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MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
The Housing Authority of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas met in
Special Session at 10:30 o'clock a.m., on Friday, January 24, 1975,
in the office of the Authority, $1 North School Avenue, Fayetteville,
Arkansas.
Mr. Gould, Chairman, called the meeting to order.
On Roll Call the following members were present:
Commissioners: Gould, Clinton, Underwood
Commissioners Absent: Morgan
Others Present: R. L. Dugan, Bromo Wilson, Delbert Allen,
Pat Donat, 0. J. Snow, Nancy Moses, Marion Orton,
Barbara Cain, Lorene Lee, Nancy Findley, David McWethy,
Wallace Johnson
The Chairman ordered that the following Waiver and Consent be spread
upon the Minutes:
WAIVER OF NOTICE OF. AND CONSENT TO SPECIAL MEETING
We, the undersigned, do hereby accept notice of this SPECIAL MEETING,
waiving any and all irregularities in the service of notice and do
hereby consent and agree that the Commissioners of the Housing Authority
of Fayetteville, Arkansas shall meet at their regular meeting place at
10:30 o'clock a.m., on the 24th day of January, 1975, for the following
purposes:
1. Roll Call
2. Discuss appraisal of Old Post Office Building
/s/ J. W. Gould
/s/ Roy Clinton
/s/ Bill Underwood
Mr. Dugan explained HUD's viewpoint on the appraisal of the Old Post
Office and read portions from HUD's letter of December 3,.1974.
"....Item 3g(1) of Urban Renewal Handbook 7207.1, Chapter 2,....
states, in part: 'No property in the project that is listed on the
National Register shall be removed, demolished, or substantially
altered by the LPA, nor shall any other project activity be under-
taken which will have a substantially deleterious effect on such
property, without the prior concurrence of HUD.' It is therefore
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apparent that any extensive remodeling of the subject historical
structure will not be in order, unlessprior governmental approvals
are obtained. In any event, costs for remodeling cannot be considered
in the disposition appraisal processing. However, such minimal costs
necessary to restore the structure to its original state can be cited
to the appraisers for their consideration in the completion of their
reports."
The Board asked Mr. Snow to appraise the building in the light of
the building being on the Historical Register and considering that
there is actually only one possible purchaser, the City of Fayetteville.
Mr. Snow stated that there are two ways he could appraise the building.
One way being that if the use of the building is so restrictive that
it eliminates the market value in the normal sense of the word. But,
if the building is to be used publically as office space, then it
must be appraised considering it in that light and would have to be
appraised on the basis of its highest and best use.
Mr. Underwood asked Mr. Snow if considering that the City will not be
able to use the building for an indefinite time for office space because
of financial problems, could he then appraise it simply as a historical
building.
Mr. Snow said that he could appraise the building as a historical
structure if the Board so instructed him, but if the building was
ever used as public offices that his appraisal would be considered
invalid and the Board woul have to get another appraisal.
Mr. Gould and Mr. Dugan suggested that the Board should get HUD
concurrence that the building could be considered historically and
still be used as a City Hall or for public use, then get the appraisal
on that basis.
Mr. Snow agreed that this would be the best action to take at this
time.
Mr. Clinton moved that the Board request from HUD a ruling concerning
Parcel 27-A (the Old Post Office) that the buyer can use a historical
building for other purposes such as offices as long as the building
is maintained historically.
Motion seconded by Mr. Underwood, and carried unanimously.
The Board then went into Executive Session. Several tenants present
at the meeting presented a list of grievance committee members and
also presented several complaints: The Board met with Mr. Dugan
relative to correction of various maintenance problems including
establishing a daily work schedule, establishment of priorities, and
reworking the work order system as it now stands. The meeting was
adjourned following the Executive Session.
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY
OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS
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