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Li RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE,
ARKANSAS, APPROVING THE STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS FOR THE SIXTH YEAR
ENTITLEMENT INCREMENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM MAKING CERTAIN REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT THE PROGRAM MATERIALS TO THE DEPARTMENT
OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville is desirous of undertaking a variety
of Community improvement activities with funds available under the provisions
of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended,
through the Housing and Community Development Amendment of 1981; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the 1981 Amendment and the
II Housing and Urban -Rural Recovery Act of 1983, and in order to design the
content of the proposed Sixth Year Program, the City has prepared a statement
of Community Development Objectives and Projected use of funds for the Sixth
Year Entitlement increment of the Community Development Block Grant Program,
which document is dated November 21, 1988; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length
the contents of the November 21, 1988 Statement of Community Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Sixth Year, recognizing that
it may make changes during the present meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council determines that a suitable level of public
accountability has been achieved through the planning process for the Sixth
Year Program which involved a public hearing and various publications in a
newspaper of general local coverage and specifically the publication of the
Sixth Year Statement and making available to interested citizens of infor-
mation in various offices in City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to submit to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development certain certifications of compliance with applicable statutes
and executive orders associated with the Community Development Block Grant
Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS,
1. That the Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected
Use of Funds for the Sixth Year Community Development Block Grant Program is
hereby approved pproved in all respects to serve as the guiding instrument for the
implementation of the Sixth Year Program insofar as its two major components
read as follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
Through the implementation of the Sixth Year Program as described
below, the City intends to achieve the following Community
Development Objectives:
l 1. To design and carry out a Community Development Block
Grant Program annual increment with maximum feasible
benefit to persons of low- and moderate- income.
2. To eliminate slums and blight and to prevent the re-
currence of blighting conditions wherever they persist
within the City.
3. To provide for street paving and installation of curbs,
gutters and sidewalks to meet the City's standards for
width, design and construction.
4. To provide technical and financial assistance to home-
owners for the repair, rehabilitation and conservation
of their homes with special emphasis upon the needs of
the lower - income homeowners.
5. To participate in HUD's program for the rehabilitation
of tenant occupied housing units through the provision
of technical and financial assistance to owners of such
property who will rehabilitate their property to meet
appropriate City Standards for the benefit of lower-
income renters.
6. To minimize displacement of site occupants through the
carrying out of the projects and activities, recognizing
that should displacement occur, the City will provide
technical and financial assistance to relocate the dis-
placee in replacement housing.
Among the many available community development objectives, these are the
ones that the City will strive to satisfy by carrying out the Sixth Year
Program as described herein.
The City intends to design and conduct its activities in a manner de-
signed to minimize displacement of site occupants. However, should displace-
' ment become necessary, the City will provide technical and financial assistance
to the displacee in the provision of rental assistance payments and /or replace-
ment housing. All activities in this regard will be carried out under the
auspices of the City's adopted Relocation Plan which has been prepared in
light of the stipulations of the Uniform Real Estate Acquisition and
Relocation Policies Act of 1970.
B. Projected Use of Funds
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately $233,000.00 of
entitlement Grant Funds for the Sixth Year CDBG Program. If the City receives
less than this amount, it proposes to pare down the costs and scope of the
projects described below. Moreover, if the City receives more than $233,000.00
it proposes to distribute the additional funds between the Boys Club Addition
and the Marion Street Improvement Project.
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Any unspent funds will be carried over for the Seventh Year. Con-
sequently, the City proposes to undertake and complete the following projects
and activities during the Sixth Year of the CDBG Program.
$130,700.00 - 11 Units of owner- occupied Rehabilitation
Citywide
40,000.00 - Program Administration
39,300.00 - Boys Club Addition
6,000.00 - Sidewalk- Between Jackson Square and
Jacksonville Towers
17,000.00 - Street Improvement- Marion Street
$233,000.00 - Total Sixth Year Program
This is the proposed use of Sixth Year funds as of the date written
above. In submitting this Statement to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development, the City will be certifying that it has designed a program of
activities with maximum feasible benefit to persons of low- and moderate
income. participation in the rehabilitation program will be from low- and
moderate- income persons owing to the income limits that will be established
for eligibility. The other project activities are located in geographic
areas that are comprised of residents predominately low- and moderate - income.
Thus, all of the Sixth Year Entitlement expenditures will be directed toward
benefitting persons of low- and moderate - income.
2. That the Mayor be, and hereby is authorized to publish in a news-
paper of local general coverage the final statement as a Statement of Community
Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds insofar as its content wholly
agrees with the content of Paragraph 2 immediately above; and to submit to the
Little Rock Area Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development said
final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds.
3. That the Mayor be, and hereby is, authorized to act as the City's
official correspondent with the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and to provide additional information as may be requested; and to certify to
DHUD the City's compliance with current requirements for citizen participation
and public accountability in developing the annual entitlement increment, with
the requirements of the applicable civil rights laws and Executive Orders
pertaining thereto, with the requirement that the projected use of funds has
been developed so as to give maximum feasible priority to activities which
will benefit low- and moderate - income persons or aid in the prevention of
slums or blight, and with other applicable laws.
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4. That the City Council acknowledges that the City has submitted
its Housing Assistance Plan for the Sixth Year Program including Three -
Year and annual goals for housing assistance, and that the Department of
Housing and Urban Devlopment has approved this plan.
5. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
DATE PASSED: DECIINBER 11. 198R
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APPROVED: /jam _s4 /
Tommy Swaim, ayor
CITY OF JA' SONVILLE
Approved as to legal form:
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Cit attorney
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