HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-075-04/21/1998-APPROVING THE CITYS FLOOD RECOVERY ACTION PLAN AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF $511,740 OF DISASTER RESOLUTION 98-75
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE CITY'S FLOOD RECOVERY ACTION
PLAN AND APPROVING THE ALLOCATION OF $511,740 OF
DISASTER RECOVERY INITIATIVE FUNDS FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT'S
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on July 28, 1997, a flash flood hit Fort Collins resulting in the loss of five lives
and the loss of 120 mobile homes, and causing over$200 million in damage; and
WHEREAS, on August 1, 1997, President Clinton declared Larimer County a disaster area,
thereby qualifying the community for various types of federal disaster assistance programs; and
WHEREAS, one such program is the Disaster Recovery Initiative Funds from HUD's
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program which provides disaster recovery funds
for those flood-related needs which are not met by other federal programs; and
WHEREAS, on January 28, 1998,HUD announced that the City would receive $511,740 of
Disaster Recovery Initiative Funds; and
WHEREAS,a Flood Recovery Action Plan is required by HUD to access Disaster Recovery
Initiative Funds; and
WHEREAS,since September of 1997,the City's CDBG Commission,City staff,and various
agencies and citizens have been working to develop the Flood Recovery Action Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the City Manager is hereby authorized to submit the City's Flood Recovery Action
Plan, dated April 21, 1998 and on file in the office of the City Clerk, to the Department of Housing
and Urban Development, which Plan provides for the use of $511,740 of Disaster Recovery
Initiative Funds from the Community Development Block Grant Program as follows:
FUNDING APPLICANT PROGRAM/PROJECT
$141,000 Ft. Collins Housing Auth. Down payment Assistance for Via Lopez
Project
300,000 City of Fort Collins Avery Park Detention Pond Improvements
46,740 Neighbor-to-Neighbor Multi-Family Apartment Acquisition
24,000 City of Fort Collins Down payment Assistance Program
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
21st day of April, A.D. 1998.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk