AGENDA #4k

 

MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

 

SUBJECT:       Grant Project Ordinance for the 2004-2005 Community Development Entitlement Program

 

DATE:             June 30, 2004

 

 

The attached budget ordinance would establish a Community Development Grant Project Ordinance for 2004-2005.  The ordinance is based on a total program of $711,000 in revenues and costs as approved by the Council on April 26, 2004.

 

SUMMARY

 

On April 26, 2004 the Council approved a plan for the use of $711,000 of Community Development funds for 2004-2005 and authorized submittal of a Consolidated Plan to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

 

The 2004–2005 Community Development funds will be used for the following activities, as approved by the Council:

 

Public Housing                                                                          $206,000

Renovation of Airport Gardens             $150,000

Refurbishing Program                                        $  50,000

Playground Equipment                          $    6,000

            Neighborhood Revitalization                                                                 $121,700

Orange Community Housing and Land Trust                                         $100,000

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program                                     $100,000

Community Services                                                                             $  81,700

            Chapel Hill Police Dept. Youth Programs          $40,000

Family Resource Center                                    $15,000

            Cooperative Extension                          $13,700

            YMCA                                                            $13,000

Administration                                                                          $101,600        

Total                                                                                                    $711,000

 

RECOMMENDATION

 

That the Council enact the attached ordinance to establish a Community Development Grant Project Ordinance to include the 2004–2005 Community Development grant of $711,000.


AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE 2004–2005 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENTITLEMENT GRANT PROJECT ORDINANCE (2004-06-30/O-5)

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill that, pursuant to Section 13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statues of North Carolina, the following grant project is hereby established:

 

SECTION I

 

The projects authorized are the Community Development projects as approved by the Council on April 26, 2004: funds are as contained in the Funding Approval and Grant Agreement between the Town and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).  The projects are known more familiarly as the 2003 Entitlement Community Development Block Grant.  The grant activities include renovation of public housing, neighborhood revitalization, property acquisition, community services to low-income residents, and administration costs for the program.

 

SECTION II

 

The Manager of the Town of Chapel Hill is hereby directed to proceed with the grant project within the terms of the grant document(s), the rules and regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the budget contained herein.

 

SECTION III

 

The following revenues are anticipated to be available to complete this project:

 

            Community Development Block Grant:              $711,000

 

SECTION IV

 

The following amounts are appropriated for the project:

 

Public Housing                                                                          $206,000

Renovation of Airport Gardens             $150,000

Refurbishing Program                                        $  50,000

Playground Equipment                          $    6,000

            Neighborhood Revitalization                                                                 $121,700

Orange Community Housing and Land Trust                                         $100,000

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Program                                     $100,000

Community Services                                                                             $  81,700

            Chapel Hill Police Dept. Youth Programs          $40,000

Family Resource Center                                    $15,000

            Cooperative Extension                          $13,700

            YMCA                                                            $13,000

Administration                                                                          $101,600        

Total                                                                                                    $711,000

 

SECTION V

 

The Finance Director is hereby directed to maintain within the Grant Project Fund sufficient specific detailed accounting records to provide the accounting to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as required by the grant agreement(s) and federal and State regulations.

 

SECTION VI

 

Copies of this project ordinance shall be entered into the minutes of the Council and copies shall be filed with in five days of adoption with the Manager, Finance Director and the Town Clerk. 

 

This the 30th day of June, 2004.