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RESOLUTION NO. 3 4 2
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
JACKSONVILLE, ARKANSAS, APPROVING THE STATEMENT
OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED
USE F F
O FUNDS FOR THE SECOND YEAR ENTITLEMENT
INCREMENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM, MAKING CERTAIN REQUIRED CERTIFI-
CATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN
DEVELOPMENT, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT
THE PROGRAM MATERIALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING & 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 Amend-
ment and the Housing and Urban -Rural Recovery Act of 1983, and in
order to design the content of the proposed Second Year Program,
the City has prepared a Statement of Community Development Objec-
tives and Projected Use of Funds for the Second Year Entitlement
increment of the Community Development Block Grant Program, which
document is dated March 12,1985; and
WHEREAS the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed
at length the contents of the March 12, 1985 Statement of Community
Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Second
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 Second Year Program which involved a public
hearing and various publications in a newspaper of general local
coverage and specifically the publication of the Second Year
Statement, and the 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.
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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 Second Year Community Develop-
ment Block Grant Program is hereby approved in all respects to
serve as the guiding instrument for the implementation of the
Second Year Program insofar as its two major components read as
follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
"Through the implementation of the Second 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 storm drainage improvements to alleviate
flooding, ponding, and hazardous conditions stemming
from storm water runoff into inadequate drainage
facilities.
4. To provide for street paving and installation of
curb and gutter in connection with storm drainage
projects, or as discrete projects; and to meet the
City's standards for width, design and construction.
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5. To provide technical and financial assistance to
homeowners for the repair, rehabilitation and
conservation of their homes with special emphasis
upon the needs of lower- income homeowners.
6. To continue artici ation in HUD's program for the
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rehabilitation of tenant - occupied housing units
through the provision of technical and financial
assistance to owners of such property who will
rehabilitate their property to meet appropriate
City standards for the benefit of lower- income
renters.
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 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 Second Year
Program as described herein.
The City intends to design and conduct its activi-
ties 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
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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 ates that it will receive $290,000 of
Entitlement Grant for the Second 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. A second choice would be to eliminate one
project from the proposed program. Moreover, if the
City receives more than 290 000 it proposes to add
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the additional funds to the line item titled "Admini-
stration" where they will remain until or unless they
are required for another project activity. Any unspent
funds will be carried over to the Third Year. Conse-
quently, the City proposes to undertake and complete
the following projects and activities during the Second
Year of the CDBG Program:
$142,000 - 15 units of owner - occupied housing
rehabilitation on a community -wide
basis
$ 30,000 - Drainage project, Phase II - Henry
Estates Addition
$ 67,000 - Street and related drainage improvements
in Henry Estates Addition - Sage and
Casey Streets
$ 51,000 - Program Administration
$290,000 - Total - Second Year Program
This is the proposed use of Second Year funds as of the
date written above. In submitting this Statement to
the Department of Housing & Urban Development, the City
will be certifying that it has designed a program of
activities with maximum feasible benefit to persons of
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low and moderate income. Participation in the rehabili-
tation program will be from low- and moderate - income
persons owing to the income limits that will be estab-
lished for eligibility. The other project activities
are located in a geographic area that is comprised of
residents predominantly low- and moderate - income.
Thus, all the Second 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.
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 ac-
countability 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 or elimination 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 Second Year Program
including three -year and annual goals for housing assistance, and
that the Department of Housing & Urban Development has approved
this Plan.
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5. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage and approval.
DATE PASSED: MARCH 21, 1985
ATTEST: C'a -a.i , e 40 1
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APROVED:
Mayor
Approved as to
legal form:
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