HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 8280 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8280
Date: October 17, 2000
2.00 To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
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C) SUBJECT: FUNDING FOR DEMOLITION OF SUBSTANDARD COMMERCIAL
1475 STRUCTURES
The following is a current list of commercial structures that have been through the Building
Standards Commission process. Their BSC orders have expired and the structures need to be
demolished. The list differs somewhat from the list that was presented to the City Council in
Informal Report No. 8264, dated August 8, 2000. Four structures identified in the earlier list have
been demolished using General Fund money and an additional structure has been added.
ADDRESS ESTIMATED DESCRIPTION
DEMOLITION COST
809 N. Freeway $90,000 Apartments (asbestos test case)
6855 E. Lancaster 450,000 1 Motel (asbestos test case)
2516 Hemphill 25,000 Boarding House
2624 Hemphill 25,000 Boarding House
1301 Evans 25,000 Commercial
1345 Richmond 2,500 Commercial
1325 Evans 2,500 Commercial
1321 E. Bessie 3,000 Commercial
3022 Refugio 3,500 Commercial
3800 Hom 30,000 Commercial
1300 E Vickery 20,000 1 Commercial
Total $6
XL Proiect and Environmental Fund
Environmental Management has indicated that structures located at 809 N. Freeway and 6855 E.
Lancaster are good candidates for the XL project that was just approved by EPA and Texas
Department of Health (TDH). The alternate method of demolifion that will be tested will allow most
asbestos materials to remain in place for demolibon. The demolition process will utilize a fine mist
of water to control the release of asbestos fibers. Air monitoring and soil and water testing will be
performed to determine the effectiveness of that control. Demolition debris will then be disposed of
in a landfill that is permitted to accept asbestos containing waste.
Phase I of the XL project calls for the demolition of a structure that is exempted from the Federal and
State regulations regarding asbestos control, such as a four-plex residential structure. Such structures
are located at 809 N. Freeway. If Phase I monitoring results show that the Fort Worth method is
equivalent to the regulatory method, additional structures can be demolished during subsequent
phases. If they are approved by EPA and TDH, the Environmental Fund-ca in Pa it estimated
$540,000 cost to demolish structures located at 809 N. Freeway and �64, ' emolition
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costs using this method are estimated to be fifty percent less 'than the v", ld, ja-� p�b' o !ventional
asbestos abatement methods.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER F1 RTW6K f I I I"Ell I I`R"Xw I IS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8280
Date: October 17, 2000
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
Page 2 of 2
r�Yx SUBJECT: FUNDING FOR DEMOLITION OF SUBSTANDARD COMMERCIAL
STRUCTURES
ROLLOVER FUNDS IN CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION
The Code Compliance Division is projected to have $150,000 savings in FY 1999/2000. The
savings is due to doing fewer demolitions than was planned because of last year's Fifth Circuit
Court of Appeals decision and doing less mowing than was planned because of the extremely dry
summer. Demolition of the remaining nine structures on the list is estimated to total $136,500.
Those structures can be demolished if the $150,000 savings is rolled over into the new fiscal year.
CRIME CONTROL AND PREVENTION DISTRICT FUNDING
$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 structure may be
substandard and in some manner be related to 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.
Although no CCPD funds are required to demolish the structures identified in this report, it is
recommended that the criteria for the use of this funding be changed to include substandard
structures associated with other types of criminal activities. It could then be used to tear down
other types of structures in addition to "crack houses."
In summary, it appears that CCPD funding is not required to do these commercial demolitions if (1)
the Environmental Fund can be used for demolition of the two large projects under the XL program
and (2) the $150,000 in savings from FY 1999/2000 is rolled forward for the other nine demolition
projects.
Additional information can be provided upon request.
Bob Terrell
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS