CC - 1967 - 069 - Urban Beautification and Improvement GrantRESOLUTION N0. 67-69
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD 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 Rosemead desires to beautify and
improve open-space and other public urban land to facilitate
their increased use and enjoyment; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
the regulations 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 Rosemead 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 the beautification
and improvement of open-space and other public land exceeds the
usual expenditures of the City of Rosemead for comparable activities
by $195,901.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That an application be made to the Department
of Housing an r an Development for a grant in an amount authorized
by Title VII 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 estimated to be $34,912.00, and
that the City of Rosemead will provide the balance of the cost.
Section 2. That the City Administrator is hereby
authorized andi ected 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 corres-
pondent of the City of Rosemead.
Section 3. That the proposed urban beautification
activities are in accordance with the beautification program
prepared by the City of Rosemead, of importance to the comprehensively
planned development of the locality, and that, should said grant
application be approved, the City of Rosemead will undertake, carry
out, and complete said urban beautification activities designated
in said application and approved by the Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
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Section 4. That the United States of America and the
Secretary o ousing and Urban Development be, and they hereby
are, assured of full compliance by the City of Rosemead with
regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Section 5. That the United States of America and the
Secretary o T 'Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby
are, assured of full compliance by the City of Rosemead with the
Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of the Housing
Act of 1961, as amended.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3th day of August,
1967.
ATTEST:
MAYOR OF T CITY OF A
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