1366 RES TITLE VII OF HOUSING ACT OF 1961 PROVIDES FOR MAKING OF GRANTS

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RESOLUTION NO. 1366 Wf-iEREAS 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 interests 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, WHIIZEAS the City of Paris desires to acquire and develop a fee simple interest in and to certain land within the corporate limits of the City of Paris, Lamar County, Texas, described in two tracts: FIRST TRACT: Being Lots No. 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 17 and part of Lots No. 1, 8, 14, 15 and 18 of City Block No. 174A. SDCOND TRACT: Being Lots No. 12 through 22 of Block 1 of the Looke Addition to the City of Paris and that portion of 14th Street, N. W. lying adjacent to the West Side of said lots and the alley lying adjacent to the East Side of said lots. which land is to be held and used for permanent open-space land for parks for recreational use; and, WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating that Title, provide that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color or national origin in the use of the land acquired and/or developed; and, WHEREAS it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities upon the City of Paris and will require among other things (1) assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result of the open- space land project will be relocated into decent, safe and sani- tary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards, and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal em- ployment opportunity; and, WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of acquiring said in- terests will be $12,700.00; and, WHEREAS it is estimated that the cost of development of said land will be $12,300.00; and, WHEREAS, considering the advantages, disadvantages and limi- tations upon the use, and accepting the requirements placed upon such a program, it is deemed that it will be to the best interest of the City of Paris that it embark upon an open-space land pro- gram as so authorized; NOW, THIIREFORE,