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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 EIGHTH 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.
WHERAS, 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 1963, and in order to design
the content of the proposed Eighth Year Program, the City has prepared a
statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds
for the Eighth Year Entitlement increment of the Community Development
Block Grant Program, which document is dated November 30, 1990; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at Length
the contents of the November 30, 1990 Statement of Community Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Eighth 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 Eighth
Year Program which involved a public hearing and various publications of
the Eighth 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 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 Eighth Year Community Development Block Grant
Program is hereby approved in all respects to serve as the guiding
instrument for the implementation of the Eighth Year Program
insofar as its two major components read as follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
Through the implementation of the Eighth 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
recurrence of blighting conditions wherever they
persist within the City.
3. To provide sewer improvements to alleviate hazardous
conditions stemming from inadequate sewer facilities.
4. 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 out of the projects and activities, recognizing
that should displacement occur, the City will provide
technical and financial 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 Eighth
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 Property
Acquisition and Relocation Policies Act of March 2, 1989
B. Projected Use of Funds
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately $227,000.00 of
entitlement Grant Funds for the Eighth 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 $227,000.00, it proposes to distribute the additional funds
between the Trickey Lane Sewer Project and King Street, Phase II.
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Any unspent funds will be carried over for the Ninth Year Program.
Consequently, the City proposes to undertake and complete the following
projects and activities during the Eighth Year of the CDBG Program.
$1 - 8 Units of Owner- occupied rehabilitation
on a Citywide basis
35,000.00 - Trickey Lane Sewer Project
50,000.00 - Street Improvement -King Street -Phase II
2,000.00 - Handicap Improvements (Ramps)
40,000.00 - Program Administration
$227,000.00 - Total Eighth Year
This is the proposed use of Eighth 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 eighth Year Entitlement expenditures will be directed toward
benefitting persons of low- and moderate - income.
2. That the Mayor be, and hereby is authorized to submit to the
Little Rock Department of Housing and Urban Development, the final statement
of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds as approved
by the City Council at its regularly scheduled meeting December 20, 1990,
and make this same final statement available to the public for review in
the Office of Community Development in City Hall.
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 Eighth 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.
DATE PASSED; 64/-ecje..4' 090
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CITY CLERK — TREASURER
APPROVED: 1 pl,,„ ;j,trvt„
Mayor, City o Jacksonville
Approved as to legal form:
City Attorney •
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