| (LRC) which serves as an advisory body to the Brownfields
Redevelopment Program. The LRC is comprised of mayor-appointed stakeholders from diverse
fields including real estate, legal, banking/finance, environmental justice, environmental
advocacy, community and government. Who can apply? Owners or developers of
environmentally contaminated property may apply.
What are the requirements? Before a property can be considered for inclusion in
the Brownfields Redevelopment Program, the following criteria must be met. Criterion 10 is
preferred, but not required.
I. The property must be located within Houston city limits.
2. The property must have real or perceived environmental contamination challenges or
concerns.
3. The property must be underutilized or abandoned with realistic potential for
redevelopment in the near-term.
4. The property owner or potential purchaser must provide actual plans for property
reuse or cleanup.
5. The property owner must give written authorization to allow the City of Houston to
designate the property as a brownfield.
6. The applicant must be willing to enter the property into the Texas Voluntary Cleanup
Program.
7. The property cannot be a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act permitted or
interim-status facility.
8. The property cannot be listed on the Environmental Protection Agency's National
Priorities List.
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9. The property cannot be involved in or targeted for any
federal or state enforcement action.
10. Redevelopment must be planned to start within 12 months of the date of the
application.
To date, approximately 1,100 acres of brownfields have
been entered into the City of Houston Brownfields Redevelopment
Program.
Two successful Brownfields Redevelopment Program projects include:
117 Eastwood, the John Goldberg Senior Housing Project:
As a result of working with the City's Brownfields Redevelopment Program,
the Latino Learning Center, Inc. redeveloped a brownfield
that had been vacant for 17 years. The property is now a
64-unit housing complex for senior citizens, a seniors'
day care and health care center and a 5,500 sq.ft. community
center.
The use of this property also allows 140 students to have
access to classes in English as a second language, math,
science, computer science, secretarial training and air
conditioning repair. It also created four new full-time
jobs for residents of the community and create 150 construction
jobs with 50 percent set aside for local residents.
2505 Washington Avenue: The Washington Courtyards
Project included 74 units of mixed income housing known
as the Washington Courtyards. This site was developed by
Avenue Community Development Corporation and Texas Interfaith
Housing Corporation. The construction of Washington Courtyards
complements and continues revitalization of the Washington
Avenue Corridor, replacing a brownfield with a new mixed-income
housing development
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jobs for the community.
To apply to
the program, submit a completed application and supporting documents that provide detailed
information about the property.
Information about the Brownfields Redevelopment Program is available on the City's
website at:
http://www.houstonbrownfields.org
For further information or to request an application, contact:
Ron Sandberg, Brownfields Coordinator
City of Houston Office of the Mayor
611 Walker, 6th Floor
Houston, TX 77002
713-837-9020
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| Reducing Infant Mortality in Houston:
Practical Steps and Ethical Issues is a four-hour physician
education program jointly sponsored by HDHHS and The University of Texas-Houston Medical
School. The meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 5, 1999 beginning at 7:30 AM. The
location is the Children's Nutrition Research Center Howland Auditorium,1100 Bates at
Fannin.
For information, call Rick Gamble at 713-794-9335 |
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