HomeMy WebLinkAbout9153 Authorizing filing of Application with HUD for a mandatory Code Enforcement grant
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RESOLUTION NO. 9'/~?
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF AN AMENDATORY APPLICA-
TION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNI!:ED
STA TES OF AMERICA FOR AN AMENDATORY CODE ENFORCEMENT GRANT UNDER
THE TERMS OF PUBLIC LAW 89-117.
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WHEREAS Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, authorizes
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the Department of Housing and Urban Development to make grants to municipalities
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and counties to assist them in carrying out programs of concentrated code enforcement
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in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with certain
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public improvements to be provided by the locality, may be expected to arrest the
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decline of the areas; and
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WHEREAS it has been found and determined by this body that there exists
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in this locality a deteriorated area known as Delmann Heights for which a program of
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concentrated code enforcement, combined with certain public improvements, is
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arresting the decline of the area; and
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WHEREAS the Department of Housing and Urban Development has pre-
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viously executed Contract No. Calif. E-5(0) w;ith the City of San Bernardino to
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institute a program of concentrated code enforcement in the Delmann Heights area of
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San Bernardino and it has been found that an amendatory contract is necessary to
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reflect certain changes for carrying out effectively the program of concentrated code
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enforcement in this area; and
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WHEREAS it is recognized that the grant of amendatory funds pursuant to
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Section 117 will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of San
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Bernardino, among which is the obligation to assure that any persons who may be
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displaced as a result of the code enforcement and public improvements programs are
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relocated into decent, safe and sanitary housing in accordance with the regulations
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of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
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WHEREAS TitleJVI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations
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of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title, provide
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that no person shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded
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from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination in
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the undertaking and carrying out of any program or activity receiving Federal finan-
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cial assistance under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended:
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
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COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO:
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1. That an application be filed with the Department of Housing and Urban
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Development on behalf of the City of San Bernardino for an amendatory code enforce-
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ment grant under Section 117 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, of two-thirds
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of the cost of undertaking and carrying out a code enforcement program, which cost
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is now estimated to be $945,436, in an area or areas to be designated and specifically
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described in such application, and that the Mayor of the City of San Bernardino is
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hereby authorized and directed to execute and file such application, to provide such
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additional information and furnish such documents as may be required by the
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Department of Housing and Urban Development, to execute such contract or contracts
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as may be necessary for the grant applied for, to execute and file requisitions for
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funds, and to act as the authorized representative of the City of San Bernardino in
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the accomplishment of the code enforcement program.
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2. That during the period of the contract for the code enforcement
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grant the City of San Bernardino will maintain a level of expenditures for code
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enforcement activities, exclusive of expenditures in any federally assisted code
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enforcement or Title I urban renewal project areas, that is not less than the average
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yearly expenditure for such activities throughout the locality for the two full fiscal
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years immediately preceding the filing of the application.
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3. That the locality has a program for and will provide in a timely
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manner all necessary public improvements for the code enforcement area.
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4. That there exists in the locality an adequate amount of decent, safe,
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and sanitary housing which is available to persons displaced as a result of the code
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enforcement and related public improvements programs, at prices which are within
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their financial means and which are not generally less desirable in regard to public
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utilities and public and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced
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individuals and families, and it is the sense of this body that such displacoo1;l, if any,
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will be relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the Department of
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Housing and Urban Development.
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5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of the Department
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of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compli-
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ance by the City of San Bernardino with regulations of the Department of Housing and
Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the
Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a
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meeting thereof held on the~day of
, 1968, by the fo
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if City Clerk
I hereby approve the foregoing resolution thi~ day of ~ 1968.
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APR 301968
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