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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, CLARK
COUNTY, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF THE DISASTER APPLICATION
TO THE INDIANA OFFICE OF COMMUNITY AND RURAL AFFAIRS AND ADDRESSING
RELATED MATTERS
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana recognizes the need to
stimulate growth and to maintain a sound economy within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funding associated with the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 Public Law
110-252, approved June 30, 2008, and Public Law 110-329, approved September 30, 2008, for disaster
relief of unmet needs resulting from tornadoes and flooding in the state, authorizes the Indiana Office of
Community and Rural Affairs to provide grants to local units of government to meet the housing and
community development needs of low- and moderate-income persons; and
WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana has conducted or will conduct a public hearing prior to
the submission of an application to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, said public
hearing to assess the housing, public facilities and economic needs of its low- and moderate-income
residents;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Clark
County, Indiana that:
1. The Mayor is authorized to prepare and submit an application for grant funding to address Storm
Drainage Improvements to the Winn-Dixie Area of Jeffersonville, and to execute and administer a
resultant grant including requisite general administration and project management, contracts and
agreements pursuant to regulations of the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and the United
States Department of Housing and Urban Development.
2. The City of Jeffersonville, Indiana hereby commas local funds in the amount of Five Hundred Eighty-
Four Thousand Three Hundred-Twenty Dollars ($584,320.00), in the form of funds from the City of
Jeffersonville -Storm Drainage Fund for said program, such commitment to be contingent upon receipt
of Disaster CDBG funding from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs.
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Adopted b the City Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana this ~ ~ day of June, 2009,
at ~ P ~ ~ PM.
SIGNATURE:
effersonville
ATTEST:
Peggy
Clerk-Treasurer, City of Jeffersonville