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SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT
Agreement Number 0�-143
This Sponsored R�sOarch Agreement (the "Agreement") is made betwee� The
University of Texas at Arlington, 701 Nedder�an, Box 19145, Arlingtnn, Texas 76019-41�45
("Universily"}, a State Institutian o�Higher Educatio� established under the laws of the State of
Texas as a component institution of The University of Texas System ("Sy�tem"), and the City of
Fort Worth, 1000 Throckmorton, Fort VVarth, Texas 76102, a home rule municipal corporation
organized under the laws of the State ofTexas ("�pansor").
RECITALS
Univarsxty and Spansar represent that the foIlowing statemants are true and correct and
form thc basis upon which each has �ntered into this Agreement:
A. Spo�tsar }�as entered into an agreement with the Fort Worth Housing Authority and th�
Ripley Arnold Residents' Association (�he "Residents Agreement"), Contract Number 27249,
attached hereto as Exhibit "C", under which Sponsor has cornmitted ta cao:rdinate a%ve�year
study under tk�e aversight af Universiiy in order to (i) assess the aconomic, social and
psyc�ological effects on the xesidents af the Ripley Arnold Apartments ("Ripley Arnold"), a
public hausing complex, of relacation from Ripley Arnold to decentralized, mixed income
housing in the City of Fort Worth and (ii) evaluate the degree to which the residents Qf Ripley
Arnold use support ser�ices and ihe effectiveness of those services in meeting the needs of the
Ripley Arnold residents {the "Research Program"), as mare specifically set farth in Exh'rbit
`�A", attached hereto and hereby made a part of this Agreement for a.11 purposes. The Residents
Agreement is rncorpoz'ated h.erein by reference for alI purposes.
B. Ut�ive:rsity is willit�g to undertake the Researc�i Pragram in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
C. Under the Residen�s Agreement, �ponsor's obligation to secure funding far the Research
Pxagram is capped at $61,215, Both Sponsar and University anticipate that the tota.l cost £or the
�'ive-year Research Program will exceed $bI,215. Therefore, this Agreement is intended to
addres� only the first year's work on the Research Program. However, ,Sponsor will use its best
reasonablc: efforts to secure additional funding from Federal, state and local grants as well as third
party sources to pay for wark on �h� Research Program in subsequent years. ThereFore, it is
anticipated t�at this Agreement will be amended in phases to expaa�d the scope of work on the
Research Program by LTniversity as additional funds are secured.
NOW THEREFORE, i� cansideration af the mutual covenants a�nd promises herein
contained, the University and Sponsor agree as follows:
l.. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Agreement shall be eff�ctive as of February 17, 2002 (the "Effective Date"}
regardlass of date of executian and continue through February I6, 2003 unless amended in
writing and accepted by bo�h parties.
UTA/City of Fort Worth
Sponsored Research Agreement
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July 3, 2002
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�. RESEARCH PROGRAM.
�.1. University will use its own facilities and all reasonable efforts to conduct tb.e
Research Progra�n under the direction of Edith Barrett, PhD, and Paul Geisel, PhD, or
their individual ar collec�ive successors as mutualiy agreed to in writin.g hp the parties
(the "Principal Investigators"},
�.�. The Research Program shall be carried out in one-year phases. Th� portion of the
Research Program co�ered by tlus Agreement is descri�ed in Exhibit "B", attached
hereto and hereby made a part of this Agreement for all purpases, under the heading
"Yl" (the "First Year's Research"). Upon written noiificaiion by Spansor that
sufficieni additional funding has been seeured for a subsequent annual portion of the
Research Program, as described in E�ibit "B" under the headings "Y2", "Y3", "Y4" and
"Y5", �[Jniversity will execuie an amendment to thi� Agreement �r a separate agreement,
as may be requested by Sponsor, that addresses matters� specific to that portion of the
Research Program and that are noi covered in or axe different fram this Agreement.
2.3. Sponsor understands that Univez'sity's primary mission is edu�ation a.nd
advancement of knowledge and the Research Program tivill be designed to carry out that
mission. The manner af performance of the R�search Program shall be determined salely
by the Principal Investigators, pro•vi.ded that University wi11 meet witli Spansor at any
time during normal business haurs ia discuss and resolve concerns related to ihe
R�search Program that Sponsor may have and that University will not cause Sponsor to
be in breach of iis duties and obligations to the Ripley Arnold Residents' Association
under the Residents Agreement. University does not guarantee speciftc re�ults.
�.4. Sponsor undErstands that University may be involved in similar research through
other researchers on beha.lf of itself and others. University sha11 be free to confiinue such
research provided that ii i� conducted separately and by different investigatars from the
Research Program, and Sponsor shall not gain any rights via this Agreement ta otber
research.
3. COIVIPENSATrON.
3.1. As con.sideration far University's perfortnance, Sponsar will pay the University a
maximum of $61,215.00 for the First Year's Research in accordance with the ]ine items
provided under the heading "Y1" an Exhibit "B", subject ta Sec�ion 3.3 of this
Agreement. An 'vutial payment of $20,000.00 shall be made upan execution of �his
Agreement, and subsequent paynae�ats shall be made a.s each line item of work described
under t�ae heading "Y1" on Exhibit "B" is com�leted. Invoices ghall be submit�ed to the
contact £ar Sponsor specified in Sec�ion 10.3. Considera�ion for subsequent a,nnual
portions of t�ae Research Program shall noi exceed the respective amounts specified for
"Y2", "Y3", "Y4" a.nd "YS"on the line of Exhibit "B" identified as "Yearly To�a1".
3.�. Sponsor will make payments to The University of Texas at Arlington, referencing
the Principal Investigat�rs and Research Pragram title, to the following adc�z'ess:
ur�ci�y of Fort wo�rn
Sponsored Research Agreement
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July 3, 2002
Accounting and Business Servic�s
The University af Texas at Ariington
PO Box 19136
Arlington, TX 7b019-0136
Attn: Grant Accounting
3,3. The Principal Iuvestigators may transfer funds within the budget as needed
without Sponsor's approval so lang as the scape af work under the Research Program
remains unchanged. After termination in compliance with provisions of Section 9,
University will return to Sponsor all uncommitted and unexpend�d funds.
4. COlV1MUNICATTON AND REPORTS.
4.1. Spansor's designated representative for cornmunications with the Principal
Investigator regarding technical matters shall be Marisol Tr�vizo ar any other persan
Sponsor may desig�ate im writing to University and the Principa.I Tnvestigators
{"Desi�nated Representative").
4.�, The Principal Investiga�ors wil! make ane oral report and one written report
summarizing the work completed each year o� the Research Program. The Principal
Investigators shall also submit a comprehensive final report within one hundred twenfy
(120) days after termina�ion o� this Agreement. University's Accounting and Business
Services will submit a financial report of related Research Prograrn expenses within 50
days after termination.
�. PUBLICATION AlYD ACADEMIC RIGHTS.
5.L In accordance with the Residents Agreement, Sponsar sha11 have title and all
copyrigbts to tbe final work praduct under each phase at' the Research Pr�gram.
University acl�nowledges that the fi�al wark praduct under eaeh phase of ihe Research
Program shall be made available to, at a mi.ni.mum, the U.S. Department of Housing a.nd
Urba.n Development, ihe Fort Warth Hausing Authority and the Ri.plep Asnold Residents'
Associatian, Sponsor may also publish or make public the final work praduct under each
phase of the Research Pragram as it deems necessary ar convenient to earry out its
obligations under the Residents Agreeme�t subject to University's right to publish the
results of the study and �therwise use those results for educational purposes as set fort�i in
Sections 5.4 aad S.S.
�.2. In accardance with the Residents Agreement, Universitq shall designate all wark
relat�d to that portion of tfae Research Program inv�lving the assessment of the economic,
social and psychologicat cffects resulting from r�location of Ripley Arnold residents to
decentraIized, mixed incoma housiug in the City of Fart VVorth as the "Ran�ona Utti
Report" in honor af the efforts af Ripley Arnald resident Ramona Utti, who led the
Ripley Arnold residents' battle for fair hausing.
�.3. Tn accorda.nce witb the Residents Agreement, Univer�ity sha.11 designate a1I work
relat�d to that portion of the Research Program involving the evaluatio� of the degree to
which the r�sid�nts of Ripley Arnold use support services and the effectiveness of thase
services in meeting the nee�s of the Ripley ArnQld residents as the "Eulice Butler
UTA/Ciiy af Fort WQrth
Sponsored Research Agreement
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7uly 3, 2Q02
l�eport" in honor of Ripley Arnald resident Eulice Butler, wha was displa.ced fram her
home iwice due to developments in downtown Fort �Vorth
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�.4. Principal zn�estigators wil� have tk►e �.ght to publish ar atk�ezwise public�y
disclose i�formation gained iin the course of the Research Program. Sponsor shall have
thirty (30) days to revi�w the information priar to disclosure or publication.
Section 6.1.
�.�. Uni.versity invest�gaiors may discuss the Resea.rch Program with oiher
investigators for scientific or research purpases but shall not reveal information which is
Sponsor'� Confid�ntial Ynformation under Article 6 or which violates any copyright held
by Sponsar. Such informatian shail be clearly identified as confidential as indicated in
COI�FIDENTTAL TNF�RMAT�ON.
6.1. The parties may wisk� to disclose confidential information to each othez- in
conn�etion wiih work contemplated by this Agreement ("Confidential Information").
Each party will use reasonable efforts ta prevent the disclosure of the other party's
Confidential Informat�on ta third parties for a period of ttu'ee (3} yeaa's from receipt,
pravided that the recipient party's obligaiion sha�l not apply to in�fatznaizon that (i} is not
disclosed in writing or reduced to �vriting a.nd marked with an appropriate confidentiality
leg�nd within thirty (30} days after disclosure; (ii) is already in ihe recipient party's
passession at tha time of disclosure; (ui) is or later becomes part of the puhlic domain
ihrough no fault of the recipient pariy; (iv) is rcceived from a third party having no
abligations af confidentiality ta the disclasi�g party; (v) is independently developed by
ihe recipient party; (�i) is requued by law oz' regulatioz� to be disclosed; (vu} is z'equiz'ed
or necessary to be disclosed under fihe provisions of the Residents Agreernent.
6.2. In the event thai iz�fornaation is required to be disclosed pursuant to subsection
(vi}, the party required ta mak� disclosure shall notify the oiher to allow that party to
assert whatever �XCiL15I0i15 or exemptions may be available to it under 5l]C�1 �a.W or
regulation.
LIABILITY.
7.1. Each party sh�t be responsible for any liability, loss or damages caused by that
party's own n�g�igence and arising out of the activities to be carried ou� pursuant to the
obligations af this Agreement.
7.2. Both parties
tha Research Prog
promptly.
agree ihat upon receipt of a no�ice of cla.im or action arising out of
am, the party receiving such notice will notify the o�her party
S. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
For ihe purposes of this Agreement and a11 services to be provided hereunder, the parties
shall be, and shall be deemed to be, independen� cantractars a.nd not agents ar employees of the
other party. Neither p�rty shall hav� authority to make any statements, representations or
coznmitments of any kind, or io talce a.ny action which shal! be binding an the other party, except
as may be expressly provided for herein or authorized in wri�ing.
UTA/City of Fort Worth
Sponsored Research Ag�reezuent
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July 3, 2002
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TERMINATION.
9.1. This Agreement may be terminated by the written agreement of both partie�.
9.2. In the event that eit�er party shall be xn default of its material obligatians under
t�his Agreement and shall fail to remedy such default within sixty {60} days aftez receipt
of written noiice thereof, tlus Agreement s�a11 terminate upon expiration of the sixty {60)
day period.
9.3. In the �ven
Research Pragram,
notice to ITniversity.
that Sponsor fa.'r_is to receive funding sufficient to continue the
Spoa�sor may temainate tk�i� Agreement upan provisxon of writ�en
9.4. Termination or cancellation of this Agareement sha,ll not affect the rig�ts and
obligations of the parties acerued prior to termination. Upon termination, Sponsor shall
pay University for a.11 uncompensated work already unc�ertaken by University in
accordance with the line i�tem for such work as set forth in E�ibit "B", which amount
shall be prarated as necessary and all uncancelable obfiga�ions incurred (not to e�ceed the
costs specified by Iine item in Exhibit 'B" for the year of the Research Program in which
termination occurs).
9.�. Any pravisions of this Agreement which by their na�ure extend beyond
termination, including, but not limited to, Sections 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1, shall stuvive such
termination.
GENERAL.
10.1. This Agree.uaent may not be assigned by either party without the priar �vritten
consent of the oth�r party; provided, however, that University may assign its right to
receive payments hereunder.
10.2. This Agreement eonstitutes the entire and only agreement between the parties
relating to the Research Pragram, and all prioar negotaations, representatians, agreements
and understa,ndings a.re superseded hereby. No agreements altering or supplementing t�ae
terms hereaf may� be made except by means of a written document signed b� the duly
authorized represen�atives of the par�ies.
10.3. Any notice required bp this Agreement or regarding the da�-�a-day adminis�ration
and nperation af this Agreement sha11 be given by prepa.id, firsi class, certified mail,
return receipt requested, addressed as fo�Iows:
University:
Peggy Vroma,n-Gracy
Grant and Contract Services Manager
O�.ce of Researc�
Uni�ersity of Texas at Arlington
Box 19145
Arlington, TX 7b019-0145
Phone: 817-272-2105
Fax: 817-272-5808
Sponsor:
Joe Paniagua
Assista.nt City Manager
City of k'art Worth
100� Throckmorton
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: SI7-87I-6168
Fa�; 817-871-6134
L]TAICity of Fort Wartli
Sponsared Researeh Agreement
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or ai such other a�ldresses as may be given fram time to time in accordanne with the
ierms of this notice provision.
10.4. This Agreemeni shall be �overned by, canstrued, aud e�forced in accordance with
the laws of the State af Texas. Venue for any actiar� under this Agreement sha11 lie in
state courts in Tarrant County, Texas or the United States District Gourt for the Northem
District of Te�s, Fart Warth Division.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, th� parties have caused this Agreement to be executed in muliiples
by their du.Iy authorized re�resentatives:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Peter Vaky L/
Title: Assistant Ci�y Attarney
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON:
By: � ' Date: ! I.� / l� �
Ma 'anne R. Woods, Ph.D. r I
Title: Assistant Vice President far Research
UTAICity of Fort Worth
Sponsared Research Agreement
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Evaluation of the Riplcy Arnald Re�ocat�on P�o�i�
Principal Invest�gatox: Edi#h 3. Baxreit, Ph.D.
Box 19588, Schooi ofUrban and Public Affairs
The Universrty of Texas at Arlington
Ar�ington, TX '�6019
Tel: 817-272-3285, f�: S1'�-2'�2-SOQ$, email: ebarrett@uta.edu
Co Inve�hgator: Paul Geisel, Ph.D.
Box 19588, School of Urban and Public 14ffairs
'The Universifiy of Texas at Ariington
- Ar�ngton, TX 76019
Tel: 817-272-3325, fax: 817-272-5048, email: geisel a�3uta.edu
Period of Funding: February 2002-January 20d7
In October 2001, the F'ort Worth Housing Authority, the City of Fort Worth,• and tl�e
Ripley Arnold Residents' Association signed an agreement regazding the relocation ofresidents.
Paragraph 6 af the agreement states that "Tha city of Fort Worth will coorc�nate �th the Fort
Worth Housing Autl�arity ta canduct an independent study under the oversight of the University
o� Texas at Arlington, Urban Planning Department, or othe�r educational institution acceptable io
�he Assoc�ia.tion" In Tsne with the terims of'the Agreement, the evaluation will exaymane two
aspects of the re%ca#ion p�rogram. First, we wt71 assess the ecanamic, social, and psychological
effects o�re�ocatian on the residents over a frve-year gerind. These findings wiU. t� xeport�d
annually in T'he Ramo�a Uiti Report. Second, we wz�t evaluate the degree to which relacated
residents use support. services, and among those who do use the services, theu effectiveness m
meeting the needs of the relocated residents. Find'mgs cvncerning the use and effectiveness of
support services wiil � reported annually in The Eulice Butler Report. The purpose of this
propasal is to provide backgroun,d to the evalua#ion and to descri�e the study's methodalogy.
Exhibi� "A"
Ripiey Arnold Residents Rek�ation Proje�, p. 2
A. The Imp�ef� of ReMc�tion
Ove� the past several decades, socioiog�s have presented enough evidence of the
dangers of concentr�.ted poverty {see, for example, W�son; i 9$'� to motivate policy mak�s
toward advocating mixed-income housing aptions. The Gautreaux program in Chicago
(Rosenbaum, 1995, Rubinowitz, L. S., & Rosenbaum, J. E., 2000) and �he zaat�onal Moving to
Opportunity program m Baltimore, Boston, Chicaga, Los Angeles, and New York (Katz, Kling,
& Liebman, 200Q, Pettit, McLana�i�n, & Hamratty, 2�Op} tell us mu�h about the i�pacts of
moving tbe poor from public hausing developments into pr%vate, subsidized housing in mi��ed-
income neighbaarhoods. The e�eriences o�the residents of Glucago Hot�sing Authority's Lake
Parc Place ptovide some insights into the e�eriences o�'low-iricc�me residents living in a mixed-
income housing development (Rosenbaum, Stroh, 8� FIym�, 1998). From these studies, we can
get a sense af what the Ripley Arnold xesidents may ex�erience as they relocate first into
,subs�dized priva#e haitsing and then into newIy opened mixed-income developments.
The Gautreaux Progra.m, begun in 1981, and later the Maving to Qpportimity P:rogram
(MTO}, initiated in 1995 a�nd modeied after the Gautreaux Pragram, prov�ici�d iru�er-city p�ablic
housing residents the oppartunity ta mnve aut of the crty into snburban neighboxhoods.
Furthe�noxe, the primarily minority partic�pants in the pmgra�ns moved inta working-class and
mic3dle-class majority white neighborhoods, much like what is expected with fihe R.ipley Arnold
residenis.
Economic Imnaets
The assumptio�s of the palicy when public housing residents �.re relocated into m�ixed-
ancome neighh�rhoods i� that they or their elu�dxen will fmd role models for good work behavior
and w�l soon enter the workforce as w�ll. EarIy findings fram the Gautrea�x Program suggest
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: Ripley Arnold R�side�ts Relacation PrajBct, p. 3
tha# this �s a likely autao�. A much higher percentage o�the mothers who reioca#ed to subu�eban
Section S homes (i5%) were wurkimg as compazed to mathers who rernained 'm the city {41%).
Furthelmore, the suburban warking mothers w�e mnre l�ce�y than the urban working mot�egs to
receive at least some bez�efits with iheir job (Rubiriowitz & Rosenba�m, 2000). Althongh the
low-�ncome black mathers in the Gantrea� Pro�ect were less educated then their w�ite middle-
ciass neighboxs and had far fewer jah sJkills, after movuag to the suburb�, the gap U�tween the
whi#e middle-class and #he biack Iow-incame pairticipants diminished (Rosenbaum, 1994}.
YoUng adults alsa seem to henefit in terms of employment opportunities. Over �ne, the youth
who moved from umer-city housing developme�rts into suburban S�ction 8 hausiuxg we�e more
likeIy tban their cohorts who rernained in the city to graduate fram high schoal, ga ta college,
arfd be employed with higher�pay and l�tter h�nefi�s {Rubinvwitz & Rosenba�r�, 2000).
Socaal Imnacts
Residents ain urban housing develapments often �ive amic�st l�igh crime. Few fee� safe in
theix tuba� neighborhaod. In a. study of resideirts in the Lake Parc Place, a mixed-income
agartment eornplex owned by the �k�icaga Housing Autla�ority, Rosenbaum, at al. {1998} found
t�at former� public housing reside�ts felt sa�er im the mixed-income d�velop�nent than they had in
their previous aIl-subsidized housing developments. Furthermore, the non�subsidized renters in
Lak� Paza Place felt just as saf� as the subsidized renters. Not surprisingly, crime was
subsianti.a�13► Iawer in the mixed-incume complex than in regular publie housing developments.
Black families relocated into largety wlaite suburban neighbarhoad� in the Gau#reaw� Proj�ct
e�erienced some racial ha�rassment, but the majarity ofthe families still reported feeling safer in
their new suburban ne�ghbarhoad than they l�ad fel# in the city (Rubinowitz & Rosez►baum,
2000).
Ripley Arnol� Residents Re�o�atian Projeet, p. 4
Residents in densely gapulated subsidized housing develapme�rts often build close
connec#ions wxth one another and come to depend upon each otheP foY sncial support. 4ne rnight
wonder whether residents x�elocated i�to less densely populated mixed income areas would be
able to d�velop the same �trong netwarks. The black families m the �.utreaux ProJect faced
d'�'icult�es in their eazly mo�ths in the primarily white sub�rb�a. Families reported e�eriencing
racial harassment and violence, including white parents refusin� to allow the black children inta
thair hnmes or even to play with their cbildren. �ver time, the b�arassment and discrimina#ian
declin.ed and the relocated black famities wexe able to buiid friendships wxth theu suburba.n
neighbars. Eventually, suburban Section 8 residents had just as many bIack friends and more
white friends than urban Section 8 residents (Rosenbaurn, 1994). Pettit (20Dd, March) found
similar results in the first year eva�.uation of the Lvs Angeles Moving to Opportunity Program:
when low income residents mave inta safer, middle-class neighborhoods, they are able to
develop social connections. In the urban �ed-i�coine Lake Pa�c Place comp�ex, non
subsidized renters were just as likely to irrte�ract with subsidized renters, suggest�mg that the
residents did not distmgu�.sh themselves according #o theu frnancial sihtatiQn (Rosenbaum, Stroh,
& Flyr�, 1998).
W�ile the friendship netwarks, �rroviding social suppart do see�m to develop when former
housing development residents are relocated, the social le�ereage netrworks may not arise so
easity. Briggs (1998) found #hat p�ople who move from a high-d�sity neighl�vrhood to a lower
densi�ty neighborhood are able to cultivate new social support networks but they are less
successful. at conuecting with people who will help them get ahead.
Moving fa�mlies into a liigh� quality neighi�orhoad has tradeoffs for the childten. On the
one hand, �he family wiil feel safer and the ch�dren will l�ce�y a�tend schools of a higher qua.lity.
R�gley Arngld Re.sidents R�Ic�atioa ProjeCt, p. 5
On the other hand, moving means that previaus ch�idhood socia�. conneetians will b� bro�en
(Colemar�,19$8). It is not un�kely that the disrup�ion of mo�ing durmg ch�dhood can lead to
lower academue performance, including failir�g a grade (Wood et a1., 1993) and ciropping out of
school (Coleman, 198$). Howevex, t�at the �uburban children in ihe Gaut�reaux Project
eventualty h�ci higher bigh school graduation rates, higher college attendanee ra�es, and �igher
employment rates th�w urba� children in the Gautreaux Fra�ect, suggestions that the negative
ixnpacts of mobility ma.y � only shox�t term (Rut�inow�tz & Rasenbaum, 2040}. .
Psvcholo�ical Imvaets
Movm� is an emotionally trying experience, even under the best of cireumstances.
FartunatEiy, at least as prei�nunaty studies fro�m the Bastc�n Movi�g ta Opportu�ty Pxogram
suggest, it does no# seem to have deleteriaus affects on the cluldren. Katz, �ling, c� Liebman
(2Q01) re�ort a reduction in be�avioral problems amang children who moved out of the inner-
city with Section 8 vouchers as compazed with those who did nat mvve.
��'lY ����� ��� ���'eauar Project abserved that though chi�dren re�ocatea from the
umer�city to suburban neighbarhoads were m�re Iilcely to attend what theu mothers' felt were
sa�r schaols with higher standards and srnaller class s�zes, the relocated chiidren were much
more I�ely t� be placed ui special education classes than their cohorts who remained in the city:
l 9°/fl for suburban childr�n as compared to 7% fo� city childzen (Rubinowitz & Rnsenbaum,
2000). Some s�burban pare�rts warried that their children were victim�s o� discriminativn by
teach�ers, but Rubinowitz and Rosenbaum contend that the disparity was likely due to the
children's inadequate eazly education. In the lang run, the suburban children s�emed to f�irr b�tter
educationally #.�an. theic urban cohorts.
Riple.y Arnold Residen#s Relo�atidn Projac� p. 6
Despite the positaive findings from the Ga.utrea� Projeck, only about �0 p�tcent ofthe
eligible iamilies took advantage of the apportunuity to take their Sectxon 8 voucher ta the suburbs
(Rubino,witz & Rosenbaum, 2000). Those who pay:�ticipated chose to do so and were mo�ivated to
make the 13est out of their new loc�tian, thus the rest�ts fram the Gautrea�ix Praject catinot be
generali�ed to all public housing familie�. In an assessment o£ some of the pooxest Chicago
Housing Autl�ority residents forced to relocate dwring the Homer Revitalization Init�ia.tive,
Popkin, et al. {2000} found numeroUs prablems. Persona� problems kept residents fram
integratu�g into their new neighborhoods, and their teenagers brougl�t their gang problems with
them. Popkin, et al. (2000) conclude: `°Taken tngethe�r, the level of distress among nzany
irmerOcity public housing tenants and the evi�dencs from existi�ag research suggests that
deconce�tration achieved through mixed-income and dispersal strategies rnay create serious risk�
£or ma�y vulnerable �am�ies while offering benefits anly �ar the least troubled households" {p.
933). �ince all Ripley Arnvld residents will be required to move, the Fort Worth case promises to
be comple�, and will no doubt affer important iz��orn�ation on how best to service the needs of all
public hausing residents.
B. 'I'he Use and Ef#ectiveness a� Sapport Seiwices
Very little attentian has been paid in tl�e research Iiterature ta #he use of support services
by relocated residents. Ras�nbaum (1994) meutions the complica#e� process of finding housin�
and moving residents imto the housing, but aJso s�resses that once placed in their Sectivn 8
housmg, residents had little eontact with puhlic housing casewarkers. The families that
participated ia the Crautreaux Project were not among the poorest in the Chicag�o Housing
Authority's roster, and in fact, �any had never li�ed in public housing developments. Because
Ripley Arnold Residents Rslo�atio� Projact, p. i
their needs wez°e no doubt fewe�t or less severe than ather public hot�ing residents, it was
possibie faY many of them to iniegrate inta thei� new cornmunrties without assistance. Many af
the Ripley Arnold xesider�ts are elderly or disabled, and the�r needs are great. An analysis af the
use and effectiveness of disp�rseci services will b� au important component of the evaluation of
the success of the relocatian pragram.
C. Projec# Design and Description
Participation in the Ripley Arnold Re�ocation Program i� voluntary only ta the e�en# that
residents chose ta take advaniage of the services offered through the �rogeam. Residents can
chose to leave wi#hout participating in the prvg�ram, and those who do sa, will not b� incl�ded in
the study. On the ather hand, selection into the program is not random; only ciurent residents af
Ripley Arnold are eligible. Because we canno� randomly assign people to participate ar not
participate (all residents must mo�e from the development), in arder to gauge the success af the
Ripley Arnold resident after the relocatio� we must rely an the residents to act as their own
euntrols. We w�71 have five-year data on the residents, including th� first year pre-relaca�ian, and
will l� able ta trace the trends aver the course afthe study. We will ga�her information onthe
hauseholds every year, and supplementing tbat with the detailed infom�tion from the focus
groups and in-pe�'son interviews, we should b� able to make conclu�ions an the impacts of the
relocation progxam by looldng at tlie trends. This model o£ study is referred to as a repeated-
treatment design (Cook & Campbell, I979}.
Q1 X1 02 X2 �3 �3 �4 � �5
�1 X� �Z 03 �q QS
�vher�e: O� refers to the observations, and
XT to participarian in support services.
Ripley Arnold Itesidents Itelaration Project, p. S
Fo� each household, Xiwill be clifferent. Some resxdeirts vv�71 take advantage of more support
ser�vices thaaa► others, and thu�, we will b� able io compare the outcomes across residcnts. Same.
residents may chose not tp participate :m any of the suppox� sezvices except for the original
relocation services (�ey are represented by tbe secand row af Os on the diagram abave). They
will act as quasi-controls for the other particip�.nts. Of cou�, for the basic purposes offihe study
{that is, to understand what happens to relocate,d residents and whether they use se�rvi.ces), the
trend data alone, wrthout any quasi-control comparisQn is adequate.
Survev ofHauseholds
Every yeaz, we will survey heads of households �or information concerning the�r living
axra�igements, economic well-being, family compo�ition, and a number o�other relevant
var�ab�es. Table 1 provides a�ist of the issues to be covered an the survey. The survey vvill l�
dElive2ed to each household (either in person or thraugh the mail}, and each household will be
asked to camplete the questionnair� on their awn. We will pick up completed questio�aires, �f
possib�e, or ask that they be retumed via the postal sexvice, if distance is an issue. We �pect that
residents will b� less willing �o comp�ete the questionnaire in each passing ye�, and we will
make every effort to obtain the information (e.g., telephone calls, hame visifis). Residents iri the
qua�i-conh�ol group wx'll 1� asked to complete a similae questionnaire. B�cause the non-Itipley
Ar�nold residenis are no# part of the relocation prograzn, �o ma�mize their compliance, we will
pay $10 to each household tha.� comple�e� the instru��t. The questionnaire will be ava�able in
b�nth English and �pauish and will b� wiritten at a sixth grade reaciing 1eve�. We will stress to all
households in the study that the information they provide us wi� rernain confidential, and wilI
RipYey Arnvld Residents Reloca#ion Project, p. 9
not U� pzovided to FWHA in any way that would allow #he househalds to b� individually
identified.
Table I
Variables cove�red on the Annual Survey of Househalds
Hou�ehodd composition
� Number af aduits and chilclren, a�es, and speGial needs/disabilities
� Relationships o£household members
Ecoraomic wel'd-being
� Education and EmplQyment history (first year onlY)
� Employment during the pastt year (Where? Earning? Benefits? How mar�y hours'?)
� Education or job trairvng dw�g the past year
� History of benefrts use
� Current benefits receiving (e.g., TA1VF', SSI, SS, Unemployment Insurance, etc.)
� Attitudes taward work and expectativns from emplaymen�
Social/Emotional wedd-befng of adults
� So�cial cahesianitru�t of neigh�rs
� N�mber of interactions with neighi�rs, posiiive ox negative interactions
� Numbsr of friends in neighborhoad, race/ethnicity of friends
� Helpfiilness of neigt�b�rs
� Feelutgs aisa%ty or fear of crime
SociaUEmofional well-being of children
r Grades aaad performanee an school history (first year oniy) for each cbild
� Grades and performanee in school. d�ng the past year for each child
� Daycare or after�school c�e use, cost, avaiIability
• Histary aiEmotianall6�haviv�e �roblems (frst yeaz only)
� Emotioz3aa]fbehavior p�oblems in past year
� Nu�mbeP of friends currently, race/e�hnicity vi friends
�Ise of services
* Services used 'm the past year
� Froblems accessing ser�ices o� getting needs met
Repley �lrnald Resid�nts Relacat�an Proje� p. 14
Inte�vaews with Kev Househotd Info�mants
In the first, third, and fifth year of the study, we will conduct in-depth �nterviews with a
key household informant (1�ceIy the head o£hou�ehold�. This in g�rson mterview will allow us
the oppartunity to delve deeper imto the e�cperiences of each hausehold during tha past ye�r ar
twa. The interviiews will �eek to expand upon the issues listed in Table 1. While the
questionnaire w�l pravide a broad ove�iew ofthe residents' lives, the in-depth interviews wi11
al�ow each resid�nt to e�lain his ar her e�.periences, fiustratinns, joys, worries, and comp4aants.
Focus Grouns
Each yea.� we w71 conduct three focus gxoups. �ne group will b� composed 4f the elderly
'' and dis�bled, one of female-l�ea.ded households ,c7vith children under l. S, and ane with adolescents
I4�17 years of�age (non-heads ofhauseholds). The members ofthe focus groups may eb�ang�
year ta-�ear, although the cl�aracieristic o� each group will not (i.e., every year we will have
elderly/disabled, female heads of hausehold, and adalescents}. The purpose of each focus group
is to provide �n oppvrtunity for relacat�d residents to express their though�s, concerns, and
impre�sxons of theim experiences in the new lacation, and #o talk with each ather about those
issues. We ha.ve c�osen these tk�re� groups b�cause af their unique needs. The elderly and
�b�ed have a prablem o�physical mability. They requix°e easy access into their homes, they
nesd �o live in close pro�imity �o services (e.g., shoPping, health caze, public transportation), but
many a� depend to a greateY extent on their neighbars for assistance. Female�headed
househvlds especially need empioyment o�portu,nities, childcare, and access to public
transportation. Adoleseents need schoo�s in which they fee� welcoms, social n�works, and aduit
xale models to guide them. C�ildren are in the %x�mative �age of their deve3opment, and hausing
moves may have the greate�t impacts on them
RiQley Arnol� Residents Relacation Praject, F. 1 I
Focus groups �9 usually consistin� af five to fifteen subjects �� ha�e a number of
advantages aver more trasiitional one-on ane intervievvS. Fram the standpomt of efficiency, such
groups allow far the collectian and e�ploration af a�argeY variery of individual apinions in a
sharter amount of time than wauld � possible in a series of individual interviews. Irrteraction,
howe�er, is the more it�p�rtant advantage of focus groups. In the course af a one-on-one
interview, the subject is 1�cely to feel dixected o� co�fined by the interv�iewer's questions; in a
focus group, where subjects are encouraged to respond ta each other's comments, the subjects are
less likely #o tailor the�r respanses to what they l�lieve a researeher wishes tc� hear (Sellenge�r, et
al,, 1976). Interaction aIso he1p� to elicit respvnses fram rnare reticent subjects; as less inhibited
peers offer comments, shyer participates axe dra.wn out by example (Merton, Fiske, &�endall,
199U). The in�eraction l�tween subjects aiso acts as a tooi foz understanding the attrtudes of
it�terviewees. Discussion leads to wbat Proctor (1991) cails a"piggybacking" of ideas;
participazit� bui�d on each ot�er's sta#ements, and in doing so, lead the discussion to higher �evels
of sophistication.
W� vvill begin eaeh focus graup by as�king the participants to tell us almut their
e�cperiences over the past year —:.�.�,;,,;;,u�es wi�h housing, work, school, friends, or whatever
eIse comes up. Fram there, we w�l us the discussion to b�ter understand how their living
arxangements are a.ffecting their lives.
Each session will last approximately two haurs, time enaugh ta build a good discussion
wrthout wearing aut the participants. P� ticipants w�71 l� paid a stipend af $20 �ox their time, and
a snack w�l b� provided durin�g tUe meetinEg. Alihough p�t:icipatmg in a facus graup is e�joyable
for mos� people, the presence of food and a financial incentiv� have h�en shown to encourage
more active parkicipation {Stewart and Sham�dasan�, 1990).
I�ip�ey Arnoid Residents Relo�a.tion Projec� p. 12
D. Data Analysis and P�esentation of Results�
Usmg � appropria#e, s�.tistical analyses (e.g., t-test, Chi Squa7re, regressian), we will
sxamine the �rvey results from the Riple� Arnold resident�. We w�i compare those who used
suppart servi�es against those who used fewe;r services or no services. We will compare the
outcomes of households with diffeYent �am�ily cnmpositions (e.g., female-headed hvusehc�lds,
elderly, disabled) to determine wbo had greater or less success wi�h the relocation, and possibly
why some v�ere more successfiil than others. Because we will have information fram the
households befare they relocated as well as after their lnove, we will b� able to examine changes
over time.
Each focus group session and each in person interview w�[ b�'audio taped (participants
will b� assureci that the tape will r�main completely canfident�al). Th� conten� of the tapes will
be professzonally transcril�d, and tlaat inforn�tion wil1 become ou�r data for analysis. In the
cantent analysis, we will look for common themes in the discussions such as life satisfac�ivn,
work attit�des, and comfoxt in fihe new location (�rippendQrf 1984; Mi1es and Huberman 1984).
The resul#s from the surveys, the �rter�riews, and tbe focus groups r�levant to tha
econom�c, social, or e�notio�al lives of �he residents will be reported each year in the Ramona
U�ti Reporr. This report wilI mclude infvrma�io�a on the households' e��ctations from the
relocatioa and their experiences after xhe reIocation, especially with respecf tv employment and
,�ob training, �eelings of comfort and safety in t1��eir place of residents, and children's educatianal
and emotional �well-being. Results dealing wi�h the use af support s�rvice will b� reporred each
y�ar in the Eulice Butler Repart. Th�s report will des�ri� t,h� serv�ces r�sidents u�e, the se�v�ices
Ripley Arnv�d Reside�s Relacation P�oject, p, I3
they say #hey wauid � were they availabi�, �nd the ease Qr d�culty �esidez�ts-�rt with
ac�essing services.
E. �er�annel
Edith J. Barrett is Associate Professar of Public Policy and Url�an Affairs, The Univ�rsity of
Texas at Ar�ington (UTA). Professvr Bazrett lras a Ph.D. in Psychology with a sg�c�ialty m
Me�hodolo�y and Evaluatiaz� Research from IiTo�thwestern University. She has �en awazded
fellowships from the Bunting v�stitut+�, Radcliff� Callege, Harvard; the German Academic
Exchange (DAAD}; and t�e Institute �or Hea�th Pramotion and Disease Prever�ian Research at
the University o� Southern Caliiarnia. Before 3oin�g th� faculty at UTA in 1996, she ta.ught
polit�Cal science and publie policy at Bxown Uruversity in Providence, RI. She has helped design
and impl�ment a numbe� of evaluations, including an impact assessment af th� Hines Veteran's
Administration Hospital Sp� Cord Injury Unit (Hines, IL), an outcomes evaluatio� of a
schvol-based smokir� prevention pragram, a pracess evaJuation of a state-wide voIunteer
mentaring program (Rhode island Childxen's Crusade), and most recently, an assessment of
Hispanic participation in federally-funded hvusing pro�ram� in El Paso. She I�as been a member
of the research team �ppointed by the Te�s Stat� Baard of Educataon to evahiate Te�s state
charter schooIs since its inception in 1396. She has publish�d in the areas of social wel%re
Policy, adolescent political beha.vior, as well as iathe field aflegislative i�haviop. She teaches
courses in poIicy ana�ysis and evaluatian, statistics, urban poficy, and social welfare policy.
Faul Geisel is Professor a�Public Policy and Urban �airs, The Uni�versity of Te� at
ArIi�gton (UTA). Professar Ge�sei has a Ph.D. in Svcia�ogy from Vanderbilt U�aiverrsity. His
Ripley Arnald Residen#s Relocaticm ProjeGt, p. 14
previous e�erience in teaching and research inc�ude p�sitions as #he Director af Urban Studies
�.s SMU, Professor of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, and Professo� of Sociology
at Arizona �tate LTniversity. In �he �ate 196as, he had an assi�nment as Research Director for #he
Canadian Welfare Council, and in 1975, Dp. Geisel became tbe first Executive Director af the
Dallas Alliance. Dr. Gei�el has completed over 200 grants and studi�s coverbtrn�g topics o£race,
housuag, city mauagement, demographic trends, and socaal economics, He has writtEn over 1$0
articles, books, and monvgraphs. He currently serves on the executive b�ards of the Fort Worth
Transporta.tion Authority, Tarrant AIDS Znterfaith Council, and Libera�ion Commuxuty.
F. Timeliane (Februa� �002�February 200'7)
Year 1
Feb;ruary 2�02-July 2002 • Initial intarviews vvrth haads nf household.
� Cnmpletion o£first yeaz ho�asehold surveys b� heads of
househnld
August 20+02-�ctober 2042 � Cond�ct first set of focus group�
Nav�mber 20Q2-February 2403 � Prepaz�e first annual Rnmona Utti Report
� Pxepare first annual �udice Butler Report
Year 2
F�bruary 2003-July 2003
August 2003-October 2003
° Updat� addresses and phone num�rs of relocated �esidents
� Cc�mpletion of second year household surveys by heads of
household
� Conduct second set of focus groups
November 2043-February 2004 � Pre�are second annual Ramona Uh!i Report
� Prepare second annuai Eulice Butler Repart
Year 3
Febr�rary �OQ4-July 2D04
� Upda#e addresses and plaone n�xmb�rs af r�elocated residents
n Year 3 intervi�ws with heads af household:
� Completion of third year household surveys by heads o£
hnusehold
Ripley Arnc�ld Residents Relo�ation Fr�jeet, p. 15
�u� �ao4�aGto� aoo�
• Conduct t�ird set of focus groups
Novemh�r 200�t-February 2pp5 o Prepare third annual Ramonar Utti Report
� Prepare t1�rd aanu:al Eulice Butler� Report
Pear �
February 20Q5-July 2005 n Update ac�dresses and phone mtm�ers of r�located residems
■ Completion af fourth year househo�d surveys by heads of
hausehold
Augus� 2005�Octai�r 2005 •�nduct fo�h set of focus groups
November 24Q5-Fe�naary 200b e Pr�pare fourth a1mUa1 Ramona Utti Report
� Pxepare four�h anxival E�dice Butler Report
Y�ar S
February 200frJuly 2006
August 2006-�ctober 20Q6
� Update addresses and phon� nu�bers of relocat�d residents
9 Year 5 interviews with heads of household.
� Completion of fifth year household surveys by heads of
ho�sehold
� Conduct fifth set of fvcus groups
November 2006-February 2007 o Pre�a�e f�h annual Ramnna Utii Report
� Prepar�; fifth annual Eulice Butler Rep�rt
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H. Detail�ed De�scrip#io� of the �3ndget
Personnel
Dr, Barrett will take t11e lead on the project and will b� respvnsible for overseeing the c�uties of
the GRA. Dr. Geisel will provide addi�ion� assistance and expertise as needed. Drs. BarrEtt and
Geisel w�ll co-write the iwo yearly reparts (the Ramona Utti Repart and the .Eu1'ice Butler
Report). The GRA wa� b� resp�nsible for da#a. co�ection aud analysis, including the facus
groups during the first year and the yeaxly su�veys of resi�lexrts. S/be will alsa main#ain a
�database ofresidents' addtesses and phone nwr�be�rs.
Ripley A�naid Residerits Re�o�ation Projec� �, l S
Data Colleetivn �
Yearlv survevs. Begunning the fi�st y��, we will ask each res�dent f�y to comp�ete a
survey. Included on the quesii.armau�e will b� items asking about the family's living si�tua#ion,
finances, education and work experi�nces, and interactior�s with neighbors, as well as abuut their
hopes and �oa1s fop the caming ye�e. Residents w�l be paid $IO for'their time and effort.
In�Person Interviews. During the first, third, and fifth year ofthe project, we will conduct
in-depth peirsonal interviews with the heads of each hc�usehold. The purpose of the interviews is
to probe in greater depth than is pass�bie through a suxvey instrurnent informa#ion ab�ut the
family's well be�g, i#s financi�ax situation, livi�ng arrangements, as well as memb�rs' attrtudes
toward their life situataons.
Focu� �rauns. Each-y�ar, we w� cond�ct three facus groups in order tu leaxn the key
issues of concern tv the residents. Ox�e graup will be composed af �;1derly and disabled, one of
single rnatk��rs, and one af adQlescents and youth Participants will l� paid $20 for their tux�e. In
order to m� '��a?.� the co�pnfort of the participants, a member of the Ripley Arnold xesident
eomomunity will b� trained �a maderate the grvups {with the assistance of Dr. Barrett and the
GRA). S/�e will � paid $ I00 for Ea.ch focus group modera#ed.
Miscellaneous Suvnlies
Local T��ve�, 'X`he surveys will be hand delivered to �ach househoid, thi� wiil require #hat
the GRA travel throughout the arEa. On occasion, the researchers may ask to meet w�th �rme�
residents to discuss issues perta�ning to th� relocations.
Tat� recorders acad ta�es. Each �n-person in#erv�ew as well as each of the fvcus group
sessions wili t� recoxded on audi.a tape, These �ord'mgs vv� b� profession�ll.y transcnb�d.
Ripley Arnold Reside�#s Relocation Pra}ect, p. 19
I. �ita fo� Princfpai Investigato� (see ai#ached)
H. _ Budget (see aitached)
� i
�Total February 18, 2002-�ay 31, 2002 ($26,577)
Personnef
� Edith �arre�t, PhD (a}
� Paul G�isel, PhD (a)
P[�� �raduate Research Assistant {$'i20�lma * 4 mo)
B�nefits for G�tA (45%)
HH Intervievvs
264 Wd� a�7 $SO each _
�� transcriber
� 3 Foc�s Grou�s
� �arEicipants (�0 per group @ $201pp) (b}
� transcriber
� rent for spacE: .__
�Surveys _
260 � $'f Ol�ac� � _
s�rvey duplic.�i�on
�Aisc Supplies _ _
� local tra�el
� tape record�rs and tapes
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�dith �arreti, �h8] {a) 10000 10400 T08'E6 91249 1�699
�auf Geisel, Pf�D (a) SOQO 52DQ 5408 5824 5849
PhD Cra�uate �esearch Assistant ($1200/mo �` 12 mo) (a) 144Q0 14976 1�575 96198 �8846
� Beneiits far GFtA (45%) 6480 fi739 7008 7289 7581
F�F� irotervlews
� I2B0 �i�i �@ $30 each (b} 7800 7800 780p
i transcriber �OaO 5500 �oao
�3 Focus Groups
partici��nts (10 per grou� ��O/pp} (b} 6D0 750 S00 105Q 9200
� transctiber 300 30D 800 3p� 3D0
� rentforspace 3D0 392 324 337 351
S�rveys
280 � $1 �I�ach' . - . - -- - -- - —„- . 26D0 2fi0Q 26a0 2800 2B00
survey duplication � DO 100 1 DO 100 1 DO
Misc Supplies
local tr�el . . . . _ . .- . . 9 b0 1 �D 15� 1 �0 9 50
tape recorders and t�pes 5D0 1 �0 100 100 9 00
S�btotal 5323Q 41627 56582 4�4998 80575
;Overhead {15%) 7985 6244 8487 8750 8086
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Salance 81215 1�8086 174155 2259a8 295564
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DAT� R�FER�NCE NUMBER LQG NAME I'AGE
3/26102 ��� �02� I �2UTA I 1 of 2
SUBJ�CT AUTHORIZE EXECUTION OF SPONSORED RESEARCH AGREEMENT WITH THE
�'1+�,�iT� � T�.� �T ,�iEi���T�"� �:EGARDING RELOCATIQN �F ,
RESiDENTS OF THE RIPLEY ARNO�� APARTMENTS
REC�MMENDATION:
It is recammended that t�e Ci#y Cauncif ar�thorize tF�e City Manager to execu#e a 5pansared Research
Agreemeni in an amo�nt nat ta exceed $61,215 with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) under
rrvhich UTA will study the impact of th� relocafian of residents of the Ripley Arnold Apartments an� tt�e
effectiveness of fhe relacation process.
D15CUSSION:
On October 16, 2001 (M&C C-18789), ihe City Council authorized execution of an agreement (City
Secretary Contract No. 27249} with ihe For# Worth Housing Aut�ority (Housing Authority) and the
Ripley Arnald Residents' Association (Assaciation} regarding residen# reiacatian.
Under the agreem�nt, and as r��resented in th� Mayor and Council Comm�nication, the City is
required to coordinate with the Housing A�athority #o conduct a�ve-year study under the oversight of
UTA or anather educatiar� institutian acceptable to the Association to (i) ass�ss the e�anomic, social
and psychalogical effects on the residents of �#he Ripiey Arnold Apartments (Residents) of relocation
fram #he Ripley Arnold Apartments to decentralized, mixed income housing in th� City, and (ii) evaluate
the degree to which the Residents use suppnrt services and the effectiveness of t�ose services in
meeting the nee�Is of the Residents. The C�ty is obligated to coordinate funding for this study in an
��o�nt not ta �X�e�d �� oo,oaa.
Under the propase� ageeement with UTA, during calendar year zaa2, researchers from UTA wifl
conduct a writter� survey of all househofds affiected by #he relocatiar�, in,depth interviews with a key
member af each h�usehald, and group studias with fhr�e focus groups (elderlyldisabled, female head-
of-househoEd, and hauseholds wit� adolescents). The cost of tFte res�arch undertaken by UTA in
ca[endar year 2002 is nat expected ta exceed $61,215.
Additional a�reements will need to be exe�ute� with UTA in subsequent y�ars af the five year stud�es
to aut�ine the work and the costs involved far thase years. City staff is working to identify grants and
ather sources of funding to �ay for the continuing study in thase years.
�`ity of Fo�t Wo�th, T"exas
��yor �r�d Cour�ci! C�r�mu�i���i�r�
DA7� REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAG�
3126102 G�'� 902� 02UTA 2 of 2
51JBJ�CT AUTHOR[ZE EXECUTION F SPONSORED RESEARC AGREEMENT WITH THE i
UNIVER5ITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON REGAR�ING RELOCAT{ON OF
RESIDENTS OF THE RIPLEY ARNOLD APARTMENTS
FISCAL 1NFORMATI�NICEF�T{FICATION,:
The Fina�ce Directar certif�es thaf funds are available in the current op�rat�ng budget of the General
Fund and ihe Community Deve�apment Block Grant (CDBG) Fund. No funds were budgeted for this
purpose, however, fun�s from savings will be used for this expenditure.
$10,000 in CDBG funds wi11 be utilized fram FY2002-20�3 beginning ,]une 2, 2a02.
The remaining $21,215 will be subject to apprapriafion from the General Fund in FY�002-2003.
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Su6mitted %r City Manager's
Office 6y:
doe Paniagua
Orlginating Department Head:
Joe Paniagua
Additional Informatian Contact:
Marisol Treviza
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Th�s Agreement {"Agpeement") is hereby made ar�d entered inio by and between Ehe �ORi 1d�iO�t�'H
f��U�ING l�UikO�fTY („�V1dFi�4"); the �{'f'Y O� FORT �VdRY� {"�it�'); a�d tFie R1���Y ARh1d��
- R�Slf��tdf�' ASSOCIAT{(#I�-(`�Associatiarr") on behatf af-tk�e-resfc3enfs of Ripley Amo#d �lace and Ripley
Amold Additio�- (callect��eiy "Ftipley�Arnold"). In this Agresment,. the term `resident� or �residents" s#�all mean
' an individual registered an w�iti�g- in a lease far a public housing unit at Ri�ley A�naid in effect on the dafe that
this Agreement is executed by ihe Associatio�. ln thfs Agreement, the term `househo�d" shall mean a group of
residents registered in writing iR a lease for a pubfic hou�sing unit at R�p1ey Amald in effect on fhe date ti�at this
Agreement is executed by the Assaciat�on. -
Replacement unii provisians
- It is the intention of FWHA ta sell Ripley Arnald and, in accordance with th�s Agreer�ent, to pra�ide 266 �
permanent new pu6[i� hausing unifs fo� the resid+ents of Ripley Amold and oti�er persor�s in F�rt Wvrth wrh� �re
eltgible for public housing assistanr.�. FWHA hereby.agrees, at a mirifmum, to maintain its eurren# le�ei of
pubEic.housing inveniory throughout and after the Ripley Arnold resident relor,atian process. �
The vacatian of th� h�ousfng units at Ripl�y Arr�old will be done in phases. No unit will be vacated
unless ail af the conditions ur�der either 1.A.9-4 or 1.B.1-B and all afthe cQnditians ir� 1.G. are satisfied:
A. 1. There is a pem�anent repiacement puhlie hausing unit with at least t{�e same number of
bedrooms as in khe Ripley Arno�d unit to be vacaie� availabie for accupancy in a lacation tiiai complies
with all constit�tional equal pratect�on guarantees, statutory, and regulafory siar�dards for new sftes for
public housing units; �
2. The }�ermanent replacement un4t shall be made available to the clisplaced Ripley Amalci
household on the same terms (including �sase terms) and, subject to those I�ase terms, at the same
cost (iricluding utilities, application fees, security depsasits, and amvunt of the tenanis' par#ion of the
reni) that the household was paying for iis unit at Ripiey Amold, subject to fufure cha�ges in HUD's
rules and regulations for public housing �
3. i'he tenant selection criteria �n effect for the permanenk replacement u�it wfll nat exclude any
dispiaced Ripley Amofd resicient on ar�y grounds except for ti�e admission requirements in effect a#
Ripley Amoid in 2001; � .
4. The perrnanent replacement uni# shall he offered €�rst t� current residents of Ripley Amold
and, if nat accepted t�y any such tena�it, then ta at�ec E�WWA residents and persons on the �V1fHA
public-housing wai�ng list;
or
B. There is a temporary replacement unit far tts8 Ripsey�Amold unit ta be vacated available for
oacupancy in a location that com�lies with all txir►stitutionat equal p�oteatian' guaraniees, statutory, and
r�egulatory standards for new sites #or pubfi� hausing units. 7'he tempora�ry rep3acement unfts r��ay be
financed using any local, state or tederaf assistance, but m�st meet the following requiremer�ts:
1. The unit rrtay not be assisted by any form� oi SecUan 8 voucher ar cerG�icate
assistance thak was allocated to FINHA� the Ciiy, Tarrant Caunfy, ar any other recipient during
HU� Sscal years 2001 or t�efare or that'is al�ocated tp �'WHA ar other reci�ients ursder any #aEr.
share alloca�ia� process in the fukure. 3he purpose of tl3is requirement is to keep a�y prior
additions ta #he �WHA anr! tt�e area's low-income fiousing Enventary from beit�g diverted ta
use as temporary reptacement units. 7his would not prevent the use of tiie current•HUD
operating subsidy for the unit to �ay part of the costs of tt�e temporary reptacenient uni�.
Addi�anal sour+ces of tunding for the temporaty replacement units could incluc3e, without
limitation, ttie use of the interesk of other eamings from the Riplsy Arnold sale proceeds, City-
HOME �unds, Gity CDBG �unds, other eligible City grant fvnds or ather HUD grants not
prohibited abo�e;
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2. The temporary replacernent unit shall be made availabie to the displaced Ri�fey •
Amofd househntd nn the same terms (inclu�ng lease terms) and, subject tc> �those lease
tem�ss, at the same cost'�inciuding utilities, application fees, securiiy deposits, and amo�int of
the tenants' partian of the rent) that tF�e hausei�old was payir�g for its unit at Ripiey Amo1d;
3. If- a displaeed Ripley Arrmaid- househotd- chc�oses not .to occupy-:a f�mp�a .ry
replacement unit, that unit shall b� rnade avaiJable to househvlds on the F1NHA public .
hvusing waiting list anc� other �WHA public housing residents in� accordance �with �rules. and �.� -
regulations goveming the FWHA's public hou�ing pragram at ths pme of the offer; ��
4. The ter�ant s�lectian criteria ir� effect for khe ternporary replacement ur�it avitl not
exclude any displaced Ripley Arrtold resident Qn any gFounds e�c�ept for the admission
requirements in effeat at R9pley Amold in 2001;
5. The temporary replacement unit shati be affered first to curreM residents of Ripley
Amold arid, if not accepted by any such tenant, ther� to househalds art the FlNHA pubfic
housing wait�rig list or other FW HA pubiic housing resldents;
6. If a current tenant vacates ti�e temporary replacement ear�it, that unik shall be offered
to households on the FWHA public hnusing waiting list or other FWHA pubtfa housing
residertts, and rniill remain available ior occupancy until the permanertt replacement pt�blic
hous�ng unit for that demolished Riptey Amald ur►it is �available under pa�agraph A. above.
Once a permanent replacement public housing unit is actually a�ailable fo� a demolished
Ripley Amold unit and the' accupant af the temporary replacement unit is relocated,. the
funding for the temparary replacement e�nit may cease. . ' .
C. FWHA shall cantinue to meet its Annual Contributions Contract obligations to maintain and
operate each Ripley Amo1d unit as housing for, lower income farnilies until such t�rne as the
kemporary or psrma�ent repiacement unit is pravided and the tena�t of the Ripley Amold has
been relocated.
D. 'ihe housing units created pursuant to Sections �i.A and 'E,B of this ,4greemenk wi�i not be
ic�cated in areas of minority conce�tratiar� unless atherrnrise agreed to by the Associa�ion on a-
case-by-case basis. For purposes of this Agreement, °areas ofi mir�ority concentrabon' shall mean
#hose census hlack g�oups in the Ciiy whose papulation is rrtore than fifty percent (b0%j minority.
The City and FWHA represent that the �c�sition of netghborhood residents to a location
}aroposed for the permanent or temporary replacement ur�its because the housing will be occupied
by public housIng te�anks, owned and operated by FWMA or wiil cause a diminuaon of properiy
values is not a� apprapriate ground for any go�emmental entiiy to cooperate with or to give effect
to that appasitian. FWHA and the City are committed ba incr�asing opportunities for the
dsveiopment of public ho�sing in areas outside of. traditionaAy low incorne areas. 3hs Ciiy and
FWHA agree th�t no restriation on the number af or the pe�cent of the toia[ replacement u�its in ��
any council district will be appiied to the temporary or pemnanent replacemer�f ur�iEs. The City and '
FWHA agree that FWHA will not be required or encouraged to seek City a�proval before acquiring
sites and developing tempa�ary and permanent replaceme�t units. - �.
2. Relocat�on prvvisions
A. FWHA wilt comply with ail statutary and regulatary requirements as set farth in HU❑ Handboo�
1378, ienant Assistance, Relo�cation and Real �'rope�ty qcqu�tion. Far any moue rec;uired of a Ripley Amo1d
household by FWHA. the �WWA shall prnvide all moving expenses requ�red by statute arsd applica�le
regulatfon�. If a hausehold wishes to mave itself, for up to twa (2) moves (witi� the understanding that FVIfWA
shall not requtre a househ�ld io mvve more ti�an two (2} times as part nf the refocation processj the FWHA
shal! pay that hausehold the sum of:
{i} $460 i# the unit heing vacatad is a 1-bedroorn; ar
(2) $559 if the unit beir�g vacat�d is a 2-bedroom; or
(3) $590 if the u�it being �acated is a 3-bedroom; or
(4) $640 if the unit being vacated is a 4-bedroom.
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In addi�on, �I1VHA shat� pay any uiii�ty deposits, security deposi�.s, pi�one deposits, and applicatian fees Inc�rred by
tk�at household as a result of such move and, within thirty (30} catendar days following the rno�e, a moving assistance
payment o# $300. These services a�d '�ayments will be paid fo� each move the Ri�ley Amoid househoEd
malces, inciuding the move to the permanent relaca6on uni� 1� addi�on, FWHA shall provlde each Ripley Amold
househoid a one-time movtng assistarsce package. consisfing of:
(1) $840 in cash within thirty��30) ceiendar days follovuing the first.move, whether to temporary or
. .permanent replacement housing; and � � � ' �
- (2) a new coiripu#er, monitor and printer plvs one (1) year of Intemet access through an Entemet
service provider of FWHA's choasing, a�f at no cost to tite household; provided. hawever, that a household
shalt he eligible to receive this computer, monitor, printer and Intemet access servkce ortly 'si� within ninety
{90) calendar days faiiowing execution of thls Agreement by the Associatfon, at least one (1 } rasident in the
household (i} sticcesstuiiy campletes a tra�ning� course ir� basic camputer sk911s, wh�ch shali be offered 6y
FVti1HA to any residen! at no cost, or (ii) demonstrates tn FWFlA an existing profrciency in basic camputer
skills, in which case the training course shall nat be required. 7he computer. monitor ar�d printer si�all be
delivered to an eEigible household within sixty {60) caiendar days follawing complet'son of the training course.
FWHA shall not be respnnsible for providing new or additional telephone ilnes that a househoEd may�wts� to
ha�e #o Facilitate its Intemet access.
Qnce the household has movsd into the permanent relocation unit and FWHA has pro�ided all services and
payments required herein, no further movirg, expenses �r payments shall be due under this Agreement.
B. 1. 7enanks who are to be dispiaced as a resuft of the disposition must be affered op�ortunities to
re�ocate to ather comparab�elsuitable {see HUD Handbook 1378, Tenant Assistance, Relocation and Real
Properry Acquisition) decent, safe, sa�itary, and affordable holising (at rents no hig�er than permitted under
the Act,) which ls, to the maxim�rri extent pra�t�cable, ho�sir�g of their cha�ce, on a nondiscriminatory bas4s,
wit�out regard to race, color. religion {creed), national origin, handica�. age, €amifial stakus, ar sex, in
compliance with applicabie Federafi and Skake iaws.
2. Relocation resources. Relacation may be to otk�er publicly assisted housing or hausing assisted under
Sectior� 8 of the Act, including housing available for lease under the Section 8 Hausing Vauciier Proqram,
provid'ed the �VIIHA ensures that displaced tenants are prov�ded referrais to comparabie/suitable (see kiUD
Handbaok 1378, Tenant Assis�ance, Relocation and Real Property Acquisition) relocation dwelling units where
the famiiy's share of the rent ta owner following rel�catian wi}t not exceed the total tenant pa�me�t, as
calcuEated ir� accardanee with 24 CFR § 5.628. If the FINHA provides referrals to suitablelcomparable
rel4cation housing and a tenant with a renta! voucher eiects to lease a housi�g unit where the fami�y's share oi
rent to owr�er exceeds the amount calculated in accordance with § 5.628 of this title, the tenar�t will be
responsible far �he difference between the vnucher payment standarcf and the rent ta owner. Other FWHA
public housing units may be affered as a reloeation referral on�y if another relocation referral is also made
available to ti�e displaced tenants at the same time. .
3. The disptaced tenants shall be el�gible #or the %fiowing relaca�on ass4stance:
(a) Advance written na�ce of the expected displacement. The notice shall be provided as soon as feasii�le.
describe the assistance to be �rovided and the procedures for obtaining the assistance; and contai� the name,
address and phone number o€ an vfficial respansible for providing the assistance, � �
{b} Other advisory services, as appropriake, including caunsef�ng and referrals to suitabte (see HUD
Har�dbook 1378, Tenant Assistance, Relocation and R�al Property Acq�isztion}, decerst, safe, ar�d sanitary
replacement housing. Minority persons also sha11 be g�ven re€errals to suitable, decent, safe and sanitary
replacement dwetlings t�at are not focated in an area of mi�ority cancentration and, if necessary to give those
persons a free chaice, suitable decent, safe and sanitary rep�acement dwellings that are I�ated in an area of
minority concentration; �
{c) Payment for actua[ reasonable moving exper�ses �nd t�e other amounts set hy 2.A abo�e;
{d} The opportunity to relo�ate to a suitable (see HUD Handbovf� 1378, ienar�t Assistance, Relaeatlor� and .
Real Properly Acquisitian), decent, safe and sanitary dwelling �nit�at a rent that does not excesd that permitted
under secfion 3(a} of tf�e 1937 Act. Ali or a portion of tFie assistance may be pro�ided under sectian 8 af ihe
7937 Act; and � - ` �
(e} Such ottrer Federal, 5tate or local assistance as may be available. including the permar�ant a�r�
ternporary reptacement �nits pravided for in yj1 of this agreeme��.
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(� Appeals. A person who disagrees with the FVNHA's tietermination conceming whether the perston is a
resident being dispiaced as part �af the relacation process or the amount of ihe relocation assiskance for which
the persQn is eligible or whether the unit ai�ered meets the requ€rements � of #his section, rrr�y �S1e a written
agpeai of t�at determination with the FWHA. A person who is dissatisfied with the FWMA's determinatia� on his
or h�r appeal may submit a wriiten request for review vf #he FWHA's deterrninatior� to the City Gounci) or may .
. seek judicial enforcement of this Agreement. � - . - - - � � � . � �
3. ln arder far t�e reside�ts to be informed adequately as tb their rights and oppartuniEies, the �Wk��► or
the City of Fort WortH wili provide funding in accordance wikh this qj 3 iar tech�,ic:�l and tegal ass�tanr.e
{excluding litigation) from Texas Rural l.egal Aid until al1 cur�ent residents of R9pley Amold have be�n relacated
to a permanent felocaUon opportunity and u�iil all replacement pubtic housing units hava bee� made availabie
for occupancy in (ocatians that comply witti al! canstitutional equal pratection �guarar�tees. statutory, and
regulatory standards for new sites for pc�hiic housing anits. 'Fhe current legal representative, Miahael M.
Da�isl, P.C. and all of its emptoyees are not eligi�le far consideratior� far ar receipt of funcfing under this
provisinn. The technicalllegal assistar�ce pro�ider wiEl be free to f�ire or contract with Ripley Amold residents as
�ecessary to �rovide the assistance. From th� date as Qf which a11 three parties have executed this Agreement
until the cfate on whfch the first Ripley Ar�old resident is displaceci by FWF{A to efther temporary or permanent
replacemer�t housing (which shail be referred to as the "displacement date"), the amount of this funding shall nqt
exceed $50,OOa. Beginning en the displacement dake, and an each anniversary thereafter unti! alf Ripley Amnld
residents have been offered a perrnanent re�lacement housing oppartuniiy, this fundin9 shall be provided on an
ann�al basis and shall equal $300 multiplied by ihe sum of the number af perma�ent replacement units not yet
occ��ed at that tima pius the number of current Ripley Arnald residents that are not in perrr+anent housfng (whether
in a permanent relocation unit or a#her permanent housing of a residenk's choice}, up to. a maximurp of $tD0,Ua0
during any single twel�e-month period.
4. �nforceability
A. The FWHA shall submii this Agreement as an amer�dment ta its applicatfon for HUD. a�provaS af the
praposed dispositian of Ripley Amold arid request HUD approvaf of the applicaEian as amended by ihis Agreement.
� B. 7he terms and cor�ditions of this Agreement shaEl supe�sede any cantradicting or conflicting provisfons of
the Memorandum of Agreement with ttse 7exas State Wistoric Preservatian dfficer.
G. In khe event nf a breach of t�is Agreement by FWHA vr the Ciiy, FWHA and the City acknowledge thai (i}
the Associatian has not waived any existing legal rights by �frtus of its execution of this Agreement and (i€) the
Assaciation, individual Riplsy Arnold residents, and persons on 1he FWHA public ha�tsing waiting fist may brfng a
federaf court lewstsit seefcing to enforce the fiederal housing and civil rights laws and are �nt restricted to seeking
enforcement on the terms of th� Agresment. �The FWHA, the City of �art Wartt� a�d the Association agree that
�er�ue for such a tederai court lawsuit by the AssociatEon, indi�idual Ripley Arrtold residents, arid persons an
the �WHA pub#ic housing waiting list Es proper in the Fort Worth �#�ision of the Northem bistrict ofTexas or, ii
HUO is named as a pariy ta such lawsuit, �he District of Columbia District Court. 'i'he FWiiA and the City af Fort
Wvrth ackr�owledge that th'rs venue provisian is essenGal ta this Ag.reement and without it, this Agreement woWd
not t�e. entered into by the Assaciatlon. . �
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(1) P�aduce professianal behavivra! research that investigates the efFects vf displacing residents
trom centralized publia hausing, specifically approximately 265 Ripley Amafd hauset�olds, to
decentrafized, rr�ixad-income housing ir� �ort Worth. This study will .be langitudinal and sasf a minirnum
of iwe years and utilize as pilot groups �esidents residing in cenValized public housing in F�rt Worth.
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' 6. 7he City s�f Fort Wo�th will covrxiinate w3th the �ort Worth Housing Authority to conduct an
� independent stuc3�r under the o�ersigt�t af the University of Texas a# Arfington, Urban Planning Department, or
o#�er educational institution acceptable to t�e Assflciation. This study will serrre iwo purposes:
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The Fort Worth Wousing Authority will cooperate fully.wiih ti�e research(s) to assist #o �rack residents.
The findings wilf Y�e offered to the U.S. Department of Fiousing and Urban Developmer�t, the Fort Wnrth
Housing Authority, the City of �ort Worth, and �e Ripley Amold Residents Assaciat�or�. Copyright shall
be held by the pr�nc�pa! funding entily but publ�cation of ihe findings shal! nat 6e repressed. The Ciiy ot
Fort Worth wil� coardinate ar�d negotiate funding ior the rasearch in an art�otant not to exceed $100,000. ihis
research wiil be.designated ti�e Rarr�ona_Uitl Report in hon�r of the effarts of Ripley Amold Resident
Rarnona U�i who !ed the residents' ba�ie for fair h�ousing. �.� � �� �� � .
t2) Produce annual. reparts concemEng the effectiveness of supporE services, ta include e�ucation �
and training, job refer�al, day care, sociai services, health sareening and other seroices for residents
displaced frorn Ripley Ama1d Piace. This independe�t monitoring activity may include support services
at the pilot public hausing facilities, as appropriate. If the researchers discover a serious lack oi
suppo�t services at any point �hey should repart these to tF�e U.5. Department of Housing and LJri�an
Development, the Fort Worth Housing Authority, the Cily of Fort WortYi, and the Ripley Amald
Residents Assaciatian. The City of Fort Warth wiil caordinafie and negotiate funding fbr these reports
as part of, a�d not in addition to, the research outlined above. 7h�se reports will be designated The
Eullce Butler Reports in honor of Ripie� ,4rnold resident Eu�ice Butler who has been displaced twice
due to downtown developments. .
7. FWHA wiEl empfa� at least twa (2} case managers and other personne€ necessary to provide andlar
coordir�ate s�pport services for the benefit of Ripley Amold residents. The services shall iRcfUde, btit not be
Iimited to, the following: . -.
{1} Provisior+ of information regarding replacement hausing aptians;
(2) Relocafion assistance (monetary and counseiing);
(3) Assistance irt the development of a self-su#Ficiency pian for each hovsehald;
(4) Train�ng and err�pioyme�t opportunities, ineluding (i) an assessrnent to determine educat�onal
level, aptitude, skilis ievel, employment interest and marketability; (ii} referrals to emplayment training
programs for jobs that pay a wage retention rate estabiished by the Tarrant County Warkforce Gaveming
8oa�d; ar�d (iii) referrals ta employment oppo�#unities;
(5} Free ar �educed-cost childcare ser�ices; and
(6} Free iransportation to trafning sites a�d childcare centers.
The FWHA will coordinate with the Association and the Ripiey Amald Community Development Corporation
{"Corporatiod') in the delivery of all such services. `I'he Associatior� will fulfy comply with ai� applicable
requirements a� Title 24, Part 964 of the Code of Federal RegUiat�ons in all of Its aperatiflns. The Cfty and
FlIVHA wilf take no measures to undermine the IeadersFiip efForis af the As'sociation ar ing Corporation. In
casas where suppart services of any icind are to be contracted, the Corporatio� shall be afforded an opportunity
ta bid an sur.� ser�ices, ir� accordance witti HUD Section 3 requirements. In order ta coordinate such services,
FWHA wiil provide at leas# �one {1) computer and Intemei access at each mix�d incame camplex. The
Ass�ciation and the Corparation will have full access to these camputers.
8. Prior to purchas€ng any sites far the canstr�ctian af any �ermanent rep�acement k�ousi�g units,
FiNHA will conduct a market analysis regarding any s�ch site and will cor�sult with the Associatlon regarding
tiie location and desigr� o# ihe replacement houstng units. The proceeds fram the saie af the Ripley Amold '
property and other funds wili finance ihe canstructivn of the permanent replaceme�t pubzic housing units, �he
sale of 4°� and �% housing tax credkt bonds andlar tax-exempt bonds issued by FWHA and ot#ier funds w�l!
financa the non-�ublic housing-units. �
� 9. For �ive (5) years from the date of sxecution of this Agreer�nent, the Gity and �WHA•will coordinate
a gro�p of majar em�layers, husinesses, ch�rches, educaiionaI ir�siitutions, non-profit agencies ��nd ntlier
govemmental ent�fies to provide s�ppori to current Ripley Amold residents. This suppart group will be calied
re� s ors
Finai
the `�Ripley Amold R�esidents Reloca�on Suppart Group A�xamples of suppart that th�s graup will he abie� to
offBr are as foliows:
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(1) Major employers and businesses: (i) emplpyment; [i) �ob training; and (iii� interrEships;
(2) Universities-and ealleges: (i} educat�on; (ii} emp�oyrnent; and (�ii) jab. train#ng. . - . _ . _
(3} Churches: {i} coimseling and (ii) adopt-a-family programs. :_.
(4) Non-pro#it agencies and eertain govemmental enGiies: {i) job training; (ii) iransportation; (iii)
chiEd care; and (iv) case management.
This support group wili coordiRate with the Association and the Corparatiar� in the deli►�ery of these services.
1Q. A. lf requested by khe Assoeiation,lhe City will mediate any disputes between FWHA and the
Associa�on. The City Manager will monitor the replacement a�d relocation process and pro�ide Ci#y Council
members w'sth written monthly reports, whic� will be made avaflabie to ti�e Associakion.and its advisors.
B. The FINHA will maintairi the records and oiher�documen�s necessary to demonstrate compliance
with this agreernent. The recorcis and dacumenis shall ba a�ailable to the parties to ttiis agreement and to the
entii.y selected t� provide the lega� and technical �ssistance unc�er�j3 upon requ�st by the party or the entity.
11. By qo later tk�an 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday, Octaber 17, the Association will provide F1NHA
with a letier addressed to the Secretary nf ihe L1.S. DeparEment �f Housing an� Urba� De�elopment or other
individual as requested by FWHA, signed by the President of the Assaciation, that (i) v++ithdraws a�y previous
request to puTchase the Ripley Arnold property; (ii) states that the Association v�rai�es its right to a Section 4�[2
offe[ to purcf�ase the Ftipley Amald praperry; (iii} states khat tt�e Assaciation w�ll raject any subsequent offer to
purchase �he Ripley Amold praperty and (iv} siates thai the Assoeiation understands t�a# its decision is final
and irre�ocable only as ko the proposed dispositian that is the subject of the current FWHA dispasition
application and •only if the following canditions are satisfisd: �
A. The �1NHA submiks fhis Agreement as an amendment to its applEcaiian for HUD approval of the
proposed disposi�ion of Ripley Acnol�; and �
B. �'hat the decision is flnal and irre►+ocable only as ta the disposition documents that comply with tiiis
agreement
An exam�ie of tlts necessary language fo� such a letter is attached hereto as Exhibit "A".
. li� 1d1�liP��SS WH���O�� #he undersigned parties have execuied this Agreement in rnuitiples as of the �.
dates indicated beiaw:
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F��i }�9�D�t�H HOUSiPI� AIiTW�RI�Y:
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AP�ROVED AS 70 L�GALITY:
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Name: Peter Va � !0-/6-Ol
Tiile: Assistant City Attorney
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Ms. Barbara Holston, Executive Director - �-
Fort Worth Housing Authority � - �� � . � - . - . � . . -
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Fort Worth, TX 76101 � � - � _ . .. -
Dear Ms. Holston: �
The Ripley Arnold Residents Association acknowledges an offer from the Fort Worth Housing Authority to
ptuchase Ripley Arnold Plaee and Ripley Amold Addition (collectively "Ripley Ar�told'� vnder Section 1� of the
United States Hoasing Act of 1937'. .
After carefuf consideration, the resident body assemhled in a�neeting toaight, has voted to decline your o#%r. This �
decision is final and irrevacable as regards the current application to sell Ripley ArnoId by the Fort Worth Hat�sing
Autktority. � � � .
Enclosed you will piease find � copy of the sign-in sheet for the meeting and a copy of the meeting minutes as back-
up docurnentation.
Sincerely, �
Tamika Towmer
President, Ripley Amold Resident Assoeiatian
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