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RESOLUTION NO .__&___
SERIES OF 2003
RESOLUTIO N ,•·~· TH i:, I rY OF ENGLEWOOD AUTHORIZING THE CI1 \. or
ENGLEWOOD. CL,~O P DO. TO FILE il :--1 APPLICATION WITH AR,\PAHOE CO UNTY
FOR A 20 0J ffl\•'Mll"'TY DEVELO PMENT BLO CK GR.'<:s/T
\\, i ,<1 ,:: "• •r.: Engl ewood City Council has appro ved CDBG app licati ons since I 977
and approv (.'I.J. hl •et:u tion ofun !nt(.'rgovcmmenta l Agreeme nt wit h the passage of Ordi nan ce
No. 37. Sericrnf 1~91, c··veri ng 1he Ci 1y's participalion in 1he Arapahoe Coun1 y CD BG
Entitlement P ogrJ m for tundi ng years I 99 2 th•0ugh 1994 ; an d
WHEREAS, lhe Englewood City Counci l appro ved pas s,gc of Ordina nce No . 39, Se rie s
of I 994. authorizing the execut ion of an Intergovern mental Ag re.;:mcnt between the City of
Englewood an d Arapahoe Co unt y cove ring parti ci pati on in the Arapa hoe Co unt y CD BG
En1i1 leme n1 Program as exiended by Amendment No . 3, for fu nding years 2004 1hrough 2U06,
and
WHEREAS. ''1e Arapahoe County Commu nity Developmem Block Gran, Program
pro vid es grants 10 pamcipating municipalitie s to meet housing and co mmunit y development
ne eds; and
WHEREAS , 10 compete in th e Arapahoe Cou n1 y Commu nity De ve lopmcn l Block Gra nt
Program. loca l governmen ts mu st submit an app li ca ti on ; and
WHEREAS , 1he Ci1 y of Englewood ha s re ceived a no1ice of fund availabi lit y: and
WHEREAS, 1he Ci 1y of Eng lewood. Co lorado desi res 10 app ly for these funds 1hrough
1hc Arapa hoe County 2004 Co mmunity Develop111en1 Bl ock Gran, to fund 1hc Housing
Rehabilitat io n Program and neighborhood revita hiatio n project.
NOW, THEREFORE , BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ENGLEWOOD , CO LORADO . THAT :
Sec 1ion I, The City of Eng lewood, Co lorado, is hereby au1h orizc d to fil e an app lica1 io n
for an Arapahoe County 2004 Co mmunit y De ve lopment Block Granl.
Sec tion 2. The Mayor and City Clerk arc auth orized to sign an d attest all ne cessary
fom1s , doc um ent s, assurance s and cert ific a1 ions fo r the Commu nity Deve lopm ent Block Grant fo r
and on be halfof 1he City Counci l and th e City of Englewood .
ADOPTED A:--ID APPROVED 1hi s I SI da y of December , '-....
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s. Cit y Clerk
I, l oucri shia A. Ellis , Ci ry Cier,._[D, I/Jc Ciry eby cenif, e above is a lruc copy or Resolurion No .~. Series •
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
Oate Age nd a Item
D ecember I , 2003 11 c 1i
INITI ATED CY :
Co m'llunity D evelopment
Subject: A Reso lut ion A pprovin g
FY:!004 Comm un itv D evelopm en t
Block Grant A ppli cation
STAFF SOURCE :
Ja nel Gri mmett , H o usin g Finance Sp ec iali st
COUNCIL GO AL ANO PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
H ousi ng and Community D eve lopm ent
Previ ous Actio n:
City Council has approved reso lutions to fil e Community D eve lopment Bl ock Grant (CDBG)
applica !1 ons annually sin ce 1977. Ordinance 39, Series of 1994, approved an Int ergovernmental
Ag re em ent to participate i n th e Arapahoe County CDBG Entitlemen t Program for federal fi sc al
yea rs 1995 through 1997. Participation in th e enti tl ement program is in three-year increments and ,
for fu nding 1•ea rs 2004 through 2006, was ex tended by approva l o f th e City M anager with th e
exec ulion o i Am endmen t Number Th ree dated Jun e 26, 2003.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Staff recommends th at Co unc il approve a reso lut ion au th orizing staff to app!·, cu Arapahoe County
fo r th e Ci ty of Engl ewood's portion o f fede ral fiscal yea r 2004 Community Deve laoment Block
Grant (CDBG J funds.
r.ACKGROUNO, ANALYSIS, ANO ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED
The U .S. Dept. of H ousi ng and U,ban D eve lo pm ent (HUD) CDBG Entit leme nt Program prov ides
grant s to unit s of lo ca l gove rnm ent anc.J urban co unti es to mee t housi ng and co mmunity
de ve lopment nee ds . Th e obj t>ct ive: , :li e program is to enhan ce urban co mmuniti es by provi din g:
• dece nt , safe, affordab le housi n g;
• impr oved infrastruc tu re ;
• publi c faci lit ies and servic es;
• eco nomic opp ortunities .
Th e Fede ral Program ob jecti ves are achieve d through proj ects developed by local governnwnts that
primaril y b enefit low and m oderate inco me families and oth er fed eral obj ectives. The reques t for
funds may also include activi ties that m ee t oth er urg~n t deve lopment needs in communities such as
dama ge fr om fl ooding, tornadoes, fi re, etc. Loca l g0vernmen ts determine w hi ch acti viti es b es t
serve th e ob jec tives of th e progrcn1 .
Funds are appropria ted annuall y by 1he Congress fo r th e CDBG program and are all oca ted b y •
stat utory formula to eac h ent itl ement area. Arapahoe County is an approved ent itl ement area . Th e
gran t funds are cu rrently distribu ted to pa rtici pati ng c ities withi n A rapa hoe Co unty o n a flat ral e
ba sed o n eac h jurisrlic ti o n's pove rt y popul atio n based on lhe lates t ce nsus in formati on. Th e
curren t participa ting jurisdictions are th e Ci 11es of En glewood, Li 1tle 1o n, Sheridan, Glendale, D eer
Trai l, and G ree nwood V illage plus unin corpora ted A rapa hoe Co unly. Th e funding level fo r lhe Ci ty
of Englewood fo r FYW04 is an 1icipa1ed l o b e S 150,000, l he sa m e as ii has been for lh e pas t ~
ye ars. An additi onal n o n-jurisdic ti o nal poo l o f fu nds of 5400.000 to 5500,000 is also ava ilable
di rec tl y iro m Arapahoe Cou nty fo r proj ec ts th al ben efit persons livi ng in any parl of lhe county.
Th e Cily o f Eng lewood must submit an appli ca ti on in order to receive its est im ated se t-a side of
SI 50,000 from 1h e FY 2004 A rapahoe County CD BG Program . Englewood 's FY2004 progra m
consists of four poss ible p ro jec ts thal mee l curren l ho usi ng and neighborhood nee d s. All projec ts
are subj ec t to additi o nal review by City slaff, Arapa hoe County CDBG ad ministrato rs and lhe
Counly Commissio ners . Th e li sl •,d projects and fundin g leve ls may c hange based o n lhose rev iews.
F\'2004 CD BG funds will be re 1ues1ed fo r lhe fo ll owing p rojec ts:
I ) $5 ,000 for a handyrr-an /small rehab projec t to assis l seni ors and disabled pers o ns w ilh
m inor ho u se hold repairs ;
2) $20,000 fo r th e Housing Rehabi lilalio n Projec t 10 p rovide loans to low-income
homeowners 10 finance th e costs of majo r house ho ld repairs and imp rovem en ts ;
3) $50,000 for a fourth-yea r req ues t 10 assis t ·.v ith staffin g ne eds for th e H o us e of H ope •
homeless sheller;
4) $75,000 fo r a neighborhoo d re vitali2a tion "pai nl •up/fi ·:-up" projecl des igned l o improve
lhe visua l appea rance of a targe ted res identi al area · ,ithin lhe City.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Exis ting Community D eve lo pment staff will adminis ter the p roposed projects . Sl aff sa laries and
b enefi l s represent th e City's part icipa tion in th e projects.
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
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