111.2009
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PURPOSE OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION GRANT
APPLICATION
RESOLUTION NO.: 111, 2009
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Ronald Montesi
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has developed an Affordable Housing Strategy,
and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Strategy document included a detailed analysis of
neighborhoods in the Town, and
,
WHEREAS that document identified Census Tract 708 and 706 Block Group 2 (known
locally as West Glens Falls and South Queensbury) as areas which contained high concentrations
of lower income, owner-occupied housing in need of significant rehabilitation assistance which
cannot be met by the private sector without governmental assistance, and
WHEREAS, that document identified that Strategy 1 included in the Affordable Housing
Strategy was the “Protection and Expansion of the Stock of Affordable Housing in the Existing
Neighborhoods”, and
WHEREAS, The Town has received a HOME grant from the New York State Division
of Housing and Community Renewal and a CDBG grant from the New York State Office of
Community Renewal targeting the rehabilitation of existing owner-occupied homes in these
Census areas, and
WHEREAS, in designating these areas as part of the HOME and CDBG Applications the
Town has established that housing conditions in the area are characterized as deteriorating,
substandard and in need of basic rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, the Town in the adopted Affordable Housing Strategy specifically identified
the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation as an important source of funds to
implement the Town’s program of owner- occupied housing rehabilitation in these targeted
areas,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED,that the Town of Queensbury reaffirms the analysis and conclusions
included in the Affordable Housing Strategy and designates that Census Tracts 708 and 706
Block Group 2 as an area, as described in 21B NYCRR Section 2161.2 of the Regulations of the
Affordable Home Ownership Development Program in which governmental assistance is
necessary and appropriate to make necessary investment in homes in the area.
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Duly adopted this 30 day of March, 2009 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec
NOES : None
ABSENT: None