0504 RESOLUTION No. • 6 i--4(44- , (-'7 T)
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 FIFTEENTH 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
Development activities with funds available under the provisions of Title I of 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 content of the proposed Fifteenth Year
Program, the City has prepared a statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected
Use of Funds for the Fifteenth Year Entitlement increment of the Community Development Block
Grant Program, which document is included in the Consolidated Plan Action Plan for 1998 and dated
November 6, 1997; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length the contents of the
November 6, 1997 Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds
for the Fifteenth 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 Fifteenth Year Program which involved two public
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hearings and various publications of the Fifteenth 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 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:
A: Statement of Community Development Objectives
Through the implementation of the Fifteenth Year Program as described below, the City intends to
achieve the following Community Development Objectives:
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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.
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3. To provide assistance to businesses for job creation among moderate to low income groups.
4. To provide down payment assistance to low- income homebuyers, who would otherwise not be
able to afford home ownership.
5. To provide technical and financial assistance to homeowners for the repair, rehabilitation and
conservation of their homes with special emphasis on the needs of the lower - income homeowners.
6. To provide for street paving and installation of curbs, gutters and sidewalks to meet the City's
standards for width, design and construction.
7. 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 displaced 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 Fifteenth 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 Property Acquisition and Relocation Policies Act of March 2, 1989,
B. Projected Use of Funds
The City anticipates that it will receive approximately $339,000.00 of entitlement Grant
Funds for the Fifteenth 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 received
more than $339,000.00, it proposes to distribute the additional funds between proposed projects.
l i Any unspent funds will be carried over for the Sixteenth Year Program. Consequently, the
City proposes to undertake and complete the following projects and activities during the Fifteenth
year of the CDBG Program:
72,200.00 - Street Improvement -South Spring St -Phase II
5,000.00 - Homebuyers Assistance Grants
84,000.00 - Sunnyside Hills Water Reconstruction
110,000.00 - Business Incubator - Low /mod Job Creation
67,800.00 - Program Administration
$339,000.00 Total Fifteenth Year Program
This is the proposed use of Fifteenth 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 Homebuyers Assistance program will be from low- and
moderate- income persons owing to the income limits that will be established for eligibility. The other
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project activities are located in geographic areas that are comprised of residents predominately low -
and moderate - income. Thus, all of the Fifteenth Year Entitlement expenditures will be directed
toward benefiting 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 November
6, 1997 and make this same final statement available to the public for review in the Office of
Economic/Community Development at 109 South 2nd Street.
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 provide 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.
4. That the City Council acknowledges that the City has submitted its Consolidated Plan
"' for the Program including five year and annual goals 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: , - `°v - f 1- it ti' 4 / 997
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