7958-05 Direct Mayor to Submitt Consolidation Plan

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PLACED OK 1ST RBADING & REFEREED ;~ TO TEE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 1/18/05. PLACED ON 2ND READING 277/05. RESOLUTION NO. 7958-05 FitzGerald, Madigan, Seelie. AN EMERGENCY RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor to submit the 2005 Consolidated Plan, which establishes a unified vision for community development actions; sets forth program goals, specific objectives, annual goals, and benchmarks for measuring progress; and states the manner in which Lakewood will pursue the statutory goals of the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), HONE Investment Partnership, and ~erican Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) Programs, and all amencfrents thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). V~HEREAS, the Secretary of HUD is authorized by various Federal Acts to make grants to units of general local government to finance community development programs; and V~qEREAS, HUD requires units of general local government to incorporate the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy into a Consolidated Plan; and V~-IEREAS, the City is annually required, with the participation and approval of its Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), to submit the One-Year Action Plan as a component of its Consolidated Plan to serve as its annual application for fiscal year allocations for various HUD programs, including CDBG funds, ESG funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds, ADDI funds and; V~-IEREAS, the City has applied for FY 2005 federal grants and has, in that connection, and as required by and pursuant to the various Federal Acts and Regulations of HUD, prepared a FY 2005 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated PJan, which incorporates the City's annual application for federal CDBG funds, ESG funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds, and ADDI funds, and community develoF~nent objectives and projected use of funds, and which contains local objectives, a description of activities to be undertaken, a budget, and certifications in the form or assurances; and, ~tEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) m~rnbers elected thereto determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKBAOOD, and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that immediate action is necessary in order to meet the annual HUD application deadline for Federal funds. Now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to submit to HUD the 2005 Consolidated Plan, which covers the five-year period from 2005 through 2009, and all amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein. Section 2. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to act in connection with submission of the Consolidated Plan, to provide. such additional information as may be required and to enter into any and afl agreements necessary to accept funds under these programs.