No. 0321 approving/authorizing the submission of a code enforcement grant application

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WHET the Seca and coun enforcemi together may be & RESOLUTION NO. 321 RESOLUTION APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT GRANT APPLICATION :EAS, Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes tary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities ies to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code nt in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, with certain public improvements to be provided by the locality, pected to arrest the decline of the area; and WHEREAS, it has been found and determined by this body that there exists iii 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 South Be d, Department of Redevelopment, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who may be displaced as a result of the code en- forcement and public improvements programs are relocated into decent, safe, and sani ary housing in accordance with the regulations of the Department of Housi g and Urban Development; and WHE EAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the b sis of race, color, or national origin under any program or activity receivinj Federal financial assistance and Executive Order 11063 prohibits discrimi ation on basis of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease, o other dis osition of residential property (including land intended for resi ential use or in the use or occupancy thereof: NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE South Bend Redevelopment Commission, Governing Body of the City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment. 1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development on behalf of the City of South Bend, Department of Re- development for a code enforcement grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, of two- thirds of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforcement program, which cost is now estimated to be $968,419..00, in an area or areas to be designated and specially de- scribed n such application, and that the Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, to provide such additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the Department of Housitig and Urban Development, to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for, to execute and file requisition for funds, and to act as the authorized representative of the City of South Bend, De artment of Redevelopment in the accomplishment of the code enforce- ment program. 2. grant thi level of in any fi areas, tl throughoi filing o- That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement City of South Bend, Department of Redevelopment will maintain a expenditures for code enforcement activities, exclusive of expenditures �derally assisted code enforcement or Title I urban renewal project iat is not less than the average yearly expenditure for such activities it the locality for the two full fiscal years immediately preceding the the application.