RESOLUTION NO. 31-11

A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2011 ANALYSIS OF IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE STUDY FOR THE GRAND JUNCTION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM

RECITALS.

WHEREAS, the City of Grand Junction was designated as an Entitlement Community by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1996;

WHEREAS, this designation entitles Grand Junction to an annual grant of funds under the CDBG Program;

WHEREAS, to be eligible for funding, the City of Grand Junction must conduct an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice study to be adopted by the City, which serves as a federally required planning document that guides community development efforts in Grand Junction;

WHEREAS, the primary objective of the City’s 2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice is to promote fair housing for the citizens of Grand Junction and to determine what impediments to fair housing exist, what steps have been taken to eliminate impediments, and what positive actions are being implemented to promote fair housing as well as documentation showing the positive enforcement;

WHEREAS, the planning process in developing the 2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice included an emphasis on Citizen Participation and interagency involvement; and

WHEREAS, the 2011 Five Year Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice established recommendations the City should take to foster fair housing practices, strategies the Grand Junction community has identified and will undertake between 2011 and 2016, the life of the study.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Grand Junction City Council formally adopts the CDBG 2011 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice study as a part of the Grand Junction CDBG program.

Adopted this 13^th day of June, 2011.

             /s/: Tom Kenyon

             President of City Council

ATTEST:

/s/: Juanita Peterson

Deputy City Clerk