South Tucson's El Independiente, 1981-09-04

              En resumen: dinero para casas esta otenible
Los coordinadores de una programa coinuaal designio para
rehabilitar algunas rasas de Sur Tucson dijeron que estati
redbiendo una respuesta buena aunque solamente 5 residentes
asistieron a una asamblea sobre el subjeto en el 31 de agesto.
l6alphE.Galley, un especialista de rehabilitar de viviendas por
ti Community Development DepartmcfltO de Sur Tucson, dijo
que entre 'IO y50 peticioties por la programa han sido recibidos
y mad esperarati antes de el 30 de septiembre, la diá fmal para
aplicar.
Hnalnscnte, 30 a 30 casas rebabilitarati con niai que $2tX),(XX)
en fondos que han sido aprobados por el gobierno federal.
Los fondus son divididos en tres categorids - una para
rehaciendo completa con tanto como $16,007 de casa, una
para rehacer en emergencids y una que contiene fondos para
South Tucson's
EI Independiente
Vol. VI No. t
Published by the ,Iournalisrn Department of The University oF Arizona September 4, 1981
40 apply
for home
repair aid
By ROBERTA TUBIS and
JUDY DUNWELL
Coordinators of a community black.
grant program designed to rehabilitate
several Snuth Tucson homes say they are
getting gond response despite the fact that
only five residents attended a meeting on
tise issue Aug. 31.
Ralph E. Galley, a housing
rehabilitation specialist for the South
Tucson Community Developmenl
Department, said between 40 and 50 ap-plications
for the program have been
received and more are expected before the
Sept. 30 deadline.
Eventually, 30 to 35 homes will be
rehabilitated with more than $200,000 in
funds tentatively approved by the federal
government.
The funds are divided into three
categories-six to eight complete
remodeling grants of as much as $16,000
per home, 12 emergency grants of as much
as $2,000 apiece for one specific household
repair, and 12 low-interest loans of as
much as $7,500 for general remodeling.
The emergency grants and low-interest
loans will be available to people
throughout the city, but the complete
remodeling grants will be limited to homes
in the target area bordered by 32nd and
33rd streets on the north, 37th Street on the
south. Seventh Avenue on the east and 10th
Avenue on the west.
According to Dan Williams, CDD
director, the city hopes that improving the
value of homes in the area will interest a
developer in building low and middle-income
condominium housing in the
neighborhood.
"A builder can't get a loan to build units
ïn an area where the surrounding homes
will pull their value down," Williams said.
"So, to attract builders, we must bring the
property value up."
Households will be ranked according to
family size, financial status and the extent
of necessary repairs. Recipients will he
picked by an advisory committee now
being formed. Williams said he will abide
by the committee's decisions, "unless they
counter federal regulations."
Local contractors are being encouraged
to participate, Galley said. The companies
will be paid either in a lump sum upon
completian or in increments of 30, 60 and
90 percent. Ten percent of the
rehabilitation costa will be held for tOto 30
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probamos con mIceti bajo. Los preitamos son tanto mosa
$7,5 cada una.
Los fondes para emergendá y Ice de prallansis estam'otenibte
a gente tsi todos pastes de la ciudad, pero ice fondos para
rehabilitar completa estaraís limitado a rams en la nfra
rodeando los caminos 32 y 33 al norte, el cantino 37 al sur la
Avenida Siete al retry la Avenida Dim al oeste.
Seguii Den Williams, el director de CCd, la dudad espesa que
se mejoraba la vale de las casa en ta area y interesaraun
developer ea construir viviendas para redilen bajos y de la
mitad.
Los caseros clasificaraii seguís el larnaaflo, estado financial y el
numero dc rehabilitados ncccesucios. Las personas elegimii por
una junta advisasio. Williams dijo que et aceptara' Ice
dedsioíses de la junta, "a nimios que estaran contra alas reglas
federales."
Lo gente que recibe dinero tiene que continuar poseer la casa
por no manes que cinco andes.
Si la casa vendriá antes de tinco aniSes, unes partes de ko
fondus tienen que regresar.
"Este es para guardar contra algun persona usando tos fondos
para rehabilitar la casa y entonces vendiendola por un locro,"
Galley dijo.
Galley va a inspetar las casas seis meses despuet de Indas las
rehabilitaciones habiais sido completadas para hacer seguro
que todo estaopecando correctamente y que la gente esta
satisfecha con los rehabilitacioíies.
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/5 wet Sonny Valdez. 0. pauses between dips at a neighborhood pool party.
See story on pageS. (Photo by Laramie Ti-evino)
Carlos Bartz sentenced
By DREZ JENNINGS
Nearly a year after his indictment,
Carlos E. Bartz was found guilty of
charges he had attempted to bribe South
Tucson City Manager Richard E. Kaf-fenberger.
Bartz entered a plea of no contest June 5
before Piena County Superior Court Judge
Robert B. Buchanan, according to Bartz'
attorney, Gary S. Kneip
Kneip said Bartz was sentenced to one
year of unsupervised probation.
Baria, who originally pleaded innocent,
could have been sentenced to 2 ½ years in
prison and could have been fined up to
$150,000, court recorda state.
Baria and his wife, Rosalva, were in-dicted
Sept. 8, 19110, on charges they had
offered Kaffenberger tO percent of the
sales price of property they owned if
Kaffenberger would recommend the City
Council purchase the property.
The indictment filed against the couple
does not specify what piece of land was lo
be sold.
The only land owned by lhe couple in
Pima County is at 20W. 28th Sl., according
to property records in the county
assessor's office.
The address is listed in Ihe indiclment
both as their home address and as the
address of AAA Furniture Refinishers.
The charges broughl against the couple
were heard by three Superior Court judges
over a period of nine months, and charges
ag'inat Mrs. Bartz were dropped during
the June hearing.
The trial by jury, originally set to begin
Dec. 31, was first delayed until Jan. 27,
1981. Records state that delay was granted
because Baria was ill.
Several other delays also were granted.
Issuance of free YMCA membership
carde for South Tucson city employees
was stopped in July after allegations that
federal funds allotted by the city council
for the YMCA's annual youth program
would be used illegally to help pay for the
employee memberships.
Both City Manager Richard E. Kaf-fenberger
and Mayor Dan W. Ekstrom
deny that any portion of the $3,000
allocated in June to the JA. Mulcahy
Branch YMCA, 4902 5. Sixth Ave., was
intended ta pay for the memberships.
The allegations were brought by an
official of another agency who received a
part of $35,597 ïn federal revenue-sharing
funds. Flint Anderson, executive director
of the House of Neighborly Service, ac-cused
city officials of allegedly misusing
public funds for private interests and
violating the Arizona statute on conflict of
interest.
Aisderson made the charge after hearing
the YMCA's request for funding in a letter
written in June by branch director Gary
Wells and read before the council at its
June20 meeting. The letter stated that this
year's allotment would pay for both free
city-employee memberships and for South
Tucson youth to use the facility.
Anderson said although he received a
letter from Jack D. Davis, president of the
board of directors for Tucson's YMCAs
and executive vice president of United
Bank of Arizona, stating that all free city
employees memberships have been
unilaterally withdrawn since July, he
plans lo request an investigation into the
maIler by the U.S. Treasury Department's
Office of Revenue Sharing.
"We have not received a satisfactory
response from City Hall," Anderson said.
"Even though the YMCA withdrew the
memberships, there is still a question of
how these funds were used."
Anderson's House of Neighborly Service
received $5,000, $1,400 less than he
requested, from the City Council. The
requested sum of $6,400 was needed to
open a public swimming pool, which his
agency operates, for the summer.
Kaffenberger said he made a recom-mendation
to the council to vote on
whether the complimentary memberships
should be allowed to continue, but the
council refused.
"When I presented the issue to the
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City halts
'Y' offer
of passes
By ANNE ALFORD