HomeMy Public PortalAbout054-2003 _Grant-Starr-Gennett area-Indiana Department of Commerce_ORDINANCE NO. 54-2003
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL,
ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM
THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE CDBG BROWNFIELDS
REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, recognizes the need to stimulate
growth and to maintain a sound economy within its corporate limits; and
WHEREAS, the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, authorizes
the Indiana Department of Commerce to provide grants to local units of
government to meet the housing and community development needs of low and
moderate income persons; and
WHEREAS, the Indiana Department of Commerce Community Development Block Grant
Program has funding available; and
WHEREAS, The City of Richmond, Indiana desires to submit a grant application to assist
with expenses to redevelop the Starr-Gennett area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond, Indiana will conduct public hearings prior to the submission
of an application to the Indiana Department of Commerce, said public hearings to
assess the housing, public facilities and economic needs of its low and moderate
income residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, as follows:
The Mayor of the City of Richmond is authorized to prepare and submit a CDBG Brownfields
grant application for up to Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00) in grant funding to
address the redevelopment of the Starr-Gennett area of the Whitewater Valley Gorge, and to
execute and administer a resultant grant including requisite general administration and project
management, contracts and agreements pursuant to regulations of the Indiana Department of
Commerce and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
2. The City of Richmond is authorized to accept said grant funding in an amount up to Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($600,000.00.).
3. The City of Richmond, Indiana hereby commits to provide local funds in an amount up to Sixty-
six Thousand Dollars ($66,000.00), in the form of local funds, as matching funds for said
program, such commitment to be contingent upon receipt of the above CDBG funding from the
Indiana Department of Commerce.
Passed and adopted this 4th day of August 2003, by the Common Council of the City of
Richmond, Indiana.
S/S Bing Welch President
(Bing Welch)
ATTEST: S/S Norma Schroeder City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)
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PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _5th day of August_, 2003,
at 9:00 a.m.
S/S Norma Schroeder , City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)
APPROVED by me, Shelley D. Miller, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _5th day of
_August_, 2003, at 9:05 a.m.
S/S Shelley D. Miller , Mayor
(Shelley D. Miller)
ATTEST: S/S Norma Schroeder , City Clerk
(Norma Schroeder)
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