8787-14 Authorize submittal of the Five Year Consolidated Plan

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REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 12/1/14. DEFERRED 1/5/15. RESOLUTION NO. 8787 -14 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Marx, Nowlin, O'Leary. A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least five 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 Five Year Consolidated Plan (Fiscal Year 2015- 2019) as a required for receiving federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG), and HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) ftmding from 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 required every five years, with the participation and approval of its Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), to submit a Five Year Consolidated Plan update of its Consolidated Plan that analyzes local and regional demographics and market conditions; assesses and prioritizes affordable housing and community development needs; identifies federal and non - federal resources available to address them; stipulates how ftnding will be distributed among housing, infrastructure, economic development, public facilities, and public services programs, and; establishes multi -year accomplishment goals for these activities; and WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five 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 for the immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments it is necessary in order to meet the annual HUD application deadline for federal fiends; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to submit to HUD the Consolidated Plan FY 2015 -2019, as reviewed and approved by the CAC. Section 2. The Consolidated Plan FY 2015 -2019, as reviewed and approved by the CAC, establishes multi -year accomplishment goals for identified eligible activities. Section 3. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to act in connection with submission of the Consolidated Plan FY 2015 -2019, to provide such additional information as may be required. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all