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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-05-29 180 AB ORDER180 AH
Introduced by Councilor naldacci, nay 29, 1574
CITY OF BANGOR
(TITLE) V11rbfrt ....Authorrzrug. City Manager to Execute. Amendment ....
to Cooperation Agreement Between Bangor Urban Renewal
A thority and Crty Of Bangor
By the City Cmabil of the My ofBaxyor:
ORDERED,
THAT,Merle F. Goff, City Manager, be and is hereby
authorized for and on behalf of the City of Bangor to
execute the Amendment to the Cooperation Agreement,
dated May 17, 1973, between Bangor Urban Renewal
Authority and City of Bangor, attached hereto and made
a part of this order.
IN CITY COUNCIL
May 29, 1974
Action a, this stool was deferred
,rril actlo, had been taken on C.O.
181AP. �his order was then PASSED.
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/ Ni%Er 1 COOPERATION AGREEMENI
MM MAY 17, 1973
VrHEREAS the Urban Renewal Anthurity of the City of Bangor
has amended its Urban Renewal plan approved May 14, 1973; and
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NOW THEREFORE it is hereby agreed by and between the parties
hereto to amend the aforesaid Cooperation Agreement as follows;
In paragraph 4 (c) delete the word "None" and in its
Place shall appear "Abraham Lincoln School - amount of
credit to be used in Action year Financing Plan
$57,176.00."
In paragraph 4 (d) delete the amount 11$542.00" and add
the word "None".
Z. In paragraph 5 delete the amount 1$63,776.00" and is
its place add "$120,410".
3. In paragraph 10 delete the words "race, colo, or
national origin"; and in its place Fut "race, color,
religion, sax, or national origin".
Dated at Bangor, Maine this - day of 1974.
ua& RENEWA AUTHORITY OF
THE OPIC OF BANGOR
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Executive Director
CITY OF BANGOR, MAINE
BY
City Pheager
COOPERATION AGREEMENT
CITY OF BANGOR
AND
URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY OF CITY OF BANGOR
THIS AGREEMENT entered into this Pith day of May
1973 by and between the URBAN RENEWAL At1TH0RITY OF CITY OF BANGOR
(hereinafter called the "Authority"), a public body, politic and
corporate, duly organized and existing under the provisions of
the URBAN RENEMAL AUTHORITY OF CITY OF BANGOR, Law Of Maine as set
forth in the Private and Special Laws of 1957, Chapter 168,
(hereinafter called the "Authority Law") and having its usual
place of business in the City of Bangor, County of Penobscot,
State of Maine, and the City of Bangor, a public body, politic
and corporate; (hereinafter called the "City") witnesseth that:
WHEREAS, on May 14 1973, the Authority approved and adopted
a plan (hereinafter called the "Renewal Plan"), for the assembly,
clearance and redevelopment and renewal, under the Authority Law
of a blighted and sub -standard area in the City (hereinafter called
the "Renewal Project"), said area being more particularly described
in said plan, and which plan is hereby incorporated herein by
reference as though fully set forth; said area is known as the
Hancock -York Neighborhood Development Program Area, and i
generally bounded as follows: on the North by State Street; on
the west by Pine Street; on the South by the Penobscot River,
and on the East by Newbury Street; and
WHEREAS, on May 14, 1973, the City Council of Bangor,
(hereinafter called the "Council") approved the aforesaid Renewal
Plan as being feasible and in
conformity with the Comprehensive
Plan of the City of Bangor and made certain other findings of
fact required by law in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the Authority will need contribution or grants of
money, properties or services from the City and the United States
Government (hereinafter called the "Government") in order to
carry out and complete said Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized by the Authority Law to
make such contribution or grants to the Authority, and the
Government is authorized by Title I of the Housing Act of 1949
s amended to date (hereinafter called the "Housing Act") to
make similar contributions or grants; and
WHEREAS, it is provided in Section 134 of the Housing Act
that aontract on the three-fourths capital grant formula
between the Government and a local agency engaged in a renewal
project providing for capital contributions or grants from the
Goverment shall require similar local contributions or grants
equal to at least one-fourth of the aggregate net project cost
as defined therein; and -
WHEREAS, it is further provided in Section 110 (d) of the
Housing Act that the aforesaid local contributions or grants
(therein defined a "Local Grants -in -Aid") may consist ef:"(1)
ash grants, (2) donations at cash value of land (exclusive Of
land in streets, alleys and other public rights-cf-way which may
be discontinued in connection with the project) and demolition or
removal work, or site improvements in the. project area, at their
cost, and (3) the provisions, at their cast, of parks, playgrounds,
and public buildings or facilities which are primarily of direct
benefit to the project and which are
e
necessary to serve or
support the new uses of land in the project area in accordance
with the redevelopment plan. Provided, that, in any case where,
in the determination of the Administrator, any park, playground,
public building or facility is of direct and substantial benefit
both to the project and to other areas, the Administrator shall
provide that for the purpose of computing the amount of the
local grants-in-aid for such project, there shall be included
an allowance of anappropriate portion (as determined by the
Administrator) of the cost of such park, playground, public
building, or facility. No demolition or removal work, improve-
ment, facility for which a State, Municipality, or other public
body has received or has contracted to receive any grant or
subsidy from the United States, or any agency or instrumentality
thereof, for such work, or the construction of such improvement
or facility, shall be eligible for inclusion as a local grant-
in-aid in
connection with the project or projects assisted
under thistitle;"and -
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY AGREED DY AND BETWEEN THE
PARTIES HERETO AS FOLLOWS: -
1. Immediately upon receipt of funds pursuant to a Loan
and Grant contract between the Authority and the
Government under the Housing Act, the Authority will
undertake said Neighborhood Development Program, in
accordance with said Neighborhood Renewal Plan and
will announce and carry out as expeditiously a
possible each successive phase Gf the project as
funds are made available.
2. TO defray the aggregate net project cost Of the
project as computed and determined, in accordance
with the provisions of the Housirg Act, the Authority
will comply with all necessary conditions, statu=ary
or otherwise, to obtain a Capital Grant donation from
the Government under Section 131 of Title I of Ge
Housing Act Of 1949, asm
a ended, in the maximum
amount allowed by law, it being provided that said
Capital Grant donations shall be in an amount not to
exceed three-fourths of said aggregate net project
cost of the project, as determined in accordance with
the provisions of the aforesaid Loan and Grant contract.
3. To help defray the City's one-fourth share of aggregate
net project cost as
set forth below, the Authority
will seek and willsecure whatever credits may new
be, or may henceforth become available to assist
the City in meeting its obligations under this agree-
ment. Such credits will include but are not limited
t0 Section 107 (b) Credits far the Construction of
Low Rent Public Housing and Section 112 Credits for
Hospital or Educational Construction.
4. The City will make a total contribution to the
Authority of anamount (whether in cash, credits,
properties, or services) equal be, at least ons -
fourth of said aggregate net project cost as finally
determined in accordance with the National Housing
Act of 1949, as amended to date, and as approved by
the United States Department of Housing and Urban
Development, in accordance with the aforesaid Loan
and Grant Contract, notwithstanding what the present
estimate of that cost may be. To meet this obligation
during the second action year, the City agrees to do
and/or furnish the following:
(a) Transfers Of Land:
NONE
(b) Proiect Improvement Item:
NONE
(c) Supporting Facilities Items:
NONE
(d) Cash credits:
$542.00
(e) Public Housing Item iSction 107 (b):
$63,234.00
(f) Non -Cash Pooling Credit Submitted
for Action Year:
NONE
5, it is understood and agreed that the City's financial
obligation hereunder for the second action year,
including credits for non-cash grants-in-aid and for
work performed by other agencies or instrumentalities
n the City, is to make a total contribution or
grant equal to at least one-fourth of the aggregate
net project cost as to be computed i accordance with
the terms of the Housing Act, wh-ch onefourth
obligation is presently estimated at $63,776.
6. The City shall discontinue and abandon all public
streets, road and alleys within the Project Area, as
described in the Renewal Plan, aid convey to the
Authority such interest as the City may have in such
discontinued sites, with the exception that any of
said rights in and to those streets adjacent to land
now owned by the City and not to be condemned by the
Authority will not be conveyed to the Authority.
7. The City, acting by its Council, will change or modify
local building, zoning, and sanitary codes and
regulations to the extent necessary or desirable to
permit carrying out the Project.
S. The City will acquire from the Authority any remaining
properties within the Project Area which have been un-
salable at the completion of the Project at prices to
be agreed upon by the Authority and the City and
concurred in by the Government.
9. The Authority will give a deed of easement to the City
for all land or rights-of-way n ary for the location,
relocation, reconstruction o wedening of any public
street or sewer within the Project Area.
10. it is further understood that the parties hereto
recognize that Title V1 of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and the regulations and policies of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development effectu-
ating the Title prohibit discrimination on the grounds
of race, color or national origin in the policies,
practices and uses of the public facilities proposed
for the Neighborhood Development Program receiving
financial assistance from the United Statesthe
City of Bangor, Maine covenants that the public
facilities herein proposed as local grants-in-aic
will be available to serve all persons without
regard to race, color or national origin. Without
being by way of limitation, it is the intention of
the parties hereto that this antidiscrimination
covenant shall accrue to the benefit of the United
States and the Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
11. It is further understood that excess local share, if
any, from any prior year or years shall apply against
and reduce accordingly the local share required as
outlined in this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the City and the Authority have
respectively caused this Agreement to be duly executed
in triplicate as of the day and year first above written.
ATTEST: DANGOR DRIED RENEWAL AUTHORITY
BANGOR, MAINE //�� ./jam
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