1371 RES TITLE VII OF HOUSING ACT OF 1961 PROVIDES FOR MAKING OF GRANTS

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RFSOLUTION NO, 1371 Wr3EREAS 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 them in the acquisition and development of permanent in- terests 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 Paris desires to participate in such program and to fulfill all requirements necessary for such participation; and, WH EREAS, in order to participate in such program, the City of Paris deems it necessary to formulate a land acquisi- tion policy in accordance with the guide lines set out in Department of Housing and Urban Development Letter No. OS-5 of September 27, 1965, as follows: l. Make every reasonable effort to acquire each property by negotiated purchase before insti- tuting eminent domain proceedings against the property. 2. Not require any owner to surrender the right to possession of his property until the Public Body pays, or causes to be paid, to the owner (a) the agreed purchase price arrived at by negotiation, or (b) in any case where only the amount of the payment to the owner is in dispute, not less than 75 percerlt of the appraised fair value as approved by the Public Body and concurred in by HHFA. 3. Not require any person lawf'ully occupying pro- perty to surrender possession without at least 90 days' written notice from the Public Body of the date on which possession will be required. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, That the City of Paris Land Acquisition Policy, when participating in Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, in developing permanent interests in land for open-space uses a.s a part of tize comprehensively planned development of the urban area, will be as follows: l. Make every reasonable effort to acquire each property by negotiated purchase before insti- tuting eminent domain proceedings against the property. 2. Not require any owner to surrender the right to possession of his prolperty until the Public Body pays, or causes to be paid, to the owner (a) the agreed purchase price arrived at by negotiation, or (b) in any case where only the amount of the payment to the owner is in dispute, not less than 75 percent of the appraised fair value as approved by the Public Body and concurred in by HHFA.