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Resolution 11456CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 11456 REPROGRAMMING PRIOR YEARS' FUNDS, ADOPTING FY 1988 -89 STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS AND GRANT AGREEMENT WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is an eligible applicant for Community Development Block Grant Entitlement Funds as authorized by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is entitled to receive $845,000 in Fourteenth Year CDBG funds; and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda may also receive $186,000 in Urban Development Action Grant loan repayments; and WHEREAS, $182,500 in prior years' funds is being carried forward for eligible projects and activities; and WHEREAS, $281,147 in prior years' is available for reprogramming to new activities; and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has sought and considered citizens' comments regarding housing and community development needs in the community; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared a Community Development Plan; and WHEREAS, the City has held a public hearing to obtain citizens' comments regarding the proposed Statement of Community Development Objectives and the proposed reprogramming of prior years' funds; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby adopt its Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds for Fiscal Year 1988 -89; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby authorize the reprogramming of $281,147 in prior years' funds; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby authorize the City Manager to execute the Certifications attached hereto; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby authorize the City Manager to submit said Certifications and the Final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Page 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby authorize the City Manager to execute a Grant Agreement and amendments thereto for fiscal Year 1988 -89 CDBG Entitlement Funds with the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby authorize the allocation of Urban Development Action Grant loan repayments for Fiscal Year 1988 -89. * * * * * * * * * * ** CERTIFICATIONS (a) It possesses legal authority to make a grant submission and to execute a community development and housing program; (b) Its governing body has duly adopted or passed as an official act a resolution, motion or similar action authorizing the person identified as the official representative of the grantee to submit the final statement and all understandings and assurances contained therein, and directing and authorizing the person identified as the official representative of the grantee to act in connection with the submission of the final statement and to provide such additional information as may be required; (c) Prior to submission of its final statement to HUD, the grantee has: 1. met the citizen participation requirements of section 570.301(a)(2) and has provided citizens with: A. the estimate of the amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit persons of low and moderate income; and B. its plan for minimizing displacement of persons as a result of activities assisted with CDBG funds and to assist persons actually displaced as a result of such activities; 2. prepared its final statement of community development objectives and projected use of funds in accordance with section 570.301(a)(3) and made the final statement available to the public; (d) It is following a detailed citizen participation plan which: Page 2 1. provides for and encourages citizen participation, with particular emphasis on participation by persons of low and moderate income who are residents of slum and blighted areas and of areas in which funds are proposed to be used, and provides for participation of residents in low and moderate income neighborhoods as defined by the local jurisdiction; 2. provides citizens with reasonable and timely access to local meetings, information, and records relating to the grantee's proposed use of funds, as required by the regulations of the Secretary, and relating to the actual use of funds under the Act; 3. provides for technical assistance to groups representative of persons of low and moderate income that request such assistance in developing proposals with the level and type of assistance to be determined by the grantee; 4. provides for public hearings to obtain citizen views and to respond to proposals and questions at all stages of the community development program, including at least the development of needs, the review of proposed activities, and review of program performance, which hearings shall be held after adequate notice, at times and locations convenient to potential or actual beneficiaries, and with accommodation for the handicapped; 5. provides for a timely written answer to written complaints and grievances, within 15 working days where practicable; and 6. identifies how the needs of non - English speaking residents will be met in the case of public hearings where a significant number of non - English speaking residents can be reasonably expected to participate; (e) The grant will be conducted and administered in compliance with: (f) (g) 1. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352; 42 U.S.C. section 2000d et seq.); and 2. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Public Law 90 -284; 42 U.S.C. section 3601 et seq.); It will affirmatively further fair housing; It has developed its final statement of projected use of funds so as to give maximum feasible priority to activities which Page 3 benefit low and moderate income families or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or blight; except that the aggregate use of CDBG funds received under section 106 of the Act and, if applicable, under section 108 of the Act, during the 1988 -89 program year shall principally benefit persons of low- and moderate- income in a manner that ensures that not less than 60 percent of such funds are used for activities that benefit such persons during such period; (h) It has developed a community development plan, for the period specified in paragraph (g) above, that identifies community development and housing needs and specifies both short and long -term community development objectives that have been developed in accordance with the primary objective and requirements of the Act; (i) It is following a current housing assistance plan which has been approved by HUD; (j) It will not attempt to recover any capital costs of public improvements assisted in whole or in part with funds provided under section 106 of the Act or with amounts resulting from a guarantee under section 108 of the Act by assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income, including any fee charged or assessment made as a condition of obtaining access to such public improvements, unless: 1. funds received under section 106 of the Act are used to pay the proportion of such fee or assessment that relates to the capital costs of such public improvements that are financed from revenue sources other than under Title I of the Act; or 2. for purposes of assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied by persons of moderate income, the grantee certifies to the Secretary that it lacks sufficient funds received under section 106 of the Act to comply with the requirements of subparagraph (1) above; (k) Its notification, inspection, testing and abatement procedures concerning lead -based paint will comply with section 570.608; and (i) It will comply with the other provisions of the Act and with other applicable laws. Page 4 Page 5 I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 19th of April, 1988, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Councilmembers Camicia, Haugner, Monsef, Thomas and President Corica - 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 20th day of April, 1988. City Cierk of the City of Alameda