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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO REDEVELOPMENT. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA. Monday, October 1, 2012. TYPES OF REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES. BROWNFIELDS. Homestead Works / Waterfront – Before & After. Abandoned Steel Mills 7 Properties McKeesport (2) McKeesport Industrial Park Firth Sterling Duquesne - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO REDEVELOPMENTALLEGHENY COUNTY, PA
Monday, October 1, 2012
TYPES OF REDEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES
BROWNFIELDSAbandoned Steel Mills
◦7 Properties McKeesport (2)
McKeesport Industrial Park Firth Sterling
Duquesne Leetsdale Homestead
Waterfront Rankin
Carrie Furnace
Homestead Works / Waterfront – Before & After
SITE SELECTION / ACQUISITION / DESIGNATION
Obstacle #1
Site Selection / DesignationSite Acquisition
◦Private Developer◦Regional Industrial Development Corp.◦County
Designation as Redevelopment Area◦Time Consuming◦Costly
Slums & Blight Designation
FINANCINGObstacle #2
Organizing Project FundingWhat Funding is AvailableLength of Time it Takes to Put
Funding TogetherHow to Coordinate
◦CDBG Funds◦CDBG Float Loans◦Section 108 Funding◦Match for State Funding◦TIFs◦LERTAs
ROADBLOCKSObstacle #3
Types of Road BlocksWorking with Utility
Companies
Antiquated or No Infrastructure
Community Support
Historic Preservation◦McKeesport Round
House
EVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Obstacle #4
Overcoming Environmental IssuesAct 2 Clearance from PA-DEP Required
◦Remedial Action Plan To be Followed by Developer / Contractors
◦Remedial Actions Taken Soil Cap
The lubricants used by the steel mill were housed in underground storage tanks, which leaked and contaminated the soil.
There was also asbestos contamination, which required soil cleaning.
Trucked in additional soil to raise site above floodplain
Carrie Furnace Site
SITE ACCESSObstacle #5
SITE ACCESS - FLYOVERS5 Sites – 5
Flyovers◦Railroad Tracks
made access to sites difficult
◦Long wait for Train to Pass
◦$10 Million TIGER Grant – Carrie Furnace Flyover
McKeesport Flyover
LOW/MOD JUSTIFICATION
Obstacle #6
L/M Area Justification Special Assessment Required
◦ A census tract (or block numbering area) qualifies for the presumptions permitted under paragraphs (a)(4)(iv)(A)(1) and (B) of this section if it is either part of a Federally-designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community or meets the following criteria: (A) It has a poverty rate of at least 20percent as determined
by the most recently available decennial census information; (B) It does not include any portion of a central business
district, as this term is used in the most recent Census of Retail Trade, unless the tract has a poverty rate of at least 30 percent as determined by the most recently available decennial census information; and
(C) It evidences pervasive poverty and general distress by meeting at least one of the following standards: (1) All block groups in the census tract have poverty rates of at
least 20 percent; (2) The specific activity being undertaken is located in a block
group that has a poverty rate of at least 20 percent; or (3) Upon the written request of the recipient, HUD determines that
the census tract exhibits other objectively determinable signs of general distress such as high incidence of crime, narcotics use, homelessness, abandoned housing, and deteriorated infrastructure or substantial population decline.
Projects needing Special Assessment:
Duquesne Flyover
Braddock Hospital Site
SECURING THE SITEObstacle #7
Pitfalls of Securing the SiteJersey Barriers –
Water & Concrete◦Shot at / Pulled away
Guardrails◦Cut and sold for
ScrapLocks
◦Cut – Replaced at least 10 times
◦Locked in
QUESTIONS?
John J. Exler, Jr., Deputy DirectorAllegheny County Economic Development
425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 800Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-350-1036Email: [email protected]