To provide Funds for the management and demolition of substandard structures deemed “slums, blight and unsafe” for living in Tyler’s low-income neighborhoods, the City is proposing amendments to its 2020-2024 Master Plan, 2021 Annual Action Plan, and Annual action plan for the year of the program. Annual action plan for 2022.

The Community Development Grants (CDBG) and HOME (HOME Investment Partnership Program) regulations require citizens to be able to comment on any proposed substantive amendment.

In addition to public hearings that will take place on Wednesday at the council meeting, citizens also have the opportunity to submit comments until February 23.

“We have to follow certain rules,” said Larry Everett, community development manager for the city of Tyler. “And one of the guiding principles is to allow citizens to make any comments, both positive and negative, and with the comments that we will send to HUD and let them know what we have, what the citizens have said in our community. ”

This process takes 15 days and includes at least one public hearing, then board approval, and then submission to HUD for approval.

The first amendment proposal requires a reallocation of funds from the Public Works Project to the Custom Works Project in the amount of $100,000.

“What we’ve found seems to be an increase in substandard real estate in communities,” Everett said, “and we’re looking at ways to speed up that process and try to address some of those issues.”

The current budget is $50,000; with the requested increase, the total increases to $150,000.

Working with Code Enforcement, Community Services, Demolition Contractors and the Neighborhood Revitalization Board, substandard buildings will be reduced within the city.

The Neighborhood Service is proposing to increase available funding to prevent damage to buildings in Tyler.

The second proposal that was considered was for new earmarked funding from HOME-ARP funds that would allow HUD to provide $1,321,072 to meet the funding requirement for homeless relief and support services.

These grant funds are to be used primarily to help individuals and families from specific populations, known as “eligible populations”.

Appropriate population:

• A person or family who does not have a permanent, regular and adequate place to stay overnight.
• A person or family who will inevitably lose their primary overnight residence.
• Unaccompanied youth under the age of 25 or families with children and youth who are not considered homeless but may be “at risk” of becoming homeless.
• An individual or family who feels or is trying to avoid domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or human trafficking.

HOME-ARP funds will be used to construct and renovate rental housing for individuals and families who qualify for one of the eligible populations, or to use the restoration of an acquired structure for use as an entry point or public gathering place. service organizations that serve as temporary shelters for the poor.

The City has approved the changes to be added to the amendments, so funds are now subject to HUD approval.

In addition, the council approved a $1,046,175 contract with Insituform Technologies, LLC to mitigate flooding and repair degraded rainwater infrastructure.

Five sites will be repaired with CIPP linings.

Problems with Existing Pipes resulted in soil ingress, resulting in sinkholes in cobbled streets and unsaved areas.

The project is a trenchless pipe rehabilitation method used to repair existing pipes that fully protects and strengthens pipes damaged by leaks, cracks, penetrating roots and rust.

The lifetime of this process for stormwater pipes is up to 100 years.

“This is the same process that has already been applied to storm sewer pipes and is widely used in sewer networks,” said Paul Neuhaus, an environmental engineer. “The process does not require digging. The new liner is inserted into the existing storm pipe, creating a new surface and restoring it to near-new condition.”

Construction should begin at the end of March and be completed by August this year.

Locations include:

• 3331 Dr. Macmillan Dean Lane
• Underpass at North Bonner Avenue
• North Bois D’Arc Avenue from West Summerkamp Street to Creek
• 6295 Dr. Sutherland to the Creek
• Brookview Court