Loading...
2001-035 O r CENO f AN O~CE ~G CH~TER 14 "HEALTH A~ H~ SERVICES" OF THE CITY CODE BY EST~LISH~G A ~W ~TICLE VI "~IG~O~OOD EMPO~ENT PROG~" TO EST~LISH A ~IGHBO~OOD EMPO~ENT PROG~ TO E~CE ~ IMPROVE ~IGHBO~OODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF DENTON, C~AT~G A ~IGHBO~OOD EMPO~ENT ~VISORY BO~, EST~LISH~G C~TE~ A~ GU~EL~ES FOR THE ~PROV~ OF MATCH~G CONT~BUTIONS ~ER ~PLICATIONS BY ELIG~LE PERSONS ~ER T~ PROG~, SETT~G FORTH ~DITIONAL DETAILS ~ ~LATION TO THE PROG~, PROVID~G A SEVE~ILITY CLAUSE, PROVID~G A SAV~GS CLAUSE, ~ PROVID~G ~ EFFECTIVE DATE ~E~AS, ~e health, economic con&t~on, pubhc welf~e ~d safety of a city ~s affected by the quahty ~d viability of ~ts neighborhoods, ~d ~E~AS, neighborhood projects which promote long te~, pubhc benefit to ne~borhoods ~d to c~t~zens of Denton as a whole by ~mprovmg the appellee of ~e neighborhoods, estabhsh eo~lty pride ~n the neighborhoods by involving neighborhood residents more &reetly m all phases of ~e neighborhood development, promote mmnten~ee ~d e~cem~t of ~e nea~borhood, ~prove pubhc safety by estabhshang traffic consol devices, mon~ents ~d other ~mprovem~ts, increase ~e nelghborhood's ~d adjacent ne~ghborhood's prope~ value by ~mprovlng the appellee of the neighborhood, ~mprove pubhc health by prese~mg ~d e~emg ~e enmro~ent promote ~e pubhc health, welf~e ~d safety ~d conmtute a vahd public p~ose, ~d ~E~AS, the City M~ager has reco~ended ~d ~e City Co.ell has dete~ned that a Ne~borhood Empowe~t Pm~ whereby the C~ty prowdes ceaam qualified neighborhood org~zat~ons ~d ~oups matching funds or conmbut~ons of m-kind semites to aeeomphsh one or more of ~e above-mentioned pu~oses ~s deemed to be an ~e pubhc interest, NOW, THE~FO~, THE CO~CIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HE.BY O~A~S SECTION 1 ~at Chapter 14, "Health ~d H~ Semites" of the Code of Or&n~ces of ~e C~W of Denton ~s hereby ~ended by enacting a new ~mle VI, "Nexghborhood Empowe~ent Pro~" w~th Subsections 14-119 - 14-123 ~nelus~ve whmh shall read as follows ~mle VI Neighborhood Empowe~ent Progr~ Seetmn 14-119 Estabhs~ent ~d Pu~ose Th~s hereby estabhshed a Neighborhood Empowe~ent Pro~ (NEP) to provide matting C~ ~ds or ~n-hnd semites to help ~mprove the quahty of hfe ~n ~e C~ty's neighborhoods The goal of the NEP ~s to encourage and select prepared projects which meet the program guidelines set forth herein that foster self-help, neighborhood pride, and enhance and beautify the City's neighborhoods The NEP will provide matching ftmds or in-kand services which are to be awarded on the bases of ment A maximum of $10,000 will be available per project The total available funding will be established m each budget year based on the amount budgeted for the NEP as approved by the C~ty Council In the annual budget Sectton 14-120 Neighborhood Empowerment Program Advisory Board a There is hereby created a Neighborhood Empowerment Board wtuch shall be composed of seven members The Cay Manager shall designate one member of the Board from the Parks & Recreation, Englneenng, and Community Development Departments Four members of the Board shall be chosen from a neaghborhood association or representative group from each of the four City Council chstncts The neighborhood representative shall serve for two-year terms provided, however, the first two representatives appointed to the Board will serve one-year terms, allowing twO new neighborhoods to be represented on the Board each subsequent program year Appointments of the nexghborhood assomatIon or group members will be randomly selected from each of the four council districts b The Board will evaluate each apphcation to participate xn the NEP based on the following criteria 1 Repheabflity - the ease In which the project can be successfully replicated m other nexghborhoods 2 Self-evaluation - based on criteria that will be specified by the Board to evaluate the success of the project 3 Project quahty - to evaluate whether the project ~s well articulated, planned, and ready to proceed including whether there is a demonstrated need for the project, whether the budget ~s reasonable, cost-effective, and wIttun the scope of the NEP 4 Neighborhood match - whether the match meets the minimum reqmrement, ~s secured, and ready to be expended Projects will be evaluated on a shdmg scale Low to moderate income neighborhoods will receive additional consideration and selection and a reduction m necessary neighborhood match to the extent this can be accomphshed in accordance with the law 5 Neighborhood involvement - ~nclusiveness, participation and cost/benefit, projects will be evaluated to determine If they promote the neighborhood, bmld relationsbaps and cooperation among neighborhoods, whether a signfficant number of people will be Involved and will benefit from the program, how the program will enhance not only the neighborhood but adjacent neighborhoods and the City as a whole, whether the program is Page 2 of 6 not controversial, has no neighborhood opposltaon, and whether daverse interests are ~nvolved c The Board wall act as an advisor to the Caty Council an adm~mstenng the NEP It will make reeommendatxons to the C~ty Council with regard to changes ~n the NEP gmdellnes, the success of the NEP, and the funding level of NEP whach respons~bthtaes shall anelude, without hmltat~on 1 Malong recommendations to the City Council w~th respect to annual budget appropriations for the NEP 2 Making penothe reports to the City Council wath regard to the status and effectiveness of the NEP 3 Admmlstenng the NEP to ensure that the successful appheants comply w~th the terms and conditions of the NEP 4 Promulgate rules and estabhshang procedures to md the Board in performang ~ts functions Section 14-121 EhgWle Program and ProJects Individuals from five or more separate households and hwng within the city hmlts may submit an apphcatxon to the Commumty Development D~rector (Director) The Director shall estabhsh, wath the approval of the Board, ad&tlonal gmdehnes to make sure that appheatxons are approved on the basas of merit and are consastent w~th NEP gmdelmes Any project whach promotes the pubhc health, safety or welfare of the Caty by aeeomphshmg one or more of the pubhc purposes set forth in Section 14-119 above and the preambles to the ordmanee which enacts the NEP by enhancing the appearance and lmprowng the quahty of hfe m Denton's neighborhoods is ehglble Such projects must include the following a All projects are reqmred to have a c~t~zen project coordanator to be a lamson between the C~ty and the neighborhood during project development ~mplementatlon b Matching fund awards will be made only to groups of five or more separate households who can be identified with a particular Denton neighborhood Awards will not be made to ~nd~wduals, s~ngle businesses, unlverstues, hospitals, ~nstltut~ons, foundations, poht~cal, fraternal, or rehglous orgamzat~ons Government and pubhe agencies, socml services d~stnct councils, eatywlde groups, and caty developments are also not ehg~ble for the program Eligible apphcants may form partnerships wath any of these ~nehg~ble groups to plan and ~mplement the project But the ehg~ble appheant must retain the primary role in the partnershap and remmn responsible for performing the project c Ehg~ble projects must Page 3 of 6 1 Provide long-term, public benefits to the neighborhood 2 Be located on public access (right-of-way, neighborhood, common area, or other public access property) 3 Have demonstrated neighborhood support 4 Be compatible with adjacent properties 5 Involve neighborhood residents directly in all phases 6 Have goals which can normally be accomplished within twelve months or less 7 Must demonstrate appropriate long-term mmntenance programs 8 Be within the City's legal authority as determined by the City's legal department and comply with existing City of Denton's codes, regulations and pohcles All projects shall fall within one of the following six categories 1 Youth improvements wluch may ~nclude, without limitation, small play area, basketball court/hoops 2 Neighborhood Identity which may include slgnage, entrance beautlficatmn, or other neighborhood landmarks 3 Public art or amemtms which may include, benches, sculptures, gardens 4 Traffic safety which may include, speed bumps and traffic calming devices 5 Capital equipment purchase which may include neighborhood bulletin boards and neighborhood picnic areas 6 Environmental improvement which may include nde-shanng, LINK shelter, compostmg, tree planting, trml head enhancements In order to obtmn matching City funds or services from the Neighborhood Empowerment Program, the neighborhood must identify matched items of equal value of the amount requested Matched items that can be donated, include professional services, donated material or supplies, volunteer labor or cash The value of the neighborhood match must equal or exceed the amount requested from the neighborhood requested matching NEP funds The type of the match must be appropriate to the needs of the project The proposed match must be extended dunng the hfe of the project or after completion and meet the following guldehnes 1 Assistance from other C~ty funds cannot be counted as part of the match 2 At least 25% of the neighborhood's match must come from the neighborhood itself as opposed to other funding ent~tms such as the DISD, non-profit corporations other than the neighborhood group or assocmtlon, or another governmental entities All volunteer labor will be valued at $10 per hour Professional services, ~f needed for the project, are to be valued at the reasonable and customary rate prevmhng in the profession and the in the community The neighborhood match must be pledged and secured Page 4 of 6 Secured means that the donor has to specffically describe the contributions m the NEP matclung fund contract (contract) to confirm the commitment Individuals who donate professional serwees or slalled labor as part of the neaghborhood match cannot also receive compensation from the C~ty's match money Sectmn 14-122 Apphcatmn for Neighborhood Empowerment Program Matching Funds a Apphcatmns for Neighborhood Empowerment Program matching funds under tins chapter must be filed with the C~ty's Commumty Development Department upon forms described by the Board and the department for that purpose b The apphcatlon shall include all reformation indicated by th~s Article VI along w~th any addmonal mfonnat~on that the Board deems necessary ~n order to perform ~ts functions as set forth m Section 14-120 c All apphcat~ons shall be verified by the applicant as to the truth and correctness of all facts and mformat~on presented d All successful apphcants shall be reqmred to execute a contract on a form approved by the City Attorney and to execute such other forms as the Community Development Department and the Board deem necessary to ~nsure the approved projects completion Section 14-123 Review and Approval by the Board a If the D~rector determmes the apphcat~on ~s consistent w~th the reqmrements of this Article VI, the D~rector shall forward the appheatlon to the Board for its evaluatmn The Board shall review the apphcat~on based on a matchmg fund project evaluation form developed by the Director and approved by the Board wbach takes into consideration all the criteria for evaluation set forth ~n th~s Article b If an appheat~on ~s approved or demed by the Board, the successful apphcant will be notffied w~than 30 days afier the apphcat~on submission ~s forwarded to the Board by the Director Authorization to begtn the project will be g~ven atler the apphcant executes the contract The apphcant must begin the project w~thm three months of tins anthonzatlon and follow the project schedule t~mehne that has been approved by the Board c Apphcants who the Director determanes have submitted apphcatlons which are incomplete will be notffied of this w~thm two weeks of the submission of the apphcat~on The Dtreetor and the Board shall have the right to request addltaonal mformatmn from the apphcants as deemed necessary to adequately evaluate the Page 5 of 6 apphcat~on and the project Dunng any such period of submxsslon of additional reformation the t~mehne for reviewing the apphcatlon shall be tolled SECTION 2 That save and except as amended hereby, all the remmmng sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of Chapter 14 of the City of Denton Code of Ordinances shall remain m full force and effect SECTION 3 That xf any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in th~s orrhnance, or apphcat~on thereof to any person or circumstance ~s held ~nval~d by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holdxng shall not affect the vahdlty of the remmmng portions of tbas ordinance, the C~ty Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares that they would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION 4 That tlus ordinance shall become effective ~mmed~ately upon ~ts passage , PASSED AND APPROVED this the day of ,200~ EULINE BROCI~['fAY(~ ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY Page 6 of 6