R2000-22 AUTHORIZING CITY OF DECATUR - CONSOLIDATED PLAN

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. , City of Decatur, Illinois Consolidated Plan 2000 -2004 Copies of the public notices, public hearing minutes, citizen comments regarding the Consolidated Plan and One-Year Action Plan are attached in Appendix D. I, CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION PLAN Objective and Purpose A. The primary objective of the Community Development Program is the development of viable urban communities, including decent housing and a suitable living environment and expanding economic opportunities, principally for persons of low and moderate income. Consistent with this primary objective, the federal assistance provided in the Community Development Block Grant Program supports community development activities which are directed toward the following specific objectives: 1. The elimination of slum and blight and the prevention of blighting influences and the deterioration of property and neighborhood and community facilities of importance to the welfare of the community, principally persons of low and very low income; 2. The elimination of conditions which are detrimental to health, safety and public welfare, through code enforcement, demolition, interim rehabilitation assistance and related activities; ' 3. The conservation and expansion of the City of Decatur's housing stock in order to provide a decent home and a suitable living environment for all persons, but principally those of low and very low income persons; 4. The expansion and improvement of the quantity and quality of community services, principally for persons of very low, low and moderate-income, which are essential for sound community development and for the development of viable urban communities; 5. A more rational utilization of land and other natural resources and the better arrangement of residential, commercial, industrial, recreational, and other needed activity centers; 6. The reduction of isolating income groups within communities and geographical areas and the promotion of an increase in the diversity and vitality of neighborhoods through the spatial deconcentration of housing opportunities for persons of lower income and the revitalization of deteriorating and deteriorated neighborhoods to attract persons of higher income; and, 7. The restoration and preservation of properties of special value for historical, architectural or aesthetic reasons. B. It is also the purpose of the Community Development Block Grant Program to further the development of a national urban growth policy by consolidating a number of complex and overlapping programs of financial assistance to communities of varying sizes and needs into a consistent system of federal aid which: 1. Provides assistance on an annual basis, with maximum certainty and minimum delay, upon which communities can rely in their planning, 2. Encourages community development activities which are consistent with comprehensive local and area-wide development planning; 3. Furthers achievement of the national housing goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family; and, ❖ Page - 5