1969/04/07 City Council ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 69-26
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION
FOR GRANT TO ACQUIRE OPEN-SPACE LAND.
WHEREAS Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as
amended, provides for the making of grants by the Housing and
Home Finance Administrator to States and local public bodies to
assist t]Aem in the acquisition and development of permanent
interests in land for open-space uses where such assistance is
needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated
program for the provision and development of open-space land as
part of the comprehensively planned development of the urban
area; and
WHEREAS the City of Rohnert Park desires to acquire
in fee simple certain land known as neighborhood parks, which
land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for
parks and recreation; and
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
and the regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effect-
uating that Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated
against because of race, color or national origin in the use of
the land acquired and/or developed; and
WHEREAS it is recognized that the contract for Federal
grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon
the City of Rohnert Park and will require among other things (1)
assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result of
the open-space land project will be relocated into decent, safe,
and sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards,
and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal
employment opportunity; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Rohnert Park, that an application be made to the
Housing and Home Finance Agency for a grant in an amount autho-
rized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which
amount is presently estimated to be $6,500, and that the City
of Rohnert Park will pay the balance of the cost from other funds
available to it;
That the City Manager is hereby authorized and direc-
ted to execute and to file such application with the Rousing
and Home Finance Agency, to provide additional information and
to furnish such documents as may be required by said Agency, to
execute such contracts as are required by said Agency, and to
act as the authorized correspondent of the City of Rohnert Park,
That the proposed acquisition is in accordance with
plans for the allocation of land for open -space uses, and that,
should said grant be made, the City of Rohnert Park will acquire,
develop and retain said land for the. use designated in said
application and approved by the Mousing and Home Finance Agency,
That the United States of America and the Mousing and
Home Finance Administrator be, and they are hereby are, assured
of full compliance by the City of Rohnert Park with regulations
of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating Title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 7th day of April, 1969.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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Mayor
AYES: (5) Councilmen Buchanan, Hopkins, Rogers, Smith & Roberts
NOES: (0) None
ABSENT ( 0 ) None
ATTEST:
Deputy City Clerk