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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 16, Page 336, No Resolution Number3366 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE APPLICATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FOR A CONCENTRATED CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC AND NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT GRANT FOR THREE-FOURTHS OF THE COST OF UNDERTAKING AND CARRYING OUT AN IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development Administrator to make grants to municipalities to assist then in concentrated code enforce- ment programs in deteriorating areas where such enforcement, together with certain public and private improvements may be expected to arrest the decline of the areas, and WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this locality certain deteriorating areas for.which such a public and neighborhood improvement program would be expected to arrest the decline of the area and preserve the use and value of the property therein, and WHEREAS the Urban Renewal and Community Development Agency of Paducah, Kentucky, has heretofore been authorized and requested to make a feasibility study and prepare an application for submission to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for assistance in the City's public improvemen program, and WHEREAS said study and application are now complete and prepared and the Board finds it desirable and advantageous for the City to seek the assistance of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in making public improvements, concentrating the code enforcement and saving a deteriorating area of the City, and WHEREAS the public portion of the improvements can be obtained with little additional cost to the City, and WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of 10 Paducah, Kentucky, among which are the obligations to assure decent, safe and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for any displaced persons, if any, resultin. from the program, and the obligation to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: 337 SECTION 1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housit and Development on behalf of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, pursuant to Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, for a Code Enforcement and Public and Neighborhood Improvement Grant of three-fourths of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a program estimated to total $770,269.00 over a three year period, in an area to be designated and specifically des- cribed in such application, and that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application and provide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. • SECTION 2. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to assure the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that the City of Paducah will maintain during the period of the contract, in addition to the City's expenditures for planning and carrying out any approved assistance program, a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities at not less than the normal expenditure for such activities prior to executing a contract for the proposed program, and that the City has a satisfactory program for providing in a timely manner all the necessary public improvements for any approved area. SECTION 3. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to assure the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development that there exists in the City an adequate amount of decent, safe and sanitary housing which is available to any person displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related improvement programs, at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacees, if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development SECTION 4. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, authorized to assure the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development of the full compliance by the City of Paducah, Kentucky with regulations of the Department of housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil• Rights Act of 1964. 338 SECTION 5. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. Mayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners October 3, 1967 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, October 3, 1967.