HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-50RESOLUTION NO. 2001- 50
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH
APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL/NATIVE AMERICAN
ALLOCATION OF THE STATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A GRANT AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS
THERETO WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS GRANT
WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program will assist local entities in
providing assistance to very Iow, Iow, and moderate income persons (Targeted Income Group); and
WHEREAS, the City of Ukiah has joined with the Ukiah Unified School District, the County of
Mendocino, the Ukiah Boys and Girls Club, the Ukiah Valley Cultural and Community Center, and several
non-profit community based organizations to develop a facility which will enhance the community's ability to
provide services to the Targeted Income Group; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that because of the number of children and the
economic conditions in the Ukiah area which require both parents of most families to work full time thus
increasing the risks of unsupervised children, there is a priority need in the Ukiah area for safe and
affordable non-school hour activities to meet the needs of area at risk youth; and
WHEREAS, the Boys and Girls Club of Ukiah has been very active in providing care and services to
the Targeted Income Group youth and is in need of a permanent youth development facility within which to
continue to provide these services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed site for this facility is surrounded by residential areas occupied by
Targeted Income Group families in need of supervised activities and appropriate space for their youth; and
WHEREAS, the Ukiah Unified School District is participating as a padner through the provision of
land and the joint development of an adjacent new elementary school and the County of Mendocino is
participating as a partner through the designation of $1,000,000 in Tobacco Settlement Funds for this
project.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Ukiah as follows:
1 ) The City Council has reviewed and hereby approves a CDBG application for up to $1,000,000
through a two year funding cycle for construction of the Ukiah Valley Cultural and Community
Center;
2) the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to act on the City of Ukiah's behalf in all
matters pertaining to this application; and
3) if the application is approved, the City Manager is authorized to enter into and sign the grant
agreement and any amendments thereto with the State of California for the purposes of this
grant.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of April 2001, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Councilmembers Larson, Smith, Libby, Baldwin, and Mayor Ashiku
Marie UIvila, City Clerk
Phillip ,~{,hiku, Mayor
Resolution No. 2001-50
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