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ORDINANCE 0 . !:11
SERIES OF 20 I 0
BY AUTHORITY
COUNCIL BILL NO. 48
INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL
MEMBER OLSON
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE SALE ON THE Ol'EN MARKET OF SIX PROP ERTIES
WHICH WERE PURCHASED AND REHABILITATED WITH FUNDS FROM THE
NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM GRANT AND THE LT AR FUND.
WHEREAS, the Eng lewood Cit y Counci l approved Reso luti on No. 34 , Series of2009
authori zing the Ci ty lo appl y lo the Department of Loca l Affairs , Co lorado Division of Housing for
a porti on of Arapahoe Coun ty's allocation of the Federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program
funds (NSP I); and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 37, Seri .,: of2009 authori zing the
executi on of a co ntract for Ne ighborh ood Stabili zati on Program g. ·11 1 funding between the St ate of
Co lora do Department of Loca l Affa irs and the City of Englewood; and
WHEREAS, the Ci ty Counci l npp roved Ord inance No. 49 , Serie s of 2009 authorizing th e
purchase of ten (10) unidentified , sin gle-family, vaca nt , forec losed pro perti es located in the
eligible cens us tracts through out the City of Eng lewood to fu lfill th e NSP I co ntract wi th the
Co lorad o Department of Loca l Affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Ci ty Co un ci l approved Ordinance No. 27 , Series of 20 I 0, authori zing an
amendment to the NSP I co ntract budget to purcha se up to three (3) addit io nal unid enti fied single
family, vacant , foreclo sed properti es located in th e eligible ce nsus tra cts througho ut tl1e City of
Englewood to fulfill the NS PI Contrac t with the ('n'orado Department of Loca l Affairs; and
WHEREAS , six such propert ies are al most read y to be so ld lo priva te partie s who will secure
the ir own fin ancing; and
WHEREAS, if an offer to pu rcha se is received from any Ci ty empl oyee, their fam il y members ,
or any business in which a Ci ty emp loyee has a financia l interest , such offer will be sub11Utt ed 10
the Englewood City Council for ap prova l;
NO W, TH --:REFOllE , BE IT ORDAI NED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ITY OF
ENG LEWO D, COLO RADO, AS FOLLOWS :
Section I. Approva l is herehy given for th e sa le on the open market of s ix properties whi ch
were purchased and rehabilitated with funds from th e Neighborhood Stabilization Program Gra nt
and th e LT All Fund . Said properties will be so ld to private partie s who shall sec ure th eir own
finan cing .
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Sec1ion 2. Th e fo ll 0,,·111g propcnics nrc m11hori 1cd to be ~old on th e open mnrkct ·
2:!15 \\'est Wesley Avenue
D95 \\'es t ,rnnd ,.\venue
~744 So uth G.il:1pngo Stn·ct
-I 1 JO~ \\'est Raclcl1 1f Dll\c
:! 159 \\'csl \ ';1ss;ir \ \ c11111.:
6 1115 SPuth Aco ma S1rec 1
Scc1io n 3. Th e s;ilc rf these propcn1cs shall rcqmrc th e pu rchnscr to agree ns follows ;
All ho u .cho ld s hcmg :-crved must qualify under the 1cn11~ of the 1SPI Grnnt.
2. Th e pu 'C ha sin g h usc~old wi ll undergo a mi111111um of 8 hours of I IUD appro ved
homcowncrs 1,ip cou ns eling .
3. l'hc purch:1s in g l1ous.:!holcl mu st occu py 1hc propc11y as a pn1 1c 1pnl rcs1dcncc for a
minimum o f five yc:1rs
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1, Loucris hia A. Elli s, Ci1 y Clerk of the City o f Eng lewood, Colora do, hereby ce11ify that th e
nbovc and forego in g is
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'},Qru e cop y of th e Ordin ance passed on final reading and publi shed by
1itlc ns Ordin ance No . '1.:/-• Serie s of 20 10, ./1 ('7
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COUN CI L COMM U N I CATIO N
Date: Age nd a It em: Subject:
November 15, 20 10 11 a ii An Ordinance Auth orizin g th e Sa le of 2 2 t 5 West
W es ley Avenue, 3395 W es t Gran d Avenue, 4744
So uth Ga lapago Stre et, 3 102 W es t Rad liff Drive,
2 159 W es t Vassar Avenue, and 3 11 5 Sou th Acoma
Stree t Funded th ro ugh the N eighborhoo d
tab ili zation Program Gran t
Initi ated Br: I Staff So urce:
Co mm un ity Deve lopm en t Department Harold). Stitt, Se ni or Plar.ner
COUNCI L GOAL ANI) PREV I OUS COUNCI L A CTION
Ci ty Co unci l approved Reso lut ion 3 4 Seri es o f 20u, ,,utho ri zing sta ff to apply to the Depa rt ment of
Local Affa irs, Colo rado Di vis i on of H o us;,g, for a p ortio,1 o f Arapahoe a un ty's all oca tio n o f the
Fed eral Neighborhood Stab ili za tion Program funds (NSP I).
Ci ty Co unc il ap prov d O rd inance 37, Se ries o f 2009 authorizin g the exe cu t io n o f a cont rac t for
NSP I g rant fun din g betwee n th e Stal e of Co lo rad o Department o f Loca l Affa irs cl th City of
Englewood .
City Co u ncil approved Ordinance 49, Se ries of 2009 autho ri zin g th e purchase o f ten uni denti fi ed
single-fa m il y vaca nt foreclosed properties loca ted in the eligible ce nsus tra c ts l hrougho ut th e ily o f
En glewood to fulfil l the NSP1 contract w ith the Col rado D epartm ent of Local A ffairs .
City o unci l approved Ordinance 15, Se ri es of 20 IO au tho riz ing th e sale o f 2 198 W . Adria tic Pl,
2335 W. Balt ic Pl , 1010 W . Balt ic Pl, 48 19 S. D elaware St, and 468 1 S Deca tu r St #226 funde d
thro ugh th e SP 1 gra nt
11y , 0 11nc 1I app roved OrdmamC' 1i, Sc ne~ 01 211 10 .iuthor1L111g .111 r11111;!11tl 111 t'11 l to 111 ~ NSrl
co nlr.i ct bu dge ! to purchase up to three addi tional unid e1111fi1....1 single.fa mily V.JCJ nl foredosC>d
pro pcr1Ies lrira tecl in the (•hgibl e census l r,1cts thro11gh ou I the City of I ngl wood to fulfi ll thl' NSP I
co ntrnc.:.t with th • C loracl o Dep,1rtmen t of I oc,1 1 Aft.iirs .
RECO MM EN D ED A CTI ON
Staff reco mm ends !hat Council approve a bill fo r an ord ina nce au thor iLi ng th t.• !)J le of six sin glp
family res id ences loca ted at 2215 W es t W es ley Aven ue, J39S West Gr,rnd Avenue, 4 74 4 So uth
Ga lapago Street, 3 102 W est Racltlilf Drive, 2 1 sq Wes t Vassar Avenue and J I I S Sou th Acoma
Str el.
BA CKG ROUND, A NALY SI S, AN D ALT ERNAT I VES IDENTIF I ED
In 2008, th Fe d eral go1 rnm ent passe d th e Housin g and Economi c Recovery A ct (H ERA). H ERA
apprnpriJted S,_Q2 billi o n nati o nall y for th e Ne ighborh ood Stab ilizat io n Pr ogram (NSPI ) to supp o rt
th e .i cquis iti on, rehabilit ati on, or de moli tion of foreclose d and aba ndo ned pr opert ies. The
Co lora do epartment oi Loe JI Affairs thr ough 1he Di vision of Housing rece ived a total $3 7. 9
mi lli on in , SP 1 fu nds.
In Ma rch , th e Com munity D evelopm ent D epartm ent subm illed an ap p licat i on to the Sta It as
autho ri zed for N SP I fu ndin g fo r Pro jec t Rebui ld. Projec t Rebui ld was aw ar d ed $1,253,3 7 .00 by
the Stal e Housing Boa rd in i •1ly to purc hase, rehabil itate, and se ll fo recl ose d sin gle-fa m ily prop erties
in eli gibl e census trac ts locatec" thro ugho ut the C ity of Englew ood. In Sep tember, Coun cil
app rove d ent er in g into.:::~ :?s r~e menl with lh c Sta ie for NSPl fund ing.
The N SP 1 cont ra cl requi .. es the purchase, rehabili tr1 tion, and res ale of a nw.x imum thirt ee n
ho meownership urn ts. Cur rentl y six homes loc,1ted al 22 15 Wes t W es ley Ave nue, 3 395 W es t
Gra nd A ven ue, 4 744 So uth Ga lapago Str ee t, 2159 W es t Va ssar Avo nu and 3 1 15 So uth A coma
Stree t ha ve bee n pu rchase d and ar e in va ri ous ~tr1 ges of bein g re habb ed. All si x pr operties will
soo n b e av ail abl e to se ll to eli gibl e owner/occupierl buye rs.
'.·ec tio n 72 of th e Home Rule Ch ari er re qu ites Iha I real p rop ert y may b e so l d, bu t o n ly by ordinance,
not usin g th e em erge ncy provisio n. rad, prop ert y ac quired for Pro jec t R b uil d w ill b e bro ught b fore
Co un ci l as soon as possi ble to rec1::1ve ap rovJI 10 se ll e.i ch pro perly to eliA ib l • bu ye rs. Th is will
,nil xi mi zc th e m;irk etin Pi c-ffort s. Thi ~ rrocess \\ ill expe dit e th e sub se ql 1(•111 ~ale and cl os ing of th e
I ,1 o p erty.
If an off er to pu re, -:. any of th ese homes is rcr eiv<:'d fro lll ,,ny it y cn1plo}1ec1 their fa mil ~,
memb ers, or :my bus int•!JS in whi ch a Ci ty t•mployel' 11 ,,s a fi n,1nd;11 interes t, such offer will be
sub mi tt ed to the 1"11 gle\\oud City a unt.ii for .1pp 1ov,1I.
FINANCIAL IMP ACT
histin g Co mmu nity Deve lopm ent staff ha~ thP rl .. qui rcd e,pert1se to se ll the pro perti es to eligi blr
hu,·p ,.., 1\II ... 11 ll111 g PX \ .. ll~t'S will he cnvf:'red ll\ fund, prm ,d Pd hy the Nt;PJ gr.m t. Al thi s tm w , ,,11
prou .. ecl, from tlw s.::11:' nf t:',lC h propt'rl } \\ 111 lw rc1mb urH•d lo ti ll' ~l,llt• 01 ( olrn,u lo ,1.., p1 ug1,1111
1111 ,Hue .:i.~ H•qw11 •d h) tlw l01llr,It t un til ,111 ho t1\l'', ,lit' ..,old or tlw pmgr,1111 t•,pirP~ M,rn.h 10, ~01 (
U ST O · A rrACHM ENT S
Bi ll for 111 Ord 1n,111tt·
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