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RESOLUTION NO. 3 8 7 (1110 -87)
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 FIFTH 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
Housing and Urban -Rural Recovery Act of 1983, and in order to design the con-
tent of the proposed Fifth Year Program, the City has prepared a statement of
Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Fifth Year
Entitlement increment of the Community Development Block Grant Program, which
document is dated October 26, 1987; and
WHEREAS, The City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length the
contents of the October 26, 1987 Statement of Community Development Objectives
and Projected Use of Funds for the Fifth 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 Fifth
Year Program which involved a public hearing and various publications in a
newspaper of general local coverage and specifically the publication of the
Fifth 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
IL 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 Fifth Year Community Development Block Grant Program is
hereby approved in all respects to serve as the guiding instrument for the im-
plementation of the Fifth Year Program insofar as its two major components read
as follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
"Through the implementation of the Fifth Year Program as described
below, the City intends to achieve the following Community Develop-
ment 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 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 pro -
perty 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 carry-
ing out of the projects and activities, recognizing that should
displacement occur, the City will provide technical and finan-
cial assistance to relocate the displacee 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 Fifth Year Pro-
gram 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 be-
come 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.
B. Projected Use of Funds
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately $221,400.00 of
Entitlement Grant Funds for the Fifth 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 $221,400,
it proposes to add the addition funds to the line item "Administration ".
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where they will remain until or unless they are required for another project
activity. Any unspent funds will be carried over for the sixth year. Conse-
quently, the City proposes to undertake and complete the following projects
and activities during the Fifth Year of the CDBG Program.
$139,000.00 - 13 Units of owner- occupied housing rehabilitation
on a community -wide basis.
28,400.00 - Street improvements in Henry Estates Addition
O'Neal Street
15,000.00 - Loan Program - Sewer Service Lines
39,000.00 - Program Administration
$221,400.00 - Total Fifth Year Program
This is the proposed use of Fifth 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 resi-
dents predominantly low- and moderate - income. Thus, all of the Fifth 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 newspaper
of local general coverage the final statement as a Statement of Community De-
velopment 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 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 g ive maximum feasible priority riorit to activities which will benefit low -
and moderate- income persons or aid in the prevention or elimination 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 Fifth Year Program including annual
updated goals for housing assistance, and that the Department of Housing
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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: L IPC e" 4) /987
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Approved as to legal form:
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Cit Attorney