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BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Commissioners ("Board") of the Columbia Heights Economic Development
Authority (the "Authority") as follows:
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights (the "City") and the Authority have collaborated to create a certain
Fa�ade Improvement Grant Program (the "Program"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to guidelines established for the Program, the Authority is to award and administer a
series of grants to eligible commercial )&rojea�,; owners
store fronts, increasing business vitality and economic performance, and decreasing criminal activity along
Central Avenue Northeast, in the City's Central Business district, pursuant to a Fa�ade Improvement Grant
Agreement with various property owners and/or tenants (the "Grant Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program, the City is to coordinate a surveillance camera monitoring program by
placing surveillance cameras on some of the storefronts that are part of the Program for the purposes of
improving public safety in and around the Central Business District; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has reviewed copies of the proposed form of the Grant Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Authority hereby approves the form and substance of the Grant
Agreement, and approves the Authority entering into the Grant Agreement with various grant recipients, as
recommended by the Community Development Department of the City, in accordance with the Program
guidelines.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Marlaine Szurek, as the President of the Authority, is hereby authorized,
empowered and directed for and on behalf of the Authority to enter into the various Grant Agreements.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Marlaine Szurek, as the President of the Authority, is hereby authorized and
directed to execute and take such action as he/she deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the purpo
• the foregoing resolutions, I
i7smem "Arju
Assistant Secretary
Resolution 2018-11