HomeMy WebLinkAbout030365 RES - 12/16/2014 Resolution amending City Council Policy No. 9, entitled Community
Development Block Grant and HOME Programs by revising the language
regarding housing to include "affordable" housing in the opening
paragraph and section d., and by changing the department name in 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, and
Resolution No. 030000 on October 29, 2013, revising the language regarding housing
to include "affordable" housing, the language of section d. and by changing the
department name in 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 affordable 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 affordable housing, 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. Affordable housing 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 until two fiscal cycles have elapsed since the fiscal cycle in
which funds were granted. (For example, an external agency awarded CDBG
funding in fiscal cycle 2013-2014 will not be eligible to apply for future CDBG
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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 Housing and Community Development
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 IT OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Rebecca Huerta Nelda Martinez
City Secretary Mayor
Corpus Christi, Texas
1 day of e,4 0_VON-gt , 2014
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Nelda Martinez —4---
Kelley Allen _4_
Rudy Garza
Priscilla Leal aI, .
David Loeb i I
Chad Magill VA!
Colleen McIntyre
Lillian Riojas I , 1
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Mark Scott -
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