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ON l\lth01..19h the basic intent e xpressed in the Model Ci ties statute app0zir . to focus prirndri ly upon the fi .:ic~,l pJ.ight o f our .. cities and the n eed for ad<litjonal financial assis t ance, experi ence in loc c.i l govcrnr:1cn-L compc~ l s ma to looK beyond this o er sirnpl i.f ied concept . ~ The l1aphazard u se of -he vast array of Federal c ategor ic a l g rant-in -a i d progrc.J..rr: :., hos 1 ar;rc l y b~ cn ineffectua l in ca lv ing major urba n p ro bl ems- - so:1~ c of t h G cities most succcs sf uJ. j_n th 0 gran tsm~-:.n sh ir <Jci.mc h c.1vc c .:p0.r :i. c nced some of the most seriou s c i vil di scirdcrs . Succe ss in getting Pca e ra l dollars does no t in '; ur ~ .... uc:c c=~ss in m,1-king effec t i ve use of such resourc e-=- . An hon ~st 0vc1. uac1on wou .l.d 11avc to con e u c l. 1a t:. ..: .. ra l Gov c n 1,"t1<..•nt rw s n ot general J. y imposed cri t8 r i.<1 v1h .i.ch \-i0 '1ld ma ke ef :[ eel i VC! Uf;c of i ts rc~;ources and mc<1ningful local cornrni tmer1t prerequi:::itcs to con t inued Fcd erc:. l assjstan e. 'l,h:i.<] pol icy h.-:J s not qrca tJ y cmco u :r.1:1g 0.d tho c1 e vclopmr~ nt of gc. 1 ve~~nr,1cni.: ' '° c a ,_1 .:i.c :i ty OJ: wil l .i.nqnc~;s 1..0 d ea l effectively v.,:i.U1 it:, ,;, ; n pJ: ohl c;~·,::; , ,H,d jnc:. e; ccJ , th e'. F'c dcr :, 1 Govcrnrncnt ' s eti.gcrn u: s to fund i'mci dC';:J. cli:ccc tly \-., j U 1 cvm:y conceivc1blG ki 1c.l o f co n st-. i Luency in €Jddj t j on ..i:.0--J+>caJ. s~ , h as been one - Or t.hc7 i\ ct_ jo1- 1 n.c L03-" :J :i.n r e: ·}ucj nq th e: Ci C. .t C~S CR} ac ity to act. J. oca) --- If thif.; tre nd j ,, to be r.1 1 tcr·cd and rnc~,rninrJfu1 d c ccntr 0. J.:i ze1.tion i ~; t.o t;;ik~ pl v.cc, t .hc~ ro l e of the .F c)c,rul GovcJ~nrnent n1t1 f, t be chang ed from t.Jwt of al:tcmpting tn d'"'al cli rcctJ y with t he problcn~~ of our cili . . '. ., to th,lt of b1..1jldin9 t.he cap21cit.y of Stc1t.c and loc c.l.] govcrnrnc.n ts to clC'al cf f cctive:: 1y with those problems. '11 hi s is the prirnr.lry obj cc U . vc we have ~stabli sh.ca fo r the adm i nistration of the Mod e l Ci.ti es p rogram. rrh c following c o mme nt e.nd the resu l t ing conclusions and r ccommcndc.1t:i.ons arc int.crn doc1 to assist in utlaining tb c:1. t ob~jective, and t:o impl:ovc our ability to effective ly rn il. Hr-.g c th e:: . prograin. �2. II . . · USE OF S UPPLEMEN'J'AL FCNDS I n enacting the Mode l Cit i es program, the Co ng ress pro vid e d for a new source of fundj.ng , c oITTnonl y known as Mode l Cities s u pplemen~al fund s . Th e se f unds are to assist loc alities in currying out the purpose s o f thG program . . The fo l lowinq po ]icy objectives have b e en id e nti fied for the u se of supp l e nlc'r!i.:aJ. f u11ds .. l. To p:comoi::e coordinotion and concen t rat ion of u tt racti11e1 funds, s taf f , and other services from tutio •. s and ~gcncies , publ i c and private , and by gap0 in a c oordina·ed ~pproach with pro jects for reso u rces by ex isting inst.i ·fi lling in the wh i c h f unds would otherwise be u navai l n bl e. 2. rJ'o secure cormni tmc.:nt of n ew r esour ce.: and mainte nance o f effort on th e pa rt of the city , in~luding changes i~ agency practices and s e rvice levels t o make them more respon sive t o P u c1c, 1 nr?j g :1b o r hooJ ne e ds . 3. To incre as e loc a J accept a nce of res ponsibili~y for the p r o g r-1m , 10. aa :Ln:,r t o grc~c.1 ter care j n tho s e l c cticn of pr:oj e:: c~- s t1 ,1c. a ctivit ies 2: n cl in lb e. conduct o f anu the monitoring of s uc h project.~; . 4. To encom: a ge innovG. tion , maximum coordination of Federa l assistance, ne w and Additio nal pro j ects a nd a ct ivit i es not assiste d und e r a Fe d c~r a l grant-in-aid ~rogr ain. , 2,nd secondarily, to be u sed and c redi te;;d as par t or a ll of the requi red non·Pedcr ~l cont ribut ion for Federally-assisted projects which are purt. of ·Lhc-> c ornpr ehe nsi vc model cities plan I as the Act provides. 5. To make available additionnl f und s to case "the f ina nci al plight" of our c ities , as noted by President Nixo n in his spe ech on revenu e _;lw.r .i. n g. 6. To exper ime n t with the block grant or revenue sharing approach with a str ess u pon developi ng capabilities for local initiative and loca l deci s ion-making in order to effectivel y uti l ize un s tructured Fede ral funding. �3. ·• III. I NCREJI.S ING EFf<' EC'I' I VE PTIOCTLT>,M l·1AN.Ar. E;.1f,NT BY USE OF VARil\l3LE F' lJNff.NG l\.P PROi\CH - -- - ·- - - - - - - -- - - - ·--- ... As a mean s of improving prog r a m ma nag e me nt a t t h e Fede ral le v e lr a nd e n couraging u s e f u l p ro 9 ranu,; ot tho loca l l e ve l, the De p a r me nt o f Ho u s i ng and UrJxrn De vc l opm8nt pr o p osr:?s to u til i z e ~ c o nc en t o f va riable funding . By estab lis hi ng a s e t o f ~ ro cess a nd per forma nce crit er i a a nd u til~ z ing th em to judg e .. e ovcral p Jg r am :i: r o r ·. )Y a c ity , s upp l em e JYt a l f u ndin g l ev0 l s c a n be va rj_ c c.1 c1mo 11g citi e s, th os e wi t h the ~t__ 2_oten t ial f o r n at iona l d e monstratio n p u r o os-,s caJJ bi.c.! c.1 ltctn:Io n a lJ.:.Y _a s_s i s.t..ed , cn1.c1 1: b e ci tit-:s i., iI01•.t .tng no I Lkel..' h o od of eve r mo ~ri-:t- { i-ig _4- vi a bl e· . ....-,,-=c=--r:-i=-:~:::-.:-::-=--:~:::-=- - - -pr o~ gr a m c a n b e o.rc::>pp12d J: r o rn - e :i; r o g r. a m: By u s i ng pro ce s s a nd pe rformonce c ri te ria , HUD s e eks to avo id subs tituting a Federal judg ment for th a t o f the loc a li t y i n s pecif i c substant i ve ur-a~ o r f u nc tio na l pro gr a ms , t hus p r es erving l oca l in i ti u t i.v e. This i s in k ee1i ng wi th bo th t1 e Demon strat i on ,. , itics Act and th e n ew Adm i nistrat i o n I s con c e p t o f r eve nue shar i ng . Eac h cit y wi ll be o n notice wit11 respect t o t he c r i teria . 'fhc city will be?. t o l d i ts 2. ll occ1t :i.o n f.t.qu r c :or t 11c next pl·ai1n inq y ear, and wiU h on not. ice that its ocl:ur.d. obliqat .i. ori fiq nxe cou l d ~...1 c l1 l..i.:;; :i.o\·:er ~(.~.peEd in<J upon pcrfu1. .. c:ncc .J.9ai n st the sta t c~d crit e :i:i 2. . The c ity wi ll also be i n f o rmed th n t except iona l performa nc e o r ev j dence of potentia l for nati o na l do~onstra tio n pu rpos e s c ou l d ea rn i t - xtra suppl emental f u ndinq . F'ai lu r~ to perform , on th G o t her h and , cou ld resu lt i n a s evere cutba ck in f u nding or e l im i nation from t h e p r o gram. The sugg e sted crite r i a to be app l ied i n eac h c as e, and t he pr oc ess for handl i ng t he weak c it ies are a t ta c hed . It is a n t.icipa t co th a t ln maki ng ~j u ]gments , the relat i ve i mp rov emen t o f p crformQncc wi thin eac h i ndi vidua l city over t h e pre viou s y e 0r will be ,onsidered , as we ll n s th e u sef u lness o f its overa l l process a n d performa n ce f o r n a tion a l demonstra t io n purpo se s . �4. IV. FUN DI 1 S ~ CR I TP PIA ., J_ • . ,. c xec u i:.:i..v c . ·1v n .•j tr,·r:, n !· • C ..-i_ ,L. J\/ ~-- c··o- :··' • . t - - ~.---. ~ _ r· . ~ 0 :. 1: ic c>r , including su pro ~t fro m the c hief a l.l. ocv t i, n cu1d r e --a l l o c a. l: i on of city r eso ur c e s , c ha ng e s i n c i ty a gen c~ po licy , prac t ic e a n d c::-c rv ic c l e v e l s· to make them 111orC:? r c:: sr o ns i vc to th e mod e l n oigh b urhoo d and i t s r c~ i.d c nt_ . 2. privat e : M~x i mi za ti o n o f a vo j.l ab l P r c s ou r c es ,_ pu bli~ and incl u di ng th e uti l iz a ti on (o r a tt c npt~ d u t ili za tion) o f c1.pp r·op1~:i.atc Fc der a .l 9 r c.mt prcq r :tm s , state prog r ams , t h s i nvo lv e me n t of th e p ri v c1 t e s ec t o r , c:.r nd v olu.n t .:1r y acti on. i. nc l u d i n <J t J..c csL1. bl i s lrn10 nt of e f f e ct.i v"' c oorch n a.t i ng mec h a n isms , \vOr ]~i nc:; ag rce:.n n t v:i th o t h e r e.genc i e s , im a g i n c1 t i v c us e of rc:_;CJu rce:~ from ct v,u: i o ty of f.our.cos i n t andem to

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It i s v ery i mport nt that w . do e v erything po cs j.bl e to h e lp our wca J~ cit.· es imp r ove. If th ey arc: un o b1 0 l o s a t:i.s fy onr lx 1s .· c c:ci. t c ria \,'e ·h oulcJ t c- .kc ~ppropr:i.atc , propo:i'.' t i o 1'1a l step:_; t.o r ed uce, anc.1 in ex ·-rcme e aser· end , our conun i_t :-::()n t ,:o th e m. 1 The pur pose of tl1is 11 1·JGak Cit i e s S ·rc:1.tegy" thGn is to ensu re thc:it ( l} HU D foll o,\:s a. co n s ::.stcn appr<.>Rch :i_ n d eu l :i.n9 \-.' i th prob] c-:;n c :i.-Lic s anc~ ( 2. ) tha t u so l id }:ecord is cstRb li shcd f o r any pcnDlty a ction t hat may be come neccssctry . �8. VI -CONCLUS IONS AND RE COi"1H:S NDA'I' lO r1 S A. Concl usions: 1. The bu.s ic obj ec tive of tl1e Mod e l Cities program i s to b u ild the capacity o f citie s {and state go vernment } to d ea l with their own u r ba n probl ems. 2. Traditiona l Federal appr oc;1ches ha ve not contributed to this obj e c t i ve. 3. A different appro a c h is ne e d e d in order to assure the n e c e ssa ry commi t.rn e n t o f local governmC?. n t to the obj e ctive s o f t h e prog r a m so th a t i t viewed as II just. a nothe r F' e der a l grant. 11 B. is not 4. Better manageme n t a nd st ro nger city commitment can b e ac hieved if the citie s ' l e vel of funding is d epe ndent u p o n pcr f orma n :e criteria and not upon a fi x e d for:n la. 5. El imination o f we a k citie s f -om t he program after f a i l ure to res ~oi d to i~dic~tcd a ofi ci c n ci es wiJ.l increase t he cre<libility o f the prog ram. Re commend Rt ion s : 1. Tha t HUD ado pt and communic a te to the cities, a po licy which would clearl y i n d ic a te to cit i e s t h at thei r l eve l of fun d i ng E.~::tc h yea r would de pe nd upon t heir per f orman c e in a ccordance wi th the cl e a r ly sta t ed crite ria. 2. That eac h c i ty b e given a "p l a nning figure " in a dv a nce , bu t wi th a cl ea r unders t andi ng tha t it is not 11 guara ntecd 11 but d epciiden t upon (1) above. 3. Tha t ex c eptio na l cit ie s be refe rred to the Assistant Se cretar i es Work j ng Gr oup f or d s t erm i na t i on o f pr i ority s u ppo rt . 4. That " weak 11 ,-:i tie s be h and led as susg es t e d in paragraph V a n d be dropped fr om t h e ~r og ram i f t heir respo n s e is unsa ti sfactory. RGqpectfu l ly .,nbm i.tted, l , Floyd Ho IIyde Ass i stant Secretary (MCGR ) �