Mr. Marconi - Please Answer This For Us??
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Topic: Mr. Marconi - Please Answer This For Us??
Posted By: Rail Fan
Subject: Mr. Marconi - Please Answer This For Us??
Date Posted: Sep 05 2009 at 12:53am
be involved in rehab work at all. If you look at the list of foreclosures you will see a lot of local rehabbers that are losing their properties because they are unable to sale them. If they do sale them they have to sell at a loss which then in turn hurts the property values for the whole neighborhood. Common sense tells anyone if the individuals that have been doing it for years are having problems, the city program which will be ran by individuals that are not experienced in this game will have issues. Their plan is to sell below market value, which hurts everyone else in that neighborhood. So is it really helping in neighborhood revitalization. Robyn -----Original Message----- From: Walter Leap [mailto:wleap@cinci.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:55 PM To: Nelsonself@aol.com Cc: erichter@coxohio.com; Paul@PaulRenwick.com; Mcnally, Robyn L.; mailto:amarconi@cinci.rr.com - amarconi@cinci.rr.com Subject: Re: 1018 Hughes Street - Rehab of FHA "Dollar Home" For your info; This house is more of a *re-build* than a re-hab and began in Jan. last year. I have visited this house many times since the work began and it was apparent that no oversight was in place. The neighborhood is barely $45,000 some have sold in the 20's. This expenditure is a gross waste of taxpayer funds which could have been much better utilized elsewhere. In short the city should not be in the REHAB business because the cost is far above the private sector and it takes forever to complete. Why is the city competing with local businesses? This house underlines the need for an Housing Oversight Committee. Walter Nelsonself@aol.com wrote: Rehab work that wasn't completed or was improperly completed on this project is being re-bid by Skip Batten. His estimate of additional cost is $40,000 plus. Walter Leap's name was drawn from the Middletown Board of REALTORS random lottery to list this house. It should have been completed months ago according to the $68,000 contract with Bose and Longworth of Middletown. Subject: 1018 Hughes Street - Rehab of FHA "Dollar Home"
From: mailto:Nelsonself@aol.com - Nelsonself@aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:15:07 mailto:EDT@fuse.net - EDT To: mailto:dschiavone1@cinci.rr.com - dschiavone1@cinci.rr.com , amarconi@cinci.rr.com, bymyflwrs@fuse.net CC: mailto:Paul@PaulRenwick.com - Paul@PaulRenwick.com , chrisamburgey@yahoo.com *CONFIDENTIAL* You might find it interesting to ask for a status report on the above project (1018 Hughes Street). First of all, you might ask when was the rehab contract for this property signed. Second, it would be interesting to find out how many days were allowed to complete the work. Third, you might ask what is the current dollar amount of the contract. Fourth, you might ask to see a copy of the after-rehab-appraisal that justified the expenditure of HOME Program funds. Fifth, since Walter Leap has the listing for this property (random lottery system with Middletown Board of REALTORS), why is it taking so long to complete this project. Sixth, is the contractor incurring penalties for failing to complete work within the allotted time? The City also owns one other rehabilitated FHA Dollar Home at 2021 Logan. Ray Stephens with Tenore Realtors has that listing. Since I have been removed from direct involvement with demolition, code enforcement, down payment and housing rehab programs, it might be interesting to determine what marketing efforts are being made to sell this property that was rehabbed back 2006 and recently returned by NHS. There are six other non-rehabilitated FHA Dollar Homes that were also returned by NHS. What efforts are being made to market these properties? They are targets for arson or vandalism. There are five or six seriously delinquent rehab loans that Attorney Don Imhoff is working on for foreclosure purposes. What plans does anyone have for dealing with these properties.
There is also a property at 508 Charles Street that the City acquired several months ago by deed in lieu of foreclosure. It previously received a large amount of rehab funds. Dick Morrison has the listing, but the property needs work in order to sell. What are the plans for marketing this property>
My point is this, as each day passes we incur costs for grass cutting, property taxes, property maintenance, etc. IS THERE A PLAN?? |
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Posted By: TudorBrown
Date Posted: Sep 05 2009 at 10:18am
Sale them?  |
Rail Fan wrote:Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 05 2009 at 10:21am
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Mr. Marconi my realtor friend shares more info with me and sends this e-mail. He tells me that you know so much about the HUD problems. Please tell us?
From: 'Nelsonself'
Date: 1/18/2009 6:57:40 P.M. Eastern Time To: lyndonandanita@sbcglobal.net Cc: amarconi@cinci.rr.com, bymyflwrs@fuse.net, Robyn.L.Mcnally@pncmortgage.com, jerryglover@att.net, Paul@PaulRenwick.com Subject: Correction to Answer You Received at December 6, 2008 City Council Meeting mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - mailto:nelsons@cityofmiddletown.org - |
Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 05 2009 at 10:22am
| I think she meant SELL them. |
Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 05 2009 at 5:06pm
The continuing presence of vacant, non-rehabilitated "dollar homes" that the City of Middletown acquired from FHA nearly three years ago aren't helping to revitalize the Crawford Street area very much either. And, it could be a lot more difficult than some senior City staff say in getting permission to demolish these homes too. The property at 115 Crawford Street is an example. There are three others close by. And, by the way, city staff prepared bid specifications for the rehabilitation of these homes over one year ago. Based upon the scope of work called for, several low bids received were up to $80,000. Say no more!
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Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 07 2009 at 2:31pm
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Mr. Marconi -
How many Section 8 units are in your third ward neighborhood? If you have none or very few, would you like some to be transferred there from the second ward? Have you ever considered investing in Section 8 rental properties via limited liability corporation ownership? Please tell us?
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Posted By: 2000+
Date Posted: Sep 08 2009 at 1:36pm
Rail Fan, Please put up on the forum the budgeted numbers for the CDBG program. You had them up this morning and the post vanished. 
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Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 11 2009 at 2:18pm
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MR. TONY MARCONI -
You have the distinction of being the very last City Council candidate not to provide Randy Lewis with your answers to his questions that all others have provided.
You also have the distinction of not responding to questions that me and others have asked you to answer on CDBG, etc.
Us voters eagerly wait for your replies. When can we expect them?
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Posted By: Rail Fan
Date Posted: Sep 11 2009 at 3:02pm
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Mr. Marconi -
Do you find it interesting that Middletown has millions of new HUD funds, yet Debbi Fish and Skip batten are being let go in December? What do you know about other Community Revitalization Department staff being moved into their positions in January? It sounds like a Las Vegas slight of hand trick.
JPS
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Posted By: VietVet
Date Posted: Sep 15 2009 at 6:49am
Randy- has Mr. Marconi given you any indication if he is going to answer your questions and when????? The other candidates have responded and was just wondering why Mr. Marconi might be balking at the idea. He did say he was going to respond, did he not? He is very busy with the committees, Council business and running his own business. Am interested in his answers as he is my Ward 3 rep. Should make for good debate. 
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Posted By: randy
Date Posted: Sep 15 2009 at 7:06am
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I have asked Mr. Marconi every time I have spoken with him and he has said he would answer the questions but not sure when that will be. I will send him another email today and see when and if he plans on doing my interview. ------------- Call me for a www.CameraSecurityNow.com" rel="nofollow - www.CameraSecurityNow.com quote 513-422-1907 x357 |