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Resolution approving Financial Assistance Advance (Loan) to the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center located at 6213 W. Lapham Street (Horace Mann School) in an amount not to exceed $10,000
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WHEREAS, the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center is supported by the City of West Allis through the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) to provide parenting counseling to low/moderate-income residents of West Allis; and,
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis is committed to the program goals of the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center and recognizes the importance of educating parents and children about the importance of family and a healthy home; and,
WHEREAS, the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center has recently changed operating policies resulting in a cash flow dilemma that could result in possible closure of the center; and,
WHEREAS, the City has a contract with the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center for activities that are eligible for reimbursement through the CDBG Program, however, HUD, on an annual basis, is continually slow to approve the Funding Contract that releases CDBG Funds to the City of West Allis; and,
WHEREAS, under this resolution, the Director of Development is authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement for the terms and conditions of repayment of the Financial Assistance Advance (Loan).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council approves a Financial Assistance Advance (Loan) to the West Allis-West Milwaukee Family Resource Center in an amount not to exceed $10,000, to be allocated from the City of West Allis Contingency Account.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Attorney be and is hereby authorized to make such non-substantive changes, modifications, additions and deletions to and from the various provisions of the Memorandum of Agreement, including any and all attachments, exhibits, addendums and amendments, as may be ne...
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