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RESOLUTION NO. 8,470
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE VARIOUS PROJECTS AND
ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM FOR THE 17TH YEAR (1991 -92);
AMENDING THE 14TH YEAR CDBG PROGRAM TO DELETE
DEVELOPMENT OF TOM GULLEY PARK AS A PROJECT AND
REALLOCATE THE UNOBLIGATED BALANCE OF FUNDS TO
16TH YEAR HOUSING REHABILITATION LOANS AND
GRANTS; ADOPTING A REVISION OF THE CDBG CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION PLAN; APPROVING THE CDBG
APPLICATION AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE
APPLICATION FOR SUCH FUNDS.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The various projects and allocations of the
funds provided to the City under the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Program for fiscal year 1991 -92, as set forth on the
attached Exhibit A and application for such funds are hereby
approved.
SECTION 2: The adoption of a revision of the CDBG Citizen
Participation Plan as set forth in Exhibit B is hereby approved.
SECTION 3: That the development of Tom Gulley Park near
Stephens Elementary School be deleted as a project in the 14th
year (FY 1988) CDBG program and the remaining funds be reallocated
to 16th year housing rehabilitation loan and grants.
SECTION 4: The City Manager, on behalf of the City, is
hereby authorized to complete and file the application with the
appropriate federal agency for the grant of the funds so
specified.
ADOPTED: March 19, 1991
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS M. CARP W
ACTING CITY ATTORNEY
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PROPOSED USE OF FUNDS
17TH YEAR CDBG
Rehabilitation Loans and Grants $ 300,000
Housing Programs Administration 200,000
Code Enforcement 50,000
Public Services (ELRCC) 635,000
Model Block Demonstration, Central LR Area 100,000
Model Block Demonstration, Central High
School Area 100,000
Down Payment Assistance Grants to Low /Mod
First -Time Homebuyers, Citywide
100,000
Mortgage Principal Reduction Loans to Low /Mod
Homebuyers, Revitalization Area
100,000
Home Ownership Education
5,000
17th Year Street and Drainage Construction
500,000
Russ Street, 2 blocks north of Hwy 10
plus overlay (Pankey)
Pine Street Sidewalk, I -630 to Markham
Foster Street, 42nd to 46th
Holt Street, 44th to Asher
32nd Street, Barrow to Tatum
17th Year Engineering for 18th Year Construction
25,000
Maple Street, 25th to Roosevelt
26th Street, Pine to Maple
Construction Projects Administration
75,000
General Administration
230,000
TOTAL
$2,420,000
RESOURCES
Estimated FY 1991 Entitlement $2,119,000
FY 1990 Supplemental Grant 19,000
Estimated Reprogrammable Funds 82,000
Estimated Program Income 200,000
TOTAL $2,420,000
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CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN
The legislation which created the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Program and regulation implementing it
require citizen participation in planning, carrying out, and
evaluating local CDBG activities. As the legislation gives
maximum feasible priority to activities which benefit low
and moderate income persons, so this citizen participation
plan especially provides for and encourages participation by
members of low and moderate income families and residents in
low and moderate income areas of the City of Little Rock.
SECTION I: THE PLANNING SEASON
Little Rock's CDBG program year runs from July 1
through June 30. The citizen participation planning process
begins in September, approximately nine months before the
start of the program year to be planned. It begins with a
staff conducted public hearing on community development and
housing needs and leads to a public hearing by the City's
Board of Directors before its vote on the uses of CDBG
funds, which is normally in March. (See Section III below.)
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SECTION II: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION STRUCTURE
In order to assure participation in CDBG planning by
low and moderate income persons, maximum feasible priority
for activities benefiting low and moderate income areas and
citizens, and compliance with statutory targetting
requirements, the City of Little Rock has designated ten
CDBG areas (or neighborhoods), as follows:
Granite Mountain
East Little Rock
Central Little Rock
Central High School
South Little Rock
Stephens School
Oak Forest
Woodruff School
John Barrow
Pankey
The ten areas are described as follows:
Granite Mountain. The residential area bounded on the
west by the west boundary of Booker Homes Public Housing
Project, on the east by the City Limits, on the north by
Arkansas Highway 365 and the north boundary of Booker Homes,
and on the south by extension of the north boundary of
Gillam Park.
East Little Rock. The area east of I -30, south of the
Arkansas River, and north and west of Adams Field, except
that the south boundary of the area is 14th Street from Bond
Street west to Last Street and 17th Street from Last west to
I -30.
Central Little Rock. The area bounded by High Street
on the west, I -630 on the north, I -30 on the east and
Roosevelt Road on the south.
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Central High School. The area bounded on the west by
the CRI &P Railroad right -of -way, on the east by High Street,
on the north by I -630, and on the south by Roosevelt Road.
South Little Rock. The area bounded by Schiller Street
on the west, by I -30 on the east, by Roosevelt Road on the
north, and by the CRI &P and Missouri Pacific Railroads on
the south.
Stephens School. The area bounded on the west by Elm
Street, on the east by the CRI &P Railroad, on the north by
I -630, and on the south by Roosevelt Road.
Oak Forest. The residential area bounded on the west
by University Avenue, on the east by Elm Street, on the
north by I -630, and on the south by Asher Avenue.
Woodruff School. The area bounded on the west by Elm
Street on the east by the Missouri Pacific Railroad right -
of -way and the curve of Third Street north to Markham, on
the north by Markham, and on the south by I -630.
John Barrow. The area bounded by a line running from
the Rock Creek crossing of Asher Avenue westerly along Asher
to Colonel Glenn Road, thence westerly along Colonel Glenn
to a point due south of the intersection of Weldon and 40th
Street; thence north along Weldon to 40th, east to Holt
Street, and north to 28th; thence east to John Barrow Road,
north along John Barrow Road to the north boundary of the
Parkview High School campus; thence east to Walker Street;
thence south to 28th Street, east to Gilman, south the 32nd,
east to Whitfield, and south along Whitfield to 36th Street;
thence eastward along Rock Creek to the Asher Avenue
crossing, which was the point of beginning.
Pankev.. The residential area along Arkansas Highway 10
from Crockett Street to Black Road, and extending northward
one block north of Dunbar Street and southward one block
south of Piggee Street.
A map of each area indicating its boundaries is
attached to this plan. All of the areas have higher than
average percentages of low and moderate income households.
A. Neighborhood Planning Committees
Early in the citizen participation planning season
(mid- September to mid - March) staff convene neighborhood
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meetings in each CDBG area to elect members to the
area's CDBG Advisory Planning Committee for the program
year to begin the following July. The area meetings are
convened by means of notices distributed door -to -door as
handbills, through the mail to interested citizens in
the area on mailing lists maintained by the City staff,
and by news releases or advertisements. All residents
of the neighborhood are eligible to attend and vote in
an election of a CDBG planning committee. Persons
elected serve for two years, and the committees may meet
from time to time to consider and act on issues other
than CDBG project recommendations.
During the planning season the area planning
committees meet as necessary to develop recommendations
for CDBG projects and activities in the area and to
consider and advise on requests and suggestions of
whatever origin which affect the area and it residents
either directly or indirectly.
There is no allocation of funds to the designated
CDBG areas and no assurance that any given area will
have a CDBG project located in the area in any given
program year. The process of evaluating and
prioritizing recommendations is described in the
following paragraph. Final responsibility for the use
of CDBG funds rests, by law, with the Board of
Directors.
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B. CDBG Coordinating Committee
Recommendations from the neighborhood committees
and from the general public for activities not located
in CDBG areas are reviewed by CDBG Staff for eligibility
for CDBG funding, cost reasonableness and feasibility,
cost - benefit value, and low /mod benefit. Written
criteria for the staff evaluation are provided to
neighborhood planning committees at the start of the
planning season. The recommendations then go to the
CDBG Coordinating Committee along with staff comment.
The CDBG Coordinating Committee is composed of the
chairpersons of the nine neighborhood committees. The
Coordinating Committee recommends to the Board of
Directors of the City of Little Rock the uses to be made
of the funds in the entitlement grant.
C. Technical Assistance
Technical assistance is provided to the CDBG
neighborhood committees through a staff representative
assigned to each. The staff representative conducts the
neighborhood meetings to elect residents to a planning
committee, arranges for planning committee meetings and
sends notices, provides information about the CDBG
program and regulations, secures needed information and
cost estimates, and generally facilitates the
committee's work.
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CDBG staff also assist other groups representative
of persons of low and moderate income to develop
proposals by supplying information on the CDBG planning
process and schedule, the amounts of entitlement grants,
and other CDBG funds anticipated, eligibility of
proposed actions, and where appropriate, preliminary
engineering recommendations and cost estimates.
SECTION III: PUBLIC HEARINGS
To initiate the annual planning season, staff conduct a
public hearing for citizens' views on community development
and housing needs and for assessment of CDBG program
performance during the past year. At this meeting, staff
review accomplishments and developments in the CDBG Program
Year and invite comment. They also distribute printed
information and provide explanation on the expected amount
of the entitlement grant for the next year, estimates of
total resources to be available, the planning schedule, the
kinds of activities that are eligible and ineligible , and
the kinds carried out in previous years.
A second public hearing is conducted by the Little Rock
Board of Directors to hear comment on the activities
proposed by staff and the CDBG Coordinating Committee before
the Board votes on the recommendations.
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SECTION IV: ACCESS TO PARTICIPATION
A. Publication
1. Proposed Activities, as recommended to the Board of
Directors by the Coordinating Committee and staff,
are published annually in a newspaper of general
circulation as part of the notice of the Board's
public hearing on them. They are also mailed to
chairpersons of the neighborhood planning
committees.
2. The Proposed Statement of Communitv Development
Objectives and Projected Use of Funds (CDO /PUF) is
published annually in a newspaper of general
circulation of not less than 30 days before it is to
be submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) . The Proposed Statement includes
descriptions of proposed activities in sufficient
detail, including location, to enable citizens to
determine the degree to which they may be affected.
It also includes an estimate of the amount of CDBG
funds to be used for activities benefiting low and
moderate income persons.
3. Proposed amendments to the Final Statement of
CDO /PUF are published for comment not less than 15
days before they are submitted to HUD and are mailed
to the chairpersons of neighborhoods simultaneously
with publication.
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B. Notices
1. Notices of Public hearings are published in at least
one newspaper of general circulation and one
minority oriented newspaper, in easily readable type
and a nonlegal advertising format, not less than
five days in advance of the hearing date. Notices
of public hearings are also mailed to all members of
CDBG neighborhood planning committees and to all
persons who have asked to be placed on the citizen
participation list.
2. Notices of document availability are published on
the following schedule:
(a) Final Statement of CDO /PUF: Annually, upon its
.submittal to HUD, as a legal advertisement of
general circulation in the area and by mail to
the Coordinating Committee (neighborhood
committee chairpersons).
(b) Grantee Performance Report (GPR): Annually for
comment, not less than ten days before its
submittal to HUD, in a newspaper of general
circulation in the area and by mail to the CDBG
Coordinating Committee.
(c) Plan to Minimize Displacement and to Assist
Persons Displaced: Annually, as part of the
Proposed Statement of CDO /PUF.
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(d) Records Regarding Past Use of Funds: Annually,
as part of the published Proposed Statement of
CDO /PUF.
C. Access to Records
All documents and records pertaining to the CDBG
program are available for inspection at the CDBG
Administration Offices, 615 West Markham, the CDBG
Finance Office in City Hall, 500 West Markham, or (for
public services activities) at the East Little Rock
Community Complex, 2500 East 6th Street, during normal
office hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
D. Architectural Barriers
Public hearings are held in the Board Room at City
Hall or in other locations accessible to the
handicapped. Neighborhood meetings are sometimes held
in churches or schools not readily accessible. Anyone
who wants to participate in CDBG planning and is
hindered by architectural barriers may call the CDBG
Offices , 371 -6825, to secure better arrangements.
E. Lanauaae Barriers
Whenever CDBG administrators know that persons
lacking facility in the English language desire or are
likely to desire information pertaining to the CDBG
program or desire to participate in public hearing or
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other citizen participation meetings, they will make
available adequate interpretation to such persons.
SECTION V: COMPLAINTS
A written response to any written complaint concerning
the CDBG program will be mailed by the CDBG program
administrators (Department of Neighborhoods and Planning)
within 15 working days of receipt of the complaint .
Complaints may be addressed to CDBG Program Administrator,
615 West Markham, Room 106, Little Rock, AR 72201.
Complaints may also be addressed to the City Manager,
City Hall, or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development, Little Rock Area Office, 523 Louisiana Street,
Suite 200, Little Rock, AR 72201. These complaints will
normally be referred to the City's Department of
Neighborhoods and Planning for an initial response.
SECTION VI: NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY PLANNING COMMITTEE
POLICIES
A. Election of Neighborhood Advisory Committee Members
Residents of CDBG neighborhoods elect one -half of
their CDBG Area Advisory Committee annually to serve for
two -year terms. Individuals 16 years of age or older
whose principal residence is in the CDBG area are
eligible to vote and to serve on the committee. No
individual is entitled to vote because of property
ownership in the area if not also an area resident. No
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positions on the area planning committee may be
designated for representatives of any organization or
agency.
B. Procedure for Electing Neighborhood Advisory Committees
To assure equitable representation of all sections
of CDBG neighborhoods, each is divided into quadrants.
At the neighborhood meeting called for the purpose,
residents of each quadrant caucus and elect from among
residents of that quadrant one - fourth of the number of
members to sit on the neighborhood advisory committee.
The size of the committee is determined by the
neighborhood meeting.
An exception to division of the neighborhood into
quadrants is made in the.cases of Woodruff School and
Pankey neighborhoods, due to their small area. Other
exceptions may be made only with the express concurrence
of the Coordinating Committee.
The neighborhood meeting may annually establish a
quorum of the planning committee, but if it does not
specify a larger or smaller quorum, a majority of the
total committee must be present at any meeting to
conduct business.
C. Organization of Neighborhood Advisory Committee
Each neighborhood advisory committee organizes
itself, electing its chairperson, other officers
desired, and appointing or causing to be appointed such
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subcommittees as it may deem appropriate. However, a
subcommittee may not act as a commission of the
neighborhood advisory committee.
D. Renlacement of Neighborhood Advisory Committee Members
If an elected member of a neighborhood committee
resigns, moves his or her place of residence, or ceases
to function according to criteria established by the
committee, the committee may choose a resident of the
affected quadrant to complete the unexpired term.
E. Conduct of Meetings
The most recent edition of Roberts, Rules of Order is
the.standard for conduct of CDBG meetings and is used to
resolve all issues of procedure not covered by this
Citizen Participation Plan.
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