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SERIE S OF 2004
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RE SO L TIO N DY TII E CITY OF E:-IG LEll'OO D AL'TII OR IZING TH E CITY OF
ENG LEWOO D. OLORADO. TO FILE A:-1 APPLI 'ATI ON WIT H ARA PAII OE COUN TY
FOR A 2005 CO MM UN IT Y DEVEL OP:VIE:-J T 13LOC K GRA'IT.
IV II ER EA . the Engle wood Ci t) Coun cil ha s appro,ed DB Li appli ca 11 ons sin ce 19 77 und
appro ved the cxccu uon ofan lntcrgo vern mcmal :-\grci:mc nt wi1h the pa ss age ofOrd in:mcc No .
37. Serie s of 199 1. covering th e Ci ty's r,u ni ci putton in th e Arapah oe County CDBG Ent itlem en t
r rog ram fo r fu nding ye ars 199:! th roug h 199-t and
WHEREAS . the Englewoo d Cit y Co un ci l 1ppro vc d pass age of Ord inance >Jo . 39. S.:ric s of
1994. au1hori zing the i:xe cuti on of an lnt ergo vemmcnta l Agreement between the Cit y of
Eng lewood and Arapahoe Co unty cove ring panicipation in the Arapah oe Co unt y CDB G
Entitlement rrogra m as extended by Amendm ent No . 3. fo r funding years 2004 throug h ?006;
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WHEREAS. the Arapahoe Co unt y Co mmunity Deve lop ment Block Grant Proiram prov ide s
grn 111 s to parti cipating municip alitie s 10 me et housing and co mmunity de vcl ormcnt Dt'c ds: and
WHEREAS. to co mpet e in the Arapah oe Coun ty Co mmunit y Deve lop ment Bl ;;k rJrant
Program . local gove rnment s mu st submit an app li cati on ; and
WHEREAS . the Cit y or Englewood ha s receiv ed a not ice of fond ava il ability : and
WHEREAS . the Cit y of Engle wood. Co lorado de sire s 10 app ly for the se funds through thc
.-\rapa hoc Co unt y 2005 Com munit y Development Block Gram to fund the I-lousi ng
R1.!ha bilit :111on Program. House of Hope st:.ifTin g and nei ghb or hood rcvi1ali z:11 io n project s.
'IOW. THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED BY Tl-IE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CIT Y OF
ENG LEWOOD. CO LORAD O. TH AT:
Sc.:ction I 1 The Cit y of Engll!woo d. Co lorado. is hc.:rc.:by auth o:"i zcd 10 1i lc an applicati on for an
Ar ap ahoe.: Co unt y 200 5 Co mmunit y D1.!vcl opmu11 Ol ock Gran!.
Sl!ction ~. The Ma yo r and Cit y Clc.:rk arc au1 huri zcd lO sign and atte st :t ll 111:c.:c.:ss ary forms.
document s. ass urance s and cc:nit icati ons for the Co mmunit y De velopment Bl ock Gran t for and
nn bch alf of the: City Co uncil Jnd th e Ci ty of Englew ood .
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COUNCIL COMMUN ICATION
Date : Ag enda It em: Subje ct:
October 18, 2004 11 C i A Reso lu tion Approving th e FY2005 Corn n nity
Oeve lopn, ~nt Bl oc k Grant Ap plica tion
In itiated By: I Staff Sou rce:
Community D eve lopm ent D epart ment Janet G rimm ett , Housin~ Finance Specia li st
COUNCI L GOAL AND PREVI OUS COUNC IL ACTION
City Co uncil has app ro, ed res olu ti ons to fil e Com munity Deve lopment Block G rant (CDBG )
ap pli catio ns an nu all y Slf,_e ; 9 77 . O rdin ance 39, Series of 199 4, approved an Intergove rn me ntal
Ag ree ment ,~ p · 'ti cipa tt in the Arapa hoe County CDBG En titl ement Prog ram for Federal Fi sca l
Yea rs 199 5 ,hrc ' 199 i . Part ici pa tio n in th e entitl em ent program is in thr ee-y ea r increments and,
fo r Fund ing Years .004 thr.,ugh 20 06, w as ex tend ed by approval of th e City Manager wi th the
exec uti o n of AmeI,d ::ie,1t N o. 3 da ted June 26, 200 3.
kcCOMM END ED ACTIO N
Stan recommends tha t Council ar~rove a resolutio a a11th orizing staff to appl y to Arap aho e County
ior the Ci tv of Englewood's portion of FeJ eral ,;sr.a l Ye ar 2005 Co mmun ity D ev elopm ent Bl ock
Grant (C D BG) fun ds.
BACKG ROUND, ANALYS IS, AND AL'fE ~~Al :VES IDE NTIF IED
Th e U. 5. D epart ment of H o using and Urban Deve l opment (H U D) CDBG En ti tlement Progra m
provi des grants to units of local gove rn ment and urban co unt ies to mee t hous ing and co mmu nity
deve lopment nee ds . The objective of th e program is to enhance urba n communities by provid in g:
• dece nt, safe, affordab le housin g;
• ir.1 prov€d in frastr ucture;
• public ia cili ti es and servic es;
• ec onomi c opp ortun iti es.
The Federal Pr og ram objec tives are ac hi eve d th rough projec ts deve loped by loca l governm ent s that
prirn arilv be nefit low and mode rate inco me fam ili es and other fe dera l ob jec tives . Th e requ es t fo r
iun ds rn av ,;1l so includ e ac tiv it ies th at mee t oth er urge nt deve lopment needs in co mmuniti es such ,15
da mage fr om floo di ng, torn adoes . fi re, etc. Local go ve rnm ents de ter mi ne whi ch activ ities bes t
ser. e the objec tives 0 1 the prog ram.
Fu nds are ,1p propria ted annuall y by th e Co ngress fo r th e CDB G program and are all oca ted by
sta tuto r; io rlllul a to eac h ent itle ment ~uea. Arapa hoe Co un ty is an approved ent itl ement area. Th e
gr.int iu nds M e curr en tl~1 dis tr ib t11 ed to pa rt ici patin g ci ties within Arapahoe Co unty ba sed on eac h
I. Loucrishia A. Ellis , Ci ty Clerk fo r %",City of Eng le wood, Co
above is a lrue co py of Reso lution No . ..::J.L , Series of 2004 •
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jur:,dic ti on 's povert y popul ati on as identi fi ed fr om th e lat es t ce nsus info rm ation . Th e c urrent
partic ipatin g juri sd icti ons are th e Cities of Englewood, Littl eton , Sheridan, G lendale, D ee r Trai l, and •
Gre enwood Vi ll age plus u ni nco rporated Arapah oe Co un ty. Th e fu ndin g level for the City of
En glew ood fo r FY 2005 is antici pat ed to be S 150,000, th e sa me as it has b ee n fo r th e p ast three
years . An additi onal non-juris di ctional pool of funds of $400,000 to SS00,000 is also avail ab le
direc tl y fr om Arapahoe County fo r p ro je cts ,fiat benefit p erso ns livi ng in any part of th e c ounty .
Th e City of Englewood must submit an applicat ion in o rd er to rece ive its portion of th e 2005 CD BG
fun di ng fr om Ara pahoe C ,,.,., y. The ap pli cation w;,1 be fo r a total o f $23 0,000. This in cl udes th e
anti :ipa te d $150,000 plu . ,, ,ddi ti onal $80,000 f· n d,e non-j urisdic ti onal p '.lo l of funds.
En glewood's FY200 5 progr.rn consi sts of three '.' .· .le projects that meet c urrent housing and
neigh brhood needs . All projects ar e subjec t to acJ1t,o nal review b y City staff, Arapah o e Coun ty
CDBG rlministrators an d the County Commission ers . The listed projects and funding levels may
chang e ~ • ;e d on th ose reviews. FY2005 CDBG funds will b e requested for th e fo ll owin g projects:
1) $1 32,500 for the Hous ing Rehab ili tat ion Proj ec t to provid e loans to low-in co m e
homeowners to fi nance th e costs of major h ouseh old repairs and improve'llents. Thi s
Project also inclc~, a handyman/small rehab project to as si st seniors and disabled
pers ons wi th mir 1•1r 1,,u seh old reµairs;
2) $50 ,000 for a fifth-y ear request to assist w ith st affi ng need,. for th e H ouse of H ope
homel es s shelter;
3) $4 i ,50 0 for a n~igh borh ood ·c 'talization "paint-up/fi x-up" proj ect desi gned to improve
th e visual appearance of ow n,r .,ccupied and rental properties in a targeted res idential •
area within th e City.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Existin g Community Devel o pment st aff w il1 ad Tiini ster th e prop osed p , 'lject• .. Sta ff salari es and
bene fi ts re p rese nt the City 's parti ci pation in the p ro jec ts .
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Res '.l lution.
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