HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-R-17RESOLUTION NO.17
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE
INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A COMMUNITY FOCUS FUND
APPLICATION TO THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND
ADDRESSING RELATED MATTERS
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, recognizes the need to
stimulate growth and to maintain a sound economy within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as mended,
authorizes the Indiana Department of Commerce 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 public
hearings prior to the submission of an application to the Indiana Department of
Commerce, 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 Ieffersonville, Indiana that:
1. The Mayor is authorized to prepare and submit an application to the Indiana
Department of Commerce for a Community Focus Funding Grant in an amount not to
exceed $500,000 to address the construction of improvements for the revitalization of
the Greenwood Apartments Public Housing Development, and to execute and
administer a resultant grant, including requisite general administration and project
management, contracts, and agreements pursuant to regulations of the Indiana
Department of Commerce and the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
2. The City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, hereby commits the requisite locai funds in the
amount of Six Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($660,000) in the form of cash
provided by the Jeffersonville Housing Authority as matching funds for said program,
such commitment to be contingent upon receipt of CFF funding from the Indiana
Department of Commerce.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, this 18~h day of August
2003, at 7:45 p.m.
SIGNAT~IR~-
Robert Waiz, Pr,
~iding Officer
ATTEST:
Peggy~W~d~, Clerk Treasurer
Presented by me as Clerk Treasurer to the Mayor this ~Q~ day of August, 2003.
Peg~er
Clerk Treasurer
This ~ approved and signed by me tins
._ . day of~ 2003
Mayor