COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR RESOLUTION NO. 040032, AS AMENDED

 

Approving the 2004-2008 Consolidated Plan and 2004 Housing and Community Development Action Plan, authorizing the Mayor to execute and submit the Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development; and certifying that the Action Plan has been prepared and submitted in accordance with the Departments rules and regulations.

 

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 5-year Consolidated Plan inclusive of a 1-year Action Plan, and any amendments to the 5-year 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 2004 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 2004, the City of Kansas City Missouri, intends to submit a full 5-Year Consolidated Plan, inclusive of a 1-Year Action Plan showing housing and community development activities, performance goals, and funding amounts from each grant source, 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, the 2004-2008 Consolidated Plan includes housing and community development strategies for the 5-year period, which were developed from the following resources: the adopted City Housing Policy Goals, the 2000 Census, the completed Housing Conditions Survey, and FOCUS Assessments for each strategy area as determined by resident input; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has made significant changes to the 2004 Action Plan presented to it for consideration by City staff; and

 

WHEREAS, after the Neighborhood Development and Housing Committee voted on the Committee Substitute it was learned that the funds budgeted for Barrier Removal were $70,000.00 higher than the Committee desired; so, this amendment reduces both the estimated program income

and the funds budgeted for Barrier Removal by $70,000.00; and

 

WHEREAS, after the Neighborhood Development and Housing Committee voted on the Committee Substitute, a need for $250,000.00 of funding for the Economic Development Corporation was identified, along with a need for $50,000.00 of additional funding for the East Meyer Area. The amendment adds these amounts to Year 1 (2004-05) of the Consolidated Action Plan and reduces the funding for the following activities in Year 1 by the following amounts: 12th Street Model Block ($100,000.00), Montgall Model Block ($100,000.00), Mooneys Villa ($25,000.00), North Oak Corridor ($25,000.00), Bannister Acres and Citywide Sanitary Sewer ($50,000.00), HEDFC Administration ($50,000.00), and increases in Year 1 of the Consolidated Plan the funding for the following activity by the following amount: Swope Community Builders ($50,000.00) and increases the funding in Year 2 of the Consolidated Plan for the following activities by the following amounts: 12th Street Model Block ($100,000.00), Montgall Model Block ($100,000.00) and Sanitary Sewer Program ($100,000.00); NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

Section A. That the 2004-2008 Consolidated Plan and 2004 Housing and Community Development Action Plan prepared pursuant to the National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended, a copy of which in substantial form, is attached hereto and is hereby approved.

 

Section B. 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 C. That the City Council hereby certifies that said Action 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, Part 91, and Sections 570.302 through 570.304 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

 

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