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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 0347 approving/authorizing the submission of a code enforcement grant application for model cities west code areaWHEREAS, S of Housing assist the or deteric provements the area; WHEREAS, i locality c centrated expected t WHEREAS, i impose cer Department persons wh provements accordance and RESOLUTION NO. 347 RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A CODE ENFORCEMENT GRANT APPLICATION FOR MODEL CITIES WEST CODE AREA !ction 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes the Secretary and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities and counties to i in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement in deteriorated �ating areas in which such enforcement, together with certain public im- to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the decline of end has been found and determined by this body that there exists in this rtain deteriorated or deteriorating areas for which a program of con - ode enforcement, combined with certain public improvements, may be arrest the decline of the area; and is recognized that the grant of funds pursuant to Section 117 will ,ain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of South Bend, of Redevelopment, among which is the obligation to assure that any may be displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public im- programs are relocated into decent, safe, and sanitary housing in with the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; WHEREAS, TITLE VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin under any program or activity receiving Federal fi ancial assistance and Executive Order 11246 prohibits discrimination on the bas's of race, color, creed or national origin in sale, lease, or other dispositiol of residential property (including land intended for residential use) or in the kse or occupancy thereof: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE South Bend Redevelopment Commission, Governing Body of th 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 Redevelopment for a code enf rcement 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 One Million, Seven Hundred and Twenty Four Thousand, Five Hundr d and Fifty Six ($1,724,556) Dollars in an area or areas to be designated and specially described in such application, and that the Executive Director is hereby aut orized 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, Department of Redevelopment in the accomplishment of the code enforcement program and the Pr sident and Secretary of the Commission are hereby authorized to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the grant applied for. 2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement grant the City of So th Bend, Department of Redevelopment will maintain a level of expenditures for code e forcemeat activities, exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code enfor ement of Title I urban renewal project areas, that is not less than the average yearly expenditures 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. Tha sanitary h, enforcemen their final public uti displaced displacees of the Dep, ; there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe and ►using which is available to persons displaced as a result of the code ; and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within icial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to ities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the ndividuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such if any, will be relocated in accordance with applicable requirements trtment of Housing and Urban Development. 5. That Development South Bend, Housing and 1964 and ap Adopted at on March 25: Bend, India Attest: Fred J. SEAL the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of Department of Redevelopment with regulations of the Department of Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of )licable Executive Orders. ;he Special Meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held 1971 in the Office of the Commission, 1200 County -City Building, South ia. Assistant Secretary. CITY OF SOUTH BEND DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT Dean J. V i 1 helm, Presi- -dent