HomeMy WebLinkAboutAuthorizing the submission of an amendatory application for Code Enforcement grant and authorizing the Mayor to sign and execute all necessary documents for the project RESOLUTION
306-72
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
JUNE 12 19 72
Attest: /1 City Clerk
Attest: President of Common Council.
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
JUNE 14 19 72
City Clerk
Approved and signed by me 19
Mayor
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 306-72
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, AUTHORIZING
THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMENDATORY APPLICATION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT GRANT
AND AUTHORIZING TH MAYOR AND OTHER CITY OFFICIALS TO SIGN AND EXECUTE
ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS, FORMS, AND CONTRACTS FOR PROJECT, INDIANA E-5 .
WHEREAS Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949 , as amended, authorizes
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make grants 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
South Bend, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who
may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public improve-
ments program 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 discrimination
on the basis of race , color, or national origin under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance and Executuve Order 11063
prohibits discrimination on basis of race , color, creed 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 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND.
1 . That an application be filed with the Department of Housing
and Urban Development on behalf of the City of South Bend, 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 enforce-
ment program, which cost is now estimated to be $433 , 800. 00 in an area
or areas to be designated and specially described in such application,
and that the Executive Director of the City of South Bend Department of
Redevelopment 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 Housing and Urban
Development , to execute and file requisition for funds , and to act as
the authorized representative of the City of South Bend in the accomplish-
ment of the code enforcement program, and further authorizes that the
Mayor of the City of South Bend is to execute such contract or contracts
as may be necessary for grant applied for.
2 . That during the period of the contract for the code enforce-
ment grant the City of South Bend 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 enforcement
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 ,
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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 South Bend with regulations of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964 and applicable Executive Orders .
This Resolution takes effect immediately upon its passage and the fixing
of the proper signatures thereto.
FILED IN CLrRK'S OFFICE
Irene Garnmon
CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND, IND.
1st & 2nd READING
COMMITTEE OF THE WhW JUN' g 1972
PUBLIC MEARMI
3rd READING
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