HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 5308-1970 RESOLUTION NO. 5~08
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION
FOR URBAN BEAUTIFICATION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
WHEREAS, Title IX of the Housing and Urban Development
Act of 1965 amends Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961 and
provides for the making of grants by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development to States and local public bodies to
assist them in the beautification and improvement of open-
space and other public urban land where such assistance is
needed for carrying out a local program which is important
to the comprehensively planned development of the locality; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco desires to beautify
and improve open-space and Dther public urban land to facilitate
their increased use and enjoyment; and
WHEREAS, Title VI of ti~e Civil Rights Act of 1964 and
the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment effectuating that Title prohibit discrimination on the
basis of race, color, or national origin in the use of all
facilities and improvements provided by Federal assistance; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco is cognizant of
the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying
out of programs assisted under Title VII of the Housing Act of
1961, as amended, including those relating to labor standards
and equal employment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of the activities
proposed to be carried out in performance of beautification and
improvement of open-space and other public land exceeds the
usual expenditures of the City of South San Francisco for
comparable activities by $231,384;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco:
1. That an application be made to the Department of
Housing and Urban Developmenv for a grant in an amount authorized
by Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as amended, for urban
beautification and improvement of open-space and other public
urban land, which amount is presently estimated to be $42,725,
and that the City of South San Francisco will provide the
balance of the $231,384.00.
2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to execute and to file such application with the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, to provide addi-
tional information and to furnish such documents as may be
required by said DePartment, to execute such contracts as
are required by said Department, and to act as the authorized
correspondent of the City of South San Francisco.
3. That the proposed urban beautification activities are
in accordance with the beautification program prepared by South
San Francisco, of importance to the comprehensively planned
development of the locality, and that, should said grant
application be approved, the City of South San Francisco will
undertake, carry out, and complete said urban beautification
activities designated in said application and approved by the
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
4. That the United States of America and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are,
assured of full compliance by the City of South San Francisco
with regulations of the Dep~rtment of Housing and Urban
Development effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964.
5. That the United States of America and the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development be, and they hereby are,
assured of full compliance 'Dy the City of South San Francisco
with the Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of
the Housing Act of 1961, as amended.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the
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City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting
held on the 4th day of ~a¥ , 1970 , by
the following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN Patrick ~-. Ahem, Frank J. Bertucelli. William A- Borba.
f. Frank ~am~ini and Warren Steinkamp
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NOES,
ABSENT, "
None
None
ity Clerk
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