New Community Development Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C 4511, 84 Stat. 1793.)

(b) Civil rights. Submission of acceptable assurances of compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Public Law 88-352, 78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. 2000d and HUD Title VI regulations 24 CFR Part I, 29 F.R. 16280 and with affirmative action plan requirements pursuant to Executive Order 11246, as amended 30 F.R. 12319, and HUD regulations 24 CFR Part 130, 36 F.R. 20688.

(c) Relocation requirements (if applicable) (1) Submission of acceptance assurances of compliance with the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 4601, and

(2) Absence of any known impediment to the applicant's ability to meet HUD relocation requirements and the applicant's and/or locality's ability to fulfill requirements for replacement housing. "Known impediment" refers to a practical inability to provide adequate relocation assistance.

(d) A-95 coordination. Evidence that A-95 coordination is in process. The phrase "A-95 coordination" refers to the procedure involving review of applications by the appropriate agency under OMB Circular A-95.

(f) Local need;

(g) Commitment of local, county, State, and Federal entities to project or program;

(h) Expansion of housing for low- and moderate-income families;

(1) Community development.

The elements considered in each cate gory are described in the following sections, and the method of assigning rating points to each element or category is set forth. Points are awarded to each element or category in the following manner unless otherwise specifically indicated: If a statement under a particular element or category applies specifically to the project application under consideration, the application is awarded the

"Critical need” refers to a demonstrated need which must be met immediately to prevent or terminate a serious threat to the health or safety of the locality, e.g., a desperate need for water or control of demonstrated causes of diseases of epidemic proportions.

§ 561.16 Housing consideration.

(The value of this category is the sum of paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section.)

(a) The project is necessary for maintenance of existing decent, safe, and 3 sanitary housing_-

(b) The project is necessary for assistance to proposed decent, safe, and sanitary low- and moderate-income housing

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(c) The project is necessary for assistance for significant areas of housing that is less than decent, safe, and sanitary 3

"Decent, safe and sanitary" refers to housing that is in accordance with the local housing standards in the area in which the project is to be located.

§ 561.18 Local equal employment and entrepreneurial effort.

(The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this section.)

(a) Activities undertaken by the locality have provided relatively superior opportunities for training and/or employment, of minority persons--------3

(b) Activities undertaken by the locality have provided relatively superior opportunities for business concerns owned, controlled, or managed in substantial part by minority persons______3

(c) The applicant has taken affirmative action in its own employment in the training and/or employment of minority persons with relatively superior results

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In determining whether or not performance has been "relatively superior", the following items will be taken into consideration. Absolute numbers of persons actually trained or hired in relation to numbers of minority group persons in the labor market area; total dollar value of contracts let to minority entrepreneurs in relation to total dollar amount of contracts let by locality; within the administering agency, racial composition at all levels of employment and absolute number of training opportunities made available to minority group persons.

§ 561.20 Local need.

(The value of this category is the sum of the values of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.)

(a) Median income of jurisdiction. The median annual family income of the geographic area of jurisdiction of the applicant compared to the State median annual family income is: (Select one, if appropriate):

(1) $1-$500 below State median____ 3 (2) More than $500 below State median

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other census data if possible. Or use best available data. "Service area" refers to the area proposed to be, and reasonably capable of being, served by the Public Facility Loans Project.

§ 561.22 Commitment of local, county, State, and Federal entities to project or program.

(The value of this category is the sum of paragraphs (a) to (d) of this section.)

(a) Local commitment. There was substantial participation by the chief executive and governing body of the locality during the planning of the project, and they are demonstrating current public commitment in support of the project ... 4

(b) Resident commitment. There was effective widespread participation of a representative spectrum of service area residents in the development of project objectives and there is evidence of current support for the execution of the project 4

(c) Coordination of resources. There was substantial participation of other local agencies during planning, and there is a current commitment including resources, from Federal, State, county, or local entities other than those necessary to satisfy the local share requirement.. 4

(d) Participation in areawide от metropolitan planning. There is active participation by the locality's representatives in the areawide or metropolitan planning organization__