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<br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2008 -157 <br />BY: Council Member Dailey Jones <br />A RESOL UTION A UTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A <br />FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF <br />HOUSING AND URBANDEVELOPMENT ("HUD ") PROVIDING <br />FOR THE REFERRAL OF FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS TO THE <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, following this Council's adoption in 1998 of a local Fair Housing <br />Code that was determined by the Department of Housing and Urban Development <br />("HUD") to be substantially equivalent to federal Fair Housing law, the City of North <br />Olmsted was awarded three one-year capacity building grants from HUD during the years <br />2005, 2006 and 2007 to build a local Fair Housing program; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of North Olmsted has successfully built a local Fair <br />Housing program with the grant monies provided by HUD and recently, following a <br />performance audit, HUD certified the North Olmsted program as "substantially <br />equivalent;" and <br />WHEREAS, HUD has now offered the City of North Olmsted a five-year <br />agreement providing for the referral and processing of Fair Housing complaints from <br />HUD to the City of North Olmsted's Fair Housing Review Board; and <br />WHEREAS, the City's local Fair Housing program has had a very positive impact <br />on the North Olmsted community, helping to insure that no resident of North Olmsted is <br />discriminated against in his or her housing choice on the basis of race, color, religion, <br />sex, ancestry, familial status, age, sexual orientation, national origin and/or disability; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council reaffirms its commitment to Fair Housing in the City of <br />North Olmsted, and its desire to continue the City's local Fair Housing program; and <br />WHEREAS, it is, accordingly, the desire of this Council to authorize the Mayor <br />to execute the said five-year agreement with HUD so that the City may continue to <br />operate a local Fair Housing program in the City of North Olmsted; <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF NORTH OLMSTED, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION 1: That this Council authorizes the Mayor, on behalf of the City of <br />North Olmsted, to execute a five-year agreement with the Department of Housing and <br />Urban Development ("HUD") providing for the referral of fair housing complaints from