learning to build a house, as well as getting his GED. 14. Brian Peters - employee at Independence First and as part of his job he tries to find affordable and accessible housing, which needs will only be increasing as the population ages. He is also familiar with the concerns of the homeless and he supports programs that assist those individuals. 15. Felisia Wild - just opened a new business at 35th and National which is a small-scale manufacturing business employing three people. Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN) and Impact7 made this possible. 16. Barb Kuenig - Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Director - WWBI assists small businesses in getting started. She provided a handout, which is attached to the file. 17. Nicole Yunk Todd - represents the Center for Driver's License Recovery and said that almost 3,000 people have gotten their licenses since they began in 2007. She read a statement from a client that could not attend tonight's meeting. 18. Lamont Davis - represents Community First and said that all NIP providers are having a hard time finding funds as they each try to work together to help clients. He is seeing the existance of fewer NIPs and more demand. 19. David Janus - chose not to speak. 20. Jeff Martinka - Executive Director of Neighborhood House and he would like to see continued support of youth services. 21. Shawn Moore - works with many coalitions and funds should be allocated based on results, not numbers. 22. Shannon Reed - will e-mail in his comments. 23. Kayeng Xiong - Hmong American Friendship Association - supports CSI, which is an anti-drug and anti-violence program and asks that this program be funded. 24. Matt Melendez - United Methodist Children's Services - the three main needs that his clients have are for housing, safety and employment. They are helping families with home improvement needs. 25. Barbara McKillop - grant write at Social Development Commission who is also involved with Layton Boulevard West Neighbors (LBWN) and SOC; she finds it frustrating with the lack of NIP funds. 26. Scott Slaski - wants support for programs aimed at children as these types of programs helped him when he was young. He's concerned about undocuemented individuals who are driving with no licenses and no insurance and the fact that SOC is assisting these individuals in driving. He would like more funds spent on veterans. 27. Charlotte John Gomez - Executive Director of LBWN and she thanks the city for its continued support. She would like to have organizations be paid even if the employees are not in the block grant areas and she also supports the Nonprofit Center and creating a new pool of funds just for roofs and also return the community organizing funding back to $1 million. 28. Jim Gambon - Social Development Commission's housing manager - housing is a major need with dollars continually being stretched and trying to coordinate among funds as much as possible. 29. Maria Monge - Committee member of SOC - thanks the city for its past support and would like more support in the future for children and safety issues. Many Hispanics have small businesses and pay taxes. 30. Ben Gramling - Director of Environmental Heatlh at the 16th Street Community Health Center - their clients have many health needs and he particularly likes SOC and the Milwaukee Christian Center Youth Build in their work of improving the Kinnickinnic corridor. 31. Rebecca Arcos - La Luz Del Mundo Family Services, which offers a batterers' service for men, parenting services and also Spanish-language services. 32. Stephanie Harling - Director of Havenwoods - the economic development funding at $500,000 is way too low. Economic opportunity will decrease the need for other services. 33. Tom Tong Va - he and his parents were refugees and the Lao Family and Low Income Counseling helped him and his parents. He'd like more money for Lao Services, safer neighborhoods so kids can attend and focus on school, more police patrolling neighborhoods on foot and also more funding for food pantries. 34. Steve Adams - Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission - SEWRPC is planning for the future and has been working with six agencies funded by CDBG funds.	Pass	4:0
7/9/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: No audiorecording of this meeting is available due to technical malfunction of the recorder. Ald. Davis gave a brief overview of the first item on the agenda. Kathy Gerard, Vice President of Goodwill, spoke on Goodwill's mission and welcomed everyone. Steve Mahan gave a PowerPoint presentation, a copy of which is attached to the file. This meeting and tomorrow night's is to identify community conditions and needs. Testimony from the public: 1. Jim Hiller - Burleigh Street Community Development Corp. - supports the Burleigh Street CDC and the Nonprofit Center. 2. Rafael Garcia - Director of Community First. 3. David Pifer - Center for Driver License Recovery. 4. Charlie Sanders, Jr. - daughter spoke for her father on his support of the Sherman Park housing program. 5. Greg Lewis - Associate Pastor of St. Gabriel's Church of God in Christ and also a member of the Pastors United Group - trying to engage people in organizing and helping themselves and giving a voice to the people who are having problems. 6. Tina Holst - Sherman Park Neighborhood Association. 7. Brian Sonderman - Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity - wants the city to look at creative ways to fund Neighborhood Improvment Program (NIP), housing and employment programs. 8. Katie Sanders - Executive Director of Safe and Sound - supports the level of funding provided to the Nonprofit Center. 9. Lena Young - resident who uses the services of the Lincoln Park Community Center and she supports them in its employment activities. 10. Jermaine Dantzler - supports Lincoln Park Community Center and the services it provides to the youth. 11. Lucy Springfield - used Lincoln Park Community Center, which facilitated her seeing her son and she took computer classes there, got jobs and stayed positive. 12. Stella Galewood - supports Lincoln Park Community Center which gave her computer training, therapy and resulted in a job for herself and jobs for her sons. 13. Ruth Varnado - Director of Lincoln Park Community Center - the area is in great need of healthcare services, employment and youth services and is also suffering from high drug use. She also supports the Nonprofit Center as it goes through this hard period through no fault of its own. 14. Nathan Dantzler - supports the Lincoln Park Community Center. 15. Tiffany Jones - took computer classes and job training classes at the Lincoln Park Community Center. 16. and 17. Feilta Daniels Ashley and Kori Schnieder Peragine - Milwaukee Fair Housing Council - fights housing discrimination, predatory lending, and enforces fair lending practices. The organization has recently expanded into exclusionary zoning and they also use the Nonprofit Center. 18. Michael Van Alistine - Milwaukee Christian Center - a large amount of funding is going to city activities and the Milwaukee Christian Center also used the Nonprofit Center. He is also opposed to the reduction in Milwaukee Builds, which two months ago was recommended for an increase in its funding. 19. Steve Fendt - Southside Organizing Committee -- gave members a handout entitled, "2015-2019 Community Development Funding Priorities" (included in the file). The SOC did a survey and included the responses received in that handout. Residents were surveyed at three meetings and owner occupancy is an important issue for residents, as well as NIP. There are gaps in the housing programs that aren't in served areas. 20. Brenda Hart- Richardson - she is from Amani United and supports Safe and Sound as Amani collaborates with them. 21. Jermaine Alexander - Here on behalf of the NIP program with Rafael Garcia (speaker #2) and he is with the Sherman Park Community Association. 22. June Kozak King - she is not affiliated with any group, but has two suggestions. Her first suggestion is an apprenticeship center for the construction trades with apprentices eventually being paid. Her second suggestion is to reconfigure abandoned buildings into arts showcases, have a budget to record students musicians and artists, create art exhibits and apprenticeships with the hospitality and catering industry, event planning and public relations. Students would set up museum shops in all high schools to exhibit and sell art and also set up and maintain a web site. 23. Celena Zinozi - supports the Sherman Park Community Association as it is interested in bringing back the housing stock and has supported the neighborhood block group efforts. 24. Patricia Ruiz - She has reviewed the five year plan and thinks that young men and fathers need more support, including emotional support, and she also interested in addressing the violence and shootings that are occurring. 25. Michael Cockroft - he is with Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity and would like to see home ownership supported and wants to know if housing can be made a Request for Proposal process. 26. Ursa Worlds - she is at Boudicca House and is concerned about veterans' housing. She thinks that a lot of women at Boudicca House could use the empty houses in the Sherman Park neighborhoods. 27. Barry Givens - President of the Sherman Park Community Association and that organization has seen a return on its efforts with its minor home repair program. 28. Leatha Morse - she has been a block watch captain for 20 years and working with Safe and Sound has resulted in more resident participation. 29. Khalil Coleman - he is with Occupy the Hood and social entrepreneurs. He thinks that there are block clubs that don't receive as much funds as other groups and that Mayor Barrett rejected $1 million for black male achievement. He believes that 80% of block grant funds are going out of neighborhoods, to contractors, rather than to residents. He also believes that every year a small percentage of block grant funds aren't spent. Ruby Collier and Walt Love not present to speak. 30. Fred Ewing - he is in support of NIP and is a Sherman Park resident; as he was having work done on his house other residents asked him or his workers how the work was being paid for. He would like to see NIP funding increased. 31. Ophelia Ramon - she is the program director for the Social Development Commission lead poisoning prevention program and she provided a handout on this program (attached to the file as "Social Development Commission". The SDC searches for programs that the homeowner can access and also collaborates with other agencies. 32. Melvin Stribling - he was the first certified black male contractor for the Post Office 25 years ago and he would like someone on site to take applications for home repairs. All the houses in his block except for 10 were torn down. He would like to see neighbors or volunteers helping to fix up houses and having homeowners do as many of their own repairs as they can. 33. Trasus Wright - 1103 W. Garfield - he lives in the Lindsey Heights funding area and does a Wednesday night neighborhood walk. Walnut Way tends to get the funding, but not other areas in the same vicinity. St. Marcus wanted to buy Lee School and St. Marcus discovered what problems residents are facing. With the closing of Lee School, that created instant blight. 34. William Jones - he supports the Lincoln Park Community Center, which has kept him off the streets. He has no police record, doesn't use drugs or smoke, and he has a nice career, all due to Ruth Varnado.	Pass	5:0
7/9/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
7/9/2014	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
6/24/2014	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO	Fail

Number

140285

Version

ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor

ALD. DAVIS

Title

Resolution relative to the establishment of the Year 2015 Funding Allocation Plan.

Analysis

Body

Whereas, The Community and Economic Development Committee recommends approval of the Funding Allocation Plan of activities and funding recommendation for funding year 2015 as attached; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for community development entitlement funding for year 2015 estimated at $20,287,497 (CDBG funds $14,500,000; HOME funds, $4,200,000; ESG funds, $1,000,000; and HOPWA funds $587,497); now therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the 2015 Funding Allocation Plan is approved as attached; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the authorization for the funding listed in the resolution is subject to the availability of the Year 2015 community development funding and the release of funds for this purpose by HUD; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Community Development Grants Administration is authorized to prepare and submit the Annual Action Plan for community development funding to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in accordance with the City's Strategic Plan.

Requestor

Drafter

2015Funding Plan

06/16/14