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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1995.11.09 - 24584MIAr7LTANPn17q RESOLUTION #95283 November 9, 1995 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES PALMER, CHAiRPERSUN IN RE: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION - 1995 HOUSING COUNSELING GRANT ACCEPTANCE To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners ChAirperqnn, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Section 106 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 and the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Independent Agencies Appropriation Act of 1995 authorized federal financial assistance for HUD approved Housing Counseling Agencies to implement housing counseling programs; and WHEREAS, HUD has designated the Oakland County Community Development Division's Housing Counseling unit to be a HUD approved housing counseling agency eligible to apply for and receive FY 1995 Housing Counseling funding; and WHEREAS, the Oakland County Community Development Division competed for funding under this Act nationally and has been awarded a FY 1995 Housing Counseling Grant totalling $37,000.00, a variance of 11.9% from the initial applieatloe amount of $42,000; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the grant is to provide a full range of housing counseling services, information, and assistance to housing consumers to assist them in improving their housing conditions and meeting the responsibilities of homeownership and tenancy including information for first time home buyers; pre- occupancy, rental delinquency and mortgage default assistance; Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Program; home improvement and rehAhi'itAt-ion resources; displacement and relocation resources; and pre-ft:DT-pc:insure aSsistance; and WHEREAS, the County intends to use $33,000.00 of the grant to deliver housing counseling services and up to $4,000.00 for information technology capacity building in accordance with federal housing counseling program guidelines; and WHEREAS, no county funds are required for the fiscal year 1995 grant; and WHEREAS, this grant agreement has been reviewed and approved through the County Executive's Contract Review Process. NOW THEREFORE BE 17 RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners accepts the 1995 Fiscal Year Housing Counseling Grant in the amount of $37,000.00. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the future level of service, including personnel, will be contingent upon the level of Federal funding available for this program. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that acceptance of this grant does not obligate the County to any future commitment. BE :T FURTHER RESOLVED that the rhairpprnn of the Board of Commissioners is authorized to execute the grant agreement and to approve amendments and extensions up to a fifteen percent (15 2a) variance from the award, consistent with the agreement as originally approved. rliirpprqnn, on behalf of the planning and building committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.,_ PLApTITO AND Buillik4 COMMITTEE ANCE/PERSONNEL COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 9, 1995 FISCAL NOTE (Nli sc. #95283) BY: FINANCE COMMITTEE, JOHN P. MCCULLOCH, CHAIRPERSON IN RE: COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - 1995 HOUSING COUNSELING GRANT ACCEPTANCE COUNTY BOARD OF COKM1SSIONERS Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: Pursuant to Rule XI1-G of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution #95283 and finds: 1) The Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated the Oakland County Community Development Division's Housing Counseling unit to be a HUD approved housing counseling agency eligible to apply for and receive FY 1995 Housing Counseling funding. Community Development competed for this funding and has been awarded a FY 1995 Housing Counseling Grant totaling $37,000, a variance of 11.9% from the initial application amount of $42,000. 3) Community Development intends to use $33,000 of the grant to deliver housing counseling services and up to $4,000 for information technology capacity building in accordance with federal housing counseling program guidelines. 4) No County funds are required for the fiscal year 1995 grant, and this grant does not obligate the County to any future commitment. Resolution #95283 November 9, 1995 Moved by Palmer supported by Devine the resolution be adopted. AYES: Kingzett, McCulloch, McPherson, Moffitt, Obrecht, Palmer, Powers, Quarles, Schmid, Taub, Wolf, Amos, Crake, Devine, Dingeldey, Douglas, Garfield, Holbert, Huntoon, Jacobs, Johnson, Kaczmar. (22) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefor, the resolution was adopted. 'WERE APPROV FOREGOING RESOLUTION IL Brooks P arson, County Executive Date STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) 1, Lynn D. Allen, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on November 9, 1995 with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 9th day c14„,Novemb&'-'1998-,, . LynA D. Allen, County Clerk