1996-09-18 Dana City Miscellaneous Documents (CDBG Assurances)

1996-09-18 Dana City Miscellaneous Documents (CDBG Assurances)

CDBG assurances; assurances; certification; Community Development Block Grant; CDBG; Xenia Rural Water; Zenia Rural Water; Xenia Rural Water District; Rural Water; 1996 CDBG; Civil Rights Act; fair housing; citizen participation; low and moderate income; Davis-Bacon Act; displacement; Jack Pedersen; George Brabbs; Dana, Iowa

Dana's signed certification for the Iowa CDBG Program, covering minimal displacement, civil rights and fair housing, citizen participation, limits on assessing capital costs against low and moderate income owners, and a list of federal and state requirements. Signed by Jack Pedersen, Mayor, and George Brabbs, City Clerk, on September 18, 1996.

City of Dana, Iowa

City of Dana, Iowa

City of Dana, Iowa

1996-09-18

City of Dana, Iowa

Printed pages on white paper

American English

Public government records

Dana, Greene County, Iowa

CITY OF DANA
ASSURANCES

I, Jack Pedersen ___, hereby certify that in carrying out the activities funded under the Iowa
CDBG Program the City of Dana:

A) will minimize displacement of persons as a result of such activities;

B) will conduct and administer the program in conformity with Public Law 88-352 (Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964), and Public Law 90-284 (Title VIII of Civil rights Act of 1968), and
will affirmatively further fair housing;

C) will provide for opportunities for citizen participation, hearings, and access to information with
respect to our community development program comparable to the requirements found under
sections 104(a)(2) and 104(a)(3) of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1974 as amended through 1987; and

D) will not attempt to recover any capital costs of public improvements assisted in whole or part
under the Iowa CDBG Program by assessing any amount against properties owned and occupied
by persons of low and moderate income, including any fee charged or assessment made as a
condition of obtaining access to such public improvements, unless (i) funds received under the
Iowa CDBG Program are used to pay the proportion of such fee or assessment that relates to
capital costs of such public improvements that are financed from revenue sources other than
under Public Law 93-383, as amended, or (ii) for purposes of assessing any amount against
properties owned and occupied by persons of low and moderate income who are not persons of
very low income, the city has certified to the State it lacks sufficient funds received under the
Iowa CDBG Program to comply with the requirements of clause (i) above.

I also certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, data in the application is true and
correct, including commitment of local resources; the document has been duly authorized by the

governing body of the applicant; and the applicant will comply with all applicable federal and state
requirements, including the following, if assistance is approved:

A. Civil Rights Acts

B. Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended;
C. Age Discrimination Act of 1975;

D. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;

E. Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 276a-276a-5), where applicable under Section 110 of
the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended;

F. 24 Code of Federal Regulations Part 58

G. National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

H. Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, as amended;
I. State of Iowa Citizen Participation Plan;

J. Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act;

K. Residential Anti-Displacement and Relocation Assistance Plan;

L. Government-Wide Restriction on Lobbying;

M. Community Builder Certification Requirement; and

N. Prohibition of the Use of Excessive Force.

Jack Pedersen, Mayor of Dana. Signature: [signature: Jack Pedersen] Date: 9-18-96
George Brabbs, City Clerk of Dana. Signature: [signature: George Brabbs] Date: 9-18-96