0373 RESOLUTION NO. 3 7 3 ( 014 - 86)
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 FOURTH 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 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 Fourth Year Program, the City has prepared a Statement of
Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for the Fourth Year
Entitlement increment of the Community Development Block Grant Program, which
document is dated October 9, 1986; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length the
contents of the October 9, 1986 Statement of Community Development Objectives
and Projected Use of Funds for the Fourth 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 Fourth
Year Program which involved a public hearing and various publications in a
newspaper of general local coverage and specifically the publication of the
Fourth 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
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 Fourth Year Community Development Block Grant Program is hereby
approved in all respects to serve as the guiding instrument for the implementa-
tion of the Fourth Year Program insofar as its two major components read as follows:
A. Statement of Community Development Objectives
"Through the implementation of the Fourth 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 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 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 dis-
placee 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 Fourth 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 be-
come necessary, the City will provide technical and financial assistanse to the
displacee in the provision of rental assistance payments and /or replacement
housing. All activities in this regard will be caried 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 $232,000 of
Entitlement Grant funds for the Fourth 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 $232,000, it
proposes to add the additional funds to the line item titled "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 fifth year. Conse-
quently, the City proposes to undertake and complete the following projects and
activities during the Fourth Year of the CDBG Program:
$130,000 - 13 Unites of owner- occupied housing rehabilitation
on a community -wide basis
52,600 - Street improvements in Henry Estates Addition -
(Curbs, gutters and paving)
3,000 - Playground Equipment -Max Howell Place
46,400 - Program Administration
$232,000 - Total - Fourth Year Program
This is the proposed use of Fourth 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
predominantly low- and moderate- income. Thus, all of the Fourth 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 at its content wholly
agrees with the content of Paragraph 1 immediately above; and to submit to the
LittleRock Area Office of the Department of Housing and 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 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
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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 Fourth 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: ,r(PGGc -Gv✓ /1a /9/
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ATTEST:
ity Clerk
APPROVED:
Mayor
Approves as to legal form:
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