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Home My WebLink About1972-06-01 - Minutesa # # o • 1 �aa as aA REGION VI REGIONAL OFFICE FORT WORTH, TEXAS 1 •i • DEPARTMENT. OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA OFFICE UNION NATIONAL BANK BUILDING, ai UNION NATIONAL PLAZA LITTLE ROCK; ARKANSAS 77201 June 1,1972 Honorable Joe Fred Starr Mayor, City of Fayetteville Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Dear Mayor Starr: C- l -7Z AREA OFFICES Dallas, Texas Ladle Rock, Arkansas NN Orleans, Louisiana Oklahoma Cltr, Oklahoma Sam Antonio, Texas President Nixon and Secretary Romney have stressed the need for better coordination between federal programs and local needs as defined by local officials with emphasis on what can be accomplished. by this partnership on an annual basis. This office is again preparing to work with selected cities to accomplish an agreement between the needs of these cities relative to the programs we have available so that a "p'ackage'r of assistance on an annual basis can be arranged with an earmarked* ng, commitment. We call this the."Annual Arrangement'' an 'believe that it presents a great opportunity for the best utilization of our programs. It improves coordination of the local government -federal government roles and also permits each side to help the other in working out basic difficulties -in advance. If your city is interested in competing for an annual arrangement, I invite your submission by July 3, 1972 of a comprehensive community development statement in accordance with the attached leaflet, Sincerely, V l vhtir: ;"l�Ll c V Sterling R. Cockrill, JZ�. Acting Area Director 1� •ice • DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AREA OFFICE Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 June 1, 1972 HUD ANNUAL ARRANGEMENTS - DEFINITIONS,OBJECTIVES, AND GUIDE FOR PREPARING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT This informational leaflet has been prepared to acquaint mayors, city councilmen, city managers and others with a new and optional method by which cities may use housing and community development programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This new method is known as. "annual arrangements," A. DEFINITIONS• 1. Annual Arrangement. An annual arrangement is a negotiated commitment • between the Mayor and the City Council on the part of the City and the Area Director on the part of HUD under which HUD assures (subject to appropriation by Congress), that definite amounts of specific program funds have been earmarked for the City for the fiscal year and that such specific program funds will be made available upon subsequent submission and satisfactory HUD review of applications under the respective programs, 2. Community Development Statement, A brief statement submitted by the City which identifies: (1) All significant community development problems; (2) Multiple -year (no more than three years) and annual objectives with respect to HUD's community development and low and moderate income housing programs; and (3) Strategies and priorities concerning the use of these programs. Where the.City intends to use • programs which require by statute a Workable Program, the Community Development Statement can be combined with the -Workable Program submission, r 3 Be OBJECTIVES The objectives of the annual arrangements approach are as follows: 1. To improve City Hall's capacity to match city needs with limited HUD and local resources; 2. To improve City Hall's capacity to coordinate public and quasi - public agencies; 3. To improve City Hall's capacity to entertain a meaningful dialogue with citizens and resident groups relative to resources allocation decisions; 4. To provide a basis for the City and HUD to agree early in the fiscal year upon definite program commitments and thereby eliminate the submission of applications which cannot be funded; S. To provide a vehicle for HUD to effectively match, ration, and • 'coordinate delivery of scarce program funds to and among communities; 6. To reach an agreement on the location of any low and moderate income housing to be built in the city under the annual arrangement. C, OUTLINE OF PROCEDURE 1. City prepares and submits a Community Development Statement to the BUD Area Director. A statement prepared by your local staff is preferable to a consultant -prepared statement. { 2. The HUD.Area Director, on the basis of the Community Development Statement and funds available or likely to become available during the fiscal year, determines the feasibility of an annual arrangement and.'notifies the City of his determination. • 30 Representatives of the selected city meet with the HUD Area Director and undertake negotiations toward development of an annual arrangement agreement. .. r' 3 • 4, When negotiations are successfully completed, the annual arrangement agreement is signed, The agreement will'state the amounts and conditions for HUD funding of appropriate parts of the City's ` community development program under specific HUD categorical programs, 5. The City submits categorical program applications to the HUD Area Office within the framework of the annual arrangement,agreement. Such applications are given priority processing inasmuch asfunds will have been previously. earmarked for them, i' 6._ Upon approval of each respective categorical application the project covered by the particular application can proceed without waiting for some other project in the annual arrangement unless the utility of the projects is interdependent... • D. GUIDE FOR PREPARATION OF COD'MUNITY DEVELOPMENT STATEMENT (CDS) The Community Development Statement should briefly.summarize problems related to the condition of the local housing stock and the local environment. Social and economic problems should be identified in relation to national objectives of "a decent home in a suitable living environment for every American." The statement should also summarize the City's objectives concerning:the identified problems and these sit objectives should reflect targets relevant to HUD's programs, In addition, the statement should generally define how the City intends to use not only HUD's programs but other related programs to meet the stated problems and objectives and it should list priorities with respect to such programs, For example, the contents of the statement could be approximately as follows: i • 4 1. General information about the city - name, population, name, address, and telephone number of chief elected official and of chief administrative official. 2. Description and extent of city's needs and problems, (Be as specific as possible; use maps where appropriate.) 3. Description and extent of city's resources to meet the needs and problems identified in item 2. 4. What types and amounts of assistance are needed from HUD, e.g., low-income housing, water and sewer grant, renewal assistance, code enforcement, etc. List in priority order. Indicate the amounts needed for fiscal years 1973, 1974 and"1975,, as appropriate. Indicate the amount, source and availability of any'required matching funds. The CDS should be prepared by the city staff and should be kept to not more than 20 pages if possible. The•CDS should be submitted to the HUD Area Director by July 3., 1972: 0