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REFERRED TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
<br />10/6/08.
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 8300=08 BY: Antonio, Bullock, Butler, Dever,
<br />Madigan, Power, Summers.
<br />A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it received the affirmative vote of at
<br />least five (5) members elected to Council otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the
<br />earliest period allowed by law authorizing and directing the Mayor to submit the Fiscal Year (F`n
<br />2009 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, which includes dollar allocations and
<br />activities for federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and Emergency Shelter
<br />Grant (ESG) funds, and incorporates the City's application for CDBG funds, ESG Funds, HOME
<br />Investment Partnership funds, American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) funds, and all
<br />amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein, to the U.S.
<br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
<br />WHEREAS, the Secretary of HUD is authorized by various Federal Acts to make grants to
<br />units of general local government to finance community development programs; and
<br />WHEREAS, HUD requires units of general local government to incorporate the
<br />Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy into a Consolidated Plan; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City is annually required, with the participation and approval of its
<br />Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), to submit aOne-Year Action Plan. update of its Consolidated
<br />Plan to serve as a planning document and application for fiscal year allocations for various HUD
<br />programs, including CDBG funds, ESG Funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds, and ADDI
<br />funds; and
<br />WHEREAS, the City proposes to apply for FY 2009 federal grants and has, in that
<br />connection, and as required by and pursuant to the various Federal Acts and Regulations of
<br />HUD, prepared a FY 2009 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, which incorporates
<br />the City's application for federal CDBG funds, ESG Funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds,
<br />and ADDI funds, and community development objectives and projected use of funds, and which
<br />contains local objectives, a description of activities to be undertaken, a budget, and
<br />certifications in the form or assurances; and,
<br />WHEREAS, the Citizens Advisory Committee approved recommendations on 9/11/2008
<br />to revise the CDBG allocations contained in previous fiscal years, according to Exhibit B
<br />attached hereto, in order to account for unused funds from dormant programs and unused
<br />program income; and,
<br />WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto
<br />determines that this resolution is an emergency measure, and that this resolution shall take
<br />effect at the earliest date possible as set forth in ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10 and 13 of the
<br />SECOND AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the
<br />immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual
<br />daily operation of municipal departments in that immediate action is necessary in order to meet
<br />the annual HUD application deadline for Federal fiunds. Now therefore,
<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO:
<br />Section 1. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to submit to HUD the
<br />FY 2009 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, as reviewed and approved by the CAC
<br />which incorporates the City's application for federal CDBG funds, ESG Funds, HOME Investment
<br />Partnership funds, and ADDI funds, as indicated in Exhibit A, and all amendments thereto and
<br />all understandings and assurances contained therein.
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