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Home My WebLink About2000-05-22 00-210 ORDERCOUNCIL Item No. 00-310 Date: May 22.2000 Item/Subject ORDER AuNorizafion to Execute and Pile a Final Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Developarand Act of 1974 Responsible Department: Community& Economic Development The City is required to hold public hearings before adoption of the PY 2000 Consolidated Housing and Community Development Plan. The Community and Economic Committee held public hearings m then meetings on November 18, 1999 and May 17, 2000. A copy of the proposed City of Bangor 2000/2001 Community Development Block Grant program for the period July 1, 2000 to Jure 30, 2001, as recommended by the Community and Economic Development Committee, is matched. Also attached is a summary of the City of Bangor 2/100 Consolidated Plan Annual Action Plan fa Housing and Community Development. Department Head Manager's Comments: Ch£a LV�QhNtQtiLWrhNwyLffian dfa tTr"ds�.. Qty Manager Aswdated lnfa mation:(0&4 Al Budget Approval: --- /hn Finance Director Legal Approval: �( City Solkitor Intrgduced Por Passage First Reading Page _ of Referral Assignedto COwciior Baldacei May 22, 2000 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Order, AuWorvation in Execute and File a Consolidated Housing aM Commodity Development Plan for Community Development Entitlement Funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 19"14 by th ary Cana ofH QyoflHngm: ORDERED, TBAT the City Council of Bangor, as the local governing body, hereby authorizes and directs the City Manager to subudt to and file with the Department of Housing and Urban Development a ConmBdated Housing and Community Development Plan for Community Development Block Gram Endtlemrnt fonds as provided for in Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk; amt to provide such additional information and famish such documetns as may be required by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to execute such contract or contracts as may be necessary for the entitlement great to be received; and to execute and file requisitions for fords. BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, THAT, the City Manager is hereby appointed as the authorized representative of the City of Bangor in act in correction with such Plan of the City of Bangor for Federal Commodity Development Block Grant funds under Title I of the Housing and Commodity Development Act of 1974, as amended. I9 CITY CO➢PCIL Nay 22, 2000 Notion for Passage Node and seconded — ME - - � Ow 00-210 QPDFR TRK Auttorimatlw to Execute and Pile a Consolidated Mousing and Commualty Development Plaofor Comity Dxvelap- munt Entitled Foods under Title ! of the Eoueing aA%9Wg unity Development Act of 1916 �� x� �a Wj. i i00Kkr tea. GITT OF BANGOR 2000/2001 Community Development Black Grant (CDBG) Program Proposed Community Development Activities July 1." Oto June 30.=1 CDBG FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE FOR USE CURB Settlement Grant: $1.270.000 Projected Program Income from CDBG funded I WO central Lg6.362 TOTAL CBBG FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR USE $1.756,362 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS The primary obscure of the City 0 Banger Community Development Program is ten development M a viable urban community by p0vision decant housing, a suitable hong environment and e[conding wool oprefort tion Wincipallytor pemM of Imo end mo rate -income. Corkistenthath this primary reactive. Barnard %2001 program year (concha with Federal %2003 funds) specific obletlivl and projected use of funds are: Aclivib Name RC Boum fprstral BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE Fundlnw/$1 CAmmNdal, Industrial , Downtown Revitalization and Handicap Citywide $100.033 Access Loans and Assistance. This is in addition to Oe $92,244 presemly available for this acidity committed from common of real Mans). PMN WOODS. SOCIAL SERVICES Funds for the WR management prsltlm and the clinical time Park WOWS $52.105 needed to all that p rateen. PROPERTY REMABILMATION Low inteMt and reused payment loans for rehabilitation of Citywide ¢516.221 accupkd, single family homes and come family rental unaa. - MEW NEIGHBORS PROGRAM RNocetlm tenefitS to o dupants that may be displaced Boom $151000 preRrted privately purchased and financed under he MSM New Neighbors Program. PROPERTY DISPOSITION Legal keen surveyed ,environmental rernMiatim and other Downtown, Watedrvnt - $30.033 costs asscoated with the drsprsitim of COBGmcqulrM property. Branscome Neighborhoods PUBLIC IMPRMEMENM takeovers Rariblizetiw Area Main Street Sidewalk, Freases Building Project $62.690 Downtown Revivliaation Area Subbvl $42.690 Riverlront RNavavpmmf Ana Public Infrastructure Improvements PleMem and South streets $263.607 Formal Redevelopment Area pul l $263.607 PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SUBTOTAL $306.097 Proposed CD ACUNtles 0512COz1w 1 5/12/00 5/12/00 O0-210 An fiv hissi & Description Locations) Farm /.r PROPERTY ACQUISITION, R¢CCATION AND DEMOLITION Union Place NeigFbwFOOG Conservation Project Property acquisition, relo aton Wymans, p,WVC/ dau lNiOa&dean-up $148,532 Union Plaw NelghbwM1wtl Conversation Project SubtWl $148,532 Several Recessions nl Area Final loan payment for acquisition of the MCRR switching and mamhnance yams. $2x2000 Mitterrand Nadevalopmem Ana 1,141 $242,000 PROPERTY ACQUISITION, RELOCATION AND DEMOLITION SUBTOTAL $390.532 PROGRAMAOMINISTRATION Oversight. Monaroun . Monitoring and GaminaMg of CDBG Program activities. N/A $293407 Prwhim 0l public linjohnCn(Program information noterial; public bearing notices. and pudiwti0noquin menu). Gtywlde 3.000 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION SUBTOTAL $296.407 PLANING Reimbursement t0 the Planning Division he services count in support of Community 0evelOpmant Program indivNes. N/A $20,000 WabrfmM Planning Consultant 30,000 PLANNING SUBTOTAL $50.0[0 5/12/00 City of Bangor 2000-2004 Consolidated Plan for Housing and Community Development The Bangor 2000.2004 Consolidated Plan presents a coordinated approach to addressing Bangor's housing and community development needs over a five-year period. The goal of the plan is to integrate economic, physical and human development in a comprehensive and coordinated fashion so that families and communities can work together and thrive. The Consolidated Plan is developed by the Cry of Bangor under guidelines from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It describes the City's planned use of federal, arms and local finds and other housing resources to address the needs of homeless, and lowandmodetute-income households and persons, and persons with special housing needs in ways that promote community and individual stability. The 2000-2004 Consolidated Plan integrates the application, planning and citizen participation for Bangor's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. Ultimately, the Consolidated Plan allows the City of Bangor, it citizens, housing and related services - providers and citizens, the opportunity b create a unified vision for community development actions. The 20W-2004 Consolidated Plan, as required by the U.S. Department of Bunting and Urban Development must primarily benefit low- and modem zo-income persons in accordance with the following major goals: • Provide decent housing. Assist boneless persons and persons with special needs to obtain affordable housing; conserve and expand the affordable housing stock, increase the availability of permanent housing that is affordable to low - me households; and increase supportive housing that includes structural Immus and services to enable persons with special needs to live in dignity in a safe, sanitary, and suitable dwelling. ■ Provide a suitable living environment Improve the safety and livability of neighborhoods; increase access to quality facilities and services; reduce the isolation of income groups within areas by deeoncenhatlng housing opportunities and revitalizing detenomfing neighborhoods; restore and preserve natural and physical features of special value for historic, amhitectural, or aesthetic reasons; and conserving energy resources. ■ Expand economic opportunities. Within this goal are the creation ofjobs mailable to low -and very low-income persons; providing finding for community development activities and projects that promotes long -tent economic and social viability; and empowering low. and very low -most a persons in federally assisted and public housing an achieve self-sufficiency. CONTENTS OF PLAN Housing, Service and Homeless Needs Assessment Includes housing and population characteristics for Bangor and its residents and identifies housing and human services needs. The data presented will hdorm current and firtme planning efforts as Bangor continues toward me development of continuum of Musing and services to meet the needs of its residents. • Housing Demand and Needs Asseemand- includes housing assistance needs, demand for housing, natwe and extent of homelessness, and Musing and support needs for populations wiW special needs. • Housing Market Analysis- addresses general market conditions, housing affordability and the housing market. Strategic Pian. For the City of Bangor, national and local goals for mmunity and human development, a summary of federal, share, local and private resources associated with the strategic plan, and the five-year activities and allocation strategies for each of the following areas: Public Housing Initiatives > Public INiastrucmre Affordable Housing > Economic Development > Homelessness > Lead -Based Paint Hazards > Institutions] Roles & Coordination > Anti -Poverty Strategy. Action Plan. Resources expected to be available and activities an be undertaken during the next year in address priority needs. Indicates areas to receive assistance sed efforts to: address homeless and other special needs, further affordable. Musin& evaluate and reduce lead-based paint hazards, reduce the efforts of poverty, enhance public/private cooperation, and improve the public and private housing envie m rents. Key Public Policies. Identifies public policies that impact housing and consonancy development in Bangor such as the City Comprehensive Plan, income eligibility,geog,aphic targeting, and the siting of subsidized housing. Appendix. Provides supplemental program information, HUD -required certifications, and a glossary of crude. Some key HUD -requited maps, clients and tables also appear. For further Rodney McKay, Director ofCommuvity and Economic Development information or or Stay Moses, Asst. Consonancy Development Director ropy of the Community Development Division proposed plan 73 Harlow Sheet, Bangor, ME 04401 contact: 9454400, exL 211