001 LEGALNOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST
RELEASE OF FUNDS September 17, 2013 City of Bowling Green, Ohio 304 N. Church
StreetBowling Green, Ohio 43402 419-354-6220 To All Interested Persons,Agencies, and Groups: On or about,
but not before September 25, 2013,the City of Bowling Green will request the State of Ohio to releaseFederal
funds under Section 104(g) of Title I of the Housing andCommunity Development Act of 1974, as amended to be
used for thefollowing project: 2013 Community Development Block Grant, which willconsist of the following
activities: Rental Rehabilitation, Mobile HomeRepair, Housing Implementation, Elderly Home Repair, Home
Repair, PublicTransportation, Transitional Housing for Homeless, Fair Housing andAdministration. These are
single year projects that will be located inthe City of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio. The estimated cost
of theprojects is $253,562. The Purpose and Nature of the above projects is toimprove the quality of life in
the community of Bowling Green byincreasing or retaining jobs and improving housing, especially
forlow-income individuals. Environmental Review Records (ERR) for each ofthe projects listed above have been
conducted by the City of BowlingGreen. The ERR’s document the environmental reviews of the projects.
TheERR’s are on file and available for the public’s examination andcopying, upon request, between the hours
of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Monday through Friday at the above address. The City of Bowling Greenplans to
undertake the projects described above with the Federal fundscited above. Any interested person, agencies
and/or groups, who have anycomments regarding the environment, are invited to submit writtencomments for
consideration to the City of Bowling Green, GrantsAdministrator at the address above prior to September 25,
2013. The Cityof Bowling Green is certifying to the State of Ohio, that the City andRichard A. Edwards, in
his official capacity as Mayor, consent to acceptthe jurisdiction of Federal courts if an action is brought
to enforceresponsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decision-making,and action; and that these
responsibilities have been satisfied. Thelegal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, the
City ofBowling Green may use the Federal funds, and the State of Ohio willhave satisfied its
responsibilities under the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act of 1969 as amended. The State of Ohio will
accept anobjection to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of thecertification only if it is
on one of the following grounds:(a) thecertification was not, in fact, executed by the responsible
entity’sCertifying Officer; (b) the responsible entity has failed to make one ofthe two findings pursuant to
Section 58.40 or to make the writtendetermination required by section 58.35, 58.47, or 58.53 for theproject,
as applicable; c) the responsible entity has omitted one ormore of the steps set forth at subpart E of 24
CFR Part 58 for thepreparation, publication and completion of an Environmental Assessment;d) the responsible
entity has omitted one or more of the steps setforth at Subparts F and G of 24 CFR Part 58 for the
conduct,preparation, publication and completion of an Environmental ImpactStatement, e)the recipient has
committed funds or incurred costs notauthorized by 24 CFR Part 58before release of funds and approval ofthe
environmental certification by State, or f)another federal agencyacting pursuant to 40 CFR Part 1504 has
submitted a written finding thatthe project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of environmentalquality.
Written objections must be prepared and submitted in accordancewith the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58),
and must be addressed tothe: Environmental Officer, U.S. Dept. of HUD, 200 N. High St.,Columbus, OH 43215.
The State of Ohio will not consider objections tothe Release of Funds on bases other than those stated
above. Objectionsreceived after October 15, 2013, (which is 15 days after it isanticipated that the State
will receive a request for release of funds),will not be considered by the State of Ohio.The address of
thecertifying officer is:Richard A. Edwards, MayorCity of Bowling Green304 N. Church St. Bowling Green, OH
43402 Sept. 17, ’13

001 LEGALNOTICE OF INTENT TO
REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS September 17, 2013 City of Bowling
Green, Ohio 304 N. Church StreetBowling Green, Ohio 43402 419-354-6220 To All Interested Persons,Agencies,
and Groups: On or about, but not before September 25, 2013,the City of Bowling Green will request the State
of Ohio to releaseFederal funds under Section 104(g) of Title I of the Housing andCommunity Development Act
of 1974, as amended to be used for thefollowing project: 2013 Community Development Block Grant, which
willconsist of the following activities: Rental Rehabilitation, Mobile HomeRepair, Housing Implementation,
Elderly Home Repair, Home Repair, PublicTransportation, Transitional Housing for Homeless, Fair Housing
andAdministration. These are single year projects that will be located inthe City of Bowling Green, Wood
County, Ohio. The estimated cost of theprojects is $253,562. The Purpose and Nature of the above projects is
toimprove the quality of life in the community of Bowling Green byincreasing or retaining jobs and improving
housing, especially forlow-income individuals. Environmental Review Records (ERR) for each ofthe projects
listed above have been conducted by the City of BowlingGreen. The ERR’s document the environmental reviews
of the projects. TheERR’s are on file and available for the public’s examination andcopying, upon request,
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,Monday through Friday at the above address. The City of Bowling
Greenplans to undertake the projects described above with the Federal fundscited above. Any interested
person, agencies and/or groups, who have anycomments regarding the environment, are invited to submit
writtencomments for consideration to the City of Bowling Green, GrantsAdministrator at the address above
prior to September 25, 2013. The Cityof Bowling Green is certifying to the State of Ohio, that the City
andRichard A. Edwards, in his official capacity as Mayor, consent to acceptthe jurisdiction of Federal
courts if an action is brought to enforceresponsibilities in relation to environmental reviews,
decision-making,and action; and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. Thelegal effect of the
certification is that upon its approval, the City ofBowling Green may use the Federal funds, and the State
of Ohio willhave satisfied its responsibilities under the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act of 1969 as
amended. The State of Ohio will accept anobjection to its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of
thecertification only if it is on one of the following grounds:(a) thecertification was not, in fact,
executed by the responsible entity’sCertifying Officer; (b) the responsible entity has failed to make one
ofthe two findings pursuant to Section 58.40 or to make the writtendetermination required by section 58.35,
58.47, or 58.53 for theproject, as applicable; c) the responsible entity has omitted one ormore of the steps
set forth at subpart E of 24 CFR Part 58 for thepreparation, publication and completion of an Environmental
Assessment;d) the responsible entity has omitted one or more of the steps setforth at Subparts F and G of 24
CFR Part 58 for the conduct,preparation, publication and completion of an Environmental ImpactStatement,
e)the recipient has committed funds or incurred costs notauthorized by 24 CFR Part 58before release of funds
and approval ofthe environmental certification by State, or f)another federal agencyacting pursuant to 40
CFR Part 1504 has submitted a written finding thatthe project is unsatisfactory from the standpoint of
environmentalquality. Written objections must be prepared and submitted in accordancewith the required
procedure (24 CFR Part 58), and must be addressed tothe: Environmental Officer, U.S. Dept. of HUD, 200 N.
High St.,Columbus, OH 43215. The State of Ohio will not consider objections tothe Release of Funds on bases
other than those stated above. Objectionsreceived after October 15, 2013, (which is 15 days after it
isanticipated that the State will receive a request for release of funds),will not be considered by the
State of Ohio.The address of thecertifying officer is:Richard A. Edwards, MayorCity of Bowling Green304 N.
Church St. Bowling Green, OH 43402 Sept. 17, ’13