HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 77-28CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
~9o 40TH AVENUE N. E.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MINN. 55421
(612) 788-9221
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
OUR NATION'S
BICENTENNIAL
RESOLLq' I ON ,~77-28
BRUCE G. NAWROCKI, MAYOR
E. '~SEBE" HEINTZ COUNCILMAN
WALTER LOGACZ. COUNCILMAN
GAYLE R. NORBERG, COUNCILMAN
KENNETH E. HEN~GES, COUNCILMAN
"SERVICE IS OUR BUSINESS"
APPROVING ~PPJ~ICAT,~ON FOR PRELIMINARY LOAN
FOR LOW--~NT PUBLIC HOUSING
t~II~ ~;~S , it is the policy of this locality te ~iiminate ,' ¢:.~,-~o--F~
~d ot]~er inadequate housi]~g, to prevent the spread of slums and blight, a:od to
realize as soon as ~e~s~=~e the goat of a decer~t home in a suz'tao~e livmng
environment for alt of its citizens; and,
~FHEP~AS, trader the provisions o£ the United State Hous:[ng Act of
1937, as ame~]ded., the United States of America, acting through *'~[~e Secretary of
Hot]sing and Urban Development ~herein called the "Govekmment")~ is guthorized to
provide financial assistmnce to local public housing agencies for undertaking
and carrying out preliminary planning of low-rent housing projects that will
assist in meeting this goal~ and,
i¥]{EP~EAS, the Act provides that there shall be local detcr~ii:'iaticn
of need zo~ low-rent housing to meet needs not'0cmno' ~ adequately met by r~rivate
enterprise and that the Government shall not make any contract with a p{~blic
housing agency for prelimina.~.7' loans for surveys ~d planning in respect to
amy low-rent housing projects ~less the gove~ing body of the locality involved
has by resolution approved the application of the public ho~sing agency fer
such pre!imina~Dz lo~; and,
WHERJ~AS, the Housing amd Redevelopment Authority of Co!umfoia Heights,
~q' (herein called ~he ';Local Authority") is a p~blic housing agency and is
applying to the Government for a preliminary loo_n to cover Mze costs of surveys
and piannSng Zn connection with tile deYetopment of low-rent _housing;
NOW, t ~-~ r
~H=~IEFOPS, be it resolved by the City Co~,cii of th~ City of
Columbia Heights, ~{~ as follows:
That there exists in the C;*y of Colm~foia '=ezoh~s:' c~. '- , ~< e. need
for such low-rent housing which is not being met by private
enterprise ~
2. That t.he application of the Local Authori'ty to the Gove~mment
for a preliminary loan in an amoo~t nor. to exceed $S:00O for
surveys and planning in cennectmon with low,-rent hou-~ing projects
of not to exceed appro>:imately ten (~0) existing sS.~g~e fm'~ily
dweilipg %mi'ts is hereby approved.
Passed 'Chis 23sd day of May? Z977.
Sec:cut, deal by: Hentges
Roll Call: logacz, Heintz, Hentges--a
No ~be ~g- - n ay Cou~'~
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Secretary