Resolution 1401
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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
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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:
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ATTEST:
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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.
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