HomeMy WebLinkAbout5908 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1977/11/21November 21, 1977
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RESOLUTION NO. 5908
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING ST. LOUIS PARK
HOUSING REHABILITATION GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted a Community Development Program
setting forth goals and objectives for the City, and
WHEREAS, one of the goals of the City's Community Development Program
is to provide safe and adequate housing for all citizens by eliminating
potential sources of deteriorating housing, and
WHEREAS, the objective toward meeting this goal is the implementation
of a Housing Rehabilitation Program which will facilitate the repair and
general upgrading of deficient housing of St. Louis Park and enable
compliance of all substandard houses with minimum housing code standards,
and
WHEREAS, a program has been designed which provides financial assistance
in the form of grants to be used for the purpose of repairing, rehabilitating
and improving single family houses in St. Louis Park, and
WHEREAS, in addition to protection and betterment of the City's housing
stock, the Housing Rehabilitation Grant Program will help protect neighborhoods
against declining real estate values, assure the availability of safe, sound
and attractive housing opportunities for all ages and provide for the overall
enhancement of homes, neighborhoods and the entire community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park, Minnesota, that staff be and is hereby directed to implement a
housing repair assistance program by making grants to low -and moderate -income
families that shall be known as the St. Louis Park Housing Rehabilitation Grant
Program, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this program shall be funded with monies
appropriated for this purpose through the Community Development Block Grant3Program.
Adop ed by the City Council November 21, 1977
Mayo
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Approved as to Form and Legality: