HomeMy WebLinkAbout030000 RES - 10/29/2013Resolution amending Council Policy No. 9, entitled Community
Development Block Grant and HOME Programs by revising the
language regarding the CDBG acronym, the language of sections
e. and f. and by adding a section g.; and reaffirming the objectives and
guidelines of the policy.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council hereby amends Council Policy No. 9, adopted by
Resolution No. 21901 on March 22, 1994, and later amended by Resolution No. 026055
and 026571 on December 14, 2004 and December 20, 2005 respectively, by revising
the language regarding the CDBG acronym, the language of sections e. and f. and by
adding a section g. to read as follows:
"9. Community Development Block Grant and HOME Programs.
Through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and HOME
Programs, the City Council provides for the development and preservation of a
viable urban community, a suitable living environment, decent housing and
expanded economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate
income, and aids in the prevention or elimination of slums and blight. The City
carries out its objectives by providing for appropriate streets and drainage,
housing, recreational opportunities, neighborhood preservation, and
revitalization, and economic development as needed. To ensure that these
objectives are achieved, the following guidelines shall be as follows:
a. No CDBG Funds will be authorized to
applicant agencies for the support of operating expenses, with the exception
of economic development projects that create jobs.
b. No capital grants will be made without sufficient evidence of the financial
capacity of the applying agency to operate the program.
c. Priority will be given to those applying agencies that make substantial new
capital contributions to the project for which they are seeking funds.
d. Housing shall be maintained as the top priority for the CDBG program as well
as placing greater emphasis on public infrastructure (City) in CDBG eligible
tracts.
e.
External agencies
awarded CDBG funds will not be eligible to apply for future CDBG funding €er
until two fiscal cycles
have elapsed since the fiscal cycle in which funds were granted. (Thin
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(For example, an external agency awarded
CDBG funding in fiscal cycle 2013 -2014 will not be eligible to apply for future
CDBG funding until the 2016 -2017 fiscal cycle.)
f. Program income generated from the CDBG Housing Program is a revolving
fund and will be applied toward the Single Family Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction Loan Program. Program income generated from the CDBG
Demolition Program and the Clearance of Vacant Property Program will be
applied to each individual program's revolving fund. Program income
generated from the HOME Program will be applied towards maintaining or
creating affordable housing in the community.
g. Annual funding request for CDBG and HOME programs administered through
the Neighborhood Services Department shall be approved in order to ensure
that the essential operations of the department are met in accordance with
the departments Mission."
Section 2. The City Council hereby reaffirms its commitment to the objectives and
guidelines contained in Council Policy No. 9, as amended by this resolution.
ATTEST: THE CI OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
Nelda Martinez
Mayor
Corpus Christi, Texas
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The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez
Kelley Allen
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal
David Loeb
Chad Magill
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas
Mark Scott