HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009 Resolution No. 071• RESOLUT ION NO . !lL
SER IES OF 2009
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RESOLUT ION AUTH ORIZING TH E CITY OF ENGLEWOOD , COLO RADO , TO FILE AN
APPLICAT ION WITH ARAPAHOE CO UNTY FOR A 20 10 COM MUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLO CK ,RA NT .
WH EREAS, the Engl ewood City Council has approved CDBG appli cations sin ce 1977 and
approved the execution of an lnt ergovemmen tal Agreement with the passage of Ordinan ce
o. 37, Series of 199 1, covering th e City 's participation in the Ara pahoe Co unty CDBG
Entitlement Program for funding years 1992 thro ugh 1994 ; and
WHEREA S. th e Englewood City Co un cil approved passage of Ordinance No . 13 , Seri es of
2006 , authorizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of
Englewood and Arapahoe County covering participation in the Arapahoe County CDBG
Entitlement Program for funding years 2007 through 2009; and
WHE REAS , the Eng lewood City Co uncil approved passage of Ordinance No . 22, Series of
2009, auth orizing the execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City of
Eng lewood and Arapahoe County covering part ic ipation in the Arapahoe County CDBG Program
and HOME Investment Part ne rship Programs for fede ra l fiscal years 2010 through 2012; and
WHEREAS , the Arapahoe Co unty Community Deve lopment Bl ock Grant Program provides
grants to parti cipa ting municipalities to meet housi ng and commu nit y de ve lop ment need s; and
WHEREAS , to compete in the Arapahoe County Co mmunit y Development Bl ock Grant
Program, loca l governments must submit an application; and
WHEREAS. the Cit y of Englewood has rc-ceived a notice of fund avai labi lit y; and
WHEREAS , th e Ci ty of Englewood, Colorado, desires to apply for these fund s through the
Arapahoe County 20 IO Comm unity Development Bl oc k Grant to fund the Energy Effic iency
Home Improvement s Project s, Housi ng Rehabilitation P;·oject, and Hou se of Ho pe staffing
project.
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, THAT:
Section I. The Cit y of Englewood, Colorado , is hereb y authori zed to file an app li cation for
an Arapa hoe Coun ty 20 IO Community Devel op ment Block Grant.
Secti on 2. The Mayor and City Clerk arc authori zed to sign and attest all necess ary fonns.
documents, assu:anccs and ceni fi ca ti ons fo r the Community Development Bl ock Grant
applica ti on for and on behalf of the City Co unci l and the Cit y of Eng lewood .
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 511' day of October, 2009.
James K. Woodwa rd , Mayor
I, ucrish ia A. Elli s, City Clerk for lll;Ci ty of Englewoo , Col •1 .,, hejreby :."i~ ~/
abo ve is a true copy of Reso luti on No . .J.L, Series of 2009 . 'flt.(,(.., ✓~
shi a A. Ellis, Ci ty Clerk
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CO U N C IL COMM U NICATIO N
D ate:
O ctober 5, 2009
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Age nd a It em:
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Initi ated By:
Community D evelopmen t D epartm ent
Subj ect :
A Reso lutio n Approvi ng FY~0 10 Com111uni1y
D eve lo pmen t Block Gra nt Applica ti on
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Staff Sour ce :
H aro ld J. Still, Senio r Pl ann er
COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
City Council has approved resol utions to fil e Comm uni ty Deve lo pm ent Block Gran ! (CDBG)
applicafons almos t an nuall y sin ce 1977. Part icipa tion in lhe Arapahoe Cou nty enlitlemenl
program began in 199 1. Pa rt icipation is au thorized in three-yea r increm ents. O rdi nance 22, Se ries
o f 2009, approved an Intergovernmen tal Agree m ent to pa rt icipa te in the A rapahoe Coun ty
Comm u n ity Development Block G rant and HOME Inves tm ent Par tn ersh ip Programs fo r fe deral
fi sca l years 20 10 through 201 2.
RECOMME NDED ACTION
Staff recommends I ha! Co uncil approve a reso lution auth o ri zi ng staff to apply l o Arapahoe Co unty
'"r th e City of Englewood's po rt ion of fed eral fisca l yea r 20 10 Community D eve lopment Bl ock
Gra nt (CDBG) funds .
BAC KGROUND , ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATI VES IDENTIFIED
Th e U . S. D ept. o f H o usin g, ,d Urban D evelopment (i !UD) CDBG Ent itl ement Program provides
grants to un its of loca l govern ment and u rban coun ties to ,11ee1 housi ng and community
developm ent nee ds. The obj ec ti ve of th e p rogram is 10 enha , ,ce u•::ia n com munities by providing:
• d ecent , sa fe, affordable ho usin g;
• irnprov d infr as tru ctur e;
• public faciliti es and serv ices;
• econo mi c o pporlunities.
Th e Fed era l Program objectives are achi eved thr o ugh proj ec ts J eve lo pecl by loca l
govern m en ts th at primarily benefi t low and m od erate-income fa mili es as well as o ther
fe dera l o bjecti ves. Th e requ est for func's m ay also incl ude ac tivities that mee t m genl
deve lopm ent nee ds in co mm uniti es such as damage fr om fl oo di ng, tornad oes, fi re, etc.
Local governm en ts d etermin e w hi ch ac ti vi ti es bes t s~rve th e objec tives of th e p rocram .
Funds are ap pro priated an nu all y b y th e Congress for th e CDBG p rogram and are all ocated by
statut ory fonm,la to eac h entit lement area. Arap ahoe County is approved as an urb ,m co un ty
entitl em ent are.i. Th e CDBG grant funds are current ly di stributed l o par ti cipating ci ties wi th in
Ara pa hoe Co unt y. Eac h pa rt ici patin g ci ty rece ives a se t-asid e porti on of the total DBG all ocation.
Th e currenl pa rlicipaling c iti es are th e Citi es of Englewood, Li 11 le1011, Sheridan, Glendal e, Deer Trail, •
and Greenwood Vill age . Th e funding leve l fo r 1h e Ci ty of Englewood for FY20 10 is an ti c ipa ted 10
be $150,000, th e sa me as it h ,, bee n for the pa st 7 yea rs .
Th e Cily of Englewood mus I submi t an appli ca ti o n 110 lal er lhan Oclober 20, 2009 in o rd er l o
re ce ive il s p orlio n of 1h e 20 1 O CDBG funding fro m Arapa hoe Counly. Th e appli cati o n w ill be for a
l o l al of $1 75,000.00. Engl ewood 's FY20 10 program consi sl s of lhree proj ecl s. These projec ts
conlinue l o mee l current ho usi ng and neighborh ood needs ben efitling low and mo de ral e-in co m e
famili es. All projec l s ar e subjec t to addi tio nal rev iew by Cily Slaff, Arapaho e Counly CDBG
administralOrs, and th e Cou11 1y Commission ers. The lis1ed projec ts and funding leve ls may chan ge
based on th ose rev iews. FY2010 C DBG fund s will b e requ es ted fo r the fo ll owin g p rojects:
I) $100,000 for an energy effi cien cy ho me improvements project focusing o n
improvements that qualify for th e Federal Tax Cr edi ts for energy effi ciency as
we ll as o ther applicable stat e, loca l and private rebates.
2) $50,000 fo r th e Housing Rehabilitation Proj ect to provide loans to low-income
ho m eowners to finan ce the costs of major ho usehold repairs and improvemen ts.
Thi s Pr oj ec t also incl udes a handyman/sma ll rehab compo nent to ass ist se ni ors
and dis ab led p ers o ns wi th th e costs of minor hous eho ld repa irs ;
3) $25,000 for a tenth-yea r requ es t to assist w ith staffing n ee ds for th e Ho us e of
H ope ho meles s she lter.
FINANCI AL IMP ACT
Existing Communily Deve lopmen t staff will administer th e propose d projects . Slaff salaries
and b enefits re prese nt th e Cily's parlic ipation in t~e projec ts.
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