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RESOLUTION NO. c:1: SER IES OF 1984 __ _._ __ _
A RE 30LU TIO N OF THE ENGLEWOOD CITY CO UNCI L, AUTHORIZING THE STAFF TO
FILE AN APPL!CATI O~ FOR A SINGL E PURPOSE SMALL CITIES C0""1UNITY
DEVELOPMENT BLOC K GRANT TO FUND THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROJEr.T
FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO.
WHEREAS, the Colorado State Depa rtmen t of Local Affairs has i nvited
the submission of Small Cities Commur.ity Development Block Grant Appli-cations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Englewood finds that a public hear i ng was held
on January 16, 1984, and th at other r equired Citizen Participati on has been comp l i ed with;
NOfl, THEREFORE , BE IT RESO LVED by the City Council of the City of [ngl e,iood , Colorado :
1 . That City Counc i l hereby authori zes th e Staff to file an app li -
cati on for a singl e purpose Sma ll Cities Comm unity Devel opm en t Bloc k
Grant to fund the Housing Rehabil itation Project for the Ci ty of Englewood
and autho r i zes the City Mana,,er to s i gn all necessary ktters of trans-
mit t al , fo rms and as suran ce s Jnd cert.i fica tion s.
2 . That having be en s ubm itted to a roll ca ll vote , t he Resolution
carried by the foll01·1ing vo te:
YEAS: H ;t.'.)J.fAj. /{c-o..l , Vo bej J4,
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l,AYS : NtM.
ABSErn Al/0 110T VOTI NG: None.
/.!!!, TrllT /OI IS: /(0 V\Q..
ADOPTED ANO APPR OVED THIS / 6 f:A da y of Q:-~ , 1984. u
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C O U N C I L C O M M U N I C A T I O N
DATE I AGENDA ITEM I SUBJECT COM MUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLO CK
~ B GRANT APPLICATIO N -FY84
IN ITIA TED BY Department of Co n,n un i ty Deve lo pme nt
ACTION PRO POSED Consider the a ppl ication for COBG fu nds under the Sm,all Cities
Program ad mi nistered by th e Sta t e of Co l ora do for Fis ca l Year 1984
INTRODUCTION ANO OACKGROUNO
The Federal Program: The Small Ci ties Program prov i des gran t s to unit s of local Govern-
1nent in both me tropolitan "nd non-me tropol i tan area s to mee t ho us in g and con,nunity
development needs . The primary objecti ve of the Small Cities Program is:
( 1) The deve 1 op ment of via ble communities by providing dece nt hous ing and a s uitab 1 e
livi g environmen t; and
(2) Expa nding economic oppo rtu nities·, princ i pally for persons of l ow -and moder ate-
inco me .
Tnc ub j t:LL i vt: or L111.: Smu ll Cili1i~ Pruyruu1 is ucll i evcli t hr ·uuyll ,.1 plu11 1 u1 · pruyri.1111 1 t.Je -
veloped by t he loc al government whic h is designed to give maximum priority to those
act i vities .-,hich 1·1i ll bene fit lov, and mod erate income fami li es or wh ich will aid in
the prevention o,· el i mina tion of slum or blight. The request for funds ma y also in-
-,ode activ i t i es •.-1hich are de signed to meet other· urgent developme nt needs in the
corm unity 1·mich pose a "s erious" and immedia te threa t to the health or welfare of the
ca .. ~unity .!..f. othe.-financia l resources are not availabl e .
;,,e choice of acti vities is a de te rmina tion vihich ha ~ LO be 111ade by the local govern-
ent as to •.-,hich 1-1 ill best serve th e objecti ve s of the pr ogr am.
=,nds , 1·1r.ich a r e appropriated ann ually by the Congress for thi s program, are allocated
:, statu t ory formul a to each State . The ma ximum grant am ounts set by the State for a
Single -Pur ~ose Project . $500 ,000 ; for a Multi -Purpo se Pr oject• $1,000,000 and for a
:-:alti -Ju risdic t ional Project -$1,000 ,000 , although the actual grants awarded in fiscal
/ea.-19 83 1·1er e cons iderab ly smaller t ha n the maximu ms .
-. -o mpete i', the Small Ci ti es Prog ,·am , th e loca l governmen t mu st submit an app li cation.
Since t he progra m is compe titive and the demand for grants usually far exce eds t he
availab le. funds, th e State 1·lill evaluate the applications on four major factors: Pro -
ject impact , co mmunitie s need , public and private conu nitments and manageme nt capa -
oi lity . Final funding de cision; on all applications will be ma·de by th e Executive
Dir ector of the State Local Affair s Departme nt based on recornne ndations of the Sta te
:)BG Adv i sory Co mmi ttee.
11,E Local Prngra1 'I : The l:ngle1·m0d City Count il initialed and financed a housin g reha-
o i l ita ti on l can :,rag ra m in 1975 , v1 h i ch was des igned to upgrade the house s own ed and
Jccup ied by sen'u citi zens . This program v1a s later expanded to include hou sing owned
o r occ uoied by ;erson s in ot her age groups , and since that tim e 222 houses have been
r~habilita-ted through this program, In addition to an annual app r opriation by the
city Council, State and Federal funds have been provided for the rehab progra111 ancl
1 oca 1 banks hav e a 1 so j oined in the program,
One of the key factors in getting funded i s loca l co11111i L111u11t to a project . To ensure
l oca l co mm itment most of the administrative funds requested by applicants in fV1g8J
viere deleted from the funded grants by the State, To prove local con111itment staff
requests that $100,000 from the 1984 PIF Budget be corran i tted as matching funds on this
CD0G app l icatio n.
In addition, staff anticipates a $250,000 line of credit from local banks as our pri-
vate matching funds,
The funds will be targeted to target area #2 until that area is saturated and the re-
maining fund s will be availab le for us e City wide .
RE COMMENDATION :
The Depart ment recommends that the Council authorize submission of a Single-Purpose
Grant appli cation for $350 ,000 to continue the Housing Authority's Housing Rehabilita-
tion Projec t, and commit $100,000 from the 1984 PIF Budget as matchi ng funds for the
Proj ect.
Ci tizen participation i n t he application process will be pr ovided for wit hi n an ad-
mini strative pub lic hearing at 5:00 p.m. on January 16.
SUGG ESTED ACTION:
MOVE D BY ______________ _
SECOND ______________ _
YES _______ N,O ______ ,.BSENT ____________ _
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