8526-11 Direct Mayor to submit 2012 One-Year Action Plan

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RESOLUTION NO. 8526-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the afFrmative vote of at least five (5) members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law, authorizing and directing the Mayor to submit the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, which includes dollar allocations and activities for federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds, and incorporates the City's application for CDBG funds, ESG funds, HOME investment Partnership funds, and all amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein, to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). WHEREAS, 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 WHEREAS, HUD requires units of general local government to incorporate the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy into a Consolidated Plan; and WHEREAS, the City is annually required, with the participation and approval of its Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), to submit a One-Year Action Plan update of its Consolidated Plan to serve as a planning document and application for fiscal year allocations for various HUD programs, including CDBG funds, ESG funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds, and community development 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 of assurances; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) of its members 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 LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary in order to meet the annual HUD application deadline for Federal funds, Now therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to submit to HUD the FY 2012 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, as reviewed and approved by the CAC and Council, which incorporates the City's application for federal CDBG funds, ESG funds, HOME investment Partnership funds, as indicated in Exhibit A, and all amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein. Section 2. The FY 2012 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, as reviewed and approved by the CAC and Council, will reflect amulti-year certification for the expenditure of CDBG funds for FY 2011, FY 2012 and FY 2013.