3517.02 - Eligible activities.
The department of finance and management, in coordination with the development department shall develop all required plans which utilize the grant assistance from the federal government as provided for in the Act as well as any other available resources, financial or otherwise, for the following activities:
(a) Acquisition in whole or in part by purchase, lease, donation, or otherwise, of real property (including air rights, water rights and other interests therein), which is:
(1) Blighted, deteriorated, deteriorating, undeveloped, or inappropriately developed from the standpoint of sound community development and growth, as determined by the recipient pursuant to state and local laws;
(2) Appropriate for rehabilitation or conservation activities;
(3) Appropriate for the preservation or restoration of historic sites, the beautification of urban land, the conservation of open spaces, natural resources, and scenic areas and the provision of recreational opportunities;
(4) To be used for the provision of public works, facilities and improvements eligible for assistance under paragraph (b) of this section; or
(5) To be used for other public purposes, including the conversion of land to other uses where necessary or appropriate to the community development program.
(b) Acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or installation of the following public works, facilities, and site or other improvements: neighborhood facilities, senior centers, historic properties, utilities, streets, street lights, water and sewer facilities, foundations and platforms for air rights, sites, pedestrian malls and walkways, and parks, playgrounds, and other facilities for recreational participation: flood and drainage facilities in cases where assistance for such facilities has been determined to be unavailable under other Federal laws or programs; and parking facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, and fire protection services and facilities which are located in areas or which serve areas in which other community development activities are being undertaken with funds provided by the federal government under the Act.
(c) Code enforcement in deteriorated or deteriorating areas in which such enforcement, together with public improvements and services to be provided, may be expected to arrest the decline of the area.
(d) Clearance, demolition, removal, and rehabilitation of buildings and improvement to include the following:
(1) Interim assistance to alleviate harmful conditions in which public action is needed;
(2) Financing rehabilitation of privately owned properties through the use of grants, direct loans, loan guarantees and other means, when in support of other activities being undertaken with funds provided by the federal government under the Act;
(3) Demolition and modernization (but not new construction) of publicly owned low-rent housing.
(e) Special projects directed to the removal of material and architectural barriers which restrict the mobility and accessibility of elderly and disabled persons.
(f) Payments to housing owners for losses of rental income incurred in holding for temporary periods housing units to be utilized for the relocation of individuals and families displaced by program activities.
(g) Disposition, through sale, lease, donation, or otherwise of any real property acquired pursuant to this section or its retention for public purposes provided that the proceeds from any such disposition shall be expended only for activities in accordance with this section.
(h) Provision of public services not otherwise available in areas, or serving residents of areas, in which the recipient is undertaking, or will undertake, other activities with funds provided by the federal government under the Act, where such services are determined to be necessary or appropriate to support such other activities and where assistance in providing or securing such services under other applicable federal laws or programs has been applied for and denied or not made available pursuant to the provisions of the Act. For the purposes of this paragraph, such services shall be directed toward improving the community's public services and facilities including those concerned with the employment, economic development, crime prevention, child care, health, drug abuse, education, welfare, or recreation needs of persons residing in such areas, and coordinating public and private development programs.
(i) Payment of the nonfederal share required in connection with a federal grant-in-aid program undertaken as part of the community development program; provided, that such payment shall be limited to activities otherwise eligible under this section.
(j) Payment of the cost of completing a project funded under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, including the provisions for financial settlement contained in Subpart I.
(k) Relocation payments and assistance for individuals, families, businesses, organizations, and farm operations displaced by activities assisted under this section, including all benefits at least equal to the minimum levels established under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
(l) Activities necessary to develop a comprehensive community development plan (which plan may address the needs, strategy, and objectives summarized in the application to the federal government for a grant under the Act but may treat only such public services as are necessary or appropriate to support activities meeting such needs and objectives), and to develop a policy-planning management capacity so that the city may more rationally and effectively:
(1) Determine its needs;
(2) Set long-term goals and short-term objectives;
(3) Devise programs and activities to meet the goals and objectives;
(4) Evaluate the progress of such programs and objectives;
(5) Carry out management, coordination, and monitoring of activities necessary for effective program implementation.
(m) Payment of reasonable administrative costs and carrying charges related to planning and execution of community development activities.
(n) Such other activities which are or may from time to time be prescribed in the Act or any successor program thereto.
(Ord. 162-92; Ord. 1102-05 § 1 (part).) (Ord. No. 2019-2021, § 1, 7-26-2021)
