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CERTIFICATION OF MODEL CITY RELEVANCE
A series of interdepartmental and interagency agreements have been
initiated as a key segment of the Model Cities effort over the past
year. The objective of these agreements has been strengthening
both federal and local capabilities to coordinate federally assisted
programs that affect Model Neighborhoods. In recognition of
the fragmentation often resulting from disconnected projects operating
in the sarne neighborhood, an effort has been made to provide both
the chief executive of Model Cities and representatives of the
federal Cabinet Secretaries with the authority to review all programs
proposed for operation in a Model Neighborhood and comment on those
programs' relevance to the comprehensive plan of the Model City.
Guidelines
Federal local projects affecting Model Neighborhoods fall into two
broad categories: (a) projects developed primarily as a part of the
Model Neighborhood demonstration, and (b) projects with wider
community application.
A. Model Neighborhood Projects
This category includes all projects involving funds reserved
for Model Neighborhood demonstration and all HEW federal-
local projects in which more than 50% of the project's benefit
- can be attributed to the Model Neighborhood residents.
1. The Regional Director will recommend for approval
only those projects that the city has certified to be
satisfactorily linked to the city's comprehensive
Model City program, These projects may be
integral components of the demonstration or other
activitics relevant to and supportive of the program,
Prior to final obligation of HEW funds, project
applications that meet the above definition will include
such certification, signed by the CDA Director and the
HEW Regional Director (see-attached-format). Staff
of the Task Force on Interagency Funding will review
these certifications and bring any discrepancies to
the attention of the Task Force,
Since application and review procedures vary from
program to program, it is the direct responsibility of
the funding agency to assure timcly certification by
the CDA and concurrence by the Regional Director.
The existing Regional Resources Committee should be
the appropriate channel for review by agencies with
the Regional Director's staff.
Continuation applications and significant project
modifications will include CDA certification and
Regional Director concurrence,
CDA certification is understood in every case to include
consultation with the local chief executive, whether
mayor or city manager, and is expected to reflect
that chief executive's local authority to coordinate
federally funded projects in the Model Neighborhoods.
Where certification by the CDA has been refused or
has not been received within 60 days by the city agency
or community organization proposing a project for
the Model Neighborhood, that agency or organization
has the formal opportunity to’appeal the decision
(or the inaction) of the CDA directly to the local chief
executive and the Regional Director. Such a formal
appeal would be received simultaneously by the local
chief executive and the Regional Director, Itis
the responsibility of the Regional Director to discuss
the project with the local chief executive and to
reach final decision, in concert with DHEW agency
recommendations, on funding the project at issue.
City-Wide Projects (on-going and new projects)
The policies and process outlined above and in-the-attachéd
interdepartmental-agreerment also will apply to city-wide
projects with the following exceptions:
(a) If the Director of the City Demonstration Agency will not
certify that that portion of the proposed project affecting
the Model Neighborhood is adequately linked to the
comprehensive programs, and
(b) If the applicant agency and the CDA cannot negotiate
a satisfactory resolution, and
(c) If the Mayor's office fails to negotiate a satisfactory
resolution,
The the Regional Director, working with HEW regional agency
representatives, should seek to conciliate local differences,
If an impasse still exists at the time that a funding decision must
be made, the funding agency must communicate its formal
recommendations to the Repional Director, To approval is
rocopmnended, the Reploual Ditoctor digeat coneuwr bo the
extent that this action affects the Model Citics Program,
Regional Directors will assure that CDA's are aware of and understand
this procedures, and that the Regional Resource Committee
is used to disseminate these procedures to all regional
agency representatives.
Copy to:
Assistant Secretaries
Agency Heads
Regional Directors
Regional Resources Committee
Urban Coordinating Committee
. Task Force on Interagency Funding
A series of interdepartmental and interagency agreements have been
initiated as a key segment of the Model Cities effort over the past
year. The objective of these agreements has been strengthening
both federal and local capabilities to coordinate federally assisted
programs that affect Model Neighborhoods. In recognition of
the fragmentation often resulting from disconnected projects operating
in the sarne neighborhood, an effort has been made to provide both
the chief executive of Model Cities and representatives of the
federal Cabinet Secretaries with the authority to review all programs
proposed for operation in a Model Neighborhood and comment on those
programs' relevance to the comprehensive plan of the Model City.
Guidelines
Federal local projects affecting Model Neighborhoods fall into two
broad categories: (a) projects developed primarily as a part of the
Model Neighborhood demonstration, and (b) projects with wider
community application.
A. Model Neighborhood Projects
This category includes all projects involving funds reserved
for Model Neighborhood demonstration and all HEW federal-
local projects in which more than 50% of the project's benefit
- can be attributed to the Model Neighborhood residents.
1. The Regional Director will recommend for approval
only those projects that the city has certified to be
satisfactorily linked to the city's comprehensive
Model City program, These projects may be
integral components of the demonstration or other
activitics relevant to and supportive of the program,
Prior to final obligation of HEW funds, project
applications that meet the above definition will include
such certification, signed by the CDA Director and the
HEW Regional Director (see-attached-format). Staff
of the Task Force on Interagency Funding will review
these certifications and bring any discrepancies to
the attention of the Task Force,
Since application and review procedures vary from
program to program, it is the direct responsibility of
the funding agency to assure timcly certification by
the CDA and concurrence by the Regional Director.
The existing Regional Resources Committee should be
the appropriate channel for review by agencies with
the Regional Director's staff.
Continuation applications and significant project
modifications will include CDA certification and
Regional Director concurrence,
CDA certification is understood in every case to include
consultation with the local chief executive, whether
mayor or city manager, and is expected to reflect
that chief executive's local authority to coordinate
federally funded projects in the Model Neighborhoods.
Where certification by the CDA has been refused or
has not been received within 60 days by the city agency
or community organization proposing a project for
the Model Neighborhood, that agency or organization
has the formal opportunity to’appeal the decision
(or the inaction) of the CDA directly to the local chief
executive and the Regional Director. Such a formal
appeal would be received simultaneously by the local
chief executive and the Regional Director, Itis
the responsibility of the Regional Director to discuss
the project with the local chief executive and to
reach final decision, in concert with DHEW agency
recommendations, on funding the project at issue.
City-Wide Projects (on-going and new projects)
The policies and process outlined above and in-the-attachéd
interdepartmental-agreerment also will apply to city-wide
projects with the following exceptions:
(a) If the Director of the City Demonstration Agency will not
certify that that portion of the proposed project affecting
the Model Neighborhood is adequately linked to the
comprehensive programs, and
(b) If the applicant agency and the CDA cannot negotiate
a satisfactory resolution, and
(c) If the Mayor's office fails to negotiate a satisfactory
resolution,
The the Regional Director, working with HEW regional agency
representatives, should seek to conciliate local differences,
If an impasse still exists at the time that a funding decision must
be made, the funding agency must communicate its formal
recommendations to the Repional Director, To approval is
rocopmnended, the Reploual Ditoctor digeat coneuwr bo the
extent that this action affects the Model Citics Program,
Regional Directors will assure that CDA's are aware of and understand
this procedures, and that the Regional Resource Committee
is used to disseminate these procedures to all regional
agency representatives.
Copy to:
Assistant Secretaries
Agency Heads
Regional Directors
Regional Resources Committee
Urban Coordinating Committee
. Task Force on Interagency Funding
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