HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 93-205 - Authorize CM to file a final statement of Comm Dev Objectives & projected use of funds with the Dept of Housing & Urban Developement 1
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
'I AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FILE A FINAL STATEMENT OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF
FUNDS FOR $812,000.00 WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has notified the City of Redding
that it is eligible to receive $812,000 through the Community Development Block Grant Program for 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee has held two public
hearings in 1993 and recommended that the City Council adopt the Proposed Community Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for 1993-1994; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a public hearing on the proposed Community Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for 1993-1994; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has studied the attached certifications required by HUD in
connection herewith and has agreed to same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Redding hereby
authorizes the City Manager to file its Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected
Use of Funds for 1993 for a Community Development Entitlement Block Grant in the amount of$812,000.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 18thday of May, 1993, and was duly adopted at said
meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Anderson, Dahl, Kehoe, 14os - d Arness
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CARL ARNESS, Mayor
ATTEST:
CONNIE STR HMAYER, Cit le
FORM APPROVED:
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DALL A. HA S, Itity Attorney
D:IRESI I CDBG.RES
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
GRANTEE CERTIFICATIONS
In accordance with the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
amended, and with 24 CFR 570.303 of the Community Development Block Grant
regulations, the grantee certifies that:
(a) It possesses legal authority to make a grant submission and to
execute a community development and housing program;
(b) Its governing body has duly adopted or passed as an official act
a resolution, motion or similar action authorizing the person
identified as the official representative of the grantee to submit
the final statement and amendments thereto and all understandings
and assurances contained therein, and directing and authorizing
the person identified as the official representative of the grantee
to act in connection with the submission of the final statement and
to provide such additional information as may be required;
(c) Prior to submission of its final statement to HUD, the grantee has:
1. Met the citizen participation requirements of 5570.301(b) ;
2. Prepared its final statement of community development
objectives and projected use of funds in accordance with
5570.301 (c) and made the final statement available to the
public;
(d) It is following a detailed citizen participation plan which:
I. Provides for and encourages citizen participation, with
particular emphasis on participation by persons of low and
moderate income who are residents of slum and blighted areas
and of areas in which funds are proposed to be used, and
provides for participation of residents in low and moderate
income neighborhoods as defined by the local jurisdiction;
2. Provides citizens with reasonable and timely access to local
meetings, information, and records relating to the grantee' s
proposed use of funds, as required by the regulations of the
Secretary, and relating to the actual use of funds under the
Act;
3. Provides for technical assistance to groups representative of
persons of low and moderate income that request such assistance
in developing proposals with the level and type of assistance
to be determined by the grantee;
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2-4 . Provides for public hearings to obtain citizen views and to
respond to proposals and questions at all stages of the
community development program, including at least the
development of needs, the review of proposed activities, and
review of program performance, which hearings shall be held
after adequate notice, at times and locations convenient to
potential or actual beneficiaries, and with accommodation for
the handicapped;
5. Provides for a timely written answer to written complaints and
grievances, within 15 working days where practicable; and
6. Identifies how the needs of non-English speaking residents will
be met in the case of public hearings where a significant number
of non-English speaking residents can be reasonably expected to
participate;
(e) The grant will be conducted and administered in compliance with:
1. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352,
42 U.S.C. 52000d et sea. ) ; and
2. The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601-20) ;
(f) It will affirmatively further fair housing;
(g) It has developed its final statement of projected use of funds so as
to give maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low and
moderate income families or aid in the prevention or elimination of
slums or blight; (the final statement of projected use of funds may
also include activities which the grantee certifies are designed to
meet other community development needs having a particular urgency
because existing conditions pose a serious and immediate threat to
the health or welfare of the community, and other financial resources
are not available) ; except that the aggregate use of CDBG funds
received under section 106 of the Act, and if applicable, under
section 108 of the Act, during the . _ program year(s) (a
period specified by the grantee consisting of one, two, or three
consecutive years) , shall principally benefit persons of low and
moderate income in a manner that ensures that not less than 70 percent
of such funds are used for activities that benefit such persons during
such period;
(h) It has developed a community development plan, for the period
specified in paragraph (g) above, that identifies community
development and housing needs and specifies both short and long-term
community development objectives that have been developed in
accordance with the primary objective and requirements of the Act;
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It is following a current comprehensive housing affordability
strategy (CHAS) which has been approved by HUD pursuant to §570.306
and Part 91, and that any housing activities to be assisted with
CDBG funds will be consistent with the CHAS;
(j ) It will not attempt to recover any capital costs of public
improvements assisted in whole or in part with funds provided under
section 106 of the Act or with amounts resulting from a guarantee
under section 108 of the Act by assessing any amount against
properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income,
including any fee charged or assessment made as a condition of
obtaining access to such public improvements, unless:
1. Funds received under section 106 of the Act are used to pay the
proportion of such fee or assessment that relates to the capital
costs of such public improvements that are financed from revenue
sources other than under Title I of the Act; or
2. For purposes of assessing any amount against properties owned
and occupied by persons of moderate income, the grantee
certifies to the Secretary that it lacks sufficient funds
received under section 106 of the Act to comply with the
requirements of subparagraph (1) above;
(k) Its notification, inspection, testing and abatement procedures
concerning lead-based paint will comply with 5570.608;
(1) It will comply with the acquisition and relocation requirements of the
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970, as amended, as required under S570.606(b) and Federal
implementing regulations; and it is following a residential
antidisplacement and relocation assistance plan as required under
section 104 (d) of the Act and in 5570.606(c) ; and it will comply with
the relocation requirements of S570.606(d) governing optional
relocation assistance under section 105(a) (11) of the Act;
(m) It has adopted and is enforcing:
1. A policy prohibiting the use of excessive force by law
enforcement agencies within its jurisdiction against
any individuals engaged in non-violent civil rights
demonstrations; and
2. A policy of enforcing applicable State and local laws against
physically barring entrance to or exit from a facility or
location which is the subject of such non-violent civil rights
demonstrations within its jurisdiction;
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(n) To the best of its knowledge and belief:
1. No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid,
by or on behalf of it, to any person for influencing or
attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency,
a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the
awarding of any Federal contract, the making of any Federal
grant, the making of any Federal loan, the entering into of any
cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,
amendment, or modification of any Federal contract, grant, loan,
or cooperative agreement;
2. If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have been
paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or attempting
to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of
Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of
a Member of Congress in connection with this Federal contract,
grant, loan, or cooperative agreement, it will complete and
submit Standard Form-LLL, "Disclosure Form to Report Lobbying, "
in accordance with its instructions; and
3. It will require that the language of paragraph (n) of
this certification be included in the award documents for all
subawards at all tiers (including subcontracts, subgrants, and
contracts under grants, loans, and cooperative agreements) and
that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly;
(o) It will or will continue to provide a drug-free workplace by:
1. Publishing a statement notifying employees that the unlawful
manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or use
of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee' s
workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken
against employees for violation of such prohibition;
2. Establishing an ongoing drug-free awareness program to inform
employees about -
(a) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
(b) The grantee' s policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;
(c) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and employee
assistance programs; and
(d) The penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug
abuse violations occurring in the workplace;
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3. Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged in the
performance of the grant be given a copy of the statement
required by paragraph 1;
4 . Notifying the employee in the statement required by paragraph 1
that, as a condition of employment under the grant, the employee
will -
(a) Abide by the terms of the statement; and
(b) Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for
a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the
workplace no later than five calendar days after such
conviction;
5• Notifying the agency in writing, within ten calendar days after
receiving notice under subparagraph 4(b) from an employee or
otherwise receiving actual notice of such conviction. Employers
of convicted employees must provide notice, including position
title, to every grant officer or other designee on whose grant
activity the convicted employee was working, unless the Federal
agency has designated a central point for the receipt of such
notices. Notice shall include the identification number(s)
of each affected grant;
6• Taking one of the following actions, within 30 calendar days of
receiving notice under subparagraph 4 (b) , with respect to any
employee who is so convicted -
(a) Taking appropriate personnel action against such an
employee, up to and including termination, consistent with
the requirements of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as
amended; or
(b) Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a
drug abuse assistance or rehabilitation program approved
for such purposes by a Federal, State, or local health,
law enforcement, or other appropriate agency;
7• Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free
workplace through implementation of paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6.
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8. The grantee may insert in the space provided below the site(s)
for the performance of work done in connection with the specific
grant:
Place of Performance (Street address, city, county, state,
zip code)
City of Redding
760 Parkview Avenue
P.O. Box 496071
Redding, CA 96049-6071
Check if there are workplaces on file that are not
identified here; and
(p) It will comply with the other provisions of the Act and with other
applicable laws.
Signature Robert M. Christofferson Date
City Manager
Title
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APPENDIX TO CDBG CERTIFICATIONS