1366 RES TITLE VII OF HOUSING ACT OF 1961 PROVIDES FOR MAKING OF GRANTSRESOLUTION 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,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
AS FOLLOWS:
1. That an application be made to the Housing and Home Finance
Agency for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the
Housing Act of 1961, as amended, which amount is permanently esti-
mated to be $12,500.00, and that the City of Paris will pay the ba-
lance of the cost from other funds available to it.
2. That C. L. Walker, City Manager of the City of Paris,
Paris, Texas, is hereby authorized and directed to execute and to
file such application with the Housing and Home Finance Agency, to
provide additional information and to furnish such documents as
may be required by said Agency, to execute such contracts as are
required by said Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent
of the City of Paris.
3. That the proposed acquisition and development is in
accorda.nce with plans for the allocation of land for open-space
uses, and that, should said grant be made, the City of Paris will
acquire, develop and retain said land for the use designated in
said application and approved by the Housing and Home Finance
Agency.
4. That the United States of America and the Housing and
Home Finance Administrator be, and they hereby are, assured of
full compliance by the City of Paris with regulations of the
Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
Passed and adopted this 13th day of April, 1970.
B. . Felty, Mayor
ATTEST:
H. C. G eene, City Clerk
APP VED FORM:
T. K. Haynes, City Attorney