Without the agreement signed on short notice, the developer could not collect state housing tax credits, with a $245,000 option to purchase the city-owned property also left on the table.
Residents applaud and head for the door after Cleveland Heights City Council voted down a proposed development agreement for the Noble Station affordable housing complex Sept. 18 -- three days before it would have been due to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency to receive state tax credits.
Cobb followed up Monday saying there had been no attempt to build any consensus for the project, questioning how much community outreach had been done in order to apply for the OHFA tax credits that were approved in May. Council President Melody Joy Hart agreed with Larson about the fit, saying she would not vote for the development agreement because the proposal was “not fully vetted” and the “oversized” project was “handled cavalierly.”Hart noted that the developer had wanted to start construction as early as October, providing “insufficient time to correct the design. I would encourage the city to look at more options.”came Sept.
“This is a step in the process and we are determined to continue the dialogue with the community,” Kelly said, adding “we’ve already done the heavy lifting with the state.”for other development and would continue to refine its plans and respond to requests from the community, which would be brought back to the Planning Commission and ABR.
Councilwoman Davida Russell remembers “what the neighborhood used to look like.” She commended TWG for “trying to make the project better,” but questioned the need for “another apartment building,” saying fault lies with the city for not keeping existing properties in Noble maintained. “A lot of it is buy-in from the community,” Russell added, noting that there were reportedly 26 meetings involving the Top of the Hill project. City officials countered that many of those took place after that development agreement was approved.
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