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RESOLUTION NO. 5682 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHANDLER, ARIZONA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ALLOCATE FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM FUNDS; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF ALL CONTRACTS AND SUBRECIPIENT AGREEMENTS; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY AND PRUDENT TO IMPLEMENT THE ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. WHEREAS, the City of Chandler anticipates receiving a Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2023-2024 annual allocation of federal HOME Investment Partnerships Program (“HOME”) funds through the Maricopa HOME Consortium through its entitlement from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to use for the City’s FY 2023-2024 HOME program; and WHEREAS, Title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (the “Act”) makes available funds to assist the City of Chandler in creating a more viable community; and WHEREAS, decent, safe, affordable housing is at the core of family stability and strong neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, since 1982, the HOME program has expanded the supply of decent, safe, affordable housing; strengthened public-private partnerships; improved the lives of individuals with low- and moderate-income; and strengthened neighborhoods; and WHEREAS, the HOME program provides no or low interest loans or grants for the rehabilitation of existing low-income homeowner properties; and WHEREAS, the HOME program is cost effective and strengthens public-private partnerships by leveraging additional private resources for HOME projects; and WHEREAS, the City of Chandler, as a member of the Maricopa HOME Consortium, has agreed to comply with the Citizen Participation Plan prepared by the Maricopa County Human Services Department on behalf of all HOME Consortium members for CDBG and HOME funds; and WHEREAS, the City of Chandler, in coordination with the City’s Housing and Human Services Commission, assessed needs, held two public hearings, and presented the draft FY 2023-2024 HOME funding recommendations for public consideration by making it available for public comment for the HUD required 30-day citizen participation review and comment period; and WHEREAS, City of Chandler staff have worked in coordination with Maricopa County to prepare an Annual Action Plan for the Maricopa HOME Consortium for the use of HOME resources for FY 2023-2024. Resolution 5682 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, as follows: Section 1. Approving and authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to make, on behalf of the City, the submittal of an application to HUD, through the Maricopa HOME Consortium, for the City’s FY2023-2024 HOME program funds. Section 2. Authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to: (a) submit with the application all documents, submissions, plans, and materials required by the Act; and (b) prepare, submit, negotiate, and execute all contracts for services and to use the funds to be made available to the City under Title II of the Act for financing and implementation of all referenced City programs and projects. Section 3. Authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to provide required policy and administrative assurances including civil rights, equal opportunity, citizen participation, relocation and property acquisition, environmental assurances, labor standards, and others as may be specified under federal law in 24 CFR Part 92. Section 4. Authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to take those actions necessary and prudent to implement the City’s HOME program for FY 2023-2024, including, but not limited to, executing subrecipient agreements, expending funds, hiring personnel or contractors, scheduling activities, establishing procedures for monitoring and evaluating program activities, and other steps necessary to ensure that the HOME program can be carried out in a timely and effective manner, including but not limited to the establishing administrative procedures not inconsistent with federal, state or local law. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, this ____ day of April, 2023. ATTEST: _________________________________ _______________________________ CITY CLERK MAYOR Resolution 5682 Page 3 CERTIFICATION I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 5682 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chandler, Arizona, at a regular meeting held on the _____ day of April, 2023 and that a quorum was present thereat. ____________________________ CITY CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ____________________________ CITY ATTORNEY