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Home My WebLink AboutIR 8264 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No.- s2f;4 .0—Or"'.. To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 8, 2000 Subject: REPORT ON CITY OF FORT WORTH PROGRAM FOR ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITIONS The following is provided pursuant to requests for information on the status of the City of Fort Worth's efforts to abate substandard structures. Information is provided for both residential and commercial structures for all of FY 1998/99 and October through June of the current fiscal year. Information is also provided on the status of substandard hangers at Meacham Airport and structures to be demolished in connection with the Alliance Airport Noise Mitigation Program. ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES BY CODE COMPLIANCE The numbers of demolitions during the current fiscal year are down from the previous year because of issues raised in an earlier Federal Appeals Court decision that required developing a procedure to acquire demolition warrants from Municipal Court. For that reason no demolitions were done by the City from October through December 1999. The procedure for acquiring demolition warrants has been developed and residential demolitions are proceeding without delays. C� The following tables provide information on numbers of substandard residential structures, expenditures, and funding for demolitions for last Fiscal year and the first half of the current fiscal year: FY 1999/00 SUBSTANDARD RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES FY 1998/99 YEAR-TO- DATE Residential Structures Presented to Building Standard Commission (BSC) 293 199 Residential Structures Repaired by Owner 35 33 Residential Structures Demolished by Owner 22 16 Residential Structures Demolished by City 229 85 Residential Demolition Costs (All Funds) $360,854 $150,788 Residential Structures in BSC Process - 126 Residential Structures to be Presented to BSC 242 FY 1999/00 FUNDING SOURCES RESIDENTIAL DEMOLITIONS FY 1998/99 YEAR-TO- DATE Crime Control and Prevention District Funds $68,213 $33,647 Community Development Block Grant Funds 27,263 - Code Compliance/General Fund 256,096 117,141 Real Property Division 9,282 - Total $360,854 $150,788 ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS ................... INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. � August $ 2 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council g 000 Page 2of5 } Subject: REPORT ON CITY OF FORT WORTH PROGRAM FOR ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITIONS The following table indicates the number, location, and relative condition of substandard structures in the City that are currently being worked by the Code Compliance Division. These structures have not yet been presented to the Building Standards Commission. Many of these structures will be repaired and brought up to Code, others will be demolished by the property owners, and ultimately some will have to be demolished by the City. LEVEL I LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3 STRUCTURES: STRUCTURES: STRUCTURES: AREA EXTENSIVE MODERATE MINOR TOTAL REPAIRS REQUIRED REPAIRS REQUIRED REPAIRS REQUIRED Sector 1 80 94 143 317 Sector 2 70 389 58 517 Sector 3 124 69 128 321 Sector 4 26 30 247 303 Sector 5 72 135 295 502 Sector 6 60 54 37 151 Total 432 771 908 2111 The following tables provide information on numbers of substandard commercial structures, expenditures, and funding for demolitions for last fiscal year and the first half of the current fiscal year: FY 1999/00 SUBSTANDARD COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES FY 1998/99 YEAR-TO- DATE Commercial Structures Presented to Building Standards Commission (BSC) 150 69 Commercial Structures Repaired by Owner 4 to Commercial Structures Demolished by Owner 8 2 Commercial Structures Demolished by City 17 7 Commercial Demolition Costs (All Funds) $704,177 $422,419 Commercial Structures in BSC Process 28 Commercial Structures to be Presented to BSC - 22 ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8264 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council August 8, 2000 Page 3 of 5 EX Subject: REPORT ON CITY OF FORT WORTH PROGRAM FOR ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITIONS FY 1999/00 FUNDING SOURCES COMMERCIAL DEMOLITIONS FY 1998/99 YEAR-TO- DATE Crime District Fund $632,745 - Environmental Fund - $148,000 Fire Department/General Fund 9,400 - Community Development Block Grant Funds 42,613 102,563 Transportation/Pubiic Works Department/General Fund 19,419 - Capitat Project Reserve Fund - 171,856 _,,Total $704,177 $422,419 The following list is comprised of commercial structures that have been through the Building Standards Commission process. Their BSC orders have expired and the structures need to be demolished. However, fielding has not been identified to do these projects. ADDRESS ESTIMATED DEMOLITION DESCRIPTION COST 6855 E. Lancaster $450,000 Motel (asbestos abatement test case) 809 N. Freeway 180,000 Apartments 1950 Hemphill 30,000 Boarding House 2516 Hemphill 25,000 Boarding House 2700 Hemphill 17,000 Boarding House 2838 Hemphill 20,000 Boarding House 2624 Hemphill 25,000 Boarding House 1301 Evans 50,000 Commercial 1345 Richmond 2,500 Commercial 1325 Evans 2,500 Commercial 4313 E. Rosedale 5,000 Commercial 3022 Refugio 3,500 Commercial 3800 Horn 30,000 Commercial 1300 E. Vickery 20,000 Commercial Total $860,500 ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8264 August 8,2000 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council g i Page 4 of 5 x Subject: REPORT ON CITY OF FORT"WORTH PROGRAM FOR ion ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITIONS The following structures are being scheduled for presentation to the Building Standards Commission or to District Court for injunctive relief. No funding has been 'identified.to do these projects. ADDRESS ESTIMATED DEMOLITION DESCRIPTION COST 1408 Bahama Drive $1,$00,000 Apartments (Jamestown) 2850 Yuma 500,000 Apartments (Trinity Gardens) 1300 Glen Garden 500,000 Apartments (Evergreen) 315 E. Cannon 4,000 Commercial 924 Evans 15,000 Commercial 1801 E. Loop 820 3,000 Commercial 1105 Bryan 12,500 Commercial 200 E. Rosedale 12,500 Commercial 2722 E. Rosedale 16,000 Commercial 2115 Evans 3,500 Commercial 1300 Riverside 6,000 Commercial 2222 W. Vickery 6,000 Commercial 500 S. Riverside 4,500 Commercial 504 S. Riverside 1,500 Commercial 2001 Stalcup 30,000 Commercial 2260 Evans 25,000 Commercial 2100 Ephriham 150,000 Commercial Total $3,089,500 CODE COMPLIANCE FUNDING Approximately $200,000 has been budgeted annually in the General Fund for demolition of substandard residential structures. In some cases this money has been supplemented by funds budgeted for other kinds of abatement activities such as cleanups, boardups, and mowing. Assuming that residential demolition costs continue to be about $1600 per unit, funding is available for the City to demolish one hundred twenty-five substandard residential units per year. An additional $108,000 has been budgeted annually in the Crime Control and Prevention District's budget for the demolition of "crack houses." Use of this funding has been somewhat limited. A house may be substandard and in some manner be related to ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8264 &0 "06 August 8, 2000 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council X Page 5 of 5 Subject: REPORT ON CITY OF FORT WORTH PROGRAM FOR ABATEMENT OF SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES AND AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITIONS criminal activity, but would not qualify for this funding if there is no evidence of the structure being used for the sale or use of illegal drugs. If the criteria for the use of this source of funding were changed to include substandard structures associated with other types of criminal activities, additional structures could be demolished. The primary sources of funding to do commercial demolitions in the past have been the Crime Control and Prevention District and Community Development Block Grant funds.. It is estimated that $860,500 is needed for the demolition of commercial structures that have gone through the Building Standards Commission process and are awaiting demolition. Some of these structures would qualify for Crime Control and Prevention District funding under the same criteria used in the past if CCPD funds were made available. Others would also qualify for Community Development Block Grant funding if CDBG funds were available. Other possible sources of funding have not been identified. AVIATION INITIATED DEMOLITION PROJECTS ifs The City Council has previously been informed of the need to demolish substandard hangers at Meacham Airport. They include Hanger 5N, for which a bid of$68,390 has been received, and Hangers 6-I0N, which will not be demolished until after the current leases for facilities expire September 30, 2002. No funding has yet been identified to do these projects. Additionally, ten structures that fall within the parameters of the Alliance Airport Noise Mitigation Program are to be demolished. This project will be funded by an FAA grant. Additional information can be provided upon request. Z!51�ob Terrell City Manager ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH,TEXAS