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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSubmittalCompliance with Section 1305.2 Design Review Criteria For MUSP P[PiP ,_ . WNW 2 a my . air, ✓ - ✓ worm w - 1.01 rl iii PO 10 r i ! a G - 1. a(, I�I aMin . fe ■ III 114') •.i mac_`-;+�`idE ,tir_ `.E'3;TI(d ' l W 5rvr ri 31FteC1 • Transition in Scale to 7th Street & 2nd Avenue Pedestrian Districts - (II-3) • Contextually Consistent with High Density Transit District & abutting Central • Minimized impact of automobile / Enhanced Pedestrian Spaces - (V-1) • Human Scale Architectural Details at Street Edge - (III-2) • Active Facades along Public Streets & Pedestrian Interaction - (III-3) • Minimize Vehicular Driveways and Pedestrian / Vehicle Conflicts - (V-1) - aoc. / 5f Business District - (I-1) Submitted Into the public record I- connection .,vitt item T2?to on t Prisciiia A. Thompson City Clerk Compliance with Section 1305.2 Design Review Criteria For MUSP RIP � � n 1141 1 __- i41--- .7 Mir 0+.4 r'4•-_ �-� Submitted Into the public .. --A. record in connection Iith • Orientation to Corner / Ground Level Retail- (I-3) item P2 ors tc+fa L. • Meets Site Landscape Standards / Conforms to Streetscape Design Guidelines - (II-1) Priscilla A. Thompson • Roof Lines / Fenestration Details / Colors Consistent with Adjacent High Den. Residential - (II-2) _ Cs Clerk • Convenient Pedestrian Access to Usable Plazas - (IV-1) • Parking Structure Screened by Facing of Habitable Space and Program Uses - (VI-3) • Internal Service Elements and Mechanical Structures Screened from Street - (VI-1) • Signage and Lighting for Retail and Public Spaces in Scale / Oriented to Street (VII-1,2,3,4) Government • • • 1 Submitted into the public Center , ♦ ♦ Transit Station Arear cord in connection ith • ♦ item-Pz.:)40 on o c- Overtown ♦� Redevelopment Priscilla A. Thotnpton • iii�r _ Station . City Clerk i P • NW ';t Avenue. looking south. T--e r.ght-of-w,:y is to be reconfigured to accor imoc' ate light rail, on-s;^ee: ' c sr park-�. a��� double alev�s of� - a�_:�e _ �.��,. , ro�:ertics fri_: Fti g the _., .et are i ;�r.�_: ate:_ a.� mixed -use �u w t- he _, in!:j on upper f c:ors. Transition in Scale - Compatibility with Overtown Folk Life Village Lyric Theater & Existing Residential to north and west Submitted Into the public record in connection vith item x0 on la l? pc. cilia A.141ohnpson it► C1erk Crosswinds }• $ r`I Gi...4r ��n1s } Site Cvertow:': This gb;_DA ilustrates intense bleb - se development along NW 1s, Avenue ant. " grail, stepping tiown to `_ -e smaller scaled L.ildings of Oivertove-'s, Folklife Village. ,o p SEOPW Recea•e orpnlent Plan PL.blic Meetings 200 2134 Public Meetings Notices Posted Type Discussion Location Time Continents Morcay. Apr l 2E.:004 Mian•i Times. 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Miami —imes, M arni J3i'y BLsiress Review Pun Review Flan a•:ai ab'e `cr cis-•i:;L* on. Creaticr o` the SEC•D:: Review Pare for rev evv of DRAFT S OPY, 73131' F an, soLld be pic.,ed Lp at CRA. +,Cupont Officer, Overtow i NET and Co..4..:ovir NE— •r,rct- _- V, rci- 22 2233 C. rn,ients av31 a: e, contact C1.- Office at ?C5 379-8 C0 Sattrcay, •.aruary 25 2003 Miami Time-v Town Ha I Meetirg CRA Ec; rorric Consal:ar.. =HA .. ciscLss eccrcmic ara ys s cf SECP.14 Redevelcpine r; Area Lyric The-te- tr_1 ••2 io i =ee 2.:y C:er� for n•!rL:es 325-2F.0-53E0 Satircay. ttovembe-'75 2002 Miami Today. M ami - res Tow-, Ha I Meetira S=OP''.A -aft ?gar Lyric TI-eate- 10-4: loci See Ciy. ; erg for n•irL:es -3:5-2`0-53c0 1973 - Urban Development & Zoning Plan 1976 - Miami Comprehensive Neighborhood Development Plan 1979-80 - Overtown Redevelopment Plan 1982 - SEOPW Redevelopment Plan August 1984 - Design Guidelines & Standards for Southeast Overtown / Park West 1984 - Overtown Transit Station Area Design & Development Plan 1989 - Historic Overtown Folklife Village Master Plan 1989 - Downtown Miami Master Plan Submitted Into the public 1997 - Overtown Folklife Village Master Plan (Update) record in connection wi 1998 - NW 3rd Avenue Priority Business Corridor Plan item ?Z on o 1_ bi. 1999 - CRA Fiscal 2000andyear Plan Priscilla A. Tho ps n Miami sca 5 2000 - Overtown Area Design Charrette Report City Clerk 2000 - Housing Needs & Potential of Overtown / Park west 2002 - Overtown Greenprint Plan Inn? _ n„Artr„ an• A I nnle Ringo - rnnnarrtinnc to tha Pi iti ira Into the p lic n connection with x,onta1 it, villa A. Tho pson City Cie ' ti tl 7fp TY„F P PM Pf 77 BAP TA"? ■ca 10 a iirvome s AA T'l, , TYR I1 I,Y1 M •d Into the pL1b�tC Subrnitte ihm• record in connection w th - . itePriscilla `. ram Thompson 3S -.w� F ■ isclilo A. connectiolerk n r�l�rrr�rr�r����r�Nk�rrii ■ i iq,,_ :K. ems_ �r T'fc .. ■ ▪ i Analysis of P i Tower Coverage f■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■���wtsyk°fr�� tse'tII y 1 1 2 i Transpose E '/2 i 1 ▪ i toW'/2 ■ rw • ,jF f ▪ I i • I Cumulative • • i { , • i Lot Coverage i i ▪ i less than 50% ■ I . . i ■ • • zNK Area Tess • • :1114 ■ - ui x+ • -• CL • • • • • ■ • • • ai■ • !^fM f p • • i,+M!f 3 Wee I • Tin i • • 1 il•.i d OP�.;. • • • than 50% Tower Footprint in Yellow r.riot ri+, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMITTEE LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT VOLUME INCREASE AND TAX-EXEMPT PRIVATE ACTIVITY BOND VOLUME CAP INCREASE WHEREAS, the Low -Income Housing Tax Credit is the primary tool for producing rental housing across the country; and WHEREAS, since 1987, more than $3 billion In housing fax credits have been allocated to help finance more than 900,000 multifamily housing units for lower -income persons; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that in 1999 demand for housing tax credits outstripped supply by more than 3 to 1; and WHEREAS, the Low -Income Housing Tax Credit has lost purchasing power due to remaining at the $1.25 per capita since it was enacted in 1986; and WHEREAS thousands of units are being removed from the low rent public housing inventory annually because of their poor physical condition; and WHEREAS, UHTC should discourage the concentration of poor families in housing developments and instead promote the revitalization of neighborhoods by providing mbced- income housing opportunities; and US Conference of Mayors — 2000 program of 150 units located in 11 cities in suburban Anoka, Hennepin and Ramsey Counties. The Family Afford -able Housing Program gives families with low incomes the opportunity to live in neighborhoods outside areas with high levels of poverty. The units are leased to families on the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority and Metro HRA waiting lists. At least 40% of the units must be leased to households with incomes of 30% of area median income or less; the remainder are leased to house -holds with incomes of 80% of median or less. Minnesota Metropolitan Council 3/06 Submitted Into the public record in connection wi h item Z 3(0 on 10 i(. Cob Priscilla A. Thompson '""` City Clerk. 1 ACT, PICO LIFT and PICO National Network are asking HUD and FEMA to provide a list of federally -subsidized housing units in the New Orleans region, including the condition of these units and the timeline for bringing them online. ACT, PICO LIFT and PICO National Network are asking HUD and FEMA to develop creative strategies for transferring federally owned properties for redevelopment by non-profit community development organizations. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to include enough resources in the state's Community Development Block Grant request to HUD to build and renovate affordable homeownership and rental housing for the majority of low and moderate -income displaced families who did not own property in New Orleans, but still want to return to the city. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to assure that as part of block grant request there is funding set aside to enable non-profit developers to acquire and renovate abandoned and damaged housing for ownership and rental for displaced families. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to adopt a 20/20 affordable housing policy that set asides 20 percent of units for low-income families and 20 percent for low to moderate -income families for all large-scale housing construction that receives public subsidy for either land acquisition or development. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to assure that pre -Katrina renters and homeowners who are not able to rebuild their homes receive first priority for new affordable housing, including creating pathways for homeownership. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to convene state legislative leaders, FEMA officials, local officials, the State Insurance Commissioner and private insurance companies to address the need for affordable insurance products for families that want to rebuild in Louisiana. ACT and PICO LIFT are asking the State of Louisiana to make that HUD repair and return to use publicly subsidized housing units Orleans region. Neighborhood Planning Submitted Into the public record in connection with item 'Q23te on to Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk a formal request in the New Each Sunday thousands of families travel from Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Houston and across the South to New Orleans to work on their homes and worship together. A January survey by the City of New Orleans found that the population of the New Orleans that flooded was down from 350,000 to 50,000, but that the number of people in the once -flooded areas doubled or more on weekend days. Rising church attendance and the influx of residents point to the will that families have to return and rebuild. Over the past month 1,500 people participated in six neighborhood meetings organized by ACT across New Orleans. Large numbers of people have also been attending neighborhood civic meetings to voice their needs and intent to return. ACT will be working over the next six months in six clusters to help families and congregations have a real say in how our communities are rebuilt, including 4 shaping plans for communities that provide adequate and mixed -income affordable housing and high quality health, education and recreation opportunities. ACT is asking the Bring Back New Orleans Commission Urban Planners to assure that ACT member -congregations have representation on the planning teams in the planning districts where we are leading rebuilding campaigns. ACT is asking the Bring Back New Orleans Commission Urban Planners to send planning staff to attend planning days organized by ACT member -congregations in each of our six clusters to solicit input and ideas from residents. 4 ACT Is asking the Bring Badc New Orleans Commission Urban Planners to make mixed -income and affordable housing (including ownership and rental housing) a necessary part of each neighborhood plan and of the dtywide plan to avoid concentration of poverty and to create housing opportunities for all families that want to return. ACT is asking the Mayor and City Council to use their oversight authority over the planning process to assure that no neighborhoods are unfairly written off for redevelopment and that families from all areas of the city are able to have a voice in the final plan. ACT Is asking the City of New Orleans to adopt a policy that requires mixedincome and affordable housing (including ownership and rental housing) as part of neighborhood plans and the citywide plan to avoid concentration of poverty and to create the maximum possible housing opportunities for all families that want to return. Submitted Into t s, record in connection' item ` 1 x. _.on to _ 0 c. Priscilla A. Th • meson City Clerk 5 National Academy of Science — 2006 Submitted Into the public record in connectin ith item won a o` Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Dr. Lincoln Quillian University of Wisconsin — Madison Sources of the Spatial Concentration of Poverty in U.S. Metropolitan Areas Following the work of Wilson (1987), a major concern in both social science and policy circles has been the spatial concentration of low-income households. Research has shown that neighborhoods with high rates of concentrated poverty tend to experience problems like high rates of crime and poor public schools (Krivo and Petersen 1996). The effect of subsidized housing policies on the spatial distribution of poverty has become a major concern in discussions of housing policy (Turner 1998). My proposed research while an Urban Scholars fellow aims to better understand the causes of concentrated poverty in American cities. My project will focus on understanding two factors that are likely related to spatially concentrated poverty: metropolitan transportation systems and subsidized housing policies. These factors have not been included in the most complete prior studies of the causes of metropolitan poverty concentration (Massey and Eggers 1990, ]argowsky 1997). There is good reason to believe that both systems of metropolitan transportation and subsidized housing policies are important to understanding poverty concentration. Because low-income families often do not own cars, they are constrained to live within urban zones with good access to public transportation. The nature and extent of available public transportation then influences the resulting spatial distribution of low- 6 income households. Likewise, several features of subsidized housing policy tend to concentrate low- income households together, contributing to high rates of poverty in neighborhoods with clusters of subsidized households (Massey and Kanaiaupuni 1993, Newman and Schnare 1997). A better understanding of how these factors influence poverty concentration is important for designing public transit and housing subsidy programs that minimize poverty concentration. The extent and means by which these factors contribute to the concentration of poverty will be assessed through metropolitan - level regression analyses. The first stage of the study will create metropolitan -level measures of neighborhood poverty concentration using census tract data for about 50 metropolitan areas in the 1990 and 2000 censuses. The second stage will combine census data, data from the A Picture of Subsidized Households dataset (HUD 1998), and data from the National Transit Database (Federal Transit Administration 2000) to estimate metropolitan -level models of factors that contribute to urban poverty concentration. The study will also include controls for demographic and economic factors, and examine how urban characteristics such as racial segregation may condition the effects of public transportation systems and housing policy on poverty concentration. Submitted Into the public record in connection ith item PZ, , on 04 Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk Senate Report 109-109 - TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, THE JUDICIARY, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2006 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,636,064,000 for fiscal year 2006, including $4,200,000,000 as an advance appropriation to be made available on October 1, 2006. These funds are $870,144,000 above the fiscal year 2005 level. Of these amounts, the Committee has allocated $14,089,756,000 for the renewal of all expiring section 8 contracts; $192,000,000 for section 8 preservation contracts through tenant protections; $48,000,000 for family self-sufficiency contracts; $1,295,408,000 for administrative fees; $5,900,000 for transfer to the Working Capital Fund; and $5,000,000 for transfer to the Affordable Housing and Economic Development. This account provides funding for section 8 tenant -based housing programs based on a budget -based approach that seeks to ensure funding for vouchers in use while permitting public housing agencies [PHAs] to fund vouchers up to the authorized level. This account funds housing for over 2 million families. Moreover, this level of funding will ensure that PHAs have adequate funds for all vouchers -in -use. The Committee expects that many PHAs will be able to pay the cost of all vouchers up to the legal authorized level. In addition, the account funds incremental vouchers to assist non -elderly disabled families, vouchers for tenants that live in projects where the owner of the project has decided to opt -out of the section 8 project -based program, or for the replacement of other units lost from the assisted housing inventory. The Committee remains concerned over the increased costs of section 8 rents over the last few years and what that could mean to this program in the future. The Committee believes lax administration has resulted in the spiraling costs of this program and the unacceptably high costs of rents for low-income housing. The Committee is optimistic that the budget -based approach will ensure a more rigorous rent policy and fiscally responsible approach. As a result, the Committee directs HUD to report semi-annually on rent increases for affordable, low-income housing throughout the Nation, including the cost to the government due to its failure to promote or implement a policy for developing low-income housing, especially in tight rental housing markets. The Committee also directs HUD to report no later than June 30, 2006 on the effectiveness of this budget -based approach to vouchers, including the extent to which available housing units are lost because of new cost adjustments as well as the impact of this policy on extremely low-income families (those at or below 30 percent of median income for an area). Submitted Into the public record in connectign with item 77- x on Lb Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 8 The Committee has also broadened the base for determining the funding for section 8 vouchers for each PHA by eliminating the 3-month May through July snapshot of voucher costs and replacing it with the most recent 12- month period that provides accurate and reliable data. The legislation also includes up to $45,000,000 for HUD to award funds to PHAs that were unfairly disadvantaged by the 3-month snapshot and from excessive costs due to portability over the last year. This funding should eliminate the need for any central fund. The Committee includes $192,000,000 for tenant protection assistance. This represents some $183,000,000 less than the budget request is some $9,304,000 more than the fiscal year 2005 level. The administration has assumed the full implementation of a demolition rule for 'obsolete' public housing. This rule will not be implemented in time to obligate these funds, especially since HOPE VI remains a viable option for this housing. This funding does include up to $12,000,000 for section 8 assistance to cover the cost of judgments and settlement agreements. The Committee also remains concerned that HUD is not committed to maintaining section 8 project -based housing and may be encouraging owners to opt out of the program. This would be a tremendous mistake since affordable housing needs are growing while the stock of affordable low- income housing is shrinking. HUD is directed to report no later than June 30, 2006 on the status of HUD's efforts to retain section 8 project -based housing, including a 5-year analysis of units lost and retained, by year, State, and locality. HUD is also directed to provide an analysis of all efforts made by HUD to preserve low-income section 8 units. The Committee also directs GAO to assess HUD's efforts and success in preserving HUD -assisted low-income housing, especially section 8 project -based housing, including recommendations on how better to preserve this housing. This report shall be submitted to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations no later than July 15, 2006. The Committee recommends $1,295,408,000 for administrative fees for PHAs. These funds are to be allocated on a pro-rata share based on the fiscal year 2005 allocation. These funds are intended to ensure the success of the section 8 voucher program, but can be used to provide related low-income housing, including development costs. The Committee provides $48,000,000 for Family Self -Sufficiency coordinators [FSS]. These funds are designed to promote self-sufficiency by moving from welfare to work. The Department was unable to justify its request for $55,000,000. Therefore, the Committee directs HUD to provide an assessment on the use of FSS funds over the last 5 years and projected future needs. The Committee also directs the HUD Inspector General to assess the use of FSS funds over the last 5 years. Submitted Into the public record in connection with item Tz . <0 on to‘3<, Priscilla A. Thompson 9 City Clerk The Committee includes $5,000,000 to transfer to the Affordable Housing and Economic Development Technical Assistance Board. The administration continues to urge the adoption of its block grant proposal and asserts that PHAs will have the needed flexibility to meet local needs and conditions and to respond to local rental costs in a more responsible manner. However, the proposal fails for, among other things, the following reasons: (1) the proposed funding is inadequate to support current section 8 utilization; and (2) the proposal would eliminate the current section 8 requirement that three-quarter of all vouchers go to extremely low-income families who are often the elderly, disabled and those most in need of affordable housing. These flaws in the section 8 proposal could result in very low and extremely low-income families and households having to live in substandard housing at unsustainable rents or else become homeless which would be a greater burden and cost on the social safety net than the current use of vouchers. In addition, the proposal could result in PHAs lowering the payment standard for housing or increasing the rent burden on families. In either case the result could be a disaster and a retreat on a long-term Federal commitment designed to eliminate the concentration of low-income families in the worst and poorest communities. Submitted Into the public record in connectiop with item ?2 �c, on to �1ot. Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk 10 Enforce fair -share housing requirements. By monitoring cities to make sure they implement their general plans with respect to providing their fair share of the region's low-income housing, California would avoid concentration of affordable housing and encourage locational choice. The state could also provide incentives to cities that meet their requirements. Appropriate incentives might include levying fair -share housing fees on housing sales or building permits, or requiring compliance with housing -element law, as a condition for receiving transportation and infrastructure funds Affordable Housing, Opportunities and Constraints for Non-profit developers University of California / Berkeley — Policy research center, 3/2001 Submitted Into the public record in connectio with item 'P2 xe on a b` Priscilla A. Tho pson City Clerk 11 Tearing Down Cabrini-Green Cabrini-Green Is Gone. Will The Replacement Work? July 23, 2003 Chicago's North Town Village represents one of the most daring concepts in public housing today. (CBS) PREVIOUS IMAGE QUOTE rsXT IMAGE 'We used to go over to people's houses and spend the night Now they'd rather come home. And 1 like that." former Cabrini-Green tenant Sherry Wade, who moved to North Town Village with her two children Submitted Into the public record in connectio with item? 2) , on le >I.1 c Priscilla A. Thompson City Clerk (CBS) They're finally tearing down Cabrini-Green. For decades, the red and white tenements near downtown Chicago have been a blot on the skyline — the nation's most infamous public housing project, synonymous with gangs, drugs, misery and murder. But Cabrini-Green is just the beginning. As Correspondent Vicki Mabrey first reported last winter, the plan Is to replace all of Chicago's projects with beauty ,! new'mixed-income" developments - rich and Poorliving side by side. So what do you get when you take the country's most disadvantaged families, add in some young professionals, and build them a brand new neighborhood? Chicago is finding out. All over Chicago, they're tearing down the cinderblock dinosaurs known simply as "the projects." They have been a disaster — with generations of children raised in the squalor. But by the end of 2009, 84 53 of Chicago's public housing high-rises wilt be gone. Ifs the largest demolition of public housing in the nation's history, and it will uproot some 40,000 people - many of whom have never lived anywhere else but in public housing. "I'd rather sleep on a cardboard box, in the streets, rather than keep going through what I was going through," says Larry Sargent. Sargent grew up in Cabrini-Green, but when he took on sole custody of his baby son, he knew he had to break the cycle and get out. However, he never imagined that "out" might mean a brand-new, $70 million development just 100 yards from Cabrini-Green. It's called North Town Village and consists of 261 condos and town homes that represent one of the most daring concepts in public housing today. A total of 79 families will have the chance to move out of Cabrini-Green and move In there - next to someone who bought one of the brand-new homes at market rate. A three -bedroom top -of -the. fine town home like that costs nearly $500,000. But an identical unit next door could be reserved for a Cabrini-Green family, whose rent Is subsidized by the government. The project started two years ago with a complex mix of pubic and private funding. The men on the ground was Peter Holston, an idealistic developer selling this vision of gentrMcatIon with a twist. "So here's someone coming and buying a $500.0000 town home, and we're telling him in the sales trailer — or het — that the town home next to you, which is no different than yours, is gonna have a Cabrini-Green family in it," says Holston. "And these people are not turning away. They're buying them.' 12 Mark and Amanda Tomlinson, young professionals, stopped by the sales trailer the day it opened. "1 told her just for kicks, Bring the checkbook,' says Mark Tomlinson. "And it was just a feeding frenzy in there." The Tomlinsons bought a three -bedroom town house on the spot. Incredibly, all the units sold before they were even built. But why would anyone invest In a neighborhood fike this? Because Cabrini-Green, and now North Town Village, are just a mile away from Chicago's ritziest strip. 'There's tons of shops, great stores, restaurants,' says Amanda Tomlinson. "You go two blocks one way. you're in public housing,* adds her husband, Mark. "You go two blocks the other way, you're at Banana Republic?' Finding buyers was easy. The hard sell was convincing public housing residents to apply, which Holsten discovered when he made his pitch to a skeptical crowd at a town hall meeting at Cabrini-Green. Cabrini residents, already angry about being pushed out, thought Holsten's offer sounded too good to be true. "These people were amazed," says Holsten. "They're waiting to get taken advantage of. They're waiting to get screwed. They're waiting for something to go wrong." But there was no catch, Holsten says. "The catch is, follow the building rules and enjoy yourself in a wonderful brand-new home." But for many coming from the chaos of Cabrini-Green, the building rules are barrier enough. On top of the obvious - no drugs, no loitering, no loud music - there is perhaps the hardest expectation of all: that they fit in with their wealthy neighbors. For Sargent, it seemed overwhelming. To get into North Town Village, he and the other applicants would have to pass a screening process so tough that many people simply dropped out. There's a home inspection, a criminal background check, and mandatory drug tests. Wrth that in mind, you might think Sargent's past would disqualify him from landing a spot at the new development. He spent his youth trying to escape all that's wrong with Cabrini-Green, joining the Army at 17 to get away. But after six years, he ended up right back where he started, and spent the last 15 years struggling with drug addiction. But when North Town Village held its first orientation meeting, Sargent was one of the first to arrive. At the time, Candice Howell was a vice president at Holsten's development company, in charge of the screening process. "We're looking for things, red flags, like criminal behavior against property, criminal behavior against people," she says. "Guns, drugs, convictions. Because we're not miracle workers." Howell made it dear from Day One that North Town Village would be nothing like Cabrini-Green. And she literally gave lessons to prospective tenants on how to get along there. "You get good neighbor training - how do I go out and be a good neighbor," says Howell. They also required seminars that all families had to attend before moving in. "Every household has to go through these orientations, and were gonna have a bunch of social events, and we're going to push it," says Holsten. "Push, push, push the concept of building a community." Sheri Wade was desperate for a safer community. A run of bad luck landed her at Cabrini-Green eight years ago. And for her two youngest children — Travis, 12, and Jamilla, 9 — the projects have been a prison. In fact, Wade says, she had to keep them indoors in order to keep them saf�ubmitted Into the public record in connection wit item PZ sc, on la �• Priscilla A. Thom • so City Clerk Sargent and Wade both made it to the next stage of the application process, which included attending a meeting with some of the buyers. Wade seemed a shoo-in, but her application hit a snag. Her on -again off -again husband wouldn't pass the drug test, and she knew it. So she found herself in a difficult position: her husband on one hand, a brand-new home on the other, and Howell in the middle. Wade made a wrenching choice. She and her children would leave her husband behind. "I couldn't keep having it happen to the whole family," says Wade. "It wasn't just affecting him. It affected the whole house." Sargent was determined not to let drugs stand in his way either. He goes regularly for counseling at the VA hospital — a commitment that helped win him a spot at North Town Village. As he and his son left Cabrini-Green for the last time, they began a new life just five minutes away, in a brand-new two -bedroom apartment with a bird's-eye view. But not everyone will be lucky enough to live in a place like North Town Village. So far, 36 high-rises are gone, but aside from North Town Village, construction of new replacement housing has barely begun. And even when it's done, there will be 14,000 fewer public housing apartments than when the demolition first started. Holsten says this is the biggest hitch in the city's plans. "There is a huge need in Cabrini alone," says Holsten. "1 believe there are several thousand families left. Ifs going to be tight. It's going to be really tight" "This is a crisis. Mixed income isn't the answer," adds Howell. "It's not going to accommodate. It's a fraction of the need." The city has been trying to help others find homes outside public housing with mixed results. The developers say they expected some resentment to be directed at North Town Village. There's already been vandalism and a couple of break-ins. But mostly, people at North Town Village are focused on settling in. Amanda Tomlinson says she met a Cabrini family who moved in next door: "They're great." They hope their presence there makes a difference. "There's been this cycle of isolation that's gone on for, you know, 30, 40, years. And my hope is that this breaks the cycle," says Mario Tomlinson. "And 20 years from now, I think everybody will be happy we did this." Larry Sargent is also glad he made the move, and 60 Minutes 11 visited him several months after he moved in. He's been working for the Holsten Group as a maintenance man. For the first time, he's proud to call his apartment home. It's still a struggle every day, he says, but he hopes the move will give his son a chance he never had. "Hell get to see a chance to see another part of ltfe at a young age." says Sargent. "And. you know, won't faH into no snake pit like 1 did." Sheri Wade still works hard to make ends meet, but says she's already noticed a change in her children, and in herself. 'We used to go over to people's houses and spend the night. Now they'd rather come home. And I like that," says Wade. ®MMII, CBS Worldwide Inc. All Rights Reserved. Submitted Into the public record in connection with item PZ x on to b i, Priscilla A. Tho p on City Clerk 14