4. ETC Management, 1967-2001 (bulk 1969-1998)

This series consists of the records of ETC, ETC Development Incorporation (ETC DI) and ETC Development Corporation (ETC DC) Board of Directors, ETC Property Management, and the ETC and Associates, Victoria Associates, Viviendas Associates, and Borinquen Associates limited partnerships.

The ETC Development Incorporation (ETC DI) and ETC Development Corporation (ETC DC) Board of Directors records document both the joint meetings between ETC DI and ETC DC Board of Directors and the individual meetings of the boards. Topics include Villa Victoria security, rent increases and collection, and vacancy issues; the Escuelita Agüeybana building and lease; and financial and management relationships with IBA, the BHA, and HUD. Also documented are ETC and Associates expiring use restriction, community relations, tenant activism and organization, program status, Festival Betances planning, and financial relationships with limited partnerships. Records include by-laws; annual meeting minutes; reports of presidents, general managers, finance committee, tenant committees, and treasurers; tenants' meeting minutes; property descriptions and appraisals; correspondence regarding financial, architectural, and legal matters; affirmative action and vacancy reports; apartment leases; and HUD property management reviews. Board of Directors minutes date from 1970-2001. Minutes are missing from 1982-1983, and 1991. Minutes from 1994-2001 are located in Series 1, Governance (Boxes 2-3).

The ETC Management Board of Directors meetings for the years 1986-1991 are on audio cassettes and are located in Series 7, Audio Visual Material and Memorabilia (Box 45). These recordings are the only version of ETC Management Board of Directors meeting minutes in the collection. In addition, there are recordings of the minutes of Board of Directors of ETC DC, ETC DI, and ETC DC / DI for the years 1987-1990. Hard copies of these minutes are located in this series, ETC Management (Boxes 15-17, 48). Minutes of joint meetings between ETC DC / DI and ETC Security are also included.

The ETC Management records document the business of managing Villa Victoria's housing, including property maintenance; operating procedures; security; rent collection; tenant activism, organization, and selection; merging with IBA; ETC and Associates expiring use; ETC's history and the history of Parcel 19; fundraising, rehabilitation and construction planning; and HUD's oversight of rent increases, rent schedules, and property management. Records include HUD management reviews and correspondence regarding management operation, resident handbooks, property descriptions and appraisals, housing development projects, personnel policies and job descriptions, site maps, architectural plans and drawings, organizational assessments, and meeting minutes. Of special interest are ETC and Associates expiring use project (Box 15), which explains in detail the meaning of expiring use and why this limited partnership's housing development is the first to fall under the restriction; the development of Parcel 19; Rehabilitation I and II (Boxes 17, 48) and Viviendas la Victoria I and II (Boxes 17, 48), which provides the history of the limited partnerships and their housing developments; ETC's history (Box 14); the 1972 General Operations Proposal (Box 15), which provides an early history of ETC; and the Southwest Corridor Project (Box 14), which was important to the physical and economic configuration of the South End. Also of interest are the1971 Housing Report to the Board of Directors (Box 17); the Desperation Budget providing an early account of ETC's finances; (Box 15); the development of Parcel 19 (Boxes 17, 48); and the organization documents of the limited partnerships and affiliates (Boxes 17, 48).

The records for ETC and Associates, Victoria Associates, Viviendas Associates, and Borinquen Associates limited partnerships document expiring use restrictions, ETC and Associates property settlement, security, property development, financial relationships with ETC DI and ETC DC, and legal issues regarding historic preservation. Records include capital needs assessments, property profiles, and task force meeting minutes. Of special interest is the law suit to prevent the construction of Viviendas la Victoria II (Box 48).