HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2013-075 application for CDBG colonias set aside funds to connect honea heights to the sanitary sewer systemMARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2013-075
RELATING TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; AUTHORIZING TOWN STAFF TO
SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR FY 2012/2013 ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM COLONIAS SET
ASIDE FUNDS TO CONNECT INCOME-QUALIFIED HOMEOWNERS IN THE HONEA
HEIGHTS COLONIA TO THE SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
WHEREAS the Town of Marana recognizes the need to provide safe affordable housing
and neighborhood infrastructure for its citizens; and
WHEREAS in March 2012, the Town Council of the Town of Marana adopted the Town
of Marana Strategic Plan II (the "Plan"), and under the Community focus area of the Plan,
Initiative 4 is to develop diverse housing opportunities for residents of all income
levels; included within this Initiative is the strategy of continuing to identify needs and to pursue
alternative funding sources for rehabilitation of infrastructure in older neighborhoods and
colonias; and
WHEREAS the State of Arizona is administering the Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) Program and expects to allocate approximately $1.7 million to Colonias Set
Aside projects for FY 2012/2013; and
WHEREAS to be eligible for Colonias Set Aside funding the project area must be an
Arizona Department of Housing-Certified Colonia; and
WHEREAS the Honea Heights Neighborhood is an Arizona Department of
Housing-Certified Colonia; and
WHEREAS the Town Council finds that the use of the CDBG Colonias Set Aside funds
conternplated by the application authorized by this resolution addresses the community's
identified housing and community development needs and meets at least one of the three.
Congressionally-mandated national objectives of the program by providing benefit to
low-to-moderate income persons, preventing or eliminating slum or blight, or meeting another
urgent community need; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana find it is in the best interests
of its citizens to apply for Arizona Department of Housing CDBG Colonias Set Aside funding
for the Honea Heights Neighborhood.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA that Town staff is hereby authorized to apply to the State of
Arizona, Department of Housing for FY 2012/2013 CDBG Colonias Set Aside funds, and the
Town Manager is hereby authorized to sign application and contract or grant documents for
receipt and use of these funds for a Town-administered Owner-Occupied Housing Rehabilitation
Program to connect income-qualified Honea Heights Colonia homeowners to the sanitary sewer
system and to abandon existing septic systems.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed
and authorized to undertake all other and further tasks required or beneficial to implement and
complete the activities submitted in the application authorized by this resolution and to comply
with all Arizona Department of Housing CDBG Program guidelines, federal statutes, and
regulations applicable to the CDBG Program and the Colonias Set Aside funding.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana, Arizona,
this 2" day of July, 2013.
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