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the Planning Department and Finance to One property owner is battling cancer and The Community Development Block
get the construction dollars spent. “There needed 24-hour unobstructed access for Grant Program is different from the normal
are a lot of i’s to dot and t’s to cross when emergency response. One property owner reimbursable grants the City receives.
utilizing HUD funding. First, we have has a landscaping business and needed Once the project is complete, the invoice
to make sure the project is in an area a lot of street parking area. A group of is entered into the HUD system. The City
designated for funding by HUD. Then property owners refused to park on the then requests an amount that has been put
with the funds available, we look for street in fear of someone hitting their cars. aside in escrow in the HUD system and
projects such as drainage issues with water Drainage was another challenge. Over the those funds are directly deposited into the
leaving the right-of-way where it isn’t years, the original drainage pattern slowly City account to be applied to the check
supposed to. Many areas that had tear- disappeared in some areas necessitating requests the City produces to pay for the
drop curb have been paved so much that the deletion of inlets and the upgrading of project. These funds must be used within a
the curb no longer exists.” other drainage structures.” time limit, while HUD actively follows how
long it takes the City to utilize the funds.
Public Works has long received calls The City applied $150,000 of If the City moves too slowly, the amount
about drainage complaints in these areas. Community Development Block Grant of funding can be reduced if not pulled all
City Design Engineer, Duane Allen, money to this project and supported together.
P.E., developed the latest project and it with another $207,000 to complete
coordinated reconstruction of several the project. Approximately one-third The Community Development Block
older streets in the Colonial Subdivision of the road improvement part of the Grant Program is ultimately a program
in Hendersonville. When asked what was budget was allocated to this area. “This necessitating coordination among the
most challenging, “Probably the most is a reconstruction basically. Previous Planning, Finance, and Public Works
challenging was replacing the curb. Most maintenance habits only exacerbated Departments. Successful coordination is
of it was damaged from paving over the drainage issues and ultimately led to the only achieved with clear communications
curb several times over the years and the reconstruction,” says Moore. “We hope and a willingness for interdepartmental
rest was broken while milling it back off. to continue working in areas such as partnerships. With everyone being a team
The process to demolish and reconstruct this to mitigate some very old issues that player, projects are well defined in scope,
the curb was very disruptive to the a standard repair can’t fix. We hope to which leads to effective projects and an
neighborhood. While the curb was being change the scope of the program a bit in improved community.
reconstructed, people were asked to park the next few years. We would like to help
on the road while the concrete cured. Of with buildings non-profits utilize who run * CBER Tennessee Population Projections:
the 50 residents, there were three people programs benefitting the community, such 2011-2064; University of TN, Knoxville;
needing access for doctor appointments. as the Senior Citizen’s Center.” Tennessee State Data Center; Boyd Center for
Business and Economic Research
Hydraulics, Inc.
River City
Hydraulics
serves
all of West
Tennessee for
HEIL Refuse
Equipment,
Petersen
Knuckleboom
Loaders, Vac
Con Sewer
Equipment,
and Galbreath
Rolloff Hoist.
3131 Fleetbrook, Memphis, TN 38116
2350 Wooddale Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70805
122 Magnet Dr., Sherwood, AR 72120
1-800-365-6183
View online at tnpublicworks.com 13
get the construction dollars spent. “There needed 24-hour unobstructed access for Grant Program is different from the normal
are a lot of i’s to dot and t’s to cross when emergency response. One property owner reimbursable grants the City receives.
utilizing HUD funding. First, we have has a landscaping business and needed Once the project is complete, the invoice
to make sure the project is in an area a lot of street parking area. A group of is entered into the HUD system. The City
designated for funding by HUD. Then property owners refused to park on the then requests an amount that has been put
with the funds available, we look for street in fear of someone hitting their cars. aside in escrow in the HUD system and
projects such as drainage issues with water Drainage was another challenge. Over the those funds are directly deposited into the
leaving the right-of-way where it isn’t years, the original drainage pattern slowly City account to be applied to the check
supposed to. Many areas that had tear- disappeared in some areas necessitating requests the City produces to pay for the
drop curb have been paved so much that the deletion of inlets and the upgrading of project. These funds must be used within a
the curb no longer exists.” other drainage structures.” time limit, while HUD actively follows how
long it takes the City to utilize the funds.
Public Works has long received calls The City applied $150,000 of If the City moves too slowly, the amount
about drainage complaints in these areas. Community Development Block Grant of funding can be reduced if not pulled all
City Design Engineer, Duane Allen, money to this project and supported together.
P.E., developed the latest project and it with another $207,000 to complete
coordinated reconstruction of several the project. Approximately one-third The Community Development Block
older streets in the Colonial Subdivision of the road improvement part of the Grant Program is ultimately a program
in Hendersonville. When asked what was budget was allocated to this area. “This necessitating coordination among the
most challenging, “Probably the most is a reconstruction basically. Previous Planning, Finance, and Public Works
challenging was replacing the curb. Most maintenance habits only exacerbated Departments. Successful coordination is
of it was damaged from paving over the drainage issues and ultimately led to the only achieved with clear communications
curb several times over the years and the reconstruction,” says Moore. “We hope and a willingness for interdepartmental
rest was broken while milling it back off. to continue working in areas such as partnerships. With everyone being a team
The process to demolish and reconstruct this to mitigate some very old issues that player, projects are well defined in scope,
the curb was very disruptive to the a standard repair can’t fix. We hope to which leads to effective projects and an
neighborhood. While the curb was being change the scope of the program a bit in improved community.
reconstructed, people were asked to park the next few years. We would like to help
on the road while the concrete cured. Of with buildings non-profits utilize who run * CBER Tennessee Population Projections:
the 50 residents, there were three people programs benefitting the community, such 2011-2064; University of TN, Knoxville;
needing access for doctor appointments. as the Senior Citizen’s Center.” Tennessee State Data Center; Boyd Center for
Business and Economic Research
Hydraulics, Inc.
River City
Hydraulics
serves
all of West
Tennessee for
HEIL Refuse
Equipment,
Petersen
Knuckleboom
Loaders, Vac
Con Sewer
Equipment,
and Galbreath
Rolloff Hoist.
3131 Fleetbrook, Memphis, TN 38116
2350 Wooddale Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70805
122 Magnet Dr., Sherwood, AR 72120
1-800-365-6183
View online at tnpublicworks.com 13
