HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2011-41COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY OF KAUAI RE~DCUtiDTC No 201191 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE KAUAI COUNTY 2011 ACTION PLAN (HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM) WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR A GRANT UNDER TITLE II OF THE CRANSTON-GONZALEZ NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING ACT (PUBLIC LAW 101-625), AS AMENDED WHEREAS, The County of Kauai is required to complete and file an annual Action Plan to the 5-Year Consolidated Plan pursuant to 24 CFR §91.200 describing how federal resources are being invested in achieving priorities for affordable housing, homelessness, and non-housing community development; and WHEREAS, The Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development is authorized to award HOME Investment Partnerships Program Grants (hereinafter "HOME") with the primary objective of expanding the supply of decent, safe, sanitary and affordable housing,principally for very-low and low-income persons; and WHEREAS, It is required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (hereinafter "HUD") that, in connection with the filing, of an application for assistance under the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act of 1990, as amended,the applicant submit certifications assuring conformance to related rules, regulations and law;now, therefore,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUAI, STATE OF HAWAII:1. That Mayor Bernard P. Carvalho, Jr., or his designated representative, is authorized to execute and submit the 2011 Action Plan to the County's 5-Year Consolidated Plan covering years 2010-2015, to aid in the financing of HUD-approved housing projects for the HOME Program.2. That the Housing Director, County Engineer, County Attorney, Director of Planning, Director of Economic Development, Director of Personnel Services, Manager and Chief Engineer for the Department of Water, and Director of Finance, are authorized to execute and file with such application, assurances or any document required by HUD or State of Hawaii in connection with the Action Plan.3. That the County Housing Agency is authorized to receive and expend an estimated allocation of NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND AND NO/DOLLARS ($973,000.00) in Program Year 2011 HOME funds made available by HUD and the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation for the following activities: