COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR RESOLUTION NO. 080218
Approving
the 2008 One Year Action Plan in accordance with the National Affordable
Housing Act of 1990, as amended; authorizing submission of said Plan to the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and certifying said Plan.
WHEREAS,
Congress and the President signed the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Act
on November 28, 1990; and
WHEREAS, Title I
requires cities to submit to the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development a document which consolidates the previous Comprehensive Housing
Affordability Strategy (CHAS) and four federal entitlement programs into a
single 5-year document entitled the Consolidated Plan; and
WHEREAS, Title I
requires cities to submit a one-year Action Plan, and any amendments to the
five-year Consolidated Plan on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, Title I
authorizes the Secretary of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development to award grants to units of local government, such as the City of
Kansas City, Missouri, to finance its Community Development and Housing
Programs; and
WHEREAS, the
four grant programs included within the 2008 Consolidated Action Plan are the
Community Development Block Grant Program, the HOME Investment Partnership Act
Program, the Emergency Shelter Grant Program, and the Housing Opportunities for
Persons with Aids Program; and
WHEREAS, for
2008, the City of Kansas City Missouri, intends to submit a One-Year Action
Plan, in application to the four programs pursuant to and in accordance with
Title I of the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, and
appropriate administrative rules and regulations promulgated and adopted under
such Act; and
WHEREAS, on
November 1, 2001, the City Council adopted Committee Substitute for Resolution
No. 011428, As Amended, which adopted the Housing Policy Goals to be the Citys
Housing Policy Goals, and adopted the Housing Policy Development and Analysis
Matrix for review and consideration in the application of the Housing Policy
Goals; and
WHEREAS, in
2004, the City Manager established a new Housing Task force which issued a
comprehensive set of recommendations which provides the most recent conceptual
and housing policy framework for the Citys 2008 Action Plan application and
all remaining applications pursuant to the Citys five-year 2007-2011
Consolidated Plan; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That
the 2008 Action Plan prepared pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act
of 1990, as amended, a revised copy of which in substantial form, is attached
hereto and is hereby approved;
Section 2. That
the Mayor on behalf of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby authorized
to execute and submit the aforesaid Plan to the United States Department of
Housing and Urban Development;
Section 3. That
the City Council hereby certifies that said Plan has been prepared and
submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development pursuant to
and in accordance with the Departments rules and regulations, including but not
limited to Title 24 Section 570.301 through and including 570.306 of the Code
of Federal Regulations.
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