VII. NEW BUSINESS b. PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT

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10/3/2019 Page 1 PROGRAMMATIC AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, THE INDIANA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN HUD-ASSISTED PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO 24 CFR PART 58 IN THE STATE OF INDIANA THIS PROGROMMATIC AGREEMENT (Agreement) is between the City of South Bend, by and through its Board of Public Works on behalf of its Department of Community Investment (City), the Indiana State Historic Preservation Officer (Indiana SHPO), and the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Indiana (HPC), and is entered into effective the 1st day of January 2020. WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through various offices, including the Offices of the Assistant Secretaries for Housing – Federal Housing Commissioner, Public and Indian Housing, and Community Planning and Development, provides grant and/or entitlement funding to the State of Indiana and to entitlement communities in Indiana; and WHEREAS, the City is an entitlement community in the State of Indiana; and WHEREAS, the City, now, or may in the future, administer HUD grant and/or entitlement programs which include, but are not limited to, the following HUD Programs: American Dream Down payment Initiative Program Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) Emergency Solutions Grant Program HOME Investment Partnerships Program Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS Program Lead-Based Paint Hazard Control Grant Program Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant Program Neighborhood Stabilization Program Rental Rehabilitation Program Continuum of Care Grants Special Projects Appropriated Under an Appropriations Act for HUD Supportive Housing Program; and WHEREAS, HUD regulations at 24 C.F.R. Part 58 implement statutory authorities that permit certain entities to assume HUD’s environmental responsibilities for various HUD programs, and included among the statutory authorities under which this responsibility is assumed in compliance with Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended [54 U.S.C. § 300101 et seq] (Section 106); and WHEREAS, the City has determined that implementation of the HUD Programs may include but are not limited to activities such as housing and commercial building rehabilitation, façade improvement, relocation of buildings and structures, demolition of buildings and structures, new construction, and site preparation each of which is an undertaking (Undertaking) as defined pursuant to 36 C.F.R. 800.16(y); and