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File #: 0036-2009    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 1/6/2009 In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
On agenda: 1/26/2009 Final action: 1/28/2009
Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Greater Linden Development Corporation for costs associated with revitalization efforts in the Greater Linden area; to authorize the expenditure of $28,753.00 from the 2009 Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($28,753.00)
Explanation

BACKGROUND: The Greater Linden Development Corporation, formed in 1994, is a not-for-profit organization. The organization is the area's primary coordinating, long-term planning and economic development entity. The Greater Linden Development Corporation also positively impacts the community through activities and programs that provide adequate housing and a robust retail and commercial environment within a safer and more secure Greater Linden area.

Funds for this activity will be for administrative purposes only.

Emergency action is requested to allow the above activities to continue without interruption.

FISCAL IMPACT: $28,753 in 2009 CDBG funds has been allocated for this purpose.


Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Greater Linden Development Corporation for costs associated with revitalization efforts in the Greater Linden area; to authorize the expenditure of $28,753.00 from the 2009 Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($28,753.00)


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WHEREAS, the Greater Linden Development Corporation is a not-for-profit organization formed in 1994: and

WHEREAS, the Greater Linden area is in need of major housing and commercial revitalization efforts, and

WHEREAS, the Greater Linden Development Corporation will be responsible for these efforts in the Greater Linden area, and

WHEREAS, the CDBG funds allocated to the Greater Linden Development Corporation will be for administrative purposes only, and

WHEREAS, emergency action is required to allow the above activities to continue without interruption; and

WHEREAS, this ordinance is contingent upon the passage of ordinance 0005-2009 authorizing the appropriation of Community Development Block Grant funds; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract, all for th...

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