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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