HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-34 Relocation Asst. PlanRESOLUTION NO. 94-
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND
RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ASHLAND.
RECITALS:
A. Federal regulations require that cities receiving Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds adopt and follow a residential antidisplacement and relocation
assistance plan for activities assisted utilizing those funds.
B. It is in the public interest and consistent with other adopted city policies that the
following plan be adopted.
THE CITY OF ASHLAND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 104(d) of the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, the following is adopted as the
City of Ashland's Residential Antidisplacement and Relocation Assistance Plan:
RESIDENTIAL ANTIDISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PLAN
1. All occupied and vacant occupiable low/moderate-income dwelling units
demolished or converted to a use other than as low/moderate-income housing in
connection with an activity assisted with funds provided under the Housing and
Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, will be replaced with other
low/moderate-income dwelling units as described in 24 CFR 570.606(c).
2. All replacement housing will be provided within three years after the
commencement of the demolition or conversion. Before the City commits to provide
funds for an activity that will directly result in demolition or conversion of
low/moderate-income dwelling units, the city will publish in a newspaper of general
circulation and submit to HUD the following information:
2.1. A description of the proposed assisted activity;
2.2. The location on a map and number of dwelling units by size (number of
bedrooms) that will be demolished or converted to a use other than as
low/moderate-income dwelling units as a direct result of the assisted activities;
2.3. A time schedule for the commencement and completion of the demolition
or conversion;
2.4. The location on a map and the number of dwelling units by size (number
of bedrooms) that will be provided as replacement dwelling units. If such data is not
available at the time of the general submission, the city will identify the general location
on an area map and the approximate number of dwelling units by size and provide
information identifying the specific location and number of dwelling units by size as
soon as it is available;
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2.5. The source of funding and a time schedule for the provision of the
replacement dwelling units;
2.6. The basis for concluding that each replacement dwelling unit will remain a
low/moderate-income dwelling unit for at least ten years from the date of initial
occupancy;
2.7. Information demonstrating that any proposed replacement of dwelling units
with smaller dwelling units (e.g., a two-bedroom unit with two one-bedroom units) is
consistent with the housing needs of lower-income households within the city.
3. The city administrator or designee shall be responsible for tracking the replacement
of housing and ensuring that it is provided within the required period of time. The city
administrator or designee shall also be responsible for ensuring that requirements are
met for notification and the provision of relocation assistance as described in 24 CFR
570.606(c)(2) to any lower-income person displaced by either the demolition of any
dwelling unit or the conversion of a low/moderate-income dwelling unit to another use
in connection with an assisted activity.
4. Consistent with the goals and objectives of activities assisted under the Act, the city
will take the following steps to minimize the displacement of persons from their homes:
4.1. In order to determine project feasibility during the selection of assisted
activities, all project descriptions will address issues of displacement and have budgets
which include relocation costs if displacement is anticipated. Projects/activities
involving displacement will be approved only if costs are deemed reasonable in
relation to the goal of the project/activity.
4.2. Stage the rehabilitation of units to allow tenants to remain during and after
rehabilitation by working with empty units first if feasible to do so.
4.3. Enforce the city's condominium conversion ordinance which provides
reasonable protection for tenants faced with conversion to a condominium.
This resolution was read by title only in accordance with Ashland Municipal Code
§2.04,090 duly PASSED and ADOPTED this
'Nan E. l~ranklin, City Recorder
SIGNED and APPROVED this/~'~' day of
Paul Nolte, City Attorney
/~'7~day of
,1994.
1994.
Catherine M. Golden, Mayor
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