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RESOLUTION NO. -3-3
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 THIRD YEAR ENTITLEMENT INCRE-
MENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
MAKING CERTAIN REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS TO THE DEPART-
MENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHORIZING
THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT THE PROGRAM MATERIALS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVEOPMENT.
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
Housing and Urban -Rural Recovery Act of 1983, and in order to design the con-
tent of the proposed Third Year Program, the City has prepared a Statement of
Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Third Year
Entitlement increment of the Community Development Block Grant Program, which
document is dated October 4, 1985; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length the
contents of the October 4, 1985 Statement of Community Development Objectives
and Projected Use of Funds for the Third Year, recognizing that it may make
changes during the present meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council determines that a suitable level of public account-
ability has been achieved through the planning process for the Third Year Program
which involved a public hearing and various publications in a newspaper of general
local coverage and specifically the publication of the Third Year Statement and
making available to interested citizens of information in various offices in
City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to submit to the Department of Housing & Urban
Development certain certifications of compliance with applicable statutes and
executive orders associated with the Community Development Block Grant Program.
NOT, 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 Third Year Community Development Block Grant Program is hereby
approved in all respects to serve as the guiding instrument for the implementa-
tion of the Third year Program insofar as its two major components read as follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
"Through the implementation of the Third year Program as described
below, the City intends to achieve the following Community Development
Objectives ":
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
and gutters in connection with storm drainage projects,
or as discrete projects; and to meet the City's Standards
for width, design and construction.
4. To provide technical and financial assistance to homeowners
for the repair, rehabilitation and conservation of their
homes with special emphasis upon the needs of the lower-
income homeowners.
5. To continue participation in HUD's program for the rehabi-
litation of tenant - occupied housing units through the pro-
vision of technical and financial assistance to owners of
such 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, recogni-
zing that should displacement occur, the City will provide
technical and financial assistance to relocate the displacee
in replacement housing within his /her economic means.
Among the many available community development objectives, these are
the ones that the City will strive to satisfy by carrying out the Third
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 displacee 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 Estate
Acquisition and Relocation Policies Act of 1970.
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B. Projected Use of Funds
The City anticipates that it will receive $232,000 of Entitlement Grant
for the Third Year CDBC 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 $232,000
it proposes to add the additional funds to the line item titled
"Administration" where they will remain until or unless they are
required for another project activity. Any unspent funds will be
carried over for the Fourth Year. Consequently, the City proposes
to undertake and complete the following projects and activities during
the Third Year of the CDBG Program:
$130,000 - 13 units of owner - occupied housing rehabilitation
on a community -wide basis
$ 55,600 - Street and related drainage improvements in Henry
Estates Addition - Curbs, gutters and sidewalks
on the North side of Ray Rd. from Stevenson to
Southeastern and curbs only on the South side.
$ 46,400 - Program Administration
Y. $232,000 - Total - Third Year Program
This is the proposed use of Third 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 a geographic area that is comprised
of residents predominantly low and moderate income. Thus, all of the Third
Year Entitlement expenditure will be directed toward benefitting persons of
low and moderate income.
2, That the Mayor be and hereby is authorized to publish in a newspaper 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 1 immediately above; and to submit to the Little Rock
Area Office of the Department of Housing & Urban Development said final Statement
of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds.
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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 & 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 pertain-
ing 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 or elimi-
nation 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 Third Year Program including Three -year and
annual goals for housing assistance, and that the Department of Housing and
Urban Development has approved this plan.
5. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and approval.
DATE PASSED: A_
ATTEST.
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City Clerk
APPROVED: s e ,` 4�
Mayor rJ
Approved as to legal form:
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