HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 306 RESOLUIION NO. 306
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAI~TOGA
AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR URBAN BEAUT1FICATION
AND IMPROVEMENT
W!!ERFAS, 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 undertaking and carrying out urban
beautification and improvement where such program represents significant and
effective efforts involving all available public and private resources for the
beautificatton of such land and its improvement for open-space uses arm is
important to the cmnprehensively planned development of the community.
WHEREAS City of Saratoga, California, desirous to undertake and carry
out a program of urban beautification and improvement in an area described as
the corporate limits of the City of Saratoga, which program will represent the
efforts of all available public and private resources and is important to tile
comprehensively planned development of the locality.
WHEREAS it is estimated that the total estimated cost of the program of
u~'!~an beautification and improvement is $81,345.00.
WHEREAS Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that no
person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color or national
origin, ~e excluded from par~tcipation i~, be denied the benefits of, or be
subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal
financial assistance.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the City Council of the City of Saratoga
as follows:
io ~hat :in applecatalog. ~e m~de to ~ie liousin~ a~Id ~o~ame ~'ina,~c~ ~geiicy
for a grant in an amount authorized by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as
amended~ which amount is presently estimated to be $40.672~ and the Applicant
will pay the balance of the cost of the urban beautific~tion program and the
total of all related costs from other funds available to it.
2o That the City Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to
execute and to file such application with the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, to provide additional infoImation and to furnish such documents as
may be required by said Agency, and to act as the authorized correspondent
of the City of Saratoga.
3, 'lhat the proposed pro. gram of urban beau~Ificatien and impro"~'ement
represents the joint e~fo:.:ts of all available resources~ both public and
privates, for the b~:autific~t'f.on of such land snd its ~mFr~ve,.m~ent for opcn~
space uses~ and~ is important to the comprehensive!y planned devel~pmeDt of
the !onality~ and that~ ~-.hould such grant be made City of Saratoga will
l~ndertake and ca~.'ry ou-~ the program of urban beautifiestics and improvement
~s specified in the application and approved by the Housing and Home Finance
Agency,
4~ That the United States of America and time Housing a~:d Home Finance
Administrator be~ and they hereby are, assured of full compliance by Ci~y
of Saratoga wt. th regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced
and passed by the City Ccuncil of the City of Saratoga at a regular meeting
held on the 15th day of December., 1965, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Glennon, Tyler, Hartman, Burry
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Drake
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ATTEST:
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