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RESOLUTION NO. -~~~ V
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, APPROVING THE STATEMENT
~' OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED
USE OF FUNDS FOR THE FIRST YEAR ENTITLEMENT INCRE-
MENT OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM, MAKING CERTAIN REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT,
AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO SUBMIT THE PROGRAM
MATERIALS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT.
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis is desirous of undertaking a variety
of community improvement activities with funds available under the provisions
of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended
through the Housing and Community Development Amendment of 1981; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the 1981 Amendment and the
Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, and in order to design the con-
tent of the proposed First Year Program, a Statement of Community Objectives
and Projected Use of Funds for the First Year Entitlement increment of the
Community Development Block Program, which document is dated May 17, 1984,
has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed in full and discussed at length
the contents of the May 17, 1984 Statement of Community Development Objectives
and Projected Use of Fund for the First Year, recognizing that it may make
changes during the present meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City Council determines that a suitable level of public
accountability has been achieved through the planning process for the First
Year Program which involved a public hearing and various publications in a
newspaper of general local coverage and specifically the publication of the
First Year Statement, and the making available to interested citizens of infor-
mation at City Hall; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to submit to the Department of Housing and
Urban Development certain certifications of compliance with applicable statutes
and executive orders associated with the Community Development Block Grant Pro-
gram.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS:
1. That the Statement of Community Development Objectives and Pro-
jected Use of Funds for the First Year Community Development Block Grant
Program is hereby approved as a Final Statement in all respects to serve
as the guiding instrument for the implementation of the First Year Pro-
gram; said Program to be administered by the Community Development Agency
of West Memphis.
2. That the Mayor be and hereby is authorized to submit to the Little
Rock Area Office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development said
final Statement of Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of
Funds.
3. That the Mayor be and hereby is authorized to act as the City's
official correspondent with the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and to provide additional information as may be requested; and to certify
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development the City's compliance
with current requirements for citizen participation and public accountability
in developing the annual entitlement increment, with the requirements of the
applicable civil rights laws and Executive Orders pertaining thereto, with
the requirements that the projected use of funds has been developed so as to
give maximum feasible priority to activities which will benefit low- and
moderate-income persons or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or
blight, and with other applicable laws; and that the Director of the Com-
munity Development Agency of West Memphis be designated the "lead person" for
the Community Development Block Grant Program.
4. That the Community Development Plan, dated May 1984, is hereby
approved in all respects and shall serve as a guide for the implementation
of the Community Development Block Grant Program during the first, second,
and third years of the Entitlement Program.
5. That the City Council acknowledges that the City submitted in Decem-
ber, 1983, its proposed Housing Assistance Plan for the First Year Program
including three-year and annual goals for housing assistance, and that the
Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved this Plan.
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6. That this resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval.
DATE PASSED: r ~v !~ ~ ~ ~~
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