The legislation would allow city officials to focus on a list of more than 300 blighted properties that are “teed up, ready to go and approved by law” for demolition, Sally Martin, the city’s director of building and housing, said Monday.
The legislation, funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, would allow city officials to focus on a list of more than 300 blighted properties that are “teed up, ready to go and approved by law” for demolition, Sally Martin, the city’s director of building and housing, said at a Monday committee meeting.
The city is working on new methods to determine which properties are prioritized for demolition, as bureaucratic issues have slowed previous efforts, Martin said, conceding demolition strategies “may have appeared random in the past,” she said. Councilwoman Deborah Gray also voiced concerns with the project, saying the city needs a plan to maintain the lots on which the formerly abandoned buildings once stood, lest they become vacant and overgrown.The Bibb administration again found itself at odds over how ARPA dollars should be directed. Previously, Bibb had sought to bring in a group of Cleveland community leaders to help direct ARPA funding.
“I would be really feeling uncomfortable with sitting here today approving a piece of legislation where, in theory, they could use unlimited amounts of money without coming back to the council for any kind of authority. It’s epic. It’s unprecedented. It has never happened in the time period I have served on council,” said Councilman Jones.
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