HomeMy WebLinkAbout16326 RESOLUTION NO. 16,326
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3 A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT
4 THE APPROVED 2024 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR CDBG, HOME
5 AND HOPWA ENTITLEMENT FUNDS TO THE UNITED STATES
6 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TO
7 EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS WITH THE APPROVED APPLICANTS;
8 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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10 WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (City), has access to Community Development Block
1 1 Grant(CDBG), HOME and HOPWA Funds on an annual basis; and,
12 WHEREAS, the use of these monies mandates that an Action Plan be submitted to the United States
13 Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) by November 15, 2023, for the Program Year
14 beginning January 1, 2024, in accordance with Title I of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable
15 Housing Act of 1990; however, HUD is allowing grantees to submit to the HUD Field Offices after
16 November 15,2023, until final grant amounts are determined;and,
17 WHEREAS, the City's CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Entitlement Funds, along with the projected
18 program income for the 2024 Program Year, total Three Million, Five Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand,
19 Nine Hundred Eighteen and 14/100 Dollars (S3,587,918.14), and was approved by Little Rock, Ark.
20 Resolution No. 16,243 (May 21,2024); and,
21 WHEREAS, after extensive public discussion and citizen participation, including neighborhood
22 meetings,and a public hearing, a plan has been developed for submission.
23 NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
24 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
25 Section 1. The Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to submit the 2024 Annual Action
26 Plan for CDBG, HOME and HOPWA Entitlement Funds to the United States Department of Housing &
27 Urban Development, by November 15, 2023, in accordance with the provisions of the Cranston-Gonzalez
28 National Affordable Housing Act of 1990.
29 Section 2. The projected uses of these funds were approved by Little Rock, Ark. Resolution No.
30 16,324 (May 21,2024).
31 Section 3. The Board of Directors authorizes the City Manager to enter into Agreements for
32 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding with the identified organizations in Resolution
33 16,324..
34 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
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1 word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
2 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution, which shall remain in full force and
3 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
4 resolution.
5 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
6 with the provisions of this resolution,are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
7 ADOPTED: June 4,2024
g APPROVED:
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11 usai ng&City Clerk Frank Scott,Jr., Mayor
12 AP ' E ► TO LEGAL FORM:
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15 Thomas M. Carpenter,City A rney
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