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Res 2476 3/18/1980r s RESOLUTION NO. p5V/(O/ A RESOLUTION APPROVING APPLICATION FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS UNDER TITLE I OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1977 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: An application for Community Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1977 is hereby approved, and the City Manager is authorized and directed to complete and file the application for such grant with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The City Manager is further authorized to execute any necessary documents requested to carry out and complete such grant. The application shall include a Community Development Profile, Community Development and Housing Needs, Comprehensive Strategy, Project Summary, Cost Summary, and the Housing Assistance Plan. Further, such application shall contain certifications providing the assurances which are required by the Act and by the Regulations issued thereunder by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE e4(day of ic ..1. 1980. MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THREE YEAR SUMMARY PLAN 1980 - 81 1981 - 82 1982 - 83 Comprehensive Planning 77,000 82,000 88,000 Management Activities 20,000 20,000 21,000 Grants Administration 103,000 105,000 107,000 Street Paving/Drainage 500,000 400,000 400,000 Street Lighting 50,000 30,000 30,000 Property Services 400,000 425,000 260,000 Parks Improvements 175,000 150,000 150,000 Code Enforcement/Demolition 95,000 104,000 108,000 Wichita River 50,000 100,000 150,000 Midtown Improvements 350,000 450,000 500,000 Martin Luther King Center 14,000 16,000 18,000 Health Services 68,000 76,000 78,000 Depot Square 40,000 50,000 50,000 Rehabilitation Assistance 100,000 125,000 200,000 First Step, Inc. 15,000 0- 0- Southside, Neighborhood Facility 10,000(1) 0- 0- Lynwood East, Neighborhood Facility 4,000(2) 0- 0- MLK Child Care Center 100,000 0- 0- SUBTOTAL 2,171,000 2,133,000 2,160,000 Entitlement 2,201,000 2,201,000 2,201,000 Remainder 30,000 68,000 41,000 1) An additional 25,000 will be provided with existing Contingency Funds. 2) The existing building's renovation will be completed with existing Contingency Funds. The $4,000 is for fencing. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING 77,000 To provide a continued long range comprehensive planning program, ensure adequacy of land use, housing, and base map information for use in Community Development and Comprehensive Planning activities, and coordinate long range planning with the implementation activities of the Community Development Block Grant program, private housing sector, and economic development. These activities will require updating as a result of the 1980 Census. Professional fees are required to provide mapping and assistance to planning systems for data assimilation, for- matting and programming. Two planners and two drafters are proposed to be continued as funded personnel in 1980. MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 20,000 To continue management studies as they relate to Community Development target sectors, coordinate community development and housing activities with the City Manager's office and other City departments and programs, and evaluate the progress of long term and short term community development objectives. GRANT ADMINISTRATION 103,000 To have a community development administrative staff with trained and experienced personnel who can implement the Community Development Block Grant in accordance with all federal, state, and local regulations, implement the Citizen Participation Plan, monitor the progress toward meeting the goals of the Housing Assistance Plan, coordinate community development activities with the Comprehensive Planning process, economic development activities and human resources programs, monitor contract compliance, prepare environmental assessments, and monitor property acquisition and relocation procedures. Four planners and one intermediate clerk stenographer are proposed to be continued as funded personnel in 1980. STREET PAVING/DRAINAGE 500,000 To pave unimproved streets in Target Sectors under the assessment paving program. An associate civil engineer and a senior construction inspector are proposed to be continued as funded personnel in 1980 to insure the design and completion of approximately 31 blocks which will include portions of Third, Vista, California, Crest, Hill, Knoll, Bonds, Terral, Mississippi, Underwood, Leroy, Stesco, Simmons, and Reynolds. Funds will also be used to pave a parking lot at the Red Door, Senior Citizen Center. Adequate drainage will be provided on all streets to be paved. STREET LIGHTING 50,000 To continue the high pressure sodium vapor lighting system in Community Develop- ment Target Sectors. Approximately 32 blocks of streets will be changed over to the more illuminating, high pressure sodium vapor lighting system. This project includes portions of Broad, Ninth, Jalonick, Walnut, Homes, Eastside Drive, and two approaches to Eastside Drive. PUBLIC UTILITIES 400,000 To provide for adequate water and sewer services in Community Development Target Sectors. This year's activities will include utility adjustments required as a result of the Community Development Street Paving/Drainage project, and between 15 to 20 blocks of water and sewer line replacements in Sectors 1 and 10. Water PUBLIC UTILITIES (Continued) line replacement will occur along portions of Bluff, Grant, Fillmore, Taylor, and Avenue F. One block of sewer line replacement will occur from Grant to Tilden between Ninth and Tenth Streets. PARK IMPROVEMENTS 175,000 To improve existing neighborhood and community parks. Park improvements scheduled for the 1980 fiscal year include a restroom/concession building at Bridwell Park; a picnic shelter at Jalonick Park; volleyball court at Lucy Park; ballfield fencing at Spudder Park; and a restroom building, walks, formal garden, and irrigation system at Bellevue Park. One landscape architect will be continued and one drafter will be added as funded personnel in 1980. CODE ENFORCEMENT - DEMOLITION 95,000 To continue the code enforcement program including enforcement of the minimum housing code, dangerous structures ordinance, weed violations, fire code, and other health and environmental codes. This would involve the funding of three code enforcement officers and one clerk typist in 1980. The year's activities will also include $28,600 for demolition of hazardous structures. WICHITA RIVER GREENBELT 50,000 To continue the development of the Wichita River Greenbelt by continuation of Phase II of the Wichita River Master Plan. This year's improvements will consist of land acquisition and construction of selected improvements from Phase II of the Wichita River Master Plan. MIDTOWN IMPROVEMENTS 350,000 To acquire land in the Midtown Area for additional downtown parking, and to acquire blighted and improperly developed land in the Midtown Area for future redevelopment. If needed, funds from Midtown Improvements may also be used as seed money for support of a housing development corporation. M.L.K. CENTER 14,000 To provide continued funding of the Martin Luther King Multi-purpose Center and to provide adequate program support for activities related to providing services and programs. Sixty percent funding of a Community Center Coordinator is pro- posed to be continued in 1980. HEALTH CLINIC 68,000 To continue funding the satellite health clinic in the Martin Luther King Center to serve residents in the CDBG target sectors. This health clinic will provide health services which include maternity, immunization, child health, and adult health clinics, and health education classes. A nurse supervisor, clinic aide, and a senior clerk typist are proposed to be continued as funded personnel in 1980. 3- DEPOT SQUARE 40,000 To provide additional funds to complete the renovation and restoration of the Route Building. REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE 100,000 To provide for the continuation of a rehabilitation loan/grant program in low income areas in accordance with the City's Housing Assistance Plan. The program will assist owners in complying with minimum housing code standards and also tend to stabilize deteriorating residential neighborhoods. The program will aid in balancing our housing assistance program in keeping with HUD regulations. FIRST STEP, INC. 15,000 To provide funds to rehabilitate an existing structure to serve as a battered women's shelter. The new structure will allow First Step, Inc. to serve families currently being turned away because their present facility is incapable of handling their current volume of clients. SOUTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY 10,000 To provide funds to match an additional $25,000 from existing contingency funds to establish a neighborhood service center. The center will provide a meeting place for the citizens of the Southside Neighborhood Action Group. LYNWOOD EAST NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITY 4,000 To provide a fence around the Lynwood East Neighborhood Facility in Lynwood East Park for additional security of the property while not in use. The completion of the renovation of this structure will be accomplished with existing Contingency Funds. M.L.K. CHILD CARE CENTER 100,000 To provide funds for the capital improvements necessary to turn a wing of the M.L.K. Center into an area suitable for a day care center, funds to purchase the equipment necessary to begin a day care center for approximately 45 children, and the operational costs not covered by fees for the nine month period that the center will be operated during the 1980 fiscal year. The first three months of the 1980 fiscal year will be used to make improvements to the wing of the M.L.K. Center that will be the site of the child care facility.