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City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING
Agenda
I. Roll Call
II. Action on minutes of meeting of September 23, 2021
III. Financial Control of Agencies (Informational) – Tracy Cooley• 3a. Drescher and Malecki 2020-2021 Audit Presentation – Carl Widmer
• 3b. Financial Control of Agencies Financial Update (Tracy Cooley)
IV. BURA Property Disposition
V. Rent Assistance/Eviction Prevention Program (Action) – Malika Lee
• 5a. ERAP Budget Updates for Partner Contract Modifications
VI. Community Partnerships Initiative (CPI) (Action) – Yvonne McCray• 6a. Budget and Scope of Services Modification #3
VII. HOME Update (Informational) – Yvonne McCray
VIII. BURA Operations Update (Informational) – Jenna Bichler
VII. Adjournment
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
FINANCIAL CONTROL OF AGENCIES
Audit Presentation
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
FINANCIAL CONTROL OF AGENCIES
Fiscal Update
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
AGENCY UPDATES
HOME Updates
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesWestminster Commons – 401 Monroe –
Permanent Supportive Rental Apartments
Buffalo Federation of Neighborhood Centers
(Community Based Non-profit)
Construction is 100% complete
closeout pending
A supportive rental community for Senior 55
and over
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesWestminster Commons – 401 Monroe – Permanent Supportive Rental Apartments
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesWNY Veteran’s Housing Coalition – Former BPS #75 Apartments and adjacent infill rental
WNY Veterans HC (Community Based Non-profit). Construction is underway. WNY Veteran’s is 51% complete
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME Updates892 Genesee Street/Polly Jean Suites – Adaptive reuse/conversion - Permanent supportive rental apartments
My Place Home for the Homeless (Faith Based Non-profit)
Construction is underway. Polly Jean Suites is 65% complete.
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesMt. Aaron Village Apartments – 695 Genesee St.
Mt. Aaron Community Hope Builders in partnership with CB Emmanuel Realty (Faith Based non-profit
and NYS Certified MBE Partnership)
Construction is underway.
Mt. Aaron Village is 55% complete.
Lottery held on October 21, 2021.
Target for tenant move ins is December.
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesMt. Aaron Village Apartments – 695 Genesee St.
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesLa Plaza de Virginia – 253-269 Virginia
Hispanos Unidos de Buffalo (Community Based Non-profit)
Construction is underway. La Plaza de Virginia is 45% complete
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesAlso Underway:
Main/Utica Square Apartments – 1373 Main Street – reuse/conversion – Rental Apartments
Bethesda Community Development Corporation (Faith Based Non-profit)
Construction is underway. Main Utica Square Apartments is 55% complete
2201-2209 Fillmore Avenue – Mixed use commercial and residential rehabilitation - Rental
Onyx Global Group – NYS Certified WBE/MBE
Construction is underway. Fillmore Apartments – 65% completed; delayed, developer securing additional financing
needed to address unforeseen cost increases; adjusted completion date is between February and May 2022.
Development team working with BURA and Community Preservation Corporation (CPC) to secure needed support for the
completion.
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesCompleted or closeout pending
Trinity One Apartments – 917-921 E. Delavan Avenue – Affordable Rental
Mt. Olive Community Development Corporation (Faith Based Non-profit)
Trinity One Apartments – 100% complete; closeout completed
Hope House – 243 Sears Street – Supportive Rental Apartments
Lt. Col. Matt Urban Human Services Center (Community Based Non-profit)
Construction is complete. Hope House – residential is 100% complete; project closeout
pending
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesComing Soon!
A grand total of one-thousand and thirty-
eight (1,038) affordable units will be
created and substantially renovated
through the HOME program with the City
and BURA over the next sixteen (16)
months.
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesFive (5) new projects invited to submit full applications will create two hundred and
twenty-four (224) new affordable units
• McCarley - renovation of 150 existing and adding fifteen (15) new townhomes
• Manhattan Village - sixty-six (66) new units
• 97 Swinburne - thirty-seven (37) new units
• Mt. Olive Senior Manor - sixty-five (65) new units
• Nyamekye - 1507 Jefferson - forty-one (41) new units
o total - two-hundred and twenty-four (224)
Two (2) Infill New Construction for First Time Homeownership – in predevelopment
• Belmont/New Opportunities CHDO - five (5) units in Masten Park – CHDO
• True Community Development Corporation – two (2) units E. Ferry and Kehr -
CHDO
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
HOME UpdatesNine (9) underway projects:
• Westminster Commons, 401 Monroe - eighty-four (84)
• Fillmore Apartments, 2201 and 2209 Fillmore - six (6)
• Mt. Aaron Village, 695 Genesee - fifty-nine (59)
• Polly Jean Suites – 892 Genesee - eight (8)
• Main Utica Square, 1373 Main - six (6)
• WNY Veterans, 57 Howard - former BPS #75 - sixty-five (65)
• La Plaza de Virginia, 269 Virginia - forty-six (46)
• Folwell Apartments, 219 Bryant - forty-four (44)
One (1) pending Executive Review with BURA – precursor to Loan Review
• PUSH/BNSC - West Side Homes - forty-nine (49)
Total of the above - three-hundred and sixty-nine (369)
Two (2) upcoming projects will complete substantial renovations to existing affordable
units
• McCarley - one hundred and fifty (150)
• Linwood Preservation Portfolio - two hundred and ninety-five (295)
o total - four hundred and forty-five (445)
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28, 2021
AGENCY UPDATES
Operations and Communications UpdateWelcome, Jessica Starks!
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:March 25, 2021
City of Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency
BURA BOARD MEETING Presentation Date:October 28th, 2021
Thank you!Next Meeting:
November 18th, 2021
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