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RE SO LUT IO NO . 'J.B._
SER IES OF 2005
RE SO LUTION BY TH E CITY OF ENGLEWOO D AU TH OR IZING THE CITY OF
ENG LEWOOD , COLO RADO , TO FILE AN APPLICAT ION WITH ARAPAMO E COUN TY
FOR A 2006 CO MMU NITY DEVELO PM ENT BLO CK GRA NT.
WHERE AS , th e Englewo od Ci ty Co unci l has approved CDB G app licati ons sin ce 1977 and
~tp provcd the execut ion of an l.nt crgovc mm cnt al Agreem ent wi th th e passage of Ordin ance No.
37 , Series of 1991, cove ring th e City's parti cip ation in the Arapahoe Co unt y CDBG Entit lement
Program for fundin g yea rs 1992 through 1994 ; and
WHEREAS , the Eng lewood City Co un cil approve d passage of Ordinan ce No . 39 , Seri es of
199 4, au th ori zing the execution of an Inter gove rnment al Agree men t belwccn th e Cit y of
Engl ewood and Arapahoe Co unty cove ri ng participatio n in the Arapa hoe Co unty CDBG
Entitl ement Prog ram as extende d by Amen dm ent No . 3, r fundin g years 2004 through 2006;
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WH EREAS , the Arapaho e Co unty Co mm unity De velopmen t Bl ock Grant Program pro vide s
grant s to participating mun ic ipalitie s to meet housi ng an d co mmuni ty deve lopme nt ne eds; and
WHEREAS , to comp ete in th e Arapa hoe Cou nty Community De velopm ent Bl oc k Grant
Program, loca l gove rnm ents mus t submi t an app lica tion; an d
WHEREA S, the City of Englewoo d has re ce ived a notice of fund ava il abi lit y; and
WHEREA S, the City of Englewood , Co lorado desi,c s co apply fo r the se fu nd s throu gh th e
Ampahoc Co unt y 2006 Co mmunity Deve lopment Bl ock Gra nt to fund th e Housin g
Rch ab ilirntion Prog ram , House of Hope staffing and neig hborh oo d re vi tali za ti on projects.
NO W, THEREFORE. BE IT RESO LVE D BY THE CITY COU NC IL OF TH E CITY OF
ENGLE WOOD . COLORADO , THAT :
Sec ti on I, The City of Engle woo J, Co lorado , is hereby auth orized to fil e an app lica ti->n for an
Ara pahoe Cou nt y 2006 Co mmun ity De velopmen t Bl ock Gra nt.
Sectio n 2. The Ma yo r and City Clerk arc auth ori zed to sign and atte st all necessary fonn s,
doc um ent s, ass uran ces and cc rtili cati ons fo r th e Co mmun ity Deve lop ment Bl ock Gra nt
ap pli cat ion for and on be hal f of th e City Cou nci l and the Ci ty of Eng lewoo d.
ADOPTED AND APPR OVE D thi s 3rd day of October , 2005 .
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COUNCIL COMMUNIC ATION
Dale : Agen da It em: Subjecl:
October 3, 2005 9 Ci FY2006 Community Developmen t Block Grant
Appli cation Approva l
Initi aled 6y : I Staff Source:
Co mmunit y D ev elopmen t Janet Grimm ett , H ousing Finan ce Specia li st
COUNCIL GOAL AN D PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
H ousi ng and Community D eve lopm ent
Pr evio us Action:
City Council ha s app roved resol utions to file Community Deve lopment Block Grant
(C DBG ) applica tions alm os t annuall y since 1977 . Ordinance 39, Series of 1994, app roved
an Intergove rnmental Agree ment to parti ci pate in the Arapahoe Co unty CDBG Entitlemen t
Program for Federa l Fisca l Yea rs 1995 through 199 7. Participa ti on in the entitlement
program is in thr ee-y ear increments and, for funding years 2004 through 2006, was
exten ded by approval by th e City Manage r w ith th e exec uti on o f Amendment N umber
Thr ee dated Jun e 26, 2003 .
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff reco mm ends that Co un cil app rove a reso lution auth orizing staff to apply to Arapa hoe
County for th e City of Eng lewood's po rtion of Federa l Fisca l Yea r 2006 Community
Deve lopmen t Block G rant (CDBG) funds.
BACKGROUND , ANA LYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
Th e U . S. Department of H ousing and Urban Developmen t (HUD) CDBG Ent itl emen t
Pro gram pro vid es gra nts to units of loca l governm ent and ur ba n counti es to mee t ho using
and community develo pment nee ds. Th e objec ti ve of th e program is to enha nce urban
communities by provi ding:
• dece nt, sa fe, affordable housing;
• imp rove d infr as tructure;
• public fa cilities and services;
• eco nomic op portunit ies .
The Federal Program obj ec tives are ac hieved th ro ugh proj ects deve lope d by local
governm ents that primarily benefit low and modera te in come fami lies and oth er federal
objec ti ves. The requ es t fo r funds may also include ac ti viti es th at mee t oth er urge nt
deve lopm ent needs in co mmuniti es such as dama3e fr om fi oo din g, torn ad c.c s, fir e, etc.
Loca l gove rn men ts de termin e whi ch ac ti vi ties bes t se rve th e objec tives of th e prog ram.
Funds are app1 opria1ed annu all y by th e Co ngress for th e CDBG prog ram and are all oca ted
by statut ory form ul a to eac h ent itl ement ar a. Arapa hoe Co unt y is an ap proved entitl ement
area. Th e granl fun ds are currently di sl ribuled 10 participa ting citi es wi th i n Arap ahoe
Co unty base d on ea ch jurisdic ti o n's pove rty populati on as id entifi ed fr o m th e lal es l ce nsus
info rm ati on. The cur re nt pa rti ci patin g jurisd icti ons are th e Citi es of Englewood, Littl eton,
Sheri da n, Gl enda le, Deer Trail, and Gree nwood \'ill age plus unin corp o rated Arapa hoe
County. Th e fundin g l eve l for th e Cily of Englewood for FY2006 is a111i cipa1ed to be
$150,000, th e sa me as ii has bee n fo r lhe pas l three years. An additi onal non-jurisdic ti onal
pool of fund s of ap proximately $400,000 is also ava il abl e direc tl y fr om A rapahoe Co unty
for p ro jec ts th al benefi t pe rso ns livin g in any parl of th e co unty.
Th e City of En glewood must subm it an ap pli ca ti on in ord er l o rece ive its portion of lhe
2006 CDBG fun din g fr om Arapahc e Co unly. Th e appli ca ti on w ill be for a 101al o f
$1 60,000 . This includ es th e anticipated $1 50,000 plus an addi ti onal $10,000 fr o m the non-
jurisdicti onal pool of funds. Engl ewood's FY2 006 program consists of three possible
proj ec ts th at mec l current hou sin g and neighborh ood nee ds . All proj ec ts are subj ec t 10
additional rev ie w by C ity staff, Arapahoe County CDBG administrators and th e Co unty
Commiss ioners. Th e li sted proj ec ts and fu,,ding leve ls may chan ge ba sed on th ose rev iews.
FY 2006 CDBG funds w ill be requ es ted for the fo ll owin g proj ec ts :
1) S75,000 for th e H o usin g Reha bili1 a1i on Pr ojec t l o provi de loa ns to low-in come
homeow ners to finan ce th e cos ts of major hous ehold repair s and impro ve m1:..,1ts.
Thi s Proj ect als o includes a handyman/small rehab proj ec t program l o as sist
seni ors and di sa bl ed p erso ns w ilh minor househ o ld repairs;
2) $2S,OOO for a sixth -yea r requ es t to ass ist w ith staffin g nee ds fo r lhe H o use of
H ope homeles s shelter;
3) $60,000 fo r a neighbo rh oo d re,i l ali z.:.l ion "paint-up/fi x-up" proj ec t des igned l o
impr rJV e th e visual app ea rance of m, ner-occ upi ed pro perti es in a targe ted
reside nti al area within th e Cit y.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Existing Co mmunity D eve lop men t staff will ad mini ster th e prop osed pr ojec ts . Staff salari es
and benefit s repr ese nt th e City's iJart ici pation in th e pr ojec ts.
UST OF ATTAC HMENT S
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