7435-99 Submit 2000 One-Year Action Plan

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PLACED ON 1st READING & REFERRED COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 10/18/99. Placed on 2nd Reading 11/1/99. RESOLUTION NO. 7 4 3 5 - 9 9 BY: Corrigan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Smith. A RESOLUTION authorizing and directing the Mayor to submit the FisCal Year ("FY") 2000 One- Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan, which includes substantial changes in dollar allocations and activities for federal Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") funds, and incorporates the City's application for CDBG funds, HOME Investment Partnership funds, ESG 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, as required every five (5) years, with the participation and approval of the City's Citizens Advisory Committee ("CAC"), a FY 2000 Five Year Consolidated Plan needs to be submitted to HUD; and WHEREAS, the City is annually required, with the participation and approval of its 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, HOME Investment Partnership funds, and ESG funds; and Whereas, the CAC has reviewed and approved a proposal to authorize a multi-year certification for the expenditure of CDBG funds for FY 2000, FY 2001 and FY 2001 in the FY 2000 One-Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan; and Whereas, the CAC has reviewed and approved a proposal to authorize a substantial change in the amount of $21,056 allocated to the administrative line item of the FY 1999 CDBG budget as a result of the City of Lakewood receiving an additional $21,056 of CDBG funds during 1999; and Whereas, the CAC has reviewed and approved a proposal to authorize a substantial change in the 1999 activity to which $32,000 has been allocated to the Lakewood Christian Service Center, noting that the new activity will be a follow-up service review program for clients seeking assistance at the same agency; and Whereas, the CAC has reviewed and approved a proposal to authorize a change in the commercial portion of the previously approved Improvement Target Area (Resolution 7250-97 (September 2, 1997)) to include all commercial and industrial zoned parcels in the City that have not participated in the Storefront Renovation Program of the City of Lakewood in the past five (5) years prior to application to said program, noting that this recommendation was made with the understanding that, with the adoption of a new Improvement Target Area by Lakewood City Council, all parcels designated in the Improvement Target Area will need to meet applicable standards for the Target Area after inspections by the Lakewood Building Department; and WHEREAS, the City proposes to apply for FY 2000 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 2000