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Department of Housing and Community Development
American Rescue Plan Allocation 2022 Utilization Plan
Housing Preservation Services - Toledo Roof Tops Program
Director Rosalyn Clemens (x3647)
Revised
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $200,000 from the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund for the City of Toledo Roof Tops Program; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids, award contracts and enter into necessary agreements for said program; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This Ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of the remaining $200,000 of Housing Preservation grant funds programmed in the Toledo Recovery Plan for projects and costs associated with the Toledo Roof Tops Program. To date, the initial $2,900,000 programmed for the Rooftops Program pursuant to Ordinance 245-22, has supported roof repair and replacements for 179 properties.
The Toledo Roof Tops Program consists of a partnership with Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union, Maumee Valley Habitat for Humanity and the Department of Housing and Community Development to provide financial assistance to eligible households for repair or replacement of approximately seven hundred (700) failing roofs on owner-occupied housing in Qualified Census Tracts (QCT). Roof Tops grants are provided to households with income at or below 60% of the area median selected through a lottery. Households with income at or below 80% of the area median, not selected in the lottery, will have an opportunity to apply for assistance consisting of a 50/50 Low-interest loan/matching grant through the Toledo Urban Federal Credit Union. ARPA Rooftops Funds are leveraged with Community Development Block Grant and loan funds from bank partners. The additional ARPA funds will be allocated pursuant to the attached Schedule A.
To facilitate timely disbursement of construction funding, City of Toledo Department of Housing and Community Development Roof Tops construction funding will be escrowed with title companies, selected through an RFQ process.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the appropriation of $200,000 is authorized from the unappropriated balance of the Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to Account Code 2021-16200-5ROOFTOPSPNEI and the expenditure of same is authorized for the Toledo Roof Tops Program.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids, award contracts and enter into necessary agreements for the Roof Tops Program including administration, construction, and title company escrow services, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Director of Housing and Community Development.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the Account Code in Section 1 in an amount not to exceed $200,000 in payment of the above-authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property, and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective in order to timely continue this revitalization work in Toledo’s neighborhoods.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 10, nays 0.
Passed: June 5, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 10, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: June 10, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz