Number
R_12728
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving the Grant Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the Choice Neighborhood Implementation Grant and authorizing the Secretary-Executive Director to sign the Grant Agreement, the Assistance Award/Amendment form (HUD-1044) and any subsequent documents
Analysis
Body
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) in partnership with the City of Milwaukee submitted a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant application for the Westlawn neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority was a co-applicant and the City of Milwaukee was the lead applicant; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority and the City of Milwaukee were notified in September that their application for $30 million to revitalize the Westlawn neighborhood was selected for funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sent a Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant Agreement and an Assistance Award/Amendment, which memorializes the agreements made between the lead applicant and co-applicant, as the grantees, and HUD, and incorporates all documents relating to the grant, including the FY2014-15 Notice of Funding Availability, our application, and all subsequent documents to us for signature; and
WHEREAS, the Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant application identified the Milwaukee Public Schools as the Principal Education Partner, the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee as Neighborhood Implementation Entity, and the Housing Authority as the Housing and People Implementation Entity; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee that the Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority is hereby authorized and directed to execute and sign Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant document...
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