4089 RESOLUTION NO. 4,089
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
AUTHORIZING FILING OF APPLICATION FOR
GRANT TO ACQUIRE OPEN-SPACE LAND; AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, Title VII of the Housing Act of 1961, as
amended, provides for the making of grants by the Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development to states and local public
bodies to assist them in the acquisition 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 of open-space land as part of the compre-
hensively planned development of the urban areas ; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock (herein sometimes
referred to as "Applicant") desires to acquire Fee Simple
Interest to certain land known as B.C. Phillips and Luther
Johnson properties containing Ten (10) acres, more or less
and located in the Southwest Corner of the Northeast k,
Northwest k, Section 31 , Township 1 North, Range 13 West,
Pulaski County, Arkansas which land is to be held and used
for permanent open-space land for a neighborhood park to be
known as Wakefield Park; and
WHEREAS , Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
and the regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development 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
WHEREAS, it is recognized that the contract for
Federal Grant will impose certain obligations and responsibilities
upon the Applicant and will require among other things (1)
Assurances that families and individuals displaced as a result
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of the open-space land project are offered decent, safe, and
sanitary housing, (2) compliance with Federal labor standards,
and (3) compliance with Federal requirements relating to equal
employment opportunity; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of acquiring
said interests will be Forty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty
and NO/100 Dollars ($46, 750.00) ; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the cost of necessary
demolition and removal of improvements on said land will be
Five Hundred and NO/100 Dollars ($500.00) ; and
WHEREAS, it is estimated that the total amount of
relocation payments to be made to eligible site occupants dis-
placed from property to be acquired will be Two Thousand and
NO/100 Dollars ($2,000 .00) .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS .
SECTION 1 . That an application be made to the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development 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 Twenty Three
Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five and NO/100 Dollars ($23,625 .00),
and that the Applicant will pay the balance of the cost from
other funds available to it.
SECTION 2 . That the City Manager is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and file such application with the De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development to provide additional
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 Applicant.
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SECTION 3. That the proposed acquisition is in
accordance with plans for the allocation of land for open-
space uses, and that, should said grant be made, the Applicant
will acquire and retain said land for the use designated in
said application and approved by the Department of Housing
and Urban Development.
SECTION 4. That the United States of America and
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development be, and they
hereby ire, assured of full compliance by the Applicant with
regulations of the Department of Housing and Urban Development
effectuating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
SECTION 5. That there exists in the locality an
adequate amount of decent, safe, and sanitary housing which
is available to persons displaced as a result of the open-
space land project, at prices which are within their financial
means, and which are not generally less desirable in regard to
public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the
dwellings of the displaced individuals and families , and it is
the sense of this body that such displacees , if any, will be
relocated in accordance with applicable regulations of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
SECTION 6. 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 Applicant with
the Federal labor standards imposed under Title VII of the
Housing Act of 1961, as amended.
SECTION 7. This Resolution shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption,
ADOPTED: October 21, 1968
ATTEST: to? . Al;PROVED
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