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RESOLUTION No" 442 )
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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 NINTH 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 MATE-
, RIALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
, DEVELOPMENT.
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WHEREAS, the City of Jacksonville is desirous of undertaking
a variety of Community Development activities with funds avail-
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able under the provisions of Title 1 of the Housing and Community
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Development Amendment of 19R1; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the 1981
Amendment and the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983
and in order to design the content of the proposed Ninth Year
Program, the City has prepared a statement of Community Develop-
ment Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Ninth Year
Entitlement jucrement of the Community Development Muck Grant
Program, which document is dated November 27, 1991; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed
at length the contents of the November 27, 1991 Statement of
Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for
the Ninth 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 Ninth Year Program which involved a public hear-
ing and various publications of the Ninth Year Statement and
making available to interested citizens of information in various
office in City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to submit to the Department of
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Housing and Urban Development certain certifications of com-
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pliance with applicable statutes and executive orders associated
with the Community Development Block Grant Program.
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NOW, THEREFORE, 8E IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS:
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1. That the Statement of Community Development Objectives
and Projected Hsu of Funds for the Ninth Year Community
• Development Block Brant Program is hereby approved in
all respects to serve as the guiding instrument for
the implementation of the Ninth Year Program insofar as
its two major components read as follows:
A: StPtemenL Of CgOyqy[iti
Through d1e i of the Ninth Year Prog
as described belo , the City i to ad)i e th e fo11 owing
Comm unity Dov p 1 ybjectives:
1" To design and carry out a t"mmunity Development Block
Grant Program annual increment with maximum feasible
benefit to persons of low- and moderate-income.
r To eliminate slums and blight and to prevent the recur'
rence of blighting conditions wherever they persist
within the City.
3 to provide water supply improvements to alleviate
prnblems stemming from inadequate water facilities.
To provide for street paving and installation of curbs,
gutters and sidewalks to meet the City's standards for
width, design and construction.
5. 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 and the handicapped.
• 6. To minimize displacement of site occupants through the
carrying nut of the projects and activities, recogniz-
ing that should displacement occur, the City will
provide technical and financial assistance to relocate
the displaced in replacement housing.
Among the many available Community development objectives
these are the ones that the City will strive to satisfy by carry-
ing out the Ninth Year program as described herein,
The City intends to design and conduct its activities in a
manner designed to minimize displacement of site occupants"
However, should displacement become necessary, the City will
provide technical and financial assistance to the displaced in
the provision of rental asSistance paymentS and/or replacement
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 Proper
, ty Acquisition and Relocation Policies Act of March 2, 1989"
D. Prniected Of. Fllt:!d
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately
$256,000"00 of entitlement Grant Funds for the Ninth Year CI}BG
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6, plojscted Use gf Funds
The City anticipaiea that it will receive approximately
$256 of entiLlsment Grant Funds for the Ufl/th Year CUB6
Program, If the City receives less th*/. this g/oounL, IL proposos
to pare down Lhe costs and scope of the protects described below.
Moreover, if lhe City received more than $256,000,00, it p
�o disLribute the additiuna1 f Gild s betwe«�x 1... 11e King S LreeL Pro-
tact and the 5urmyside Drainage ProjocL.
• A^• unspunt funds will he curried '.ver fo| the Tenth Year
Program. Consequently, the City propuses to undertake and corn
plcLe ih^ fol)'/tiing projt:cts and cic.Lit/tiob J/ the Nioth Year
iv': Uie CDBG E'rogra*
$1 l02. �o0.04.) - f Uri iL� 1...f 0�nLar - u�:./4Pi�J ,u�*bilitatim
480000 00 - SurmyyiJe Nai.x ka|u.�.ii,t, P,toject
y03, t 1“U |-uL F V ',ill k...H..... I.. . I :Ip1rv:, � 6/g/
• 2.>,�oO.00 �do*ysi'1� 0r^d.vag� D](.1, fro* Smtrt St.
io bailoway (: .f.,�I.e
v2�<��>�32.» - Program Ado`iriistratiu^
II256,0O0,o0 7c:',Lal II Intl" Year Pru co �w
• Thls is L/'e proposed use of Ninth Year funds as o{ the data
written above. In submitting this statement to Lhe Deportment of
Housing and UrJao Devclopm the CiLy will ke ccrtiFying that.
It has desiJned a program of activities with ma:1mum feasible
henefiL to persons of lnw- and moderate-incums. Participation in
Lhe rahaL.iliLa\ion pragr will be {rmo low and moUerate-incoma
itiirso//s owing to the irca*e limits that will be esiailis}/cd {or
eligibility, The oi|icr project activities a,c located in geo-
graphii.. or that are comprisrd cif /cside//ts 4redomina low-
and woderatc Thus, all of the Hinth 'Lear Entitlement
zpendituras will be directed toward benefiting persons of lvtt-
and woderote-income"
2. Ti/a/, Hie Mayer be, and hereby is authorized to submit
to L LiLLli Kuck 2igpartment of Housinu/ ond Urban ltevelopment,
iha fi/.^l s\aLe/neo! :i- Community Davelopment Objectives and
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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
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with current requirements for citizen participation and public
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accountability in developing the annual entitlement increment,
with the requirements •nf the applicable civil rights laws and
Executive orders pertaining thereto, with the requirement that
the projected use of funds has hi developed so as to five
maximum feasible priority to aeLivities • which will benefit low~
and moderate .... .income persons or aid in the prevention of slums or
blight and with other applicable laws.
4. That the City Council acknowledges that the City has
submitted its Housing Assistance Plan for the Ninth Year Program
including three year and annual goals for housing assistance, and
that the Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved
the plan"
! 5. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval"
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Dearbar19
DATE PASSED:
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. CITY CLERK-MEASURER
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Mayor, City of Jacks��ville
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. Approved as to legal form:
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City Attorney
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