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
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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