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HomeMy WebLinkAbout032501 RES - 07/20/2021Resolution amending City Council Policy Number Nine, Community Development Block Grant and HOME Programs to delete subsection 9.e which prohibits outside agencies from applying for CDBG funding from the City more than once every three years and to amend subsections 9.f and 9.g to change the name of the Housing and Community Development Department to the Neighborhood Services Department; and providing an effective date. Whereas, the City receives Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development on an annual basis; Whereas, the City will use some of the CDBG funds to contract with outside agencies (typically nonprofit organizations) to provide CDBG approved services to qualifying persons in CDBG areas in the City of Corpus Christi; Whereas, subsection 9.e of City Council Policy No. 9 provides that an outside agency may only apply for CDBG funding once every three years; Whereas, it is inefficient and harmful to the community that benefits from CDBG programs to require outside agencies to apply for CDBG funding with the City only once every three years. Whereas, the name of the City's Housing and Community Development Department has been changed to Neighborhood Services and Subsections 9.f and 9.g should be amended to reference the Neighborhood Services Department. Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas: SECTION 1. That Subsection 9.e of City Council Policy Number 9 is deleted in its entirety and the remaining subsections shall be renumbered accordingly. SECTION 2. All references to the Housing and Community Development department in Subsections 9.f and 9.g of City Council Policy Number 9 of the City of Corpus Christi shall be changed to the Neighborhood Services Department. PASSED AND APPROVED on the day of , 2021. Paulette M. Guajardo Roland Barrera Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter Billy Lerma John Martinez 032501 1 SCANNED Ben Molina Mike Pusley Greg Smith ATTEST: 61„ OF CORPUS CHRISTI ebecca Huerta aulette M. Guajardo City Secretary Mayor 032501 2