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    Posted: Aug 19 2010 at 7:50am
I’m having a real problem with the chart below.
Why aren’t Oakland and Sherman areas on this table?
Weren’t they listed as high poverty & crime area during the bus tour of Middletown?
It seems to me that CDBG and NSP funds are not being used in the Section 8 and high poverty areas?

Utilizing the neighborhood indicators above, we classified neighborhoods overall as

stable, at-risk, or deteriorated. The at-risk neighborhoods had an “above average”

overall risk score. The overall rank identifies the priority and order the City will

revitalize each area.

Target Revitalization Neighborhoods with Above Average Overall Stress 5

Neighborhood

Total

Housing

Neighborhood

Total
Housing
Units

General Street Condition

Flood Plain

In a Historic District

Overall Total Crime

%
Vacant Housing

Neighborhood
Assets

Overall Rank

Highlands

 

948

Poor

No

Yes

Moderate

4.00%

 

Goldman Park;

Gladdell Park;

Dillman’s supermarket

 

2

 

Prospect

674

Fair/Poor

No

No

Moderate

8.00%

 

Michigan Park,
BC Adult Training Ctr

6

 

Harlan Park

39

Fair

No

No

Lower

9.00%

 

1

 

El Dorado

/Williamsdale

 

384

Fair/Poor

No

No

Lower

4.04%

Bulls Run Arboretum

 

2

 

Meadowlawn

568

Poor

No

No

Lower

9.51%

Whitney Park,

Woodside Cemetery

Yankee Park,

Garfield School

5

 

Lakeside

573

Fair

No

No

Moderate

9.08%

Lakeside Park

5

Sunset/Park lace

1323

Fair

No

No

Moderate

6.5%

Sunset Park,

Miami Park

3

 

Wildwood

611

Poor

No

No

Lower

4.58%

Wildwood Elementary,

St. John XXIII,
 Marsh Supermarket,

University Park

4

 

Douglas

923

Poor

No

No

Moderate

11.48%

Com. Center,

Douglass Park,

Washington Park,

1

 

Dixie Heights

697

Fair

No

No

Moderate

4.88%

 

Maple Park,

Dixie Hgts Park

4

 

 

SFl

5 2010-2014 HUD Consolidated Plan, Table 23.
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Miss Vivian -
 
Thanks again for your vigilance in obtaining/seeking to obtain HUD financial plus programmatic information from City staff.  MiddletownUSA participants are enlightened because of your efforts. Clap
 
Your post raises a number of perplexing questions as to where City staff is supposedly spending our hard-earned Federal tax dollars (HUD funds). Confused
 
If our City staff ceases spending up to $230,000 on NSP-1 funded home acquisitions/rehabilitation, maybe it will then be possible to make a real impact on our most vulnerable neighborhoods. Ouch
 
We are growing tired of one City staff member's headline-grabbing statements that have little to nothing to do with what's actually being accomplished. LOL
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Nelson
The above information was included in the City Council workbook of last Tuesday night however it did not include the map.  
Remember last year when Mr. Adkins went before City Council and requested that the City become "Slumville USA" using the 54% rule so CDBG funds could be used in all areas of Middletown. It seems that he is using the same rule for NSP-1 funds.
Hmmm...In his 96 page reoport to HUD wasn't all the Section 8, poverty and high crime located in Wards 1 & 2.
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Well it seems my three little grey cells aren’t working very well this morning because I have more questions concerning this chart.  Overall rank does not seem to fit with what is known. Flood plain is interesting in that half of Middletown pays Miami Conservancy fees for flood protection yet none are indicated in flood areas. Would flood plain disqualify using CDBG or NSP funds?

Overall crime is another area you would expect at least one to be in a "high or severe" crime area to warrant inclusion such as Avalon or Riverside Village.
This Chart does not appear accurate.

1. When, where, how and by whom was this data collected?

2. Why doesn’t it list ALL neighborhoods in Middletown?

3. We have no neighborhoods with a high or severe crime rate?
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I don't think Middletown has a high or severe crime area compared to the areas I lived in Southern California.
 
I am pretty sure Wards 1 and 2 have been in the flood zone since the flood of 1913...I think that was the whole point of the Miami Conservancy wasn't it?? Thanks for the info by the way too! :)
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Viper:  Not true about the flood zones.  Butler county was re-evaluated 1-2 years ago.  Dont recall any flood zones in alot of that area.
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Ah I didn't know that. Where are the flood zones exactly? I am still a newbie to Middletown :)
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Spider John, Randy & Miss Vivian -
 
Sad to say, over the next five years the Neighborhood Revitalization Department WILL NOT focus on the severely impacted Sherman area.  Thumbs%20Down  Wasn't it only late last year that Crawford Street and vicinity made front page news as a KEY AREA afflicted by crime, abandoned residential properties, etc.?  Confused
 
Now, Miss Vivian has discovered that the Neighborhood Revitalization Department hired yet another consultant to prepare a "Middletown Neighborhood Study" earlier this year!  Angry  Does anyone know how much HUD money has been spent on expensive consultants by these 4th floor occupants of One Donham Plaza since they showed up on the scene 1.5 years ago?  Exclamation
 
As Viet Vet would say, "What a City!"  And, as I'd say, "The all-knowing City bureaucrats sure love to spend HUD bucks as if they're playing the board game MONOPOLY."  Wacko
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Middletown Journal - July 4 2010



The map above clearly shows that the greatest number of Section 8 housing are located in Avalon, Douglass, Oakland, Sherman and Greenfields.
If these are the highest crime and Section 8 areas then why isn’t the City using HUD funds to help these neighborhoods for the next 5 years?  
After all it was the City that increased the Section 8 rentals in these heighborhoods.
Hmmm...it seems that these neighborhoods are really useful for bus tours and your 96 page HUD Section 8 report but not for the HUD money to help solve the problems that you say are caused by Section 8.
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beautiful logic Ms.Moon
Definitely ?s that need to be answered by Mr.Adkins.
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Miss Vivian & Spider John -
 
Given the performance of the past 18 months, how many projects will be completed by Neighborhood Revitalization Department staff in their so-called Target Areas over the next five years??  The true test is a) how many owner-occupied homes undergo moderate to major rehabilitation, b) how many first-time buyers are assisted via down payment/closing cost assistance, c) how many vacant and foreclosed homes will be demolished, d) how many elderly and permanently disabled home owners will receive emergency home repairs, e) how much more HUD funding will be siphoned off for former downtown projects, etc.??
 
How much more money will the Cityy spend on a) Program Administration, b) Program Delivery (another type of HUD allowed Program Administration), c) paid Consultants, etc.??  Will there be more $230,000+ purchase, rehab and resale NSP-1 extravaganzas??
 
The bottom line isn't the Headline Grabbing Rhetoric of Neighborhood Revitalization Department staff that we periodically read in the MJ or hear at City Council meetings.  The true test is how effectively and efficiently that the Neighborhood Revitalization Department spends our HUD tax dollars!
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Here is the link to all the Neighborhood Profiles
http://www.cityofmiddletown.org/docs/commsvc/nprofiles.pdf
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Here is the link on this blog where Mr Adkins forever changed the use of CDBG Funds.
I thought this was JUST for 2009

Topic: CITY TO DECLARE MIDDLETOWN A SLUM
    Posted: 01 Sep 2009 at 7:07am

http://middletownusa.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1843
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I thought this was JUST for 2009
When did City Council approve this plan for 2010 - 2014?

Ordinance No O2009-79, an ordinance authorizing a substantial amendment to the 2009 CDBG

Annual Action Plan (1st Reading). October 6, 2009 – 2nd Reading

ORDINANCE NO. O2009-79

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE 2009 CDBG

ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.

WHEREAS, the City of Middletown receives funding through the CDBG Program; and

WHEREAS, the City is proposing changes to enhance the use of CDBG funds in the City, including a) expanding the area eligible for CDBG projects to include the entire City; b) changing the name of the Community Housing Improvements Program to Volunteer Improvements Program; c) increasing the budget for code enforcement; d) exchanging some activities to different program accounts; e) recovering costs related to property disposition; f) cancelling some 2008 activities; and g) moving funds from demolition to code enforcement; and

WHEREAS, this Substantial Amendment has been available for public comment in accordance with HUD requirements;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of
Middletown, Butler/Warren Counties, Ohio that:

Section 1

City Council hereby authorizes the CDBG Substantial Amendment to the 2009 Annual Action Plan and further authorizes the City Manager to execute all necessary documents including applications, certifications, and agreements, to accept and receive the funds under this program.

Section 2

This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and after the earliest period
allowed by law.

______________________________

Lawrence P. Mulligan, Jr., Mayor

1st Reading: September 1, 2009

2nd Reading: October 6, 2009

Adopted:_____________________________

Effective:_____________________________

Attest: _______________________________

Clerk of City Council
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HUD Response Letter to the City of Middletown
Dated: July 16, 2010
Pages 4-5

      The housing and neighborhood conditions identified in the City’s analysis are real. Blaming the voucher program for these conditions however, is, in the words of former HUD Secretary Dr. Robert C. Weaver referring to claims about the public housing program, “like blaming the doctor for the disease.” The City has several tools available to address its obsolete housing stock and concentration of poverty. A well administered housing choice voucher program in conjunction with a targeted Neighborhood Stabilization Program and Community Development Block Grant funding can certainly help revitalize neighborhoods and help the City meet its long term goals. The Department has many resources to assist the City in meeting its goals to work with City staff to develop and design programs that are consistent with HUD rules and regulations and in the best interest of the City.


 
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Thanks so much for the wonderful information you provided us
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