LETTER TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER FROM SAMUEL R. PIERCE

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• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 30, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410-0001
Honorable William H. Webster
Director, Central Intelligence
Agency
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Judge Webster:
Title V of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (the Act),
Public Law 100-77, signed by the President on July 22, 1987, requires the
Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to
collect information regarding unutilized and underutilized federal real
properties (including fixtures) that may be suitable for use as facilities
to assist the homeless.
As a result of the recent ruling in National Coalition for the
Homeless vs. United States Veterans Administration, et al, (Civil Case No.
88-2503-0G D.D.C.), GSA and certain other Federal agencies are enjoined
from disposing of any federal property until the requirements of Section
501 of the Act have been met.
Consequently, we are requesting that you review your agency's most
recent real property surveys that were developed pursuant to the
requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of
1949 and its implementing regulations, 40 U.S.C. 471, et seq.; 40 C.F.R.
Part 101-47.8, or any other surveys of federal real property that your
agency is required to conduct, and submit to HUD a list of the properties
that have been identified as unutilized or underutilized, but which your
agency has not declared as excess to the General Services Administration
(GSA). (See 41 C.F.R. Section 101-47-801 (a)(1)(2)(3).)
HUD, in consultation with GSA and HHS, has recently revised its
criteria for reviewing properties under Title V of the Act and its
corresponding checklist, copies of both are enclosed. It is important to
note that because HUD's determination of property suitability is made
without a specific proposal for use, approval is conditioned upon a number
of factors, including whether the property or any portion of the property
is suitable for the type of activity planned as well as the user's
compliance with applicable federal, state and local requirements which
govern the proposed use of the facility. For buildings and tracts of land
identified on your survey(s) as unutilized or underutilized, please submit
a completed check list for each property. The information you provide
will assist HUD in determining which of the properties identified, if any,
would be suitable for use as facilities to assist the homeless.
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Because of the urgency of this matter, we are requesting that your
agency take any necessary actions to expedite your responses. We request
that all data be submitted no later than 30 days from receipt of this
letter.
Please return the completed checklist(s) to the address listed
below:
Morris Bourne
Director
Transitional Housing Development Staff
Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street, SW, Room 9140
Washington, DC 20410
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please have your
staff contact Otelia Hebert of the Transitional Housing Development Staff
at [phone].
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very sincerely yours,
Samuel R. Pierce, Jr.
Enclosures
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Criteria for-suitability of a building or vacant land for facilities for
the homeless
Introduction. A building, vacant land or a portion thereof ("Property") may
be identified as suitable to assist the homeless if it is determined suitable:
(1) to provide a facility for overnight shelter or for daytime activities (e.g.,
drop-in centers or soup kitchens) for the homeless ("Occupancy Facility"); or
(2) to provide a facility to serve the homeless which is not intended for
occupancy ("Non-Occupancy Facility") (e.g., storage facility). Because HUD
will determine suitability without a specific proposal for use, the Department
will not determine if a Property meets all applicable environmental requirements
(except the minimum environmental analysis described in paragraph 4) .
1. TO be suitable as an Occupancy Facility or a Non-Occupancy Facility,
a Property which is a building must have a structurally sound foundation,
floor, roof, exterior and interior walls and electric power. In addition, to
be suitable as an Occupancy Facility a building must have operating sanitary
facilities, potable water, and heating adequate for the climate. If a building
does not meet each of the above requirements for its possible use, it will be
determined unsuitable unless HUD determines that the condition is correctable
with a reasonable level of renovation.
2. Property which is vacant land, to be suitable for placement of an
emergency or temporary Occupancy or Non-Occupancy Facility, must be accessible
A by road, or be made accessible at reasonable cost.
3. Property should be in a location where it can reasonably be expected
to be of use as an Occupancy Facility or a Non-Occupancy Facility. An isolated
Property, remote from areas where the homeless are located, will not meet this
criterion.
4. A Property must meet a threshold of environmental suitability. For
purpose of HUD's limited environmental review, among the factors HUD will
consider are whether the Property is: (1) subject to contamination by
toxic or hazardous waste; (2) located more than 2000 feet from industrial/
commercial facilities handling flammable or explosive material (excluding
underground storage); (3) located within an airport runway clear zone; (4)
located in the floodway of a 100 year floodplain; or (5) containing some other
known environmental condition that presents a-clear threat to the safety of
occupants of the Property e.g., the determined presence of friable asbestos in
a building; or in the case of land, low, swampy Property that is periodically
covered with water.
5. A Property must not be located in a secure facility to which the
general public is denied access unless alternative access can be provided
for the public without compromising security.
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Informational Checklist for Agency to Complete
1. Property Address:
2. Description: Building
Vacant Land
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A. Building
i. Age
Structure type
iii. Size (useable square feet per floor)
iv. Number of floors
v. Current use
B. Vacant Land
i. Size
Improvements (e.g., paved)
iii. Current use
3. Condition of building:
A. Operating sanitary facilities: Yes No
B. Potable water: Yes No
C. Electric power: Yes No
D. Heating facilities adequate for climate: Yes No
E. Structurally sound foundation, floors, roofs and exterior and
interior walls: Yes No
4. Condition of vacant land:
A. Accessible by road: Yes No
B. Operating sanitary facilities: Yes No
C. Potable water: Yes No
D. Utilities: Yes No
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5. Environmental information:
A. Is the Property subject to contamination by toxic or
hazardous waste? Yes
No No information
If yes, identify the nature of the waste, its exact distance
from the Property and by Whom the determination of the
existence of the waste was made
B. Is the Property located within 2000 feet of an
industrial/commerical facility handling flammable or
explosive material (excluding underground storage)?
Yes
No If yes, identify the nature of the
material, and its distance from the Property
C. Is the Property located within an airport runway clear
zone? Yes
No
D. Is the Property located in the floodway of a 100 year
floodplain? Yes
No
E. Does the Property contain any other known environmental
condition that might present a clear threat to the safety of
the occupants of the Property (e.g., friable asbestos in a
building; land is a swampland periodically covered with
water) Yes
No If yes, describe the nature of
the environmental condition.
6. Is the Property located in a secure facility to Which the general
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public is denied access? Yes
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7. If the answer to question 6 is "yes," can alternative access be
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provided for the general public without compromising security?
Yes
No
8. Are there now, or are there anticipated to be, any limitations on
the use of this Property to assist the homeless for a period of
one year or more? Yes No
9. If the answer to question 8 is "yes":
A. Describe the limitation
B. Does the limitation currently exist? Yes No
C. If the answer to question B is "no," when is the limitation
anticipated to exist?
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D.
For What period is the limitation expected to
exist?
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