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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR GRANT
TO ACQUIRE AND DEVELOP OPEN -SPACE LAND,
WHEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, provide:
for the making of grants by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to States and local public bodies to assist them in the acquisition and develoy
went of permanent interests in land for open -space uses where such assis-
tance is needed for carrying out a unified or officially coordinated program
for the provision and development ofopen-space land as part of the compre-
hensively planned development of the urban area; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock (herein sometimes referred to as
"Applicant") desires to acquire and develop park and recreation facilities to
certain land designated locally as the Canyon Lakes Project, which land is
to be held and used for permanent open -space land for park and recreation
facilities; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts: of 1964, and the regula-
tions of the Department of Housing and Urban Development effectuating that
a„1 Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated against because of race,
color, or national origin in the use of land acquired and/or developed; and
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will im
pose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the Applicant and will re-
quire among other things (1) assurances that families and individuals dis-
placed as a result of the (pen -space land project are offered decent, safe and
sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and (3) com-
pliance with Federal requirements relating to equal employment opportunity;
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WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said interest will
be $1, 019, 074 and
WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of development of said land w
be $10072, 926 ; and, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
1. That an application be made to the Department of Housing and Urb;
Development for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing
Act of 19610 as amended, which amount is presently estimated to be
0 ,, and that the applicant will pay the balance of the cost from
'"� ther funds available to it.
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Z. That the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and 1
file such application with the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and to execute such contracts as are required by said Department. That the
Director of Planning is hereby authorized and directed to provide additional
information and to furnish such documents as may be required by said Depai
ment and to act as the authorized correspondent of the Applicant.
3. That the proposed acquisition and development is in accordance
with plans for the allocation of land for open -space uses, and that, should
said grant be made, the Applicant will acquire, develop, and retain said land
for the uses 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 an
Urban Development be, and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by
the Applicant with regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
IIPassed by the City Council this
ATTEST:
Lav nia Lowe, City(Secretary-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Fred O. Senter, Jr., CWy;Attorney