Board Bill Number 231 In Session 2008-2009

Summary

BOARD BILL NO. 231 INTRODUCED BY: Alderman Alfred Wessels, Jr. An ordinance, recommended by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, authorizing the Mayor of the City of St. Louis, on behalf of the City, to submit a 2009 Annual Action Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") as required to apply for funding under the Federal Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG"), HOME Investment Partnership ("HOME"), Emergency Shelter Grant ("ESG") and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS ("HOPWA") Entitlement Programs, authorizing and directing the Mayor and the Comptroller on behalf of the City to enter into and execute agreements with HUD for the receipt of 2009 CDBG, HOME, ESG and HOPWA funds, appropriating the sum of Twenty-One Million Three Hundred Seventy-Eight Thousand Five Hundred Forty-Five Dollars ($21,378,545) which the City estimates will be available for the 2009 CDBG Program Year; appropriating the sum of Four Million Two Hundred Seven Thousand, Five Hundred Three Dollars ($4,207,503) which the City estimates will be available for the 2009 HOME Program Year; appropriating the sum of Seven Hundred Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($715,000) which the City estimates will be available from income generated by prior year Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) projects; appropriating the sum of Eight Hundred Eighty-Five Thousand, Two Hundred Thirty-Seven Dollars ($885,237) which the City estimates will be available for the 2009 ESG Program Year; and appropriating the sum of One Million Two Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($1,227,000) which the City estimates will be available for the 2009 HOPWA Program Year, authorizing and directing the Director of the Community Development Administration ("CDA") to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of CDBG, HOME, and UDAG repayment funds, to establish and implement a lump sum drawdown procedure for the purpose of financing property rehabilitation activities, and/or to establish and implement a procedure for providing financial assistance to CDBG-eligible undertakings through float loan financing, authorizing and directing the Director of the Department of Human Services ("DHS") to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of ESG funds, authorizing and directing the Director of Health and Hospitals to contract with municipal agencies, non-profit corporations and other entities, as necessary for the expenditure of HOPWA funds, and directing the Comptroller to issue warrants thereon upon the City Treasury; and containing an emergency clause.

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