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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 101091200d <br />l t�rn :��: : �k <br />Staff Approval: Manager Approval: Agenda Section: <br />� Consent <br />Item Description: Support of Central Community Housing Trust's Application to the <br />Ramsey County Environmental Response Fund (��0039) for the Har <br />Mar Apartments Revitalization Project <br />L .4 Requested Action <br />9, i The Central Community Housing Trust (CCHT) is requesting a resolution of support <br />from the City Council for its $20,000 application to the Ramsey County Environmental <br />Response Fund for lead and asbestos abatement at the Har Mar Apartments. The <br />apartment complex is located at 2225 Snelling Avenue. <br />�..0 Background <br />�. l CCHT is a leading nonprofit housing developer and owner of affordable housing in the Twin <br />Cities. CCHT strives to provide high-quality, people-orienteddesign to help stabilize lives <br />and transform communities. Since 1986, CCHT has built and renovated nearly 1,300 housing <br />units. On March 20,2006, CCHT gave apresentation to the City Council as an introduction <br />to their participation in the renovation of the Har Mar Apartments. <br />?.? The Har Mar Apartments are in need of major renovation and repair. Yet this properiy <br />contributes to providing affordable housing in the Roseville community. The 40-year-old <br />complex has experienced deferred maintenance over the years and currently the site is 50 <br />percent vacant. This hi�h vacancyrate indicates that even wi�i rt� affordablerents conditions <br />within th� complex are not conducive to a quality living environment. <br />`�, 3 CCHT has purchased the 120-unit Har Mar Apartments and is preparing plans to renovate <br />the existing units and build new housing that would result in a total of approximately 150 <br />mixed-income, rental-housing units. CCHT will wark to maintain unit affordability, <br />which is a key component of its corporate mission. To achieve this goal, public assistance <br />is needed and the organization has and will continue to seek funds from a variety of <br />public agencies. <br />�,� CCHT has ascertained the need for lead and asbestos abatement at the Har Mar <br />Apartments <br />CCHT Funding Application Support - Page 1 of 2 <br />