HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 309 RESOLUTION NO. 309
I~SOLUT!ON OF Tt~ CITY CO~ClL OF ~tE CITY OF SARATOCA
AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION F~R GPa]T TO ACQUIRE
OPEN SPACE LAND
~EKEAS; Title VII of ~he Housing Act of 1961 provides for the mskin~
of grants by the Housing and Home Finance Administrator to States and local
public bodies to assist them in thc acquisition of permanent interests in
land for open-space purposes where such acquisition is deemed essential to
the proper IonS-range developments and welfare of urban areas in accordance
with plans for the allocation of land to such purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga, California~ desires to acquire fee
title to certain land known as (1) Hakone Garden property comprising
approximately 16 acres (2) Wildwood Pa~k, consisting of approximately
4 acres and (3) 5,85 acres of the Walter M. SeaSraves property adjacent
to the Fruitvale Elementary School, which land, in accordance with the general
plan adopted by the City Council~ is to be held and used as permenent open-
space land for parks recreation and Civic Center purposes; and
WHERFAtS, Title VI of the Clvil Rights Act of 1964, and the regulations
of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating that Title, provide that
no person shall be discriminated s4~ainst because of race, color, or national
origin in the use of land proposed to be acquired; and
WHERFAS~ it is recognized that the contract for Federal grant will impose
Certain obligations and responsibilities upon the applicant and wilt require
amons other things (1) assurances that families and tndividua~s displaced as
a result of the open-space land project will be relocated into decent, safe}
and sanitaryhousing~ (2) compliance with Federal labor standards; and
~11EREAS, it iS estimated fi~at the total consideration to be paid for
the acquisition of said ~nterests will be $305,000.00;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Saratoga as follows:
1. T~at 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,
which amount is presently estimated to be $152,500.00 and that the City of
Saratoga will pay the balance of the consideration for the acquisition of
such interest and the total of all related costs from other funds available
to it,
2. (a) 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 information and to furnish such documents as
may be required by said Agency~ and to act as the authorized correspondent
of the City of Saratoga.
(b) That the Mayor of the City of Saratoga is authorized and directed
to execute such contracts as are required by said Agency.
3o That the proposed acquisition is fn accordance with the general
plan adopted by the City Council for the preservation of permanent open-
space land, and that, should said grant be made, the City will retain said
land for the use designated in said application and approved by the Housing
and lIome Finance A~ency.
~. That the United States of America and the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator be, and they are here%y, assured of full compliance by the City
of Saratoga with regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency effectuating
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Saratoga, on
February 2, 1966, by the followinS vote:
AYES: Councilmen Glennon, Tyler, Hartman, Drake
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Burry ~)~~ ~"
MAYOR,%Y OF SARATOGA
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