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Resolution 1401 ,", "j''' RESOLUTION NO. 1401 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT. WHEREAS, Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and provides for the making of grants by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to States and local public bodies to assist them in the beautification and improvement of open-space and other public urban land where such assistance is needed for carrying out a local program which is important to the comprehensively planned development of the locality; and WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy desires to beautify and improve open- space and other public urban land to facil itate their increased use and en- joyment; and WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the regula- tions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that Title prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in the use of all facilities and improvements provided by Federal assistance; and WHEREAS, the City of Gilroy is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of programs assisted under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, including those relating to labor standards and equal employment opportunity; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and improvement of open- space and other public land exceeds the usual expenditures of the City of Gilroy for comparable activites by $19,750.00. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the City of Gilroy: 1. That an application be made to the Department of Housing and - 1 - I~() / Urban Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VI I of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, for urban beautification and improvement of open-space and other public urban land, which amount is presently esti- mated to be $10,125.00, and that the City of Gilroy will provide the balance of the cost. 2. That the City Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide additional information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Department, to execute such contracts as are required by said Department, and to act as the authorized correspon- dent of the City of Gilroy. 3. That the proposed urban beautification activities are in accor- dance with the beautification program prepared by the City of Gilroy, of importance to the comprehensively planned development of the locality, and that, should said grant application be approved, the City of Gilroy will undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification activities designated in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 4. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of Gilroy with regulattons of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 5. That the United States of America and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by the City of Gilroy with the Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of October, 1969, by the following vote: NO ES : COUNCIL MEMBERS: Batrez, Duffin, Kennedy, Pate, Silva, and Goodri ch. COUNCIL MEMBERS: None AYES: ABS ENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Wentworth APPROVED: 4'~~~ Ma yo r ATTEST: - 2 - " .. I, SUSANNE E. STEINtlETZ, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the attached Resolution No. 1401 is an original resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of October , 196~, at which meeting a quorum was present. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Gilroy, this 29th day of October , 19 69. /