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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 17, Page 441, No Resolution NumberA 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 0£ the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, author- izes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grante to municipalities and counties to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this locality certain deteriorated or deteriorating areas for which a program of concentrated code enforcement, combined with certain public improvements, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of Paducah, Kentucky among which is the obligation to assure that any per- sons who may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public improvements programs are relocated into decent, safe and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrim- ination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimination on bases of race, color, religion, sex or national origin in sale, lease, or other disposition of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the use or occupancy thereof: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: 1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, of three-fourths of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforcement program, which cost is now estimated to be $1,151,842.00, in an area or areas to be designated and specially described in such application, and that the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, to pro- vide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant for which application is made. 442 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforce- ment grant the City of Paducah, Kentucky will maintain a level of expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly expenditure for such activities throughout the locality for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the filing of the application. 3. That the locality has a program for and will provide in a timely manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforce- ment area. 4. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which is available to persons displaced as a result of the code enforcement and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and 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. 5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of 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 and applicable Executive Orders. 6. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. l/ l/'CGi�L1 Mayor /1 Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 26, 1971 V Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 26, 1971.