P.O. Box 5021
Great Falls, MT 59403-5021
jwetterau@greatfallsmt.net
Telephone
406.455.8407
Hearing Impaired
406.454.0495
August 31, 2015
Pete Brown
State Historic Preservation Office
P.O. Box 201202
Helena, MT 59620-1202
Re Section 106 Review of 2015/2016 CDBG and HOME Projects
Dear Pete,
The following listing is a description of the City of Great Falls 2015/2016 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
funding allocations which were submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) in the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan which includes the 2015/2016
Annual Action Plan. The projects listed below are those which we have proposed for
funding in Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
The City has determined that the following projects:
A. are exempt from review or will have no physical impact; or
B. have a physical impact but will not affect any historical structures or fall within
programmatic agreement activities; or
C. will be done in a building which is 50 years or older but no historic resources will
be affected; or
D. will be submitted for review at a future date when further information regarding
proposed project activities is available.
A. Exempt from Review/No Physical Impact
This section describes projects which I have determined are exempt from review or
which will have no known physical impact (categorically excluded not subject to
Section 58.5).
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Code Enforcement:
provision of services to preserve and enhance public health and safety by enforcing
international and city codes related to maintenance of property and buildings.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Rehabilitation
Specialist: provision of rehabilitation counseling, loan processing, inspections, and
construction monitoring for all CDBG-funded City housing rehabilitation programs for
Pete Brown
August 31, 2015
Page 2
low income people.
CDBG Program Administration: general oversight, management, promotion, financial
accountability, monitoring, reporting and coordination of CDBG program including
activities to further fair housing and the Continuum of Care for Homelessness.
HOME Program Administration: general oversight, management, promotion, financial
accountability, monitoring and coordination of HOME program.
Area VIII Agency on Aging: purchase food for Meals on Wheels program, a citywide
home delivery meal program for seniors who are handicapped or unable to prepare
meals.
Boys & Girls Club of Cascade County: provide scholarships for summer day camps for
children from low income families.
Family Promise of Great Falls: Purchase of a covered cargo trailer and other supplies
to support the Families Moving up Program which provide shelter homeless families
located in religious facilities within the city limits.
Quality Life Concepts: Purchase of assistance lift and hospital beds for use in
disables client day program and purchase of camera monitoring system in two high
risk group homes for developmentally disabled adults located at Riverview and
Gibson residential homes.
Rural Dynamics, Inc.: Provide scholarships for credit building services through the
Credit Building for LMI Individuals Program.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Community Recreation Center:
provide scholarships for disabled adults to participate in special needs water
activities; and provide scholarships for children from low income families for after
school child care programs and summer camp programs at community center.
Great Falls Senior Center: Purchase of food and supplies for on-site meal program for
the elderly administered at an elderly facility.
Young Parents Education Center: provide day care scholarships and emergency
housing scholarships for low income teen or young adult parents completing high
school or general equivalency diploma programs at alternative high school.
Pete Brown
August 31, 2015
Page 3
B. Physical Impact But Not on Historic Structures/Programmatic Agreement
This listing includes projects which will have a physical impact; however, the
activities are exempt from historical review because they will be performed in
conjunction with a building which is less than 50 years old or fall within the itemized
listing in the programmatic agreement.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Chowen Springs Park: purchase and
install handicap accessible play structure and play area borders at a neighborhood
park located at 801 17th Street South.
Great Falls Housing Authority: Redesign, removal of all concrete and asphalt, backfill,
and repaving of parking lots, sidewalks, and handicap access ramps in Holland Court
facility located at 600-625 Holland Court.
Great Falls City Public Works Department – Sidewalk Replacement: grant program to
provide assistance to low income home owners to remove and replace hazardous
sidewalks in the area bounded by 8th Avenue North to 2nd Avenue South and Park
Drive to 15th Street, and other areas within the city at the request of low income
home owners. Sidewalks will be replaced in small sections at a time and only as
required to alleviate safety hazards. This project activity is listed under category (11)
on the programmatic agreement.
C. This listing includes projects which will be done in conjunction with a building which is
50 years or older or will be done within a historic district; however, it has been
determined project activities will not affect historical resources. This listing includes
activities which will be done in conjunction with buildings which the SHPO has
reviewed in the past and found no properties on or eligible for NRHP appear likely to
exist within project impact area.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Natatorium: Replacement of exiting
doors, door frames and transom frames at the Morony Natatorium located at 111 12 th
Street North.
D. Before CDBG or HOME funds are used for the following proposed projects, site
specific descriptions, architectural inventories and/or project descriptions will be
submitted to your agency for historical review if the project is being done in
conjunction with undisturbed urban land or a building which is 50 years or older.
Pete Brown
August 31, 2015
Page 4
Habitat for Humanity: Infrastructure improvements including concrete work,
sidewalks, site excavation, and water/sewer connections for two Habitat for Humanity
homes located within the city limits
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Rental
Improvement Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest loans
to property owners who provide rental units that will remain affordable to low income
households to bring rental units up to current code requirements.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Deferred Payment
Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest loans to low income
home owners to rehab their homes to provide substantial code upgrades, including
electrical, plumbing, egress windows, energy efficiency, windows, roofs and
foundations.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Water & Sewer
Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest/low interest loans to
low income home owners to construct or replace water and sewer lines.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Historic
Preservation Loan Program: ongoing citywide low interest loan program to provide
additional funding for multi-family housing rehabilitation projects which require
historic preservation regulation compliance.
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.: revolving loan fund to provide new
construction, purchase and rehabilitation of houses or rentals and other activities
addressing neighborhood revitalization activities in specific neighborhoods (CDBG
funds).
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. – Owners in Partnership, Phase XX new
construction and/or rehabilitation of single family homes which will be sold to low
income home buyers or rented to low income tenant on a citywide basis (HOME
funds).
If any other projects should be proposed during the 2015/2016 year, I will submit
additional projects clearance for your review if the projects are to be done in conjunction
with undisturbed urban land, a building which is 50 years or older or within an historic
district.
Please review these projects and the City’s determinations and provide any findings or
recommendations you might have. This listing of proposed projects is also being given to
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August 31, 2015
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the local historic preservation officer, Ellen Sievert. If I do not receive a reply from you
by September 8, 2015, I will assume you concur with the City’s determinations. If you
require additional information, please call me at 455-8407 or email
jwetterau@greatfallsmt.net and I’ll be happy to provide additional information at your
request.
Regards,
Jolene Wetterau, CDBG/HOME Administrator
Planning & Community Development Department
c: 2015/2016 CDBG & HOME Projects Files
P.O. Box 5021
Great Falls, MT 59403-5021
jwetterau@greatfallsmt.net
Telephone
406.455.8407
Hearing Impaired
406.454.0495
August 31, 2015
Ellen Sievert
City Planning & Community Development Department
VIA E-mail
Great Falls, MT 59401
Re Section 106 Review of 2015/2016 CDBG and HOME Projects
Dear Ellen,
The following listing is a description of the City of Great Falls 2015/2016 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME)
funding allocations which were submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) in the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan which includes the 2015/2016
Annual Action Plan. The projects listed below are those which we have proposed for
funding in Fiscal Year 2015/2016.
The City has determined that the following projects:
A. are exempt from review or will have no physical impact; or
B. have a physical impact but will not affect any historical structures or fall within
programmatic agreement activities; or
E. will be done in a building which is 50 years or older but no historic resources will
be affected; or
F. will be submitted for review at a future date when further information regarding
proposed project activities is available.
A. Exempt from Review/No Physical Impact
This section describes projects which I have determined are exempt from review or
which will have no known physical impact (categorically excluded not subject to
Section 58.5).
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Code Enforcement:
provision of services to preserve and enhance public health and safety by enforcing
international and city codes related to maintenance of property and buildings.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Rehabilitation
Specialist: provision of rehabilitation counseling, loan processing, inspections, and
Ellen Sievert
August 31, 2015
Page 2
construction monitoring for all CDBG-funded City housing rehabilitation programs for
low income people.
CDBG Program Administration: general oversight, management, promotion, financial
accountability, monitoring, reporting and coordination of CDBG program including
activities to further fair housing and the Continuum of Care for Homelessness.
HOME Program Administration: general oversight, management, promotion, financial
accountability, monitoring and coordination of HOME program.
Area VIII Agency on Aging: purchase food for Meals on Wheels program, a citywide
home delivery meal program for seniors who are handicapped or unable to prepare
meals.
Boys & Girls Club of Cascade County: provide scholarships for summer day camps for
children from low income families.
Family Promise of Great Falls: Purchase of a covered cargo trailer and other supplies
to support the Families Moving up Program which provide shelter homeless families
located in religious facilities within the city limits.
Quality Life Concepts: Purchase of assistance lift and hospital beds for use in
disables client day program and purchase of camera monitoring system in two high
risk group homes for developmentally disabled adults located at Riverview and
Gibson residential homes.
Rural Dynamics, Inc.: Provide scholarships for credit building services through the
Credit Building for LMI Individuals Program.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Community Recreation Center:
provide scholarships for disabled adults to participate in special needs water
activities; and provide scholarships for children from low income families for after
school child care programs and summer camp programs at community center.
Great Falls Senior Center: Purchase of food and supplies for on-site meal program for
the elderly administered at an elderly facility.
Young Parents Education Center: provide day care scholarships and emergency
housing scholarships for low income teen or young adult parents completing high
school or general equivalency diploma programs at alternative high school.
Ellen Sievert
August 31, 2015
Page 3
B. Physical Impact But Not on Historic Structures/Programmatic Agreement
This listing includes projects which will have a physical impact; however, the
activities are exempt from historical review because they will be performed in
conjunction with a building which is less than 50 years old or fall within the itemized
listing in the programmatic agreement.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Chowen Springs Park: purchase and
install handicap accessible play structure and play area borders at a neighborhood
park located at 801 17th Street South.
Great Falls Housing Authority: Redesign, removal of all concrete and asphalt, backfill,
and repaving of parking lots, sidewalks, and handicap access ramps in Holland Court
facility located at 600-625 Holland Court.
Great Falls City Public Works Department – Sidewalk Replacement: grant program to
provide assistance to low income home owners to remove and replace hazardous
sidewalks in the area bounded by 8th Avenue North to 2nd Avenue South and Park
Drive to 15th Street, and other areas within the city at the request of low income
home owners. Sidewalks will be replaced in small sections at a time and only as
required to alleviate safety hazards. This project activity is listed under category (11)
on the programmatic agreement.
C. This listing includes projects which will be done in conjunction with a building which is
50 years or older or will be done within a historic district; however, it has been
determined project activities will not affect historical resources. This listing includes
activities which will be done in conjunction with buildings which the SHPO has
reviewed in the past and found no properties on or eligible for NRHP appear likely to
exist within project impact area.
Great Falls City Park & Recreation Department – Natatorium: Replacement of exiting
doors, door frames and transom frames at the Morony Natatorium located at 111 12th
Street North.
D. Before CDBG or HOME funds are used for the following proposed projects, site
specific descriptions, architectural inventories and/or project descriptions will be
submitted to your agency for historical review if the project is being done in
conjunction with undisturbed urban land or a building which is 50 years or older.
Ellen Sievert
August 31, 2015
Page 4
Habitat for Humanity: Infrastructure improvements including concrete work,
sidewalks, site excavation, and water/sewer connections for two Habitat for Humanity
homes located within the city limits
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Rental
Improvement Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest loans
to property owners who provide rental units that will remain affordable to low income
households to bring rental units up to current code requirements.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Deferred Payment
Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest loans to low income
home owners to rehab their homes to provide substantial code upgrades, including
electrical, plumbing, egress windows, energy efficiency, windows, roofs and
foundations.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Water & Sewer
Loan Program: ongoing citywide program to provide no interest/low interest loans to
low income home owners to construct or replace water and sewer lines.
Great Falls City Planning & Community Development Department – Historic
Preservation Loan Program: ongoing citywide low interest loan program to provide
additional funding for multi-family housing rehabilitation projects which require
historic preservation regulation compliance.
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.: revolving loan fund to provide new
construction, purchase and rehabilitation of houses or rentals and other activities
addressing neighborhood revitalization activities in specific neighborhoods (CDBG
funds).
Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. – Owners in Partnership, Phase XX new
construction and/or rehabilitation of single family homes which will be sold to low
income home buyers or rented to low income tenant on a citywide basis (HOME
funds).
If any other projects should be proposed during the 2015/2016 year, I will submit
additional projects clearance for your review if the projects are to be done in conjunction
with undisturbed urban land, a building which is 50 years or older or within an historic
district.
Ellen Sievert
August 31, 2015
Page 5
Please review these projects and the City’s determinations and provide any findings or
recommendations you might have. This listing of proposed projects is also being given to
the Montana SHPO office. If I do not receive a reply from you by September 8, 2015, I
will assume you concur with the City’s determinations. If you require additional
information, please call me at 455-8407 or email jwetterau@greatfallsmt.net and I’ll be
happy to provide additional information at your request.
Regards,
Jolene Wetterau, CDBG/HOME Administrator
Planning & Community Development Department
c: 2015/2016 CDBG & HOME Projects Files