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Resolution authorizing the Director of Development to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of West Allis, the City of Milwaukee and other local governmental entities and/or PHAs for a regional Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Plan, which includes the pledge and payment of $10,000 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
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WHEREAS, the City of West Allis (the “City”) is an entitlement community and receives an annual allocation of approximately $1 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and,
WHEREAS, the City may use up to 20% of its annual CDBG allocation towards administrative expenses; and,
WHEREAS, HUD has published a Final Rule, directing all entitlement communities and Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) to adopt an Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Plan, a duty to affirmatively further the purposes and policies of the Fair Housing Act, which is title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968; and,
WHEREAS, HUD is encouraging West Allis to join a regional fair housing effort through the adoption of a regional AFFH Plan, which includes collaborating with the City of Milwaukee, the lead agency, Milwaukee County, the City of Wauwatosa, and possibly other local governmental entities and/or PHAs, including the Community Development Authority of the City of West Allis; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Milwaukee is in the process of drafting a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a regional AFFH Plan by and between the participating local governmental entities and/or PHAs listed above; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Milwaukee as the lead agency will be issuing a Request for Proposal, or similar document, for consulting services for the regional AFFH Plan, on behalf of the participating agencies, and has requested financial commitment from the participating agencies; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Development recommends pledging and making payment to the City of Milwaukee, the amount of $10,000, funded from FY2016 CDBG administrative funds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West Allis as follows:
1. That the Director of Development, or his designee, is authorized to enter into and negotiate for a Memorandum of Understanding by and between the City of West Allis, the City of Milwaukee and other local governmental entities and/or PHAs for a regional Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Plan, which includes the pledge and payment of $10,000 from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program.
2. That the sum of $10,000 be and is hereby appropriated from FY2016 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) administrative funds.
3. That the City Attorney be and is hereby authorized to make such substantive and non-substantive changes, modifications, additions and deletions to and from the various provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding, including any and all attachments, exhibits, addendums and amendments, as may be necessary and proper to correct inconsistencies, eliminate ambiguity and otherwise clarify and supplement said provisions to preserve and maintain the general intent thereof, and to prepare and deliver such other and further documents as may be reasonably necessary to complete the transactions contemplated therein.
cc: Department of Development
Grants Accounting Specialist
DEV-R-868-12-20-16