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Home My WebLink About28016 / 76-150 FF� � i47� � �. RESOLUTION ti�THEREAS, the Housing and Community Development 1�ct of 1974 caas recently enacted into law, and ��1HER�.AS, the Act provides Community Development Block Grant Funds to metropolitan cities, and ��riERc:�S, tne �ity oi Gs:-�xc�sh i� ue��ned u�dei tne Act as a ra2tro�olitan city and is entitled to receive amounts allocated under the Act based on a formuta specified a_n �:h� Ar_t:, and WHEREASr in order to receive tY�� entitlem�n� amount, the Caty must meet specific requirements of the Act and further m�ke appli.catien for these monies, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Comrrnon Council of the City of Oshkosh that the attached plan and program for use of Title I funds is hereby adopt�d. B� IT FURTHER RESOLVED tha� the attached ��ausing Assistanc� Plan is hereby adopted and that the City shalJ. seek such discretionary �Z�r2'�� =. 3?_'° �:'?.'�.�i�u�? ° .'.:1L�Ei }:;.^. �Ct. B� IT FURTHER RESOLVED that th2 City Manag�r is hereby author.i,zed ar,d dir�ct�d as the City's chief e�ecut.ive off.i�cez ta file the application on behal� of the City of Gshkosh, including a11 undet- standings and assurances contained therein and to act in connection with the application and to provide such additional infnrmation as r,a� be required. ' - 19 - -� 0 ❑ . � . � . � � . " ��S SUMMARY PR�POSED HOUSING AND COr�MU?�1ITY DEVELOPMEP�T PLAN .AND PRGGRAM 'r'�Ft 1976 � 1977, 7�978 T-'�'T � i CG.�:`�UNITY' DEVELOPMENT - Pro j ect Description �. Downtown Redevelopment The City of Oshkosh has em�arked on a dawntown redevelopmen� " program designed to provid� and n�air_tair� a viable , healthy downtown, Specific public and private cast estimates �or a bypass route, land purchases, z�:all and s�mi-mall, paxking i^prove�:ents and ather praje�ts .r:�;_ve resul�ted in a short-range plar. en�orsed, in principi�, by the Plan C�mmissi�n �n� Co;nmon Council with direcGion ta the administration to proceed to irapieir�ent the p� an. It is recor.nmended that do��ntacan rF�develapment be a majar arogr�:.� under Title I of the Housin� ar.d Cv:mmunity Development P.c t . The funds allocated for 1976 would be util.�.zed for engi,^.�ering for the bypass, Mark�t-Co.�r^�erc� seni-r:lall Cincluding Monu�-r.ent Square) and initiation of parking lot acquisition. i�e 197i and 1978 �igures used �elc,w rep*�esent a cantinuation oi the 1a76 prograrn anc' �e,�:: r.��-� mear_t to �� Fina7. 1°76 ESTIMATED CGST B`�'� PROGRAi� YEAK 1977 1973 $223,60G $295,500 $30I,00� . . II. i:eighborhood Develop�ent The improvement and stabilization �f older, residential neighborhoods is one of the prime concerns of the City of Oshkosh. For this reason, it is recommen�ed that $219,100 be allocated in 1976 for the first neighb�rhood. Under this program a specific neighborhood will be selected for i�provements each year or every two years. iSee specifics attached for neighborhood #1). It is further proposed that thP City direct approximately one-half of the Hous�.ng Rehabilitation ti��ark undertaken with ADVOCAP during 1975 int� this nei�h�c�rhood. � u:-c�.�ue i��a�t�lr� inciudec: ii� the Neighborfiz�ad Deveiaument rrogram cansists of a voluntary Code Inspevtion Program �ahere�y residents a:.d property owners can call upon the City's Code Enforcement sta.ff to inspect single and two family units and upon deter�minati.on �i compliance receive a written notice to that ef?:ect. �s part of a general education program, hom� maintenanc� manuals would also be made avazlable to prope�ty owners. 1976 ESTINLATED COST BY PROGt2f�M YEA� 1977 1978 $219,100 $295,500 $301,000 i?i. �ark and Open Space Program Because otner sources of state and federal_ financial assistance for park acquisition and development are �nsufficien� t� meet the needs of the Ci�y, it is recom*�ended that Community Development Title I Funds be used to s�apg�ement the City's i c.:ii''�� clrtli. V�iCil JIJc�C;C i i iJE�i'�11iS. 1l. .1.5' i''C�:V ilL:l�ilUt'.:� ltld l. 1.i1 'E.' 1:: % v funds for this element be used to acquire ad�itional park land and the lo�al share of L�AWCO�v �r�d ORA? fu�ds which may be available ?_n 1976 for par}�; land acqui.sitic�n and development. 1976 ESTII�IATED COST BY FROGP,AM YEA�Z 1�77 1978 $ 63,500 $ 50,OOQ $ 50,000 I � IV. Senior Citizen's Center ns a continuation af the 1975 Cor:ununity Develapment Program, it is proposed that $2,ODU be used for leasing of the Oshkosh Senior Citizen's Center. ESTIMATED C�ST BY PRpGRAM YEAR 1976 1977 $ 2,000 $ 3,000 1978 $ 3,000 V. Pla:�nyng , Programing and :�ciministra�t ion The cosis incurred by the City af Oshkosh to plan and administer th� Housing and Comrr.unity Development Program in the �:'it;� a.re eligible expenditures under the Ac�. Baserl on the Counc�_1's deter:nination to conduct the program in hous� rather than thru a consultant, the costs of� staff tin�e are allocated to T�tle I. 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