The Advocate, OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE Notice is hereby given to all citizens of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge and to all other interested persons, of the introduction at the regular meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, held on July 15, 2015 of the proposed resolutions/ordinances, the titles of which are set forth hereinafter, and that public hearing will be held thereon by the Metropolitan Council at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 22, 2015, in the Council Chambers (Room 348) on the third floor of the City-Parish Governmental Building in this City, these proposed resolutions/ordinances being entitled as follows: RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to submit the 2015-2019 Consolidated Plan and Strategy (CPS) and Action Plan 2015 federal entitlement grant applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Home Investment Partnership (HOME), Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) and the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) programs (Totaling approximately $6,773,177 plus $800,000 in estimated program income); Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute grant agreements for the Action Plan 2015 at the appropriate time; Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute the related 2015 Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) grant agreement with the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) in the amount of approximately $733,000; Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute the related Louisiana Emergency Solutions Grant with the Louisiana Housing Corporation (LHC) in the amount of approximately $154,500; and authorizing the Mayor-President or Urban Development Director to execute the related community development contracts. By: Assistant Urban Development Director RESOLUTION Authorizing the Mayor-President to execute a grant agreement and related documents with the Federal Transit Administration in the amount of $2,765,341 to fund the Nicholson Corridor High Capacity Transit System Plan, and appropriating $1 million of traffic impact fees to satisfy the local matching requirement. By: Mayor-President 5152008-jul 14-1t - PUBLIC NOTICES/COUNCIL/ADMIN
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