Agenda 12/14/1999 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

L PROGRAM GOAL The provision of safe, sanitary and affordable housing in a suitable neighborhood living environment for the citizens of the Southside Neighborhood is the stated goal of the Martinsville City Council and the Housing Rehabilitation Advisory Board. The housing rehabilitation program will provide financial and technical assistance to those qualified residents who are not financially able to resolve their own housing deficiencies to repair and maintain homes to insure lasting benefits for 10 to 15 years. II. PROGRAM GUIDELINES The Southside Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program will operate in accordance with written guidelines which have been established as local policies and procedures for the implementation of the housing rehabilitation effort and adopted by City Council and the Housing Rehabilitation Advisory Board. Every family and individual will be treated with fairness and consistency. The adopted program standards will apply equally to each program applicant. !1I. HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM STAFF The Southside Neighborhood Housing Rehabilitation Program will be implemented by the following positions: Project Manager - the COmmunity Development Coordinator has been designated as the CDBG Project Manager and will be responsible for the overall implementation and management of the program. All positions involved in the project will report directly to the Project Manager. Housing Rehabilitation Coordinator - The City will use existing staff in the Housing Services Office as the Housing Rehabilitation Coordinator overseeing all day-to-day program activities including program outreach, receiving and verifying applications for housing rehabilitation assistance, reporting to the Housing Rehabilitation Program Board, scheduling the Housing Rehabilitation Specialist for inspections and reviewing inspection reports, reviewing work write-ups, cost estimates and bid packages, overseeing the bidding and loan closings. This individual will monitor the construction activity and process contractor payments. This position will coordinate education and training of beneficiaries in order to assure proper use and maintenance of newly installed equipment and facilities. Housing Rehabilitation Specialist - the Housing Rehabilitation Specialist will be responsible for the quality and cost control of construction. Specific duties include initial property inspection, completing blower door testing, work write-ups, cost estimates, preparation of Master Specifications, job specifications, bid packages (both rehabilitation and substantial reconstruction), pre-qualification of contractors, pre-bid and pre-